1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,182 Overseas service members can send their 3 00:00:11,182 --> 00:00:13,590 casted absentee ballots to the US for 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,510 free using priority mail express 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,750 military service from now to December 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,170 10th . The service is only available to 7 00:00:20,180 --> 00:00:22,409 American citizens voting in the 2024 8 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:24,587 elections and cannot be used for other 9 00:00:24,587 --> 00:00:26,753 types of mail . Customers must present 10 00:00:26,753 --> 00:00:28,864 their cast absentee ballots at a post 11 00:00:28,864 --> 00:00:30,753 office finance window and will be 12 00:00:30,753 --> 00:00:32,920 issued a tracking number to follow the 13 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,031 status of their ballots via the U SPS 14 00:00:35,031 --> 00:00:38,810 website starting January 1st 2025 . 15 00:00:38,819 --> 00:00:40,930 Tricare beneficiaries will experience 16 00:00:40,930 --> 00:00:43,041 changes to their health care delivery 17 00:00:43,041 --> 00:00:44,986 under new tricare contracts . This 18 00:00:44,986 --> 00:00:47,041 change will affect all beneficiaries 19 00:00:47,041 --> 00:00:49,152 with exceptions to those with Tricare 20 00:00:49,152 --> 00:00:51,375 for Life , the US Family Health Plan or 21 00:00:51,375 --> 00:00:53,430 a Tricare health plan overseas . The 22 00:00:53,430 --> 00:00:55,597 new contracts will improve quality and 23 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:57,763 access for beneficiaries in the United 24 00:00:57,763 --> 00:00:59,819 States to include enhancing referral 25 00:00:59,819 --> 00:01:02,152 management and access to specialty care . 26 00:01:02,152 --> 00:01:04,208 The changes also allow for efficient 27 00:01:04,208 --> 00:01:06,263 referral transfers between Tricare's 28 00:01:06,263 --> 00:01:08,430 East and West regions stay informed by 29 00:01:08,430 --> 00:01:10,652 confirming your dealer's information is 30 00:01:10,652 --> 00:01:12,541 current sign up for Tricare email 31 00:01:12,541 --> 00:01:14,541 alerts and prepare for Tricare open 32 00:01:14,541 --> 00:01:16,541 season starting November 11th until 33 00:01:16,541 --> 00:01:18,708 December 10th in the newest episode of 34 00:01:18,708 --> 00:01:20,819 Blue Airman can learn about the shift 35 00:01:20,819 --> 00:01:22,763 to agile combat employment and the 36 00:01:22,763 --> 00:01:24,986 advantages it provides the air force on 37 00:01:24,986 --> 00:01:27,208 the battlefield with the changes in the 38 00:01:27,208 --> 00:01:29,208 character of war . It's going to be 39 00:01:29,208 --> 00:01:31,319 faster , it's going to be over longer 40 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,263 distances , we're going to be more 41 00:01:33,263 --> 00:01:35,389 targeted . And so our forces need to 42 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,567 have the ability to pick up and move . 43 00:01:37,894 --> 00:01:40,944 Look for opportunities to mass and then 44 00:01:40,955 --> 00:01:43,845 deliver combat power . Hear how Ace is 45 00:01:43,855 --> 00:01:46,022 changing the deployment environment in 46 00:01:46,022 --> 00:01:48,188 the latest issue of Blue on the Airman 47 00:01:48,188 --> 00:01:50,244 magazine website . Just go to Airman 48 00:01:50,244 --> 00:01:52,411 magazine dot A F dot Mail and find out 49 00:01:52,411 --> 00:01:54,665 how these changes impact you . That's 50 00:01:54,675 --> 00:01:56,731 your look around the air Force . I'm 51 00:01:56,731 --> 00:01:58,165 staff Sergeant Seoi Sabor .