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Joy Metzler had expected to still be in uniform, working as a junior officer at her Air Force engineering job. Instead, she found herself protesting outside the United Nations, weakened from participating in a 40-day fast as she called on authorities to deliver full humanitarian aid to Gaza and end U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. The soft-spoken 23-year-old had pursued military service with enthusiasm. She graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2023 and received her commission the same year, hoping that the military would provide a meaningful way to give back to a country that became her home when she was adopted from China as an infant. -
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today it has temporarily expanded burial benefits for certain Veterans, per the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
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NAVADMIN 132/25 outlines key info for Cycle 268 Active Duty/TAR E5 and E6 advancement, including eligibility, deadlines, and exam types. July 31, 2025: PMK-EE Completion Deadline Aug 31, 2025: ELD Course Completion Deadline Exam Dates: Sept 4, 2025: E6 Exam Sept 11, 2025: E5 Exam EAW will close one week after exam date on worksheet.
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CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 101400Z JUL 25 MID180001837396U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 146/25 SUBJ/2025 SEPARATION HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAM FITNESS TO SEPARATE VERSUS FITNESS TO REAFFILIATE TO SERVICE IN THE NAVY RESERVE// REF/A/DOC/DODI 6040.46/14APR16// REF/B/DOC/DoDI 1332.18 Vol 1/24FEB23// REF/C/DOC/DoDI 6130.03 Vol 2/04SEP20// REF/D/DOC/BUMEDINST 1300.6/21MAR23// REF/E/DOC/NAVMED CH 15/15FEB19// REF/F/DOC/DoDI 6130.03 Vol 1/06MAY18// REF/G/DOC/SECNAVINST 1770.5/23AUG18// REF/H/DOC/SECNAVINST M-1850.1/SEP19// NARR/REF A IS DOD INSTRUCTION 6040.46, THE SEPARATION HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION (SHPE) FOR THE DOD SEPARATION HEALTH ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1332.18 VOLUME 1, DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM MANUAL: PROCESSES. REF C IS DOD INSTRUCTION 6130.03 VOLUME 2, MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR MILITARY SERVICE: RETENTION. REF D IS BUMEDINST 1300.6, GENERAL DEPLOYABILITY ASSESSMENTS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL MEDICAL READINESS. REF E IS NAVMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, CHAPTER 15. REF F IS DOD INSTRUCTION 6130.03 VOLUME 1, MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR MILITARY SERVICE: APPOINTMENT, ENLISTMENT, OR INDUCTION. REF G IS SECNAVINST 1770.5, MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSITION OF LINE OF DUTY BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE. REF H IS SECNAVINST M-1850.1, DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM MANUAL. POC/FORCE HEALTH PLANS AND POLICY OFFICER, RESERVE POLICY & INTEGRATION (N1R), NAVY BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY/PHONE/ 703-681-9170 RMKS/1. Per reference (a), all Service members completing a period of qualifying active duty must complete a SHPE. The SHPE serves primarily to: a. Document the member's suitability for continuing service (e.g., Reserve affiliation or potential return to active duty) as the baseline measurement of "Fitness to Separate". "Fit to separate" status at the time of retirement or separation does not imply that a departing Service member is devoid of medical conditions or diagnoses, but rather indicates: (1) The absence of a service-connected disability condition warranting referral to the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) (except for cases where the PEB has already made a finding). (2) Member meets medical retention standards, making them physically qualified to satisfy Reserve affiliation obligations or be considered to reenter active service. 2. Per references (a) and (b), SHPEs are predicated on criteria for retention standards, and the exam may be used for affiliation or reaffiliation screening for up to 36 months from the exam completion date. Because of this, it is essential that when conducting SHPEs providers truly assess the member's medical status (diagnoses and all functional limitations) against retention standards stated in reference (c), and document current stability and all duty/deployment limitations associated with each of the Service member's known diagnoses, and whether the Service member is fit for continuing service by stating "fit to affiliate" or "fit to re-affiliate". a. Fitness to Separate. If a provider deems a member is "fit to separate", but the member has a condition that is not currently in a stable phase of treatment or would render them as non-deployable if remaining on active duty, the Service member is considered not fit to immediately affiliate or re-affiliate with the Reserve Component (RC) and will require a new or updated accessions physical as per para 2.b.(3) of this policy to immediately affiliate or re-affiliate with the Reserve Component (RC), the provider must clearly document on the SHPE that the member is "NOT fit to affiliate" to avoid automatic clearance to affiliate or re-affiliate into the Active or Reserve Component with conditions that do not meet retention standards. b. Fitness to Affiliate/Re-affiliate. (1) For the purpose of this NAVADMIN, affiliation refers to direct transfer from Active Component (AC) to RC immediately after separation from the AC. Reaffiliation pertains to applicants with prior service in the Navy or Marine Corps who are not currently contracted in the Active or Reserve Component and desire to affiliate with the Navy or Marine Corps Reserve after a break in service. (2) Fit to affiliate/re-affiliate equates to Deployability Category one (DCAT1) or two (DCAT2) as defined in reference (d). (3) If their prior Service separation was related to a medical condition (e.g., a PEB finding of unfitness, administrative separation for fraudulent or defective enlistment related to a medical condition, or not being worldwide assignable due to a medical condition) the following applies: (a) These applicants must undergo a new or updated accessions physical examination, following the procedures outlined in reference (e) and; (b) To affiliate, these applicants are required to meet the accession standards for enlistment or commission, as outlined in reference (f) or receive a waiver of the standards. (4) If their prior Service separation was not related to a medical condition (e.g., separation at end of obligated service or separation at the convenience of the government), their SHPE is current within 36 months, and they were deemed "fit for separation" with all diagnoses noted as stable with a deployability assessment that equates to DCAT1 or DCAT2 as documented on the SHPE and "fit for affiliation/re-affiliation" (equating to Deployability Category one [1] or two [2]), a new accession physical is not required unless specifically requested by the organization through which they complete their re-affiliation processing. Other documents may be required in lieu of a full accession physical, such as an updated DD 2807-1. (5) An Echelon 5 medical department shall not initiate a Medical Retention Review for condition(s) determined in the SHPE to meet affiliation or re-affiliation standards for the period the SHPE is valid. MP1 Manpower Availability Status Code may be directly assigned if the following criteria are met: SHPE has been completed within the last 12 months, and Echelon 4 Regional Medical Director reviews SHPE and confirms mobilization limiting medical conditions are present and meet the criteria of Physically Qualified - Mobilization Limited. (6) If the individual has been separated for over 36 months or if there is no available SHPE or military physical examination current within 36 months, the individual is required to obtain a new accession physical examination and receive a "physically qualified" determination or medical waiver to re-affiliate. Other examination timelines or requirements may apply based on the policies of the organization through which the reaffiliation is processed. 3. Other Findings. RC Service members on active duty for more than 30 days may be eligible for medical hold (MEDHOLD) per reference (g) and (h). RC Service members who decline or are ineligible for MEDHOLD may be eligible for Line of Duty Healthcare, or Line of Duty Benefits for Disability Evaluation System if their disability was incurred or aggravated in a qualified duty status pending adjudication by Benefits Issuing Authority per reference (h). RC Service members may enter the DES process from either MEDHOLD or LOD if conditions do not resolve. Limited Duty is not an administrative category available to RC members. 4. The point of contact is BUMED N1R and can be reached at 703-681-9170. 5. This NAVADMIN remains in effect until superseded or cancelled, whichever comes first. 6. Released by Rear Admiral Darin K. Via, N093, Surgeon General of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/
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pResident trump is losing control... 😮 When the British defense team came to the Pentagon in June and spoke about the U.K.’s decision to send an aircraft carrier to Asia on a routine deployment, Colby interjected with a brusque comment. “He basically asked them, ‘Is it too late to call it back?’” said the person familiar with Trump administration dynamics. “Because we don't want you there.” A second person familiar with the meeting confirmed this account.
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