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One-Half Mil 'Tax Free' Goes to Sailors George Washington Heads to Sea Sailors Enriched by IA Deployment Stopgap Bill Includes $101B for Procurement The $630 billion-plus stopgap spending bill signed into law by President Bush includes $487.7 billion to fund the Defense Department and more than $40 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department through the end of fiscal 2009. Sailor Charged with Raping Navy Spouse A USS Harpers Ferry Sailor was charged this month with the rape of a Navy spouse, Sasebo officials said Wednesday. Seaman Christopher Gregory, 20, was referred to a general court-martial Sept. 15 for four specifications of sexual assault and rape, base spokesman Chuck Howard said. Peeping Airman Crashes Love Nest A Japanese couple in an off-base "love hotel" had an unexpected visitor this weekend when a U.S. Airman dropped through the roof of their rented room. US Forces Work On UAV Cooperation Plan The U.S. Army and Air Force are nearly finished working out plans for cooperating on operations of medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). VA Under Fire for GI Bill Delays Lawmakers angrily criticized Veterans Affairs officials for possible delays in implementing the new GI Bill benefits by the August 2009 deadline, calling for more urgency and ingenuity by department leaders. Bob Filner, D-Calif., charged that officials aren't working hard enough to find solutions. Patrol Aircraft Spot Drug Runner Semi-Sub U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection maritime patrol aircraft are the key to the initial successes the government is having in interdicting self-propelled, semi-submersible craft trying to smuggle tons of cocaine into the U.S. AAFES to Sell Controversial Spouse Calendar A controversial lingerie calendar featuring photographs of a Katterbach Army spouse in a series of revealing, military-themed poses soon will be available in AAFES stores worldwide. But while soldiers appear eager to get their hands on the calendar, some of their wives are less enthusiastic.