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By September 30, Brown said 88 of the state’s AGR positions would be forced to convert to the status of a dual military technician, which is essentially a GS government employee. Dual-status technicians “take a very significant pay cut,” while their pay also becomes taxable, he said. They are not eligible for TRICARE, the healthcare program for service members. And they lose the ability to collect an active-duty pension after 20 years of service.“On paper,” Brown said, “it looks like we’re not losing any capability of our military force, but a dual-status technician is prohibited from conducting many necessary federal missions.”...The Alaska Air National Guard is the only air refueling wing in the region, as well as the only trio of combat search and rescue squadrons. ...By June, a 40 percent degradation in air defense and ...