The changes are part of the government's initiative to convert its 1 billion annual payments from paper check to EFT by next year. The challenge, he said, was to assist the remaining reserve component soldiers and DA civilians not signed up for EFT to make the transition before the 1 Jan. deadline. It's easy to sign up to have travel pay electronically transferred, Kennedy said. Customers can fill out a Treasury form 1199 available at local finance offices or use a voided check containing bank electronic transfer information. Either the form or a voided check should be forwarded with the completed travel voucher through finance channels, Kennedy said.
Registration is automatic after that.
Available The Department of Defense Office of Family Policy has activated a website for teenage children of service members and DOD civilian employees. Military Teens on the Move was designed to help teenagers moving to new military installations. A monitored chat room and bulletin board help teens keep in touch and enhance local youth-sponsorship efforts. Links to Department of Defense Education Activity schools, the bulletin board, and chat room make it easy for military teenagers to get information and get to know each other regardless of their locations.