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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Wednesday April 03, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Assignment Incentive Pay to Be Authorized for Airmen, Guardians Stationed at Extremely Cold Locations
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Effective April 1, the Department of the Air Force approved a new incentive pay for Airmen and Guardians assigned to qualifying bases in the U.S. where the temperature is expected to drop below minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Cold Weather Assignment Incentive Pay is a single lump sum payment given to Airmen and Guardians after signing an agreement to serve a prescribed tour length of at least 12 months, depending on qu  more

Business of Innovation: Chief of Naval Research to Talk Transformative Tech at Sea-Air-Space
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 3 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: What kind of impact are industry leaders having on warfighter innovation? How can the Department of Defense take new, transformative, cutting-edge concepts developed by industry and place them into the hands of Sailors and Marines? These are some of the questions that will be addressed during a panel of industry leaders, moderated by Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus, at   more

Check Out the Latest TRICARE Dental Program Newsletter
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, April 3 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: Did you know that TRICARE has a dental health newsletter? It's called the TRICARE Health Matters Dental Newsletter, and it's full of information about the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) and oral health. The latest issue of the newsletter is now online. If you're enrolled in the TDP, you may receive the newsletter in the mail or by email. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) and the TDP contactor, United Concordia, pub  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Thomas Donnell Shaw, 31, of Huntington, was sentenced yesterday, April 1, 2024, to five years in prison to run consecutively to his current state sentence, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents and statements made in c  more