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Around Knox

  • Save money on Mom’s gift at Fort Knox Exchange

    Army & Air Force Exchange Service
    Diners can spend a little more on Mom by dining and saving at Fort Knox Exchange restaurants this Mother’s Day as food orders made with a MILITARY STAR® Card Sunday will be discounted 20 percent.  

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  • 3rd ESC validates riders

    By SGT. JUSTIN SILVERS
    3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Public Affairs
    Twelve Soldiers from the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expedition-ary) participated in a unit motorcycle ride May 2. The ride started at Harris Hall and spanned approximately 70 miles.

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  • Vehicle accident claims life of Soldier

    U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center
    A 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (Old Guard), Fort Myers, Va., Soldier was killed in a single-vehicle crash that occurred April 27 near Fort Belvoir, Va. The 23-year-old specialist was driving a Mazda that ran off the right side of the highway near an exit ramp. The car overturned, rolled back onto the roadway and struck at least one other vehicle. The Soldier was wearing his seat belt and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Local authorities are still investigating the crash.

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  • MICC—Fort Knox saves $4.5 million annually

    By RYAN MATTOX
    Mission and Installation Contracting Command Public Affairs Office
    The innovative thinking of a team of contracting professionals at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at  Fort Knox is saving more than $4.5 million annually on a multimillion dollar contract.
    With funding cuts in base operating budgets this year, contracting officers dug deeper to find savings without losing the quality of service provided to the Army.

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  • Army aims to end sexual assault

    By SGT. 1ST CLASS SUZANNE GOFF
    84th Training Command PAO

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  • Get legal matters in order before deployment

    By BRIAN EVANS
    Fort Knox Legal Assistance Office
    It can be difficult to drop everything and leave for deployment, especially if you are involved with a legal case, or haven’t yet put your legal affairs in order.
    From a legal perspective, there are several matters you may wish to consider before leaving for deployment. These matters include wills, powers of attorney, Advance Medical Directives, Family care plans, various Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections, taxes, and credit report issues.

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  • Life without regret is less demanding

    By CHAPLAIN (LT. COL.) GREG THOGMARTIN
    U.S. Army Cadet Command
    Jesus once told his disciples, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:57)
    Did you ever wonder what he meant by that?

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  • Furloughs have same effect on retirement computations as leave without pay

    By MARJ FAIR
    Kentucky NARFE Federation
    In a recent NARFE NewsWatch, someone was quoted as saying that there might be a lot of government retirements because the seques-ter will affect annuities. I was told that you get your high-three years of salary to calculate your annuity and not your last three years of employment. So, if I made 20 percent less at the end of December 2013, and I were to retire in January 2014, as I see it, my high-three would be 2010, 2011 and 2012. Will the sequester affect the annuity in any way?

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  • Employment opportunities plentiful, in around Knox

    ACS Employment Readiness Program
    The ACS Employment Readiness Program provides employment information and other supportive services primarily to Family members who are relocating as a result of a military or civilian sponsor’s permanent change of station. Other categories of personnel who are eligible for services are nontransitioning military personnel, retirees and their spouses.

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  • Hagel reviewing sequestration cuts

    By JIM GARAMONE
    American Forces Press Service
    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will make a decision soon on the scope of civilian furloughs in response to sequestration spending cuts, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said yesterday.
    Hagel is reviewing analysis on the budget “and he’ll reach a decision in the near future,” Little told reporters.
    Little acknowledged news reports that some services contend they do not need to use furloughs to make their sequestration goals.

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