NOT ONLY MILITARY AND NOT ALL MILITARY
Just being in the military does not qualify a person to receive AFRTS. You also have to be deployed overseas. The decoder is supposed to be de-activated when the owner returns to the US or transferred to the new owner if sold to a qualified person overseas. If you are interested, this link will give you a lot of information: http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/Uploads/Bulletins/How to get AFN service.pdf
I spent 20 yrs in the military and 20 years in the US civil service, mostly overseas. The cost of the decoders appears to have drastically dropped. When I left Europe in 2000, the cost was $560. The above link says they cost $236 for military units. Of course that is not what a individual would pay through AAFES (PX/BX). ONLY THOSE DECODERS CAN BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE THE SIGNAL. Any other Powervu can not be authorized. It is based on the serial numbers of those decoders sold though the military. I know, I tried to buy one and get it authorized, even though I was otherwise eligible, they could/would not authorize it.
Just being in the military does not qualify a person to receive AFRTS. You also have to be deployed overseas. The decoder is supposed to be de-activated when the owner returns to the US or transferred to the new owner if sold to a qualified person overseas. If you are interested, this link will give you a lot of information: http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/Uploads/Bulletins/How to get AFN service.pdf
I spent 20 yrs in the military and 20 years in the US civil service, mostly overseas. The cost of the decoders appears to have drastically dropped. When I left Europe in 2000, the cost was $560. The above link says they cost $236 for military units. Of course that is not what a individual would pay through AAFES (PX/BX). ONLY THOSE DECODERS CAN BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE THE SIGNAL. Any other Powervu can not be authorized. It is based on the serial numbers of those decoders sold though the military. I know, I tried to buy one and get it authorized, even though I was otherwise eligible, they could/would not authorize it.