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DOD announces changes to imminent danger pay The Defense Department announced Friday that many areas will be removed from the list of places where U.S. servicemembers qualify for imminent danger pay.   Air Force plans review board to further trim ranks The Air Force started the new year with another announcement about plans to trim the ranks to handle the impact of defense budget cuts.   Postal Service ordered to reinstate GI, potentially pay millions in back pay, fees A federal board has again ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reinstate a National Guardsman wrongly fired from his job as a postal worker because he took military leave, telling the agency to pay him what could add up to millions in back pay, benefits and legal fees.   Marines airlift US Embassy personnel out of South Sudan Nonessential U.S. Embassy personnel were evacuated Friday from South Sudan aboard two KC-130 aircraft assigned to a Marine crisis response team positioned in nearby Uganda.   Task Force Guam redeploys from historic mission in Afghanistan As Christmas bells rang and New Year’s champagne was poured across the small island and U.S. territory of Guam, family members of Task Force Guam soldiers celebrated a little easier knowing their loved ones were packing their duffel bags in Afghanistan for the return trip home.   IG to review military handling of sexual assault complaints The DOD’s Office of the Inspector General is set to examine whether military investigations into sexual assault complaints comply with department guidelines.   US encouraging calm after latest visit by Japanese official to Yasukuni Shrine A State Department spokeswoman says the United States is focused on diplomatic dialogue between Japan and its neighbors, after a second senior Japanese official visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.   New workshops aim to help veterans seeking to farm With a growing number of veterans looking for jobs in agriculture, a new series of workshops is geared toward helping these former soldiers make the transition from the battlefield to the farm field.   MacDill to keep foreign forces The U.S. Central Command international coalition, formed after 9/11, will not leave MacDill Air Force Base at the end of this year with the scheduled departure of the bulk of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, according to the coalition’s current leader.   1 dead as World War II bomb explodes in Germany Police say a World War II bomb has exploded during construction work in a western German town, killing one person and wounding at least eight others.