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RAO BULLETIN 15 February 2020 PDF Edition RAO BULLETIN 15 February 2020 PDF Edition THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES Pg Article Subject . * DOD * . 04 == DoD Budget 2021 ---- (Five-Year Defense Plan Impact) 05 == DoD Budget 2021 [01] ---- (Annual Growth Concerns) 06 == Pentagon Spending [03] ---- ($5.7B in Funding to be Reallocated) 08 == DoD Suicide Policy [14] ---- (2019 Results) 09 == PFAS Toxic Exposure [13] ---- (DOD OIG to Review Military’s Response) 09 == Commissary Online Benefits ---- (New Caregiver/Vet 1 JAN Eligibles Access Delayed) 10 == DoD Political Do’s & Don’ts ---- (Service Member’s/Vets Reminder) 10 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2020 | Twelve) . * VA * . 12 == VA Caregiver Program [61] ---- (Should Someone Else be in the Room Initiative) 15 == VA Video Connect [01] ---- (An Easier Way to Obtain Medical Care) 15 == VA GeroFit Fitness Program ---- (For Vets 65 & Over) 16== VA Together We Can Program --- (Two More Subjects Added to Info Series) 17 == VA Sexual Trauma Claims ---- (Over 2 Years 20% Wrongfully Denied/Improperly Handled) 18 == VA Budget FY 2021[01] ---- ($243.3 Billion Requested) 20 == VA Mission Act [13] ---- (After 8 Months VA Unable to Forecast Cost) 20 == VA Cancer Care [02] ---- (Artificial Intelligence Being Studied to Diagnose Cancer) 1 21 == Women’s Health Transition Training ---- (WHTT Registration Ongoing) 21 == VA Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2020) . * VETS * . 24 == Medical Marijuana [01] ---- (Survey Indicates Vets Using but Cost is a Barrier) 25 == Fisher House [08] ---- (New Albuquerque Facility Welcomes First Family) 26 == Vet Toxic Exposure | K2 Black Goo ---- (VA Ready to help and asks Sick Veterans to Come Forward) 27 == Military Sexual Trauma [07] ---- (House Hearing on VA Support of MST Survivors) 28 == GI Bill [301] ---- (Housing Allowance Change One-Time Transition Relief) 28 == Vet Fraud & Abuse ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2020) 29 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 14 Feb 2020) 29 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled as of 14 Feb 2020) 30 == State Veteran's Benefits ---- (Nevada 2020) . * VET LEGISLATION * . 31 == VA Patient Care Needs ---- (S.3089 | Proposal Seeks to Better Match Facilities to Needs) 31 == PTSD Assistance [05] ---- (H.R.4305 | Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers Therapy Act) 32 == Traumatic Brain Injury [75] ---- (H.R.5739 | Blast Exposure Protection Act) 32 == Vet Hotline ---- (S. 3251 | Veterans Assistance Helpline Act) 33 == Wyoming National Guard ---- (HB.0090 | Defend the Guard Act. * MILITARY* . 34 == Army Budget Request | 2021 ---- ($178B to Meet Modernization/Combat Readiness/Personnel Needs) 34 == USMC Budget Request | 2021 ---- (Funding Dip, Personnel Reductions in $46B Request) 35 == USAF Budget Request | 2021 ---- (Manning Growth Slows To 1500 in $165.6B Request) 36 == USSF Budget Request | 2021 ---- ($15.4B Mostly for Research, Development, and Testing) 37 == Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments ---- (Woobies | Aerial Blood Delivery | Exoskeleton Braces) 38 == F-35 Fighter Jet [03] ---- (Gun Woes) 39 == USS Gerald R. Ford [16] ---- (Testing Suggests Not Yet Ready to Defend Itself) 40 == Army Aviation ---- (Incentive Pay Rates Increased) 41 == USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) [24] ---- (Underway After Being Badly Damaged in 2017 Collision) 41 == Tax Tips for Military Life ---- (Some That Could Reduce What You Pay) 44 == U.S. Space Force [17] ---- (Troops Not to be Called Spacemen or Space Cadets) 45 == Base Housing [17] ---- (Tenant Bill of Rights SITREP) 46 == Army Housing [01] ---- (Private Housing Managing Companies Discussions) 47 == USAF Dress Standards [01] ---- (Religious Accommodation Guidelines Issued) 48 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘G’ thru ‘Give Way”) . * MILITARY HISTORY * . 49 == Battle of the Ia Drang Valley ---- (Tenets of Air Land Battle Analysis) 49 == Park Chung-hee Assassination Attempt ---- (Failure Led to USS Pueblo’s Capture) 51 == Six Triple Eight Monument ---- (Honors Contribution of 800 Black Women in WWII) 52 == Nazi Killing Centers ---- (Operation Reinhard) 54 == John W. "Jack" Hinson ---- (A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge) 55 == Auschwitz Extermination Factory ---- (The Early Days) 56 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [48] ---- (Sleepy Time Gal) 2 56 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (15 thru 29 FEB) 57 == Medal of Honor Citations ---- (Hugh Carroll Frazer | Mexican Campaign) . * HEALTH CARE * . 58 == Medicare Hospital Coverage [05] ---- (Stop! Don’t Sign Away Your Coverage) 58 == Prescription Drug Costs [44] ---- (Trump State of the Union Claim) 60 == Military Hospitals [01] ---- (Military Family/Retiree Patient Reduction Memo) 61 == Military Hospitals [02] ---- (Budget Request w/Military Family/Retiree Patient Reduction) 62 == Medicare Drug Procurement [04] ---- (Billions would Be Saved if Allowed to Negotiate) 63 == PTSD Treatment Results ---- (DoD/VA Recommended Therapies Don’t Help Many) 63 == Diabetes [22] ---- (Don’t Let Myths Influence Treatment) 65 == Coronavirus ---- (What We Need to Know About COVID-19) 67 == TRICARE Prime [41] ---- (Chiropractic Care, Gym Membership Pilot Program) 68 == TRICARE Podcast 539 ---- (Dental Program Coverage - TFL Eligibility & Enrollment - Spring Travel Tips) 69 == TRICARE Podcast 540 ---- (MHS Nurse Advice Line - ECHO - US Family Health Plan) . * FINANCES * . 70 == State Taxation [02] ---- (Notable Individual Income Tax Changes in 2020) 72 == State Income Tax Rates | 2020 ---- (How High Individual Rates Are in Your State) 72 == Social Security Taxation [14] ---- (How this Income is Taxed) 73 == Social Security Earnings Limits [02] ---- (The 35 Year Factor) 74 == Tax ID Theft Scam ---- (File Your Taxes Early to Avoid) 75 == Face Mask Scam ---- (Shopping Online) 75 == State Tax Burden for West Virginia Retired Vets ---- (As of Feb 2020) . * GENERAL INTEREST * . 78 == Notes of Interest ---- (01 thru 14 February 2020) 79 == RP-US Relations [03] ---- (U.S. Given Notice of VFA Termination) 81 == NATO ---- (Member Country Survey on Aiding U.S.) 82 == Afghan Peace Talks [07] ---- (Insider Attacks Impact | Not Much Movement) 83 == Afghan War [05] ---- (2021 Budget Request Lowest in a Decade) 84 == Nuclear Football ---- (Every President since Kennedy has Carried One) 86 == Obsolescence [02] ---- (The Writing is On the Wall for Dozens of Things We have Grown Up With) 88 == Robocalls [04] ---- (How to Spot and Stop) 89 == Israel Laser Sword ---- (Deployable by End of 2020 if It Passes Battlefield Testing) 90 == Have You Heard? ---- (Blonde Jokes 2 | Six Tiny Stories | Questions 4) 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 – Nevada Vet State Benefits Attachment – Military History Anniversaries 15 thru 29 FEB (Updated) Attachment - Battle of the Ia Drang Valley 3 * DoD * DoD Budget 2021 Five-Year Defense Plan Impact The U.S. Department of Defense plans to propose retiring hundreds of the Air Force’s aging fighter jets and bomber aircraft over the next five years to shift resources toward building new capabilities to counter China and Russia, sources tell Foreign Policy. On the chopping block are a significant chunk of the older F-15s and F-16s, 17 of roughly 60 nonnuclear B-1 bombers, along with 21 of the service’s unarmed RQ-4 Global Hawk drones. The proposed cuts over what is called the “five-year defense plan” will be included in the White House’s annual budget submission for fiscal year 2021, which is set to be released on 10 FEB. Congress must approve the plan before it goes into effect. As the legacy aircraft retire, the Air Force will bring on new capabilities: Boeing’s new F-15EX, Lockheed Martin’s F-35, and Northrop Grumman’s B-21 stealth bomber. But despite Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s push to tighten the Pentagon’s belt, his office, along with the military combatant commanders, actually rejected a series of even deeper cuts proposed by the Air Force—including its armed MQ-9 Predator drones—according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions. The Air Force’s original proposal was designed to shift money toward new capabilities, including new fighters, bombers, and building a sophisticated network that will provide more accurate real-time data to operators. But “they were trying to take tremendous near-term risk to do that,” said one source with knowledge of the discussions. The final proposal includes “less money shifted, and a slower migration” to new capabilities, the source said. The Air Force has tried to retire its 250 aging F-15Cs and two-seat F-15Ds over the years due to structural issues with the aircraft, including most recently in 2017. Now, instead of paying to upgrade the older aircraft in the fleet, the Air Force hopes to use that money to buy Boeing’s F-15EX, a new and improved variant. Meanwhile, a number of the Block 25 F-16Cs, which were introduced in 1984, will retire in the next five years, replaced by the F-35. As for the B-1, the Air Force has previously said the aircraft would retire as Northrop Grumman’s new B-21 stealth bomber comes online, starting in around 2025. The 2021 budget proposal appears to be an acceleration of this plan. The Air Force’s then-top civilian previewed
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