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Bulletin 190515 (PDF Edition) RAO BULLETIN 15 MAY 2019 PDF Edition THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES Pg Article Subject . * DOD * . 04 == USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) [01] ---- (Trump Cancels Decommission Plan) 05 == China’s Island Building [04] ---- (USN Conducts 7th Freedom-of-Navigation Operation) 06 == Feres Doctrine [14] ---- (Applies to Things Other than Medical Malpractice Lawsuits) 08 == DoD/VA EHR [05] ---- (Terrible Progress on Meshing the Records) 09 == DOD MyCAA ---- (Spouse Tuition Assistance Program Users on the Decline) 10 == NDAA 2020 ---- (Overseas Contingency Operations and Border Wall Concerns) 11 == USCG Commandant ---- (Talks Domestic Challenges and Threats in the Arctic) 13 == USMC Climate Change Concerns ---- (Long-Term Flood Projections Nationwide) 13 == DoD Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 01 thru 15 MAY 2019) 14 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 01 thru 15 APR 2019 | Seven) . * VA * . 16 == VA Medical Marijuana [62] ---- (VA Opposes Bills Broadening Medical Marijuana Access) 17 == Veteran ID Card [18] ---- (204,230 Veterans Have Applied for the Card) 17 == VA Medical Center Supplies ---- (Systemic Problems Nationwide Could Lead to Shortages) 18 == VA Unions [06] ---- (Wilke Proposes Drastic Cut to Federally Funded Union Time} 1 19 == VA Community Care [07] ---- (Are you a 30-minute drive from your nearest VAMC facility?) 19 == VA Bible Policy [01] ---- (Manchester VA Hospital Display Dispute) 21 == Non-VA Facility Care [05] ---- (Loophole Leaves Veterans Liable For ER Bills) 22 == Agent Orange [01] ---- (Some Vietnam Veterans are Just Now Experiencing the Effects) 23 == VA User Addresses ---- (Is Yours Correct?) 24 == VA Nursing Home [14] ---- (WWII Vet Fatally Injured in Des Moines) 27 == VA Unpaid Approved Claims ---- (Vet Awaits $40K from VA as Sheriff’s Sale Looms on Property) . * VETS * . 28 == Burn Pit Toxic Exposure [66] ---- (Help Urged For Vets Sickened by Burn Pits) 29 == Burn Pit Toxic Exposure [67] ---- (Texas to Create a Statewide Registry) 30 == Vet Dental Care [01] ---- (Aspen Dental | Free Care 8 JUN) 30 == Vet Jobs [240] ---- (Unemployment Rate a Record Low of 1.7 Percent in April) 31 == Homeless Vets [94] ---- (Income Assistance Programs for Veterans) 31 == USERRA [21] ---- (USPS Ordered to Reinstate National Guardsman after 14-YRS) 32 == Vet Weight [01] ---- (78% of Veterans are Considered to be Overweight or Obese) 33 == Veterans FAQ ---- (Dental Care for 100% Rated Vets?) 33 == Veterans FAQ ---- (Is retroactive disability or disability out of the question?) 34 == Veterans FAQ ---- (Am I going to get compensated or not?) 35 == WWII Vets 192 ---- (Vernon Foster | French Legion of Honor Recipient) 36 == WWII Vets 193 ---- (Donald Keller | French Legion of Honor Recipient) 37 == WWII Allied Vets ---- (These Canadians Would be Legends, if People Knew their Stories) 40 == D-Day Memories [01] ---- (One by One they Fade as War’s Witnesses Die) 42 == Obit: John Dudley Crouchley ---- (JUN 1944 | WWII Aviator) 43 == Obit: Tristan Laue ---- (4 MAY 2019 | Married Five Hours) 43 == Obit: Granville Coggs ---- (6 MAY 2019 | A Tuskegee Airman) 44 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of 15 MAY 2019) 45 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 15 MAY 2019) 45 == Vet State Benefits ---- (Michigan 2019) . * VET LEGISLATION * . 46 == Feres Doctrine [15] ---- (H.R.2244 | Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019) 47 == Reserve DD-214 ---- (S.____ | Reserve Component DD-214 Act) 48 == Military Spouse Employment [06] ---- (H.R.___/S.___ | Portable Certification of Spouses Act) 49 == Vet Toxic Exposure Legislation [09] ---- (H.R.___ | OATH Act) 49 == IRS Kiddie Tax [01] ---- (H.R.2481 | Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act) 50 == SSA Benefit Increase ---- (H.R.860 | Social Security 2100 Act) 51 == VA Healing/Recovery Programs ---- (H.R 2435 | Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act) 51 == House Vet Bill Progress ---- (01 thru 15 May 2019) . * MILITARY* . 53 == Military Border Missions ---- (Unknown When or If Will End) 54 == Army Racism Lawsuit ---- (Significant Settlement Reached | Racist/Sexist Command Climate 55 == Navy Fleet Size [17] ---- (Navy’s Top Officer Wants You to Stop Counting His Ships) 56 == USAF Officer Program ---- (Accelerated Commissioning for SNCOs) 56 == Military Base Water ---- (Shanahan Says Safe to Drink Tap Water at 401 Sites in Question) 57 == Military Depots ---- (GAO Reports More than Half in Poor Condition) 2 58 == Military Sexual Assault [06] ---- (38% Increase | Shanahan Calls For Reforms) 60 == Military Sexual Assault [07] ---- (DoD to Make Sexual Harassment a Crime) 61 == Trump Pardons [01] ---- (Soldier Convicted of Killing an Iraqi Prisoner in 2008) 62 == USMC Theft Rings ---- (Five NC Marines Stole, Pawned, and Sold Equipage for 2-yrs) 63 == USMC Tropical Boots ---- (New Ones May Be Available By Late 2019) 64 == Military USVs ---- (Unmanned Surface Vessel Weaponized Prototype) 65 == Weapon Cemeteries ---- (Deadly Gases May be Starting to Leak from WWI & WW2 Sites) 66 == Base Housing [12] --- (Private Companies Set up Complex Systems to Escape Accountability) 67 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (Breakaway thru Bug Out) 68 == Warships That Will Change the Future ---- (Stereguschiy 530) . * MILITARY HISTORY * . 69 == WWI Thomas Crisp ---- (Posthumous Recipient of the Victoria Cross) 71 == VE Day 1945 ---- (The Celebration Heard ’Round the World) 75 == Japan’s Carrier Shinano ---- (Deployment and Sinking of Japan's Top Secret Ship) 75 == Virginia Hall ---- (One of the Most Important American WWII Spies) 77 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (16 thru 31 MAY) 78 == Post WWII Photos ---- (Super Transport Ship with Returning Vets) 78 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Battle T Trainer) 79 == War Memorials ---- (Jatiyo Smriti Soudho) 79 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [30] ---- (Hardships) 80 == Medal of Honor Citations ---- (John D. Hawk | WWII) . * HEALTH CARE * . 81 == VA-CMS Prescription Agreement ---- (Greatly Improves Drug Safety Monitoring) 82 == Military Health System [02] ---- (18,000 Medical Positions to be Eliminated) 83 == TRICARE Claim Reversal ---- (Approval Withdrawn | Billed $46k after Surgery) 84 == Diabetes [16] ---- (Patient Readmission Rate 40% Higher after Discharge) 84 == Mouth Microbes ---- (The Helpful and the Harmful) 85 == Synesthesia ---- (Mingling Senses) 86 == Middle Ear Infection ---- (Recognition and Treatment) 88 == Mosquitos ---- (Inexpensive Ways to Send the Hungry Pests Packing) 89 == Brain Aneurysm ---- (Recognition and Treatment) 91 == Prescription Drug Costs [30] ---- (The Money and Politics) 93 == Canada/Mexico Prescription Drugs [02] ---- (FL Taking First Step to Allow Sales) 93 == Moving With TRICARE [01] ---- (Impact on Your Benefit) 94 == TRICARE Podcast 500 ---- (New Child Stateside - Registering Child in DEERS - New Child Overseas) 96 == TRICARE Podcast 501 ---- (Moving w/TRICARE - Mental Health Awareness Month - Plan Finder) . * FINANCES * . 97 == Car Insurance [20] ---- (What It Costs to Insure America’s Favorite Cars) 98 == Surviving Spouses [01] ---- (What Financial Mess Will You Leave Them?) 98 == Tax Rates by State ---- (Comparisons for Retirement) 99== SBP DIC Offset [56] ---- (Time to Eliminate | 60 Senate Cosponsors Now On Board) 99 == Social Security Q & A ---- (190501 thru 190515) 100 == Debit Cards [02] ---- (Times You Should Not Use One) 101 == Regretful Purchases ---- (20 that Most Buyers Tend to be Unhappy With in Time) 3 103 == Medical Equipment Scam ---- (Back Brace | Targets Seniors) 104 == Free Trial Scam ---- (Consumers Pay Shipping for Nonexistent Products) 105 == One Ring Scam ---- (Get a One-Ring Call? Don't Call Back) 105 == Tax Burden for New Hampshire Retired Vets ---- (As of May 2019) . * GENERAL INTEREST * . 107 == Notes of Interest ---- (1 thru 15 May 2019) 108 == Clark Air Base ---- (RP Turning to China to ‘Build, Build, Build’) 110 == China’s Carrier Program ---- (1st Full Sized Carrier under Construction) 112 == Iran Tensions ---- (Carrier Sent to Middle East after Indications of Planned Attack on US Forces) 113 == Iran Tensions [01] ---- (Israel’s Perspective on Current Threat Levels) 115 == Arctic Encroachment ---- (Secretary of State Pompeo Issues Warning to China, Russia) 115 == Arctic Encroachment [01] ---- (Arctic Now America’s ‘First Line of Defense’) 117 == GTMO Prison [13] ---- (Is it Becoming a Nursing Home for Its Aging Terror Suspects) 119 == China’s Concentration Camps ---- (1M Plus Muslims Have Been Sent to Reeducation Sites) 120 == China’s Power Projection ---- (DOD Report on Chinese Military) 122 == Taiwan-China Dispute [06] ---- (China Laying Groundwork for War) 123 == Secrets of Flying (2) ---- (What You May Not Know) 124 == Saudi Arabia Military Support ---- (Senate Fails to Override Trump Veto on Yemen) 126 == Memories ---- (Hoover Dam) 126== Interesting Inventions ---- (Calendar Ring) 127 == One Word Essays ---- (Relating) 127 == Have You Heard? ---- (Missing Wife | Unintentionally Funny | Survivors of the 30’s thru 70’s NOTE 1. The page number on which an article can be found is provided to the left of each article’s title 2. Numbers contained within brackets [ ] indicate the number of articles written on the subject. To obtain previous articles send a request to [email protected]. 3. Recipients of the Bulletin are authorized and encouraged to forward the Bulletin to other vets or veteran organizations. * ATTACHMENTS * . Attachment – Michigan Vet State Benefits Attachment – Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 31 MAY
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