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National Association Fo r U niformed Se rvices (NAUS) 5535 Hempstead Way P.O. Box 1406 Springfield, Va. 22 151 Tel: (703) 750-1342 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES 5535 HEMPSTEAD WAY P.O. BOX 1406 SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA 22151 TEL. (703) 7 50-1342

"The Serviceman's Voice in Government"

"Established 1968"

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Oren E. Hurlbut L TG USA, Chairman May 17, 1983 Roben M. Shannon QMCM USCG, President George Juskalian COL USA, 1st VP Joseph D. Sandifer CSM USA, 2nd VP Sallie A. Savage• MAJ USAF, 3rd VP U.S. House of Representatives Jon L. Boyes VADM USN Washington, D.C. 20515 Roben H. Clagett, Jr. COL USA James Collins CDR NOAA Dear Mr. Akaka: James M. Gibson BG USA Richard S. Green The National Association for Uniformed Services urges you to support RADM USPHS Kenneth F. Hanst the President's budgetary proposals for production and deployment of 100 MX MAJ USA missiles and for starting work on a small, single-warhead ICBM. Justus Kehne, Jr. SFC USA Marguerite L. Kieffer I am sure you are already familiar with the arguments for and against Widow, USAF James M. Kilpatrick these proposals. It is impossible to be absolutely sure what will prove best MSG USA in the years to come, but to need these weapons in the future and not have Monon S. Landy SGT MAJ USMC them would have been a tragic miscalculation. To have them and not need Roben B. Laurents them would be no more wasteful than having fire insurance and not have a COL USAF James F. Lawrence fire. BRIG GEN USMC Michael L. Loebs• YNCS USN Perhaps the most important value of these new weapons is the percep­ Roben E. Manineau• tion of strength and determination that their deployment will create in the CSM USA Joseph T. Moore minds of both our allies and our enemies. Only this perception will lead the TSGT USAF Russians to significant arms reduction agreements. Donald T. Poe RADM USN Ricardo A. Ratti The President has the responsibility for the conduct of our foreign RADM USCG Ray E. Ward policy. I hope you will help give him the resources he needs to do so CAPT USN Roben W. White, Jr.• effectively. FMIC US James C. Fry MG USA, Member Emeritus Joseph Smith Sincerely, LT GEN USAF, Member Emeritus EXECUTIVE STAFF John P. Sheffey COL USA, Executive Vice President Max J. Beilke MSG USA, Legislative Counsel ~~ George J. ardone Executive Vice President COL USA, Membership Director Charles A. Braley JPS/ees CAPT USMC, Secretary Dorothy J. Davis Treasurer Carl J. Feith COL USAF, Legal Counsel •Active Duty; other personnel are military retirees NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES MAR 8 REC'O 5535 HEMPSTEAD WAY P.O. BOX 1406 (1~ SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA 22151 TEL. (703) 750-1342

"The Serviceman's Voice in Government"

"Established /968" March 5, 1982

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Oren E. Hurlbut L TG USA, Chairman Robert M. Shannon The Honorable James Watt, Secretary QMCM USCG, President Department of the Interior George Juskalian COL USA, /st VP Washington, DC 20240 Joseph D. Sandifer CSM USA, 2nd VP Sallie A. Savage• Dear Mr. Secretary: MAJ USAF, 3rd VP Jon L. Boyes VADMUSN The National Association for Uniformed Services supports Robert H. Clagett, Jr. the Vietnam Veteran's .Memorial with the proposed design changes COL USA James Collins (flag, statue, and inscription). We hope the changes are promptly CDRNOAA approved by all concerned, and that the memorial will be construc­ James M. Gibson BG USA ted without further delay. Richard S. Green RADMUSPHS Kenneth F. Hanst Sincerely, MAJ USA Justus Kehne, Jr. SFCUSA Marguerite L. Kieffer Widow, USAF James M. Kilpatrick MSG USA Executive Vice President Morton S. Landy SGT MAJ USMC Robert B. Laurents COL USAF James F. Lawrence BRIO GEN USMC Michael L. Loebs• JPS/k YNCS USN Robert E. Martineau• CMS USA cc: Mrs. Elizabeth Dole, White House Joseph T. Moore Mr •• Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund TSGTUSAF Donald T. Poe RADMUSN Ricardo A. Ratti RADMUSCG Ray E. Ward CAPT USN Robert W. White, Jr.• FMICUSN James C. Fry MG USA, Member Emeritus Joseph Smith LT GEN USAF, Member Emeritus EXECUTIVE STAFF John P. Sheffey COL USA, Executive Vice President Mu J. Beilke MSG USA, Legislative CounMI George J. Nardone COL USA, Membership Director Charles A. Braley CAPT USMC, Secretary Dorothy J. Davis Treasurer Carl J. Feith COL USAF, Legal Counsel •Active Duty; other personnel are military retirees MEl'vtORANDUM

THE WIIITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

November 3, 1981

TO: Robert Nimmo FROM: . . Morton Blackweil ~ RE: Meeting with John Sheffey of t he National Association for.Uniformed Services

W~ have received a call from Col~ John .Sheffei, Executive .Vice~President •Of the National Association for Uniformed Services, concerning ".Catch 62." · .He has not as yet received any response from VA and is requesting a meeting with .you to discuss his concerns.

His.. organization has been supportive of the President, especially during the recent AWACS deal .

.I would ask you to please find time in your schedule t9 meet w'ith John Sheffey. His phone number is 750~1342.

Thank you.

\. National Association for Uniformed Services REPRESENTING ALL MEMBERS OF THE ...

* ARMY * NAVY * AIR FORCE * MARINE CORPS * COAST GUARD * PHS * NOAA UNIFORMED SERVICES JOURNAL Active• Reserve• National Guard• Retired• Veterans Officers• Enlisted• Spouses• Widows(ers)

Vol. 5 No. 5 Established 1968 September-October 1981

· LEGISLATIVE NAUS Perspective N E\NS Is Conscription the Answer?

Reports of the coming demise of services chiefs have usually supported the All Volunteer Force (AVF) may their civilian superiors in their public SBP Open Enrollment be somewhat like the first reports of statements, hedging here and there OK'd By Congress Mark Twain's death-a bit prema­ with reminders that the AVF promise ture. Remember, President Reagan of pay comparability has not been The House Armed Services Com­ made what is generally regarded as a kept. Their public position can be mittee in their portion of HR 3982, campaign promise not to restore the summarized as: " The AVF concept is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation draft, and he is establishing a unique a marginal success for the active Act of 1981, added a provision track record for keeping his cam­ forces and should work fairly well authorizing an open enrollment paign promises. with improved pay and education in­ period to the military Survivor The draft issue is one on which centives, but we don't know what to Benefit Plan (SBP) and it has been equally wise political leaders and ex­ do about the Reserves without a passed by the Congress and become perienced professional military men draft." When a Service Chief public­ law. disagree, and none of the arguments ly states that conscription is needed, NAUS members need not be for or against its restoration are fully as did the Chief of Naval Operations reminded that open enrollment has conclusive. It is a political issue, not a last year; or suggest that it should be been a long sought legislative objec­ defense issue. seriously considered for the future as tive of NAUS and other military In both the Carter and the Reagan did the Army Chief of Staff recently, associations. The many changes to Administration NAUS has noted a the Pentagon civilian leadership SBP since 1972 have called for the fairly uniform pattern of opinions either ignores him or issues soothing necessity of an open enrollment about the draft in the Defense statements to the effect that all period . establishment. At the Pentagon level, members of the JCS really do support For those military retirees who are the civilian secretaries all maintain the President's policy. not participating in SBP, this is a that the AVF is working satisfactorily The area in which there is general second chance opportunity to pro­ and needs only a bit of fine tuning to agreement that the AVF concept is vide an annuity for their surviving meet the needs of the active forces. not working is among the Reserve spouse. This opportunity will not be They back their positions with con­ Forces. While the Navy Reserve , the repeated as those who monitor or vincing statistics about the numbers Air National Guard, and the Air work with Congress will quickly and quality of volunteers and improv­ Force Reserve are in fairly good assure you. Without SBP, retired pay ing morale and discipline. They give shape, the Army National Guard and stops with the death of the retiree. dire predictions of the cost and the United States Army Reserve have With SBP, up to 55% of the retiree' s political dissent that restoration of serious shortfalls. The Individual (See News, Page 2) the draft would entail. The uniform (See Conscription, Page 10) ' NEWS gress enact "forgotten widows" SBP Sen. Paul Sarbanes' (Md.-D) has join- (Continued from Page 1) benefits speaks for its value . ed in cosponsoring S.46, bringing the retired pay can be received by the Not to be overlooked is that SBP total to 14 Senators including Sen . surviving spouse for a lifetime, unless reductions from retired pay are not Strom Thurmond (S.C.-R). remarriage takes place before the age taxable. This, on top of the tax cut bill In the House, the following addi­ of 60. There is an old saying, "you passed by Congress, helps to lower tional Representatives have joined in can't take it with you," however taxable income. cosponsoring HR 116, bringing the without SBP a retiree in essence takes The Department of Defense will be total to 34, including Rep. Charles his retired pay with him. issuing implementing instructions on Bennett (Fla .-3-D): Walter Jones Open enrollment applies only to how retirees can enroll or increase (N.C.-1-D), Roy Dyson (Md.-1-D), current retirees. This is stated their current participation level. William Thomas (Calif.-18-R) Mar­ because NAUS has received inquiries These instructions will be reported in jorie Holt (Md.-4-R), Cecil Heftel from widows without SBP benefits the USJ when available. (Hawaii-1-D), Howard Wolpe asking if there is any provision for SBP is not designed to be the total (Mich.-3-D), L.A. Bafalis (Fla.-10-R) , them to make the payments their estate assets of a retiree, but it does Don Young (Alaska-AL-R), Charles deceased spouse did not make guarantee the equivalent of at least Dougherty (Pa .-4-R) , David Emery which would then entitle them to 55% of a retiree's retired pay to a sur­ (Maine-1-R), Jerry Patterson SBP benefits. viving spouse. (Calif.-38-D), Robin Beard (Tenn.- As this issue of the USJ goes to 6-R), Bill Mccollum (Fla.-5-R), Steny · press, the Omnibus Reconciliation Hoyer (Md.-5-D) and Robert Lago­ Act of 1981 passed by Congress on Quick Death marsino (Calif.-19-R) . July 30 has not been assigned a If your two Senators and Represen­ public law number. This will be The proposal that came out of the tative are not among the cosponsors, reported in the next issue of the USJ. House Post Office and Civil Service write them and let them know your Committee to reduce the paychecks The open enrollment provides that wishes. of military retirees employed by the any retiree not participating or not Federal Government by 100% of participating to the maximum level their retired pay died a quick death, Divorced Spouses Bills (55% of retired pay) may elect to par­ as expected. Instead, the House ticipate or to increase their current voted to go to one cost-of-living in­ On June 26 the U.S. Supreme election to the maximum level. crease in military retired pay as Court handed down its decision on The open enrollment period will reported elsewhere in this USJ. the McCarty vs McCarty Case, ruling begin Oct. 1, 1981 and end on Sept. that military retired pay cannot be 30, 1982. treated as property to be divided like A new participant must be enrolled Catch-62 other assets in a divorce settlement. for two years before the surviving This landmark ruling invalidates hun­ spouse is eligible for the designated The bills to permit continued Civil dreds of divorce court decisions in benefit. This is simply the principle of Service annuity credit after age 62 for community property states and in a pre-existing condition clause. If the Social Security covered military ser­ those others where state law treats participant dies before the two-year vice, S.46 and HR 116, have not retirement rights accumulated by waiting period is satisfied , the been scheduled for hearings as we go one spouse during marriage as pro­ amount deducted from retired pay to press. The Senate Committee on perty in which the other spouse has a will be paid in a lump sum to the Governmental Affairs and the House vested interest. retirees beneficiary. Committee on Post Office and Civil NAUS is proud to have joined with Some may argue the waiting period Service have requested positions on the Non Commissioned Officers is excessive. One must, however, the bills from each of the Executive Association, The Retired Officers weigh it against the potential benefits Agencies having interests in them . Association, the Air Force Sergeants that go to the survivor. If the retiree These are the Office of Management Association, The Fleet Reserve does not live the fu II two years, the and Budget, the Department of De­ Association, the Reserve Officers cost of SBP is not lost because it' s fense, the Veterans Administration, Association and the Marine Corps refunded to the survivor. If the the Office of Personnel Management, League in supporting LtCol McCarty retiree does fulfil l the waiting period, the Postal Service and the Depart­ before the Supreme Court by filing the benefit received by the survivor is ment of Health and Human Services an Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) of enormous value. One need but (which includes the Social Security petition on his behalf. speak with one wj_dow without SBP Administration) . The Supreme Court ruling does not to know its value. The big push by Since publication of the list of automatically make existing court­ widow organizations to have Con- cosponsors in the July-August USJ, ordered allocations of retired pay in-

2 Uniformed Services Journal valid. Each retiree who)N ants to stop sufficient to prevent its approval, but in the hearing room, Clarence Duvall such payments must go back to the the emotional appeal of the plight of and Herman Williams, both WW1 same court that issued the judgement the older divorced wife should not veterans, were easily recognizable in in the first place and request that the be underestimated. It is not a simple their authentic WW1 uniforms. judgement be vacated or modified. issue and it is certainly not one in Chairman Hall recessed the commit­ The McCarty ruling applies only to which the uniformed services (and tee to have a group picture taken for the division of retired pay as com­ the Foreign Service) should be sin­ the record of al l subcommittee munity property. It does not in­ gled out for unique treatment. members and these two veterans. validate court-ordered alimon y Therefore, NAUS remains opposed Veterans of WW1 of the U .S.A., payments. McCarty was paying to HR 3039. Inc. was most ably represented by $500/month alimony plus almost half its Commander, William Fisher, his retired pay to his divorced wife. and National Legislative Director, He will continue to have to pay the Winston Roche, ages 86 and 83 alimony. respectively. It can be expected that many LtCol. McCarty spent more than divorced spouses will seek court­ $50,000 of his own money carrying his ap­ Twice Yearly ordered increases in alimony when peal to the Supreme Court. His supporters have established a fund to help defray they lose shares of their former CPI Raises Gone these costs, but at last report, contribu­ spouses' retired pay under the Mc­ tions to it total less than $2,200. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of -Carty ruling. McCarty's efforts will save thousands of 1981 changes the cost-of-living ad­ The Court's ruling still leaves the dollars in retired pay for a significant justments to federal and military Congress free to legislate a require­ number of uniformed service retirees. retired pay from a semiannual to an NAUS strongly urges those who so benefit ment for division of retired pay and annual basis. to make a substantial contribution to the survivor benefits with divorced man who has borne nearly all the cost. The annual adjustment will be bas­ spouses. The bills for this purpose Contributions should be sent to: ed on the Consumer Price Index currently before the 97th Congress Richard McCarty legal Defense Fund, (CPI) of the previous calendar year were described in the July-August P.O. Box 35954, Tucson, Ariz. 85740. and will be payable starting March 1. Journal (S.888, HR 1711, HR 3117, Retirees will experience the increase and HR 3039) . The Court's decision in the first check received after was a major disappointment to the WW I Pension Bill March 1. women' s organizations supporting Retirees now receiving retired pay these bills, and they have redoubled Bills authorizing a WW1 veterans will not receive the September 1981 their efforts to have the Congress pension have been introduced in adjustment. Their next adjustment authorize what the court has denied. many of the past Congresses. will be in March 1982. Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) has However, not until now has Con­ NAUS members will remember already introduced S.1453 which gress held hearings. On July 21 , the that in 1980 Congress passed legisla­ would restore to the states the right Subcommittee on Compensation, tion adjusting military ret1red pay on to treat military pay as community Pension, and I nsu ranee of the House an annual basis contingent upon property if they so desire. Veterans' Affairs Committee heard enactment of similar legislation for The House Committee on Armed testimony on HR 1918 which was in­ federal employees. In the 1981 Services will undoubtedly hold hear­ troduced by Rep. Glenn M. Ander­ Reconciliation Act, Congress again ings on Rep. Patricia Schroeder's son (Calif.-32-D). Chairman Sam B. approved the annual adjustment for (Colo.-1-D) HR 3039 later this year. Hall (Texas-1-D) conducted hearings military retirees, with the same con­ The Supreme Court ruling should in an almost movie-type setting. No tingency. Another provision of the serve to strengthen the opposition, less than 10 U.S. Representatives 1981 Act legislates an annual adjust­ which includes a great majority of were scheduled witnesses. Rep. Ike ment for federal retirees, triggering the career members of the uniformed Skelton (Mo.-4-D) gave a most stir­ the changes for military retirees. One services, both male and female. ring recollection of the national might say military retirees dodged Countering this, however, is the patriotism instilled in him by his the bullet in 1980, but not 1981. broad effort to provide greater old­ father, a WW1 veteran. The others For many, the annual adjustment age economic security for women, were all in general support of HR will be less confusing because it particularly those who devoted most 1918. Eight military and veteran parallels the annual inflation rate. or all of their working lives to organizations, plus the Veterans Ad­ Th is in effect allows a retiree to pro­ housekeeping and family care. ministration, were also scheduled as ject the adjustment amount. As we As we go to press, the opposition witnesses. go to press, the latest CPI indicates an to the Schroeder bill appears to be While there were many spectators (See News, Page 4)

September-October 1981 3

l, NEWS across-the-board increase versus a assistance while individual is enroll­ (Continued from Page 3) targeted increase. With Congress in ed. annual rate of 10.2% . If for the re­ recess until after Labor Day, military • a provision to provide educa­ mainder of 1981, the CPI shows a personnel must continue to await tional assistance for reserve and na­ monthly increase of 2.3, retirees can any outcome. There are some who tional guard personnel. project a 10.2% increase in their have decided not to wait, and the ex­ • a provision to allow for educa­ March 1982 retired pay. odus of mid-level NCO's and officers tional leaves of absence for active If Congress had not changed to the continues. duty personnel. annual basis, military retirees would NAUS strongly urged both Senate have received a 4.9% adjustment in and House Veterans' Affairs Commit­ September 1981 and a 5.1 % adjust­ GI Bill Progress tees to remove the Dec. 31, 1989 ment in March 1982, using the above Congress continues to work on a delimiting date on the current GI projected CPI increase. new GI Educational Assistance Bill, Educational Assistance Bill. This Here is how NAUS arrived at these however enactment is unlikely this delimiting date is causing many calculations. year. potential careerists to leave the ser­ The December 1980 CPI of 258.7 On March 25, NAUS testified vice in order to take advantage of and the June 1981 271.4 CPI com­ before the House Veterans' Affairs their benefits. putes to a 4.9% increase. Assuming a Subcommittee on Education, Train­ repeat of the 2.3 CPI point increase ing and Employment on the new GI New House Members experienced in May and June 1981, Bill. NAUS next testified on July 23, this would then show a December before the Senate Veterans' Affairs In the May-June USJ we reported 1981 CPI of 285.2. The June (271.4) Committee. NAUS expects to testify vacancies in the House of Represen­ to December (285.2) 1981 CPI before the House Armed Services tatives. As this issue of the USJ went changes would mean a 5.1% in­ Subcommittee on Military Personnel to press there were no vacancies. crease in retired pay of March 1982. and Compensation when they Following is a synopsis of the elec­ However, an annual adjustment schedule hearings. This scheduling tions which filled the vacant seats. based on the December 1980 (258. 7) will more than likely occur in late Mark Siljander (Mich.-4-R) was CPI and the December (285 .2) 1981 September. sworn in April 28 by House Speaker projected CPI computes to a 10.2% NAUS supports the establishment Thomas P. O'Neill, consummating a increase. of a new GI Bill that is: major political coup in winning the Adjustments to SBP annuities are • simple and easily understood by seat held by former Rep. David based on the same laws applicable to recruiters and veterans. Stockman. retired pay adjustments. • an entitlement at no monetary Democrat Steny Hoyer won an cost to the veteran. easy victory in a special election to • equitable to both government fill the seat of former Rep. Gladys Military Pay and the veteran. Spellman (Md.-5-D), defeating • fundable over a long period. Republican Audrey Scott by a large The July 1980 USJ carried an article • not prone to immediate or con­ margin. Rep. Hoyer was sworn in on military pay and the fact it was stant revision or change. June 3. receiving considerable attention but • established in the near future A special election was held to fill that little action was being taken. The and gives early returns on the the seat left vacant by Rep. Jon Hin­ focal point of that article remains un­ veterans commitment. son (Miss.-4-R) who resigned April changed. NAUS believes that any new 13. Wayne Dowdy (D) won a July 7th Early in 1981 there was consider­ education assistance bill, should at a run-off against Republican Liles able support for a 5.3% pay increase minimum, include: Williams. He was sworn in July 9th. effective July 1, with another of ap­ • a requirement for a minimum of Republican Michael Oxley barely proximately 9.1 % effective Oct. 1, two years active duty. got by Democrat Dale Locker in a 1981. • a maximum entitlement not to June 25 special election to succeed As everyone knows, July 1 passed, exceed 36 months. the late Rep. Tennyson Guyer, but no pay bill passed. The July 1 pro­ • an honorable service require­ (Ohio-4-R). A recount delayed Ox­ posal had Administration support, ment. ley's swearing-in until July 21. but no funds. • a period of time not to exceed Rep. Ray Lederer (Pa.-3-D) a third­ October 1 is now the date of the 10 years from date of last discharge in term member from Philadelphia, proposed increase. There has been a which the veteran can use these resigned his seat May 5th. State Sen. fight over the amount of the increase, benefits. Joe Smith, a lifelong Democrat who but an even greater fight over an • a reasonable allowance for ran as an Independent and a

4 Uniformed Services Journal Republican, defeated Philadelphia her SBP is offset by the amount of because increases in dollar income Democratic chairman David Glancey social security benefits resulting from move the worker into a higher tax on July 21st. Smith was sworn in on her late husband's social security bracket. Indexing, in essence, would July 28th making a full complement covered military service. In such a move the tax bracket to keep pace in the House for the first time this case, the widow receives a reduced with inflation so that the worker will year since David Stockman resigned social security benefit because of her pay the same percentage in taxes in January to become 0MB director. federal retirement benefit and a regardless of the effect of the inflation reduced SBP benefit because of her rate on earnings. More SBP Bills social security benefit. Indexation will not go into effect In House Hopper Rep. Dyson's bill HR 4151, would u nti I 1985, after the recently passed eliminate the social security offset tax cuts are accomplished over the Rep. Roy Dyson (Md-1-D) has in­ from SBP in such a situation. next three years. troduced two bills containing PL 95-216 exempts from this offset changes to the Survivor Benefit Plan women who become entitled to their IRS Change Sought (SBP). above mentioned public annuity by One bill, HR 4151, would affect December 1982 (See article page 10, For Vet Groups relatively few SBP annuitants, USJ, March 1979). HR 3207 introduc­ Sens. Howard W. Cannon however, this in no way detracts ed by Rep. Claude Pepper (Fla.-14-D) (Nev.-D) and Barry M. Goldwater from the importance of the need for would extend that date to December (Ariz.-R) have introduced S. 1451 to · the change. In 1977, Congress 1987. amend the Internal Revenue Code of changed the Social Security Act with The other bill introduced by Rep. 1954 with respect to the exemption enactment of PL 95-216. This law Dyson, is a so-called "forgotten from tax of veterans' organizations. reduces spouses' social security widows" bill. HR 4285 would extend The Internal Revenue Code of benefits for those receiving monthly SBP benefits to widows of retirees 1954, Section 501 (c) 19 requires that benefits based on their earnings from who died prior to Sept. 21, 1972 and in order to qualify for tax exempt federal or state government employ­ did not have the opportunity to par­ status, 75% of the veterans' organiza­ ment which was not covered by ticipate in SBP. Rep. Dyson's bill is tions membership must be wartime social security. Wives, divorced more comprehensive than other bills veterans. S. 1451 wou Id change the wives, husbands, widows, widowers introduced on the same subject in requirement to 75% veterans. and mothers receiving social security that it covers disabled as well as non­ HR 2597 already introduced in the benefits based on their spouses' disabled retirees. Many retirees are House of Representatives by Rep. social security earnings are in this retired with less than 20 years service James R. Jones (Okla.-1-D) and category. because of disabilities. Barber Conable (N.Y.-35-R) is design­ Military retired pay is not included ed for the same purpose as S. 1451 in this category of federal or state Senate Passes and was reported in the May-June government employment benefits. Tax Indexation 1981 USJ. However, spouses of military retirees who are eligible in their own right for Congress has approved the in­ VA Disability and a federal or state government benefit, dexation of personal income taxes. outlined above, are affected. Indexation will eliminate the DIC Bills Pass PL 95-216 places a double offset on "bracket creep" caused by inflation Both Veterans' Affairs Committees some SBP recipients. As an example, which pushes taxpayers into higher have reported out their veterans' the widow of a military retiree who and higher tax brackets without a disability compensation and worked for the federal government real increase in earnings. Dependency and Indemnity Com­ and becomes eligible for federal Indexation means that all income pensation (DIC) legislative proposals. retirement benefits would have her tax brackets, the zero bracket The Senate bill is S.917, and the social security benefits offset if they (formerly the standard deduction) House bill is HR 3995. were earned through her late hus­ and personal exemptions, will be in­ S.917 calls for a 11.2% increase band's social security covered creased annually. This increase will whereas HR 3995 calls for a 11.3% military service. She earned her be determined by the inflation rate, increase. This minute difference will federal retirement benefits by herself, meaning it will equal the Consumer be easily solved if a conference com­ but the social security benefits were Price Index (CPI) of the current year mittee is necessary. NAUS testified earned for her by her husband, over the previous year. on June 11, before the Senate therefore the offset to social security Under the present system, cost-of­ Veterans' Affairs Committee in sup­ benefits is according to PL 95-216. living adjustments require the tax­ port of S.917. Both bills have an ef­ If this widow is a recipient of SBP, payer to pay more taxes simply fective date of Oct. 1, 1981.

September-October 1981 5 \ \ ' ' l VETERANS• clinical social work students enrolled ' The ITVA awarded its "Golden in schools of social work. Reel of Excellence" for the program's AFFAIRS. VA's extensive medical personnel "highly effective form of com­ training programs are conducted in munication, which helped the user cooperation with 104 medical organization better achieve its stated Regional Cemetery schools affiliatefl with the agency's goals." The video tape was also cited Site Switched nationwide health care network of by ITVA for creativity, innovative 172 hospitals and 217 outpatient techniques and high production The Veterans Administration has clinics. values. announced that Ft. Mitchell, Ala., The second recognition, from the will serve as the site of the regional H ECA, was an "Award of Merit" national cemetery in the Interest Rate Hiked presented for "outstanding achieve­ southeastern United States, replacing on NSLI Loans ment in the use of television for a previously selected site at Ft. The annual interest rate charged by education in the health sciences." Gillem, Ga. the Veterans Administration on Na­ The special tape, designed for Viet­ The decision to locate at Ft. Mit­ tional Service Life Insurance (NSLI) nam veterans, describes the various chell, located 10 miles southeast of policy loans has been increased to herbicides used in Vietnam, with par­ the Columbus, Ga. and Phoenix City, 11 % effective July 29. ticular attention to the herbicide '1 Ala. metropolitan area, was based NSLI coverage was provided ser­ Agent Orange. The viewer is shown on the escalating costs of developing vice personnel on active duty from possible side effects associated with Ft. Gillem. The new 451-acre site is Oct. 8, 1940, through April 24, 1951. herbicides and steps to follow when on land owned by Russell County, Those who converted this World contacting a VA medical center whose commissioners will donate War II coverage to a permanent plan about suspected exposure. the land to the VA. may obtain loans up to 94% of the The program was produced by the cash value of their individual policy. Office of Environmental Medicine at VA Helps Develop In fiscal year 1980, VA made about VA, with production by the agency's Medical Trainees 96,000 loans on NSLI policies. Learning Resources Service. All VA The July 29 change does not affect medical centers, regional offices and Nearly 97,000 of the nation's the loan interest rate on United Vet Centers have been supplied with medical trainees received all or part States Government Life Insurance the video tape, and copies are of their clinical training experience in (USGLI) policies, VA pointed out. In­ available for viewing to veterans ser­ Veterans Administration medical terest rates on USGLI policies, which vice organizations, television stations facilities last year. were extended to military personnel and other interested parties. The number included 24,286, or who served between May 1919 and 38%, of the physicians filling approv­ April 1951, are set by law. More Vet Centers ed medical residencies, and 32% of The loan interest rate on NSLI all medical students in the country. policies was increased to 5% in 1971. The popular Vet Center counseling The training programs involved are Since that time, other investments service for Vietnam Era veterans will part of the agency's continuing com­ made for the insurance trust funds be expanded by 50%, Veterans Ad­ mitment to provide the best health have yielded increasingly higher ear­ ministration chief Robert P. Nimmo care possible for the nation's nings and dividends for policy­ has announced. veterans as well as assisting in the holders. The increased interest rate Nimmo, who took the oath of of­ development of health professionals will permit earnings on policy loans fice July 15 as Administrator of for the country as a whole. to become comparable with other in­ Veterans Affairs, said 42 new In addition to large numbers of vestments. counseling facilities will be added to medical residents and students, VA the program under terms of the in fiscal year 1980 trained 19% of all Agent Orange Film Reagan Bipartisan Budget Resolu­ dentists engaged in postdoctoral tion. training, and 5% of all the country's "Agent Orange: A Search For The 42 new facilities will bring to dental students. Answers," a 30-minute video tape 133 the number of "storefront" A total of 11 % of nursing students produced by the Veterans Ad­ counseling facilities available to Viet­ at baccalaureate levels and below ministration for Vietnam veterans, nam Era veterans who may be suffer­ was trained during the period at VA has received awards from the Inter­ ing readjustment problems following medical facilities, and the system also national Television Association and military service during the Vietnam trained 11 % of all graduate the Health Education Communica­ War. psychology students and 5% of all tion Association. (See VA, Page 16)

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r I I Reagan Meets With' question and answer period follow­ and overseas. I ed. Lt. Gen. (Retired) Stanley R. Larsen Association Leaders The success of the Administration' s is the Chairman of the Chief of Staffs tax bill in the Congress is now Officer Council and the Enlisted President Reagan invited senior history. It is due in no small part to Council is under the chairmanship of representatives of major military and President Reagan ' s personal efforts to SMA (Retired) Silas L. Copeland. veterans' organizations to meet with sell his program to organizations and him and other key Administration of­ , to the public in general. NAUS, Army Top Meet ficials on July 17. The two-hour NAUS appreciates being twice in­ meeting included briefings on ad­ cluded among those organizations On July 29, NAUS and NCOA ministration policies affecting the that the White House Staff con­ representatives met with Sergeant uniformed services and veterans. The sidered worthy of inclusion in the Major of the Army William A. Con­ President, the Vice President, the Ad­ President' s briefings. nelly. The purpose of the meeting ministrator of the Veterans' Ad­ was to offer assistance and seek his ministration, and representatives of counsel in better preparing enlisted the Office of Management and personnel to make sound estate plan­ Budget and the National Security ning decisions upon retirement. Council were present. The military Survivor Benefit Plan , The time available for questions while somewhat confusing and often . and discussion was limited, but the unjustly maligned, is an important President did reconfirm his deter­ part of such plans. The decision on mination to strengthen the Armed SBP must be made at the time of retire­ Forces with modern equipment and ment and cannot be delayed. Many improved pay and benefits. In retirees do not fully understand the response to questions about his benefits of SBP and therefore do not policies for veterans, he cited his make it a part of their estate when continuation of full budgetary sup­ they retire. port for the VA, the recent doubling SBP is but one element of this plan­ of the number of counselling centers, ning. Social security, life insurance President Reagan and NAUS' John Sheffey and the Agent Orange Study that he and personal savings also play vital has directed. roles. Adding to this confusion is The President expressed hope that another benefit recently extended to his military pay and incentive pro­ Beilke Named to military personnel, Individual Retire­ gram would make resumption of the Army Retiree Panel ment Accounts (IRA). draft unnecessary. However, he im­ These programs must be plied that his opposition to the draft NAUS' Legislative Counsel, Max J. understood by military personnel to would be reconsidered if his program Beilke, was recently appointed by enable them to make intelligent deci­ did not produce the needed the Department of Army to serve on sions. The last few days prior to volunteers. the Army' s Chief of Staff Enlisted retirement is not the time to start a All Administration officials at the Retiree Council. crash course on SBP or estate plan­ meeting put great emphasis on the A retired Army master sergeant, ning. Understanding each separate importance of balancing the budget Beilke has been active in retiree af­ element of estate planning is a dif­ and bringing inflation under control. fairs while serving on the Fort Meade ficu It task. How they interrelate is The message clearly was that the Enlisted Retiree Council since 1978. doubly difficult. uniformed services and veterans He will continue to serve on the Ft. NAUS urges all services to seek must share some of the burden. Meade Council during his four-year methods and approaches which will On July 27, NAUS was again in­ appointment to the Chief's Council. give the best available information to vited to send a representative to the The Chief of Staffs Council consists these career members before they White House to attend a briefing on of an officer and an enlisted council reach their decision to retire. the Administration' s bipartisan tax which are composed of 11 members cut proposal. Max Beilke, NAUS' each. These Councils meet in se­ Legislative Counsel, attended. miannual- joint session to discuss President Reagan gave a broad retiree affairs and review recommen­ Take ~ overview of his program . This was dations of all Army Retiree Councils. .stock,~ followed by a more indepth outline Currently, there are 48 councils and by Secretary of the Treasury Regan . A sub-councils throughout the U.S. tnAmerica.

Septem ber-October 1981 7 Portland, Ore. Through an oversight, the current CHAMPUS definition of medical First HMO Test Site emergency omitted an y reference to maternity care. The amendment Approximately 3,500 beneficiaries clarifies CHAMPUS policy on this attended the CHAMPUS CHOICE point and establishes that a Health Fair in Portland, Ore. in July, nonavailability statement is not re­ and according to Col Ken Hermann, ~ quired for maternity-related inpatient USAF, MSC, Deputy Director of care when the care meets the defini­ CHAMPUS, who took part in the pro­ HEALTH CARE tion of a medical emergency. gram, " it was a tremendous As with any other emergency, in success." the case of pregnancy a medical Portland was the first location number of participants will be lim­ emergency must involve a sudden around the country named as a pilot ited . The test is expected to run for and unexpected medical complica­ three years. " site offering dependents of military tion which puts the mother, or baby, The new program is different from personnel, as well as retirees and or both, at risk . the current CHAMPUS system in their dependents, a choice of health Examples of medical emergencies several ways. Members pay part of and medical programs through related to pregnancy include, but are the premium; but the out-of-pocket health groups on a prepaid basis. not limited to, hemorrhage, ruptured costs may be lower than they are " The location of the other test sites membrane with prolapsed cord, now under CHAMPUS, depending have not been selected at this time," shock unconsciousness, heart attack, Hermann said. on the program selected. It also gives stroke and iniury (as from an the beneficiaries a known medical "The interest in the Health Mai nte­ automobile accident). Pain alone expense each month which seems to nance Organization (HMO) test was would not qualify a maternity case as be desirable to many people in plan­ more than anyone expected," he an emergency, nor would insipient ning family budgets. said , " and for six hours, represen­ birth after the 34th week of gestation " The access to health care is tatives from CHAMPUS, DEERS , and unless an otherwise qualifying assured in a prepaid health plan," four Portland HMO' s answered ques­ medical complication is present. said Col Hermann, " and the bene­ tions explaining the program to the The policy clarification concerning ficiary to a great extent can choose concerned crowd ." emergency maternity admissions is his/her own primary care physician ." According to the Deputy Director, retroactive to June 1, 1977, the date the reason Portland was chosen for the current regulation was im­ the first " trial" study in the prepaid plemented. Therefore, any field , was because Portland has a Wrong Number beneficiary who has been denied " very mature health-care system, CHAMPUS benefits for a maternity The July-August USJ contained an particularly because of its numerous admission which occurred during incorrect toll-free telephone prepaid programs." It is estimated this period and which she believes number to contact the CHAMPUS could qualify as an emergency that between 30,000 to 40,000 fiscal intermediary in the state of In­ should resubmit the claim(s) . Such beneficiaries live in the Portland diana. The correct number is area . Also, there is no military 800-356-5954. We regret the error. claims should be sent to the CHAM­ hospital in the area, and DEERS PUS Fiscal Intermediary serving the (Defense Eligibility Enrollment Sys­ area where the admission occurred, tem) has been established in Oregon. CHAMPUS Clarifies with a request that the case be reopened and reviewed. A Portland group called Health Maternity Care Policy Choice has assisted CHAMPUS by Due to the retroactive nature of setting up an office at 620 S.W . Fifth The Department of Defense has this policy clarification, the filing Avenue, Suite 502. It started enroll­ amended the definition of medical deadline on such claims is extended ing participants in the program in emergency in the CHAMPUS regu­ to Dec. 31 , 1981 . The deadline on July. lation to include emergency materni­ claims for care received in 1981 is In explaining the program, Col ty inpatient care. Dec. 31 , 1982. Hermann said , " CHAMPUS CHOICE This action corrects a "Catch-22" When filing a CHAMPUS claim for is a new program which will test situation which has prevented some emergency care (whether maternity whether it is feasible to offer com­ eligible women from obtaining or other) beneficiaries are advised to: prehensive, prepaid health plans to CHAMPUS inpatient maternity • Provide as much detail as possi­ CHAMPUS beneficiaries. It is only a coverage for emergencies associated ble about the circumstances of the test at this time," he added, " so the with their pregnancies. (See Health Care, Page 16)

8 Uniformed Services Journal The Government just might be get­ Dr., Fayetteville, N.C. 28303. If ting serious about draft registration . orders are not available, provide the The Selective Service System has unit with which serving when each turned over to the Justice Depart­ News CIB was earned and the approximate ment the cases of 134 young men dates in combat. who have allegedly failed to register. Department officials say the names of *** the young men are being relayed and around the country for investigation The Selective Service System says a and possible prosecution. A Selec­ sma ller percentage of young men ac­ tive Service official said his agency tually registered in 1980 than would not initiate any major enforce­ Views previously thought. The total of 3.7 ment action until Congress decides million men born in 1960 and 1961 whether to allow the Social Security who registered has not changed, but System to cooperate with Selective the 1980 census found there were Service in searching out names. four million men el igible to register, contribute $1.8 million toward the rather than the 3. 88 million *** cost of restoring the pier. estimated earlier. That means 92 % of The museum will initially consist of the pool of eligibles regi stered , rather Military retirees in New York will 150,000 square feet and will include than 95 .5% as previously announc­ ·be able to exempt up to $20,000 of an array of aircraft on the flight deck ed . their military retired pay from state to trace aviation th rough the years; a income taxes beginning in the 1982 theater which will recapture the sen­ *** tax year. The new law brings military sations of flight and carrier activity retirees in line with state and local through visual and sound ex­ The USJ often makes mention of a government employees whose pen­ perience; a hall that will feature re­ conference committee in the Con­ sions are already exempt from state creation of the ship-based landing of gress that meets to work out d if­ income taxes. an aircraft made in 1911; and a space ferences in House and Senate passed hall to include reproductions of the versions of legislation. The number of *** lunar landing module and the space committee members varies, but shuttle. never approaches the 256 members The Army's decision to hold female who worked out the 676 differences enlisted strength at 65 ,000 will result *** in the budget bills passed by the two in limited recruiting of women for the bodies. The committee never met as next year. The Army stopped recruit­ VAdm Robert F. Schoultz, Com­ a whole, dividing into many sub­ ing female non-high school graduates mander Naval Air Force, Pacific conferences whose compromises in March and is not expected to ac­ Fleet, is the Navy' s new Gray Eagle, were ratified by the two budget com­ cept any more until at least 1983. Of­ the active duty aviator with the mittees in a final vote on the bill. ficials say that there are enough high earliest date of designation. He school graduates seeking entry to replaces Marine Corps LtGen An­ *** meet Army needs, which could be as drew W. O'Donnell, who retired. low as 18,300 annually if the female The overhau I of the battleship USS retention rate continues to improve. New Jersey for her reactivation will *** take place at the Long Beach, Calif. A comprehensive list of infan­ Naval Shipyard, be completed in *** trymen who have been awarded the about 21 months and cost $326 The retired aircraft carrier Intrepid Combat Infantryman Badge three million. The date the overhaul will is scheduled to become a sea-air­ times is being compiled for a Roll of begin has not been announced. This space museum that will be per­ Honor to be presented to the Infan­ will be the fourth fleet tour for the manently berthed at Pier 86 on West try Museum at Fort Benning, Ga . 38-year-old battleship. She was com­ 46th St. in New York City. The In­ Those who hold the CIB with two missioned in 1943 and was active in trepid Museum Foundation, a non­ stars are requested to send their the fleet until 1948, was reactivated profit group, will be responsible for name and grade in which retired , for the Korean Conflict and served the restoration and conversion of the together with a copy of the order for until 1957, and came out of ship, with a total project cost of $14 each award, to Col. Donald A. mothballs in 1968 for a short tour million. The City of New York will Seibert, USA, Ret., 525 Southwick during the Vietnam War.

September-October 1981 9 CONSCRIPTION As one goes down the Army chain­ necessary. (Continued from Page 1) of-command through division, bat­ Why, then, don' t we resume the talion, and company commanders, draft and get on with bringing all our Ready Reserve is woefully short of and on down through platoon leaders forces up to strength while making all manpower. Total shortages are in the and squad leade~,confidenceinthe elements of our society participate in neighborhood of 500,000. In the AVF tends to decline rapidly, but our national defense? The answer is absence of draft-induced transfers there is no uniformity. There is wide­ that it is not all that simple and there from the active to the reserve forces, spread criticism of the quality and is no consensus on the issue among strengths declined to the point that motivation of first-term enlistees, but those who shape public opinion and few ground force reserve units cou Id some unit commanders at each level make national policy. perform their mobilization missions, give them high marks and report that The major arguments, pro and although there have been recent im­ today's volunteers are as good as the con, are as follows: provements. The Individual Ready people they had when there was a Reserve cannot fulfill its mission of draft. Practically all unit com­ Pro: supplying replacements for the active manders report that lack of non­ The AVF is a failure. It has turned forces in wartime, pending the first commissioned leaders and technicians our Armed Forces into an employer availability of trained draftees after is a greater problem than the quality of last resort, attracting recruits from the Selective Service System is ac­ of recruits. This makes it difficult to the poorest and least educated tivated . turn recruits into skilled fighting members of our society who can get Under the AVF concept, 80% of men, and builds on itself by increas­ jobs nowhere else . The resu It is a the M-day ground force requirements ing the workload of the remaining mercenary force with its combat are supposed to be met with Reserve non-commissioned officers-driving elements filled with poorly units. Critical dependence is placed more out of the services. motivated, hard-to-train people. The on the Reserves for logistical support The unanswered question is " How upper classes have turned over their units-medical, transport, mainten­ much do the poor quality and motiva­ responsibilities for the defense of our ance, etc. There is no question at this tion of volunteers and the permissive country to the poor, the black, and time that most of these units are not discipline of the AVF contribute to the underprivileged. To attract them, ready to perform their missions and the discouragement of mid-career discipline has been degraded and could not be brought up to strength non-commissioned officers and military service made an 8 a. m. to 5 and made effective quickly. young officers?" It may be a very p.m . job. We have created an In the active forces, the Navy, the significant factor. There was little of unreliable force with extremely Air Force, and the Marine Corps are this mid-career dropping out during dangerous implications if war comes, currently attracting enough qualified the draft years, and less of it today in and we have divorced our armed entry-level volunteers to meet their the Marine Corps than in other serv­ forces from the mainstream of our needs. Their problems are mostly in ices. The Marine Corps, it should be society. retention of skilled technicians and noted, has succumbed the least of any mid-career non-commissioned lead­ service to pressures for easy Con: ers. The Army is also currently at­ discipline. Our peacetime armed forces have tracting enough recruits of acceptable Outside the active forces and the always drawn most of their entry­ quality, and officially forecasts con­ Pentagon civilian leadership, there level people from the lower economic tinued success in the future. The are former DoD officials who are classes, even when the draft was in ef­ Army, like the other services, has severely critical of the AVF. Some fect. In spite of the problems, we been burdened with retention pro­ former members of the JCS state flat­ have maintained active armed forces blems in many specialties, but there ly that the AVF is a failure and the of two million volunteers for eight has been marked improvement in re­ sooner we reinstate the draft the bet­ years and foresee no great difficulty cent months. AVF critics, however, ter. Some key members of the Senate in continuing to do so, with the im­ are seriously concerned about the and House Committees on Armed provements in pay, benefits, and per­ high percentages of blacks and other Services are critical of the AVF, but sonnel management that are now minorities in the fighting elements. there is no widespread sentiment in under way. The problems of the AVF Experts outside the Department of the Congress for a return to the draft. are small in comparison with the Defense (DoD) are far less optimistic Among the public there are noisy problems that would accompany about the future, in view of the anti-draft groups and individuals, but resumption of the draft. We don' t declining numbers of military-age public opinion surveys have found need but a small portion of the draft­ males and the likelihood of improve­ that the majority of the American age members of our population, and ment of job opportunities in the people would accept a return to con­ there' s no truly equitable way of private sector. scription if their leaders found it drafting only that portion. As long as

10 Uniformed Services Journal we can meet our needs with volun­ tion because of the Vietnam ex­ the improving outlook for the AVF teers, why adopt a fundamentally un­ perience. Properly handled, it could combine to make the political risks fair system of forcing into the armed serve to unify our country. In and cost burdens of UMT unneces­ services large numbers of young men Switzerland, which has such ethnic sary . We have real problems and who don't want to be there? divisions that there are four official shortcomings in the AVF, but they languages, every man is required to are manageable . We don't need the Pro: take military training and remain on headaches of UMT or even a limited The AVF concept has seriously call through age 65. Germany, Rus­ draft. weakened the ability of the ground sia, China, and many other countries forces' reserves to perform their war­ continue to draft their citizens for Pro: time missions. There is no practicable military service . Are our people rea lly The 30-day nuclear war theory that way of bringing them up to strength that much less patriotic and that would eliminate the possibility of sus­ without a draft. Until they are at much less willing to share the defense tained ground combat is an illusion. satisfactory levels of strength and burden? The key factor is equitable The U.S. has already fought two sus­ training, the U.S. cannot sustain a treatment for all. That' s why UMT or tained ground wars in the nuclear war in Europe for more than 30 days. even universal service, to include non­ age, and if our nuclear deterrent At best, with the current selective military public service, is the answer. strategy is successful, conventional service status and registration, it will UMT would train and return to civil warfare is the only possibility in the take four months to produce any life most of the able-bodied young future. The Russians are prepared for trained replacements in wartime with men in our population, creating an it and the U.S. is not. No rational ·a draft initiated on M-day. Twice that enduring linkage between our armed U.S. or Russian leader is going to ini­ time, or more, will be required to pro­ forces and all our population. These tiate nuclear warfare if it remains like­ vide enough wartime replacements trained men would constitute a huge ly that it could escalate into mutual for our 24-division force needs. reserve of trained manpower avail­ destruction of their homelands. With Con: able for call up in emergencies. The their undisguised goal of world . The AVF concept was always in­ USSR is estimated to have more than hegemony, it is quite conceivable tended only for peacetime forces. 8 million of such trained men who that the USSR could initiate conven­ Current plans call for resumption of have served in Russia ' s armed forces, tional war in Europe or the Middle the draft in an emergency. Volunteer which insures their ability to conduct East, with the threat of immediate forces do not come cheap-we must sustained ground combat in spite of escalation to strategic nuclear war if meet the competition of the market in initial losses . Compare this with the the U.S. uses any nuclear weapons. pay and benefits. The Reserves have U.S. capability of sustaining U.S. Therefore, the U.S. and NATO must been neglected, and we will have to NATO ground forces no more than have a visible capability of counter­ pay the necessary costs to bring them 30 days. ing such a move with conventional up to strength with volunteers. If that Con: forces only. proves infeasible, a draft only for the At present about four million of our Con: Individual Ready Reserve could be citizens, male and female, turn 18 Large-scale conventional warfare is considered. each year. The armed forces, active not feasible in the nuclear age. Troop and reserve need about 300,000 new concentrations, large nava I vessels Pro: people each year, leaving about 3.7 and air bases are too vulnerable to The defense of our country is a million for other public service. Even nuclear destruction. If tactical responsibility of all economic and at minimum pay, say $50 per month, nuclear weapons are not used, a war social classes and should not be plac­ the cost of clothing, housing, in Europe would be decided within ed only on the poor, the black, and feeding, equipping, and administer­ 30 days-long before large U.S . other disadvantaged minorities. An ing such numbers each year would forces could be mobilized and de­ impartial draft, or even better, UMT, be prohibitive. Further, there is no ployed. If the war starts with an ex­ would quickly solve our strength practicable way of providing useful change of strategic nuclear weapons, problems in the active and reserve work for such members without dis­ it is unlikely that there will be any forces. It would require nearly every placing many older workers. deployment of U.S. forces overseas. family in the country to participate in UMT wou Id present a lesser prob­ In either case, sustained ground war­ national defense, and it would signal lem, but still involve prohibitive costs fare will not take place, and a draft is the world that the U.S. is as well and produce numbers of trainees far unneeded. The war's outcome will prepared as the Russians to back its in excess of needs. Disruptive poli­ be determined by the forces in being diplomacy with strength. The politi­ tical opposition and some violent when the war begins. The AVF can cal dissent this would generate has resistance would be inevitable. The meet this requirement. been exaggerated out of all propor- current military threat to the U.S. and (See Conscription, Page 21 )

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12 Uniformed Services Journal Over the years, the Uniformed Ser­ donations are deductible for federal vices Journal and the NAUS Booster income tax purposes for those who Club have combined to help the NAUS itemize. Association grow in stature. It's easy to join the Club. Just send The Booster Club is made up of Booster Club your gift marked Booster Club to members who provide unsolicited NAUS, P.O. Box 1406, Springfield, funds for use as the Association feels Va . 22151. Your name will then be necessary. In recent years a portion listed in the next USJ. of this money has been used to pro­ tions. NAUS expresses thanks to the vide gratis copies of the USJ to Last year more than $5 ,000 was following members who have members of the Congress and given to the Booster Club, mostly in donated since publication of the last representatives at military installa- small donations. Under IRS rules, the USJ :

LtCol Reuben C. Algood LCdr W.D. Dubienny Col C.C. McFarland SSgt William J. Seigle SMSgt Otto G. Anderson *Col John Embry CPO Louis P. Mietz Col Duncan Sinclair *MSgt Leon J. Baranackie Col Howard F. Ewing Capt Daniel C. Mooney LtCol Jess W. Tarbell MSgt Gregory B. Barwick Mrs. Clinton Feeney Mrs. Katherine F. Moriarty Mrs. Arthur 0. Thompson Sp5 Curtis Beard SSgt Donald Froom LtCol Harriet N. Moses Mrs. Annette L. Tomasello Mrs. Joan Berger P01 Armando M. Garcia Col Paul 0. Nadler SFC Johnnie W. Tribble Harry Brown Mrs. Dora M. Gardinier Ht Harold W. Norwood SFC Edward C. Troxel TSgt Kester W. Buchanan LtCol Allyn Greene Col George S. Ostrowski Mrs. Marion B. Tryon MSgt Charles L. Buckalew Sgt Paul J. Hoffman TSgt Charles T. Pasak Col Robert E. Tucker · Mrs. Vernell L. Bullock MSgt Paul E. Honda PFC W.D. Pehta Mrs. Ruth L. Tucker Sp4 Larry J. Childers *SFC J.A. Humberston SSgt Paul E. Phelps SSgt Charles 0. Turner Col John E. Condron SFC William H. Jordan Jr. Mrs. Betty L. Phillips Maj James Veldheer GySgt Charles H. Cramer Jr. Mrs. Margaret Y. Kenealy SSgt Henry Pluta MSgt William L. Whitler Mrs. Lucille W . Croskery SFC Edward C. Lawrence Mrs. Louise A. Pohl Mrs. Judith B. Wilson Col Carl F. Damberg Mrs. A. Edith Leith SFC Lewis L. Reese Mrs. Mary L. Yon SFC Leon F. Denis Herbert Levine LCdr Galen W . Richardson Mrs. Fanny M. De Robertis Capt Stanley N. MacDonald Charles Robinson *LIFE MEMBER Mrs. Virginia F. Disalvatore MSgt Emory L. McAlister Col Robert M. Rufsvold SFC Dawson C. Dorris Mrs. Sarah J. McBride Capt Rudolf Schneider

Social Security Tax to social security. Eisenhower Monument In the above examples, the Lower Than Benefits worker's employer would have paid Set For West Point an equal amount. From time to time one hears or Military personnel started paying A statue honoring General of the reads letters from workers saying into social security on Jan. 1, 1957. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower w ill be how much they have paid into social Since that date, the maximum an in­ erected on the parade ground at the security and that they will never live dividual could have paid in social U.S. Military Academy, West Point in long enough to receive back in security taxes is $11 ,953 .64. Of this the near future. A model of the statue benefits all that they have paid into figure $9,064.06 went into the Old­ by the sculptor, Robert L. Dean Jr ., the program. Age and Survivors Insurance Fund , has been approved. The statue will It takes the average social security $1 ,262.98 into the Disability In­ form the centerpiece of the monu­ recipient about 19 months to receive surance Fund and $1,626.60 into the ment, which will join others already in monetary benefits an amount Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A) in place honorin'g Generals equal to what was paid into the pro­ Fund. Washington, MacArthur and Patton. gram. Through the years the social securi­ The Association of Graduates of the An individual who was taxed on ty tax rates have changed . In 1937 Military Academy is seeking dona­ the maximum wage base from 1937, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance tions (which are tax-deductible) to the beginning of social security, (OASI) was 1 %. In 1980 it was 4.33 %. defray the cost of the memorial. through December 1980, would The Disability Insurance (DI) tax Those wishing to contribute should have paid a maximum of $12,790.64. which was not established until 1957 make checks payable to " Association This is based on the maximum tax­ began at 0.25% rate. In 1980 it was of Graduates-Eisenhower" and mail able wage base of $296,600 and 0.75% . The Health Insurance (HI) tax them to Chairman, West Point Fund covers 44 years. which began in 1966 at a 0.35 % rate Committee, West Point, N.Y. 10996. For the individual who has worked was 1.05% in 1980. The maximum For more information write to the 30 years, 1951-1980, a maximum of taxable wage base of $3,000 in 1937 above address or telephone (914) $12,355.64 would have been paid in- increased to $25,900 in 1980. 446-5773.

September-October 1981 13 We continue below to carry out worry. Your name will be in a future our promise to publish the names of issue. each contributor to the NAUS NAUS Approximately 15.6% of our Building Fund. More than 3,350 Building Fund membership has donated to the members have contributed thus far fund. If every member who has yet to and the total of their contributions is participate would make a contribu­ now over $65,250, more than 32% of tion, however small, we will meet our goal of $203,000. This issue's list as of March 8, 1981 . Amounts are in­ our goal. of donors, plus the lists published in dicated only where the donation was In this issue we express our special previous issues of the USJ, include all $100 or more. If your contribution than ks to: whose contributions were received has not been acknowledged, don't

TSgt Angelo F. Abarca Mrs. Gilberte Bourque Maj Cornie B. Curry Jr. l!Col Albert W . Fechter SFC Carl W. Hale Mrs. Helen 8. Adams Mrs. Ruth R. Bowstrom MGen Richard D. Curtin SSgt Paul Ferguson MGen Dudley D. Hale Col John M. Adams Col Marvin Boyle ($100) SSgt Herbert M. Daley SMSgt William D. Ferguson MSgt Jack S. Hall P03 Robert Adams MSgt William F. Boylston RAdm Cart M. Dalton MSgt Vernon J. Ferrell CWO Robert G . Hall Maj Ward W. Adams Mrs. Aleta N. Brady Marshall A. Dalton Maj R.J. Fieldson Maj William A. Halonen CMSgt John A. Agiato LtCol Raymond C. Brake Ens Harold C. Daly LCdr John W. Fietsch MSgt Floyd E. Halstead Mrs. Juliana A. Albert Maj Rudolph S. Brescka 1st Lt Mary B. Dame ($100) MSgt Francis C. Fillio Sp6 Galen E. Hamilton Maj Morris O. Alexander Col John H. Brimberry l!Col Morency R. Dame ($100) MSgt Frank A. Filocomo Cdr William H. Hahn Col Horace E. Alphin Col Edward M. Brown MSgt Jack L. Daniels Col Robert G. Finkenaur MSgt David H. Hansen Sp5 James M. Alston 1st Lt Sheldon Brown 1st Sgt Milton H. Danishek Maj Almon F. Finton Dr. Robert F. Hansen CSgtMaj Walter M. Ananiewicz MSgt Welford P. Brown Mrs. Justine P. Dash LtCol James T. Fish MSgt Emil l. Hanson Mrs. Elizabeth H. Anderson Charles J. Buhrow LtCol Eugene C. Davies Lt Raymond G. Fisher Henry A. Hanson Col Nicholas C. Angel Capt Quentin S. Bullock LtCol Sam l. Davies Col A.D. Fisken Jr. Cdr John A. Harman LtCol Lawrence J. Antweiler Col A.G. Bunker MSgt Ellroy V. Davis Hiram Fitzgerald LtCol James M. Harris MSgt Melvin l. Aries Pvt Bernard E. Burbank ($100) LtCol Mildred D. Davis Cdr E.C. Folger LGen Charles E. Hart TSgt Ernest J. Armstead MSgt Ralph C. Burke LtCol William Deane CWO Arthur E. Ford LtCol Richard L. Hart PFC Arthur A. Armstrong Maj James C. Busson Ms Betty J. Deascenti l!Col Edgar Ford SFC Roy D. Hawley Col Raymond C. Ashby Jr. SFC Melvon E. Buttmann CPO Rafael Delgado Capt Carl F. Fornelius MSgt Wayne T. Haywood CWO Hudie T. Ashmore MSgt Arthur l. Byars Capt Frank E. DeMartini Col Thomas F. Forrester Mrs. Therese Hebert Lt Col Albert J. Assad SSgt Robert J. Byrne LtCol Joseph J.W . Demes SFC James S. Foster LtCol Don H. Hein WO Elmer H. Ayers LtCol Thomas Byrnes Cd r Eugene Dente l!Col Manly H. Fouts Sp6 Hugo 0. Heine MSgt Ralph E. Baile MSgt Jack A. Callaway Col Chester P. Dereng Col A.C. Fox Sp5 Emanuel 0. Heinle Mrs. Cora lee H. Baker LCdr Mary J. Caldbeck MSgt Arthur H. Descoteaux SFC John H. Frament CWO Chester H. Heinzel MSgt Calvin E. Ball Maj Maver J. Campbell LCdr Thomas A. Devins LtCol Herbert A. Franck Col John 8. Heles Mrs. Viola 8. Banks Col Allan B. Campfield RAdm Dwight H. Dexter Col William H. Frederick MSgt Robert M. Henry Capt Walter J. Baranski MSgt Nathan E. Candy MSgt Samuel l. Diambrosio l!Col Albert P. Freer Jr. MSgt Earl Hernandez Col Derwood A. Barker PFC Andrew Caporaso Mrs. Dolores H. Dilascio CWO Allen J. Freytag Ms Agnes Herrington MGen John W. Barnes Mrs. Leola V. Cargell 1st Lt John Dingee CWO3 Gene C. Friis Capt William R. Hess Col Joseph P. Barnes Sgt Ralph J. Carillo CPO Philip G.R. Dionne SFC Donald J. Fry SSgt Leo H. Hetzer SMSgt Ray F. Barnes Sr. MSgt Francis H. Carlisle MSgt Herbert C. Dixson Maj Robert E. Gabosch Capt Albert P. Hilar William H. Barnes Col John K. Carney Mrs. Isabel F. Dodge Mrs. Rita 8. Gaffney 1st Lt James E. Hilburn CWO Byron R. Barnett LtCol Charles l. Carpenter Col Francis S. Dolan ($100) MSgt E.S. Gallegos Mrs. Ansley S. Hill Capt Charles M. Barnett SFC Henry R. Carroll Capt Frank H. Donnelly Lt Harry W. Garnett 2d Lt Hoyt 8 . Hill Jr. MSgt lewis D. Barnhart SMSgt John A. Catchot Maj Bernard M. Dopko Mrs. Charles S. Garrett l!Col J.l. Hill Mrs. Mary E. Barnum Maj Charles G. Cattanach Mrs. Vera C. Double l!Col Jesse H. Garrett SFC Roy P. Hill Lt Hilda M. Barr Mrs. Elsie M. Champagne Sgt Gordon 8. Draper WO Ellsworth G. Gault LCdr Charles M. Hine Col Luther R. Barth MSgt Edwin M. Chapman Mrs. Francis R. Drake CWO Junior l. Geitz Col Norman F. Hines Sp 5 Dorothy A. Bartlett BGen Willis F. Chapman Mrs. Quincey N. Drake ($125) Col Kennard W. Gephart Col Cart C. Hinkle Jr. Mrs. Joyce Z. Sattley Sp4 Larry J. Childers RAdm Edward J. Drew MGen William K. Ghormley SFC Otto Hoeksema MSgt Ralph W. Bavaro LtCol William G. Chisholm Col Carl T. Dubuy LtCol Harry E. Gibb Cdr Ralph A. Hoover Jr. Maj William l. Bebenek MSgt Wilbert E. Christen Mrs. Maxine 0. Dulaney LtCol G.E . Gilbert CWO Howard E. Hoppel LtCol John B. Beckham LtCol G.N. Church Jr. MSgt James l. Dunlap CWO George L. Gillis MSgt Alan S. Horton LtCol John F. Beck Mrs. Frances A. Clair MSgt Raymond C. Dupuis CPO Everett W . Gilson LtCol Arnold l. Hougland Sr. Col William G. Belser Jr. MGySgt Joel P. Clark Capt Robert A. Dusch LtCol Burl F. Glass Jr. MSgt Harvey J. Howell Col Eugene G. Bennett Maj John F. Clark LtCol Arthur G. Duston Ill SFC Sylvestor Goertz Mrs. Ruth H. Hoysa TSgt Peter P. Berna Mrs. Nancy J. Clark MSgt James E. Duvall CWO Lloyd C. Golden l!Col Gerald W . Hudson Sp5 Serafin I. Bersales Mrs. Avie M. Clements SFC Robert A. Dyer MSgt Manuel A. Gonzalez LCdr William S. Hull MSgt Walter W . Berzon Maj George A. Cobb Lt Albert J. Eastman CWO Earl E. Gorsline Jr. l!Col Henry Hunt Col Warren E. Besse LtCol William l. Cochrane RAdm Eart R. Eastwold Col Kenneth 8. Gorton Col George W. Hunter Ill SMSgt Joseph Belman Capt Allan W. Collins Mrs. Florence M. Ebel LtCol Robert L. Gover MSgt Elizabeth S. Hurley Lt Robert P. Beverett Capt Jesse R. Collins ($100) CWO2 Blair Eckert SgtMaj Francis J. Gowens Mrs. Elaine Husemoller MGen William W. Beverley Maj Irving l. Conley Mrs. Nellie M. Edwards Cdr Harry R. Graf BGen Milburn N. Huston LtCol Carl W. Beyer SFC Jay Conley MSgt Charles R. Ehrman MSgt Roy C. Graff Mrs. Elizabeth 0. Hutton Col Charles W. Bicking LtCol John B. Connelly LtCol Earl R. Eichenberger Maj Odie R. Green SSgt Mario A. lovenette MSgt Arthur O. Biggs LtCol Robert J. Coons MSgt Jack F. Elliott SFC Bernice H. Greene CPO Kenneth W. Irvine Capt Jack L. Bivins POlC Walter E. Cordon Jr. SFC John L. Elliott l!Col Russell J. Greene MSgt France Ison MSgt Arthur J. Bjorhus Mrs. Lottie B. Correll Capt Francis R. Ellis SFC Gordon M. Greenlaw CWO George F. Ivy Mrs. Margarette Black Mrs. Vera J. Coultas MSgt John M. Elwell Capt Edward F. Greenway l!Col Gordon l. Jacks Col James R. Blackwell MSgt William A. Coup MSgt Nelson C. Eshleman MSgt Herman J. Gregory Mrs. Delia A. Jacobs PNCM Kenneth E. Blair Mr. Alvin A. Covington LtCol John A. Estock Cdr Mary E. Gresko LtCol Harold A. Jacobs SSgt & Mrs. Hazel Boatman Capt Joseph P. Crisalli MSgt Edell Evans LCdr Samuel H. Griffin Jr. Mrs. Lawrence P. Jacobs LtCol Louis A. Bockstahler Mrs. Foye l. Croyle CPO Orville Eytchison Cdr Chester H. Griggs Capt Edmund S. Jacobsen SSgt Arthur Booker CMSgt Raymond P. Cullivan l!Col John W. Fallon Mrs. Rosalee M. Gustin TSgt Harold l. Jamison ($125) CPO Harold V. Booth LtCol John E. Cuneo MSgt Garth 8. Farmer Mrs. Margaret l. Guy CWO Arthur Jaskierny Maj James J. Bott Mrs. Pearl Cunningham Capt Thomas P. Farrel Col Peter C. Hains IV TSgt Henry l. Jehle

14 Uniformed Services Journal MSgt Earnest P. Jenkins Cdr Millard G. McKinney Mrs. William F. Packard SSgt Peter F. Scheu rich Capt Donald A. Townley MSgt John A. Johnson SFC Gordon D. Mclaughlin ($200) Col George W. Palmer Maj Gustav S. Schmidt Lt Col Thomas H. Townsend M. Walter Johnson SFC Charles R. McMahon Col Charles K. Panish MSgt Frederick Schnettler l!Col William K. Toy SSgt Richard E. Johnson Col Leo T. McMahon Jr. CPO Fredrick L. Painter Cdr Morris Schoenberg LGen David W. Traub MSgt William H. Johnson SgtMaj Holland H. McMullen ltjg Edward R. Parker RAdm Walter P. Schoeni Lt William H. Tremblay Capt Hollis W. Jones TSgt Kenneth J. McNatt l!Col George W. Parker 1st Lt Charles Schram Jr. l!Col Carl E. Trexler CWO Jacob H. Jones SFC Harold F. McQuaid l!Col Leslie T. Parker 1st Sgt Carl J. Schuber! Jr. SFC Joseph Trush Col Kenneth C. Jones MSgt Herbert L. McQueen TSgt Charles T. Pasak Gen C.V.R. Schuyler l!Col James 0. Tyler Col Thomas S. Jones Capt George E. Madden LCdr Floyd X. Passmore Capt Herbert S. Schwab Col Willoughby 8. Tyler Melvin C. Jordan PFC Joseph P. Maggiora Lt John V. Patterson ($100) Mrs. Dora B. Schwartz Theodore A. Urban SFC William H. Jordan Jr. Maj George S. Mahon Col William R. Patterson l!Col Leroy Schwarzkopf Mrs. Emma T. Urbanick SgtMaj Walter J. Jung LCdr Patricia D. Mail Col Walter 0 . Peale Capt W.A. Schwede Col lee C. Vance Mrs. Frances C. Kaufmann CWO John H. Makinen CMSgt Dean C. Peebles Mrs. Delia S. Sears l!Col Robert H. Wagner l!Col William J. Kaufmann MSgt Max Maletz l!Col A.l. Peeler SMSgt Charles R. Senteney MSgt William ·P. Wahl MSgt Serge Kauger Mrs. Avis L. Mallory l!Col Alvin L. Pennington Capt Dwight W. Seymour Cdr Scoop Wainscott John Kazakian Mrs. Seville M. Malone CPO John R. Perry CWO Leonard Seymour l!Col Joseph G. Waiter CM Sgt Edward E. Kellogg MSgt Russell W. Malonson Col R.I. Peterson MSgt James A. Sharp MGen Russell L. Waldron CMSgt Lawrence H. Kelly l!Col Donovan B. Manifold Mrs. Bertice A. Pfister Col David 0. Shaw Col George L. Walker Mrs. Margaret Y. Kenealy Mrs. Evelyn M. Manifold William Pfeister l!Col Robert W. Sheehy SFC Harold R. Walker l!Col Maurice J. Kennedy SFC Charles H. Manly Capt Fred D. Pfotenhauer Cdr D' Arey V. Shouldice l!Col William M. Walker RAdm Joseph A. Kerrins MSgt Charles Maraventano l!Col Charles W. Phifer Mrs. Elizabeth Shoup ($100) CMSgt Frank A. Walls Mrs. Charles S. Kilburn Cdr Raymond A. Marden Capt Robert A. Phillips Col James F. Showalter MSgt Ruby-Jean Walls MSgt Joseph W. Kingsley CMSgt Michael Markowitz Col Paul A. Pickhardt CMS C.R. Shultz TSgt Richard A. Walters MSgt Frank H. Kish Ms. Cornelia P. Martin MSgt James L. Pierce LCdr A.B. Shutt l!Col William S. Wanner Cdr Murray J. Klein Mrs. Elona S. Martin l!Col Fred G. Pinnegar Capt Gordon S. Siegel Cdr George M. Washington CWO Norman T. Kleppen Maj Logan E. Martin George N. Pipiringos ($100) Maj Kenneth I. Siegel Col Charles H. Waters Cdr Randolph Klippel MSgt Norris G. Martin Col Oren J. Poage l!Col Andrew J. Sikorsky SFC John J. Wayne GySgt John Knapp Col Norman E. Martin l!Col Miguel J. Pomar SMSgt A.J. Simonetti Sp5 Martin Weatherly Jr. TSgt S.J. Kochanowski VAdm William I. Martin l!Col N. T. Popovsky Maj George L. Singewald Mrs. Verlyn A. Weathermon TSgt Sylvester Koehler CPO Natalia Masaitis MSgt Robert E. Porter Mrs. Alfaretta Skladal Sp5 Thomas A. Webb POlC Arthur Koffler MSgt John P. Maslona CWO Lucian I. Powers Mrs. Elizabeth A. Sloane Capt Edward X. Weber TSgt Lowell A. Konradi MSgt Adolph Massa Mrs. Richard T. Powers Jr. Cdr Arthur H. Slusser Jr. Col Wendell A. Weller Mrs. Mary J. Korecki CWO Wayne D. May Col Maurice A. Prudhomme CPO Harry T. Smiley l!Col Vincent C. Werder ($110) CWO Samuel I. Kraemer Col Robert L. Mayer ($100) SFC Charles R. Puckett Cdr Alexander Smith SFC James L. Weston Mrs. Alice H. Kramer MSgt Lloyd H. Menefee l!Col Milton B. Pulch Capt Edmund Kirby-Smith Jr. Sp7 Regina V. Wexler MSgt Rudolph C. Krebs l!Col Doyle C. Meredith SFC Carl S. Putney Maj Jack D. Smith Col Ernest J. Whitaker LCdr Bernard A. Kreusch Mrs. Constance E. Merims MSgt James E. Quimby Mrs. Janet W. Smith SgtMaj Thomas J. Whitaker PFC Thaddeus Krzykowski Mrs. Vincent Meyer SFC James B. Rader MSgt Lowell A. Smith SFC Samuel W. White MSgt Takeshi Kumagai ($100) MSgt John G. Michaels Mrs. Florence W. Raftery SFC Oscar P. Smith SgtMaj Stanley A. Wilcox l!Col Harry H. Laidlaw CPO Louis P. Mietz CPO Leroy Rafferty Col Ray H. Sm~h Lt Bill B. Wiley Lt John M. Lamson Maj Jessie L. Miller Sp5 Joseph P. Rancheck Maj Thomas E. Smith CWO H.W. Willard l!Col Edward W. lane MSgt Makoto Miyamoto MSgt Albert L. Randall SSgt Charles H. Snow Mrs. Harriette L. Williams l!Col Leonard C. Larson Sp7 Esther Moffitt CWO4 De F. Ratterree l!Col E.J. Solo mo now CWO John B. Williams ($100) LCdr Daniel J. leach 1st Lt James R. Moody Col Clara Raven TSgt Nathaniel Soto Mrs. Alfreda C. Wilson SMSgt Charles J. Leatherman Col George E. Monson Mrs. Marie C. Reed Capt John G. Spangler 1st Sgt Earnest C. Wilson Maj Robert W. Lebo Cdr Flora V. Moore l!Col Florence B. Reilly Capt J .A . Spencer Capt Jacques H. Wilson CWO Ben F. lee TSgt Joseph T. Moore SSgt Bob C. Rentie l!Col John R. Spencer Mrs. Dawna E. White Mrs. Rose E. lee Mrs. Loraine A. Moore SFC Adolph Reufsteck l!Col Henry F. Spinney Lt William H. Whiting Cdr Herbert T. leFavoure l!Col William J. Moore CMSgt Arden L. Reynolds 2d Lt Arthur G. Springer Jr. l!Col James W. Wingate SgtMaj Bud H. LeGrand l!Col Young Moore Ill SMSgt Eldon W. Rice Mrs. Violet B. Srock MSgt Edward J. Wojtach Capt Ralph Leindorf l!Col Stephen A. Moren Mrs. Pete L. Rice POlC A.M. Starling Mrs. Ruby M. Wolfenbarger Mrs. Edith A. Leith Mrs. William J. Moriarty CWO W. Wayne Richard LCdr J. Harold Stehman MSgt Fritz W. Wolff Cdr Harold E. leMay Col Wallace J. Morlock Col Ira B. Richards Jr. Maj Hubert Steinbaugh ($100) CPO John H. Wolters CPO Roy lennefelt WO Fred E. Morrow Mrs. Anne M. Rickabaugh SSgt John P. Stephenson ($120) MSgt Carl N. Woodman l!Col Edgar W. Leonard Col Louis L. Morse t'!Col Thomas L. Riggs SMSgt Harry M. Sieren l!Col Mason H. Woolford Jr. LCdr Thomas F, Lerch CPO Gordon L. Mountain RAdm Theodore W. Rimer 1st Lt Merl B. Stevens Lt Col Charles H. Wuest l!Col Edward lesowitz TSgt Gordon C. Mudge Mrs. B.D. Rindlaub CPO Donald Stewart Mrs. Inge C. Wynn Col & Mrs. R.H. Lewandowski MSgt John G. Mulholland ($120) CMSgt Ralston Ringueberg l!Col Robert A. Stewart Col Stewart Yeo CMSgt David T. lewis Col Edward A. Munns Sgt James Rio Maj William E. Stewart Maj Chester F. Zajac SgtMaj George R. Lindsay Capt Vernon S. Munsell Col Salvo Rizza Maj Faye G. Still ($100) Lt Christina M. Zubaitis l!Col Arthur R. Linn CPO Philip P. Murphy Col Paul A. Robblee l!Col Hunter L. Stockton 1st Sgt Alexander Lis MSgt Claude Murty MSgt James H. Robertson CPO Howard A. Stoltz Mrs. Mary E. Livingston ($100) Mrs. Anne M. Nachin Mrs. Edith M. Robinson Capt Janet E. Stroupe Mrs. Vera G. loes Howard P. Nadeau LCdr F .R . Robinson Lt Z.T. Stuart SMSgt Thomas B. Logsdon l!Col M.E. Naylor Col Warren A. Robinson Mrs. Helen P. Suehowicz l!Col John T. Lorenz SMSgt James E. Nellis Capt George L. Robson Jr. 1st Sgt C.W. Summerlin Mrs. May J. love GySgt George B. Nelson Col Millard H. Roesser Col lee Sutherlin Maj David P. Luhm Mrs. Betty M. Nesselroad BGen Kenwood B. Rohrer Capt Walter R. Swindells Capt James P. Lumley Mrs. Margurite W. Nichol CMSgt Everett G. Rose Capt Norman Tarr Lt Normand Lussier RAdm Richard E. Nichols Capt August T. Rossano Jr. Cdr William B. Taylor BGen George P. lynch MSgt Glenn B. Nieman MSgt Meyer Rossum l!Col Raymond G. Teborek SSgt Willie T. Lyons Jr. Mrs. Norma A. Niles LCdr Leonard L. Royer Cdr Alfred H. Teichler Jr. Capt Morton H. Lytle MSgt James C. Norman Cdr Frederick A. Ruf MGen Frederick R. Terrell Maj P.G. Mccaffery ($100) Col Richard A. Norton SFC Carlos M. Ruiz Adm John S. Thach Mrs. Maria McClain Mrs. Mary J. Novak Cdr C.E. Rundquist Col Albert J. Thackston Jr. Cdr Roy W. McCotter MGen W.H. Nutter Maj Edward G. Russell SFC Irwin F. Thatcher Capt Martin H. McDonald Cdr George Oberholtzer Col Henry Russell ($100) Sgt Eugene Thomas LCdr Cecil W. McFarland SSgt John J. O'Brien MSgt J.C. Russell l!Col Jesse R. Thomas MSgt Joseph C. Mcfee TSgt Earl D. Oldham SFC Tony W. Sager Col Joel F. Thomason Mrs. Estella McGarity l!Col W.P. O'Neal l!Col Richard M. Sakakida MSgt Gene M. Thompson Col Floyd W. McGinn Mrs. Viera M. Overman Capt James C. Sallaz Col John W. Thompson Mrs. Katie L. McGuire Mrs. Georgia M. Overturf MSgt Vincent T. Santell LCdr George K. Tilley l!Col Alex E. McKenzie SFC Richard E. Owens CMSgt Harold Sauer Mrs. Mary V. Toliver SSgt Edward R. McKenzie l!Col Loran A. Pace Cdr Marie A. Schanzmeyer MSgt Paul 0. Tourville

September-October 1981 15 HEALTH CARE are almost ready to begin operations Uniformed Services Journal (Continued from Page 8) and others will be opened as suitable published bimonthly by emergency and, space can be arranged and personnel • Obtain a statement from the at­ recruited. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR tending physician telling why im­ Since the Vet Center program UNIFORMED SERVICES 5535 Hempstead Way, P.O. Box 1406 mediate hospitalization was required began operation early in 1980, ap­ Springfield, Va. 22151 and why the patient could not be proximately 72,000 Vietnam Era Tel. (703) 750-1342 transported to the nearest Uniformed veterans have been counseled. Nim­ Purpose of the Association is to support legisla­ Service hospital. If the emergency in­ mo said VA officials believe the new tion which will uphold the security of the volves a maternity case, the physi­ centers will be much more efficient United States, sustain the morale of the Armed cian's statement must include acer­ than the original ones because con­ Forces, and provide fair and equitable con­ tification that he/she had not been tacting and counseling efficiency sideration for all members of the uniformed seeing the patient during her have been improved. services, active, reserve and retired, and their spouses, widows, and widowers. pregnancy. The expectation, he said, is that the Falsifying information on a claim new center teams will be able to pro­ NAUS Officers (such as a fraudulent residence ad­ vide assistance to approximately Oren E. Hurlbut Robert W. White Jr . dress) in order to circumvent the 12,000 Vietnam Era veterans in their L!Gen USA, Chairman F M/C U)cN, Pre:>sident

40-mile rule applicable to nonavail­ first year of operation. George Juskalian Robert M. Shannon ability statements not involving an The Vet Center program has a Col USA. 1st VP QMCM USCG, 2nd VP . emergency is considered to be fraud. budget of $29,580.000 for fiscal year Sallie A. Savage MaJ USAF, 3rd VP Such actions will, at a minimum, 1982. result in the government recovering New facilities to be opened in the Other Board Members

any payments made on such a claim. Northeast are: Nassau/Suffolk Coun­ Luther R Bond Marguerite L Kieffer For further information about ty, Albany, and Westchester County, DKCM USN Widow USAF emergency maternity care, pregnant N.Y.; Springfield, Mass.; Windsor, Jon L. Boyes James M. Kilpatrick VAdm USN MSgt USA beneficiaries who are contemplating Vt.; Bangor, Maine; Trenton, N.J.; Robert H. Clagett Jr. Morton S. Landy travel, particularly during the last six Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Har­ Col USA SgtMaJ USMC

weeks of pregnancy, shou Id contact risburg, Pa. James Collins Robert B. laurents the health benefits advisor at a In the Southeast will be: Orlando, Capt NOAA Col USAF Uniformed Service medical facility. and Tampa, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Forrest R. Degler Jr. James F. Lawrence Capt USN BngGen US"IC Greenville, S.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; James M. Gibson Joseph T. Moore Mobile, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Lex­ BrigGen USA TSgt USAF VA ington, Ky.; Richmond, Va.; and (Continued from Page 6) Richard S. Green Frano, X. Riley Morgantown, W.Va. RAdm USPHS Capt USCG As he had du ring his confirmation New Vet Centers in the Central Kenneth F. Han:,t Joseph D. Sand11er Maj USA CSg1\'lat USA hearings before the Senate Veterans states will be located at Chicago Affairs Committee, Nimmo stressed Benjamin Katz Robert A \\'ilhams Heights, and Peoria, Ill.; Evansville, RAdm USN '15s, USA the fact that "while the vast majority Ind.; Sioux City, Iowa; Tulsa, Okla,; Justus Kehne Jr. of our Vietnam veterans have suc­ Lincoln, Neb.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; SFC USA cessfully returned to our working Minot, N.D.; Rapid City, S.D.; and Member Emeritus society, a substantial number still suf­ Madison, Wis. fer various degrees of readjustment Joseph Sm,th In the West will be: Contra Costa L!Gen USAF difficulty." County, Fresno, and Riverside, Calif.; It is those veterans, he said, James C Frv Eugene, Ore.; Spokane, Wash.; Fort MajGen US.-\ " whom we will continue to reach Worth, and San Antonio, Tex.; Col­ Operating and Editorial Staff out to through this expanded Vet orado Springs, Colo.; Window Rock, Center program." N.M.; and Fairbanks, Alaska. John P Sheffey Ch.irle,; A.. BraJe\' Nimmo said the centers typically Col USA Executive Capt l',\tC These are in addition to facilities in Vice President Sec-rt>lJf\ have staffs of three to five persons Reno, Nev., and Tucson, Ariz., Carl J. Feith Max J. Beilke who operate on an informal, person­ which opened recently. Col USAF MSl(l USA to-person basis with Vietnam Era Legal Coun .. el leg,~latn,l' Coun\{.•I veterans experiencing emotional and Red Cross Mrs. Jeanne Davis George J. Nardone Trea~urer Col USA Memher,h,p other readjustment problems. ..&: counting D1rt'Ctor "We hope to have all of the new Articles may be reprinted providing context is centers in operation within three to ,-onyou. maintained, credit given, and a copy mailed four months," Nimmo said. Some to the USJ.

16 Uniformed Services Journal ~ ew Benefits for A Note From the UniServices i: AUS Members Health Care Administrator

Effective April 15, 1981, the NAUS As many of you are aware, the tion. Some members may pay sponsored U niServices began some NAUS Health Care Insurance Pro­ premiums for life and never use important new benefits under the gram was required to raise premiums them, but the purpose of insurance is CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA Supple­ quite substantially last April 15. The to cover unforeseen costs too great ments. reasons are explained below, to handle privately. Those who sub­ As most members are probably together with some suggestions for mit no claims are protected in case of aware, CHAMPUS provides payment NAUS members cooperation in need. Pending that need , their of 75% of the CHAMPUS determined keeping our health insurance costs as premiums help pay the bills of those allowable expenses charged by a low as possible in the future. who do become ill. Provider of Care. The old method by The importance of the UniServices which the NAUS Champus Supple­ The Reasons Premiums Go Up Health Program to NAUS members is ments paid benefits was based direct­ illustrated vividly by the paid amount ly on these CHAMPUS determined The inflation of health care costs in of claims for the month of April 1981. allowances. Our plan paid one-third recent years has been about 30% The Company received 1,700 claims of the amount actually paid by greater than the average inflation of du ring the month, one of which was CHAMPUS. This was designed to other costs-and that has been stag­ a claim for hospitalization totaling amount to 25% of the total bill. gering. Medical costs continue to over $123,000. This was the first However, in recent years, with the rise, and there is no relief in sight. claim filed by this insured in over 5 reduction in the CHAMPUS allow­ The impact of the cost to Mutual of years of coverage. The Joseph E. ances this became less true. Conse­ Omaha in benefits payments is ob­ Jones Agency paid over $30,000 on quently, Mutual of Omaha will now vious. Payouts would have exceeded this particular bill. Two other pay benefits of 25% of the Usual and premium income based on lower members who submitted claims dur­ Customary Fees charged by a Pro­ projected costs in any event. Added ing this same period each received vider of Care in the particular to this was a substantial increase in over $8,000 in benefits. These were geographical area in which the claims filed by members. On top of just three of the 1,700 claims submit­ charge was made. In cases where all this, NAUS insureds have enjoyed ted during the month, and benefits CHAMPUS disallows a certain per­ quite liberal interpretations of policy paid for them totaled over $46,000. centage of the doctors fee as too benefits provisions by the Jones The recent premium increases high, members will now receive a Agency and Mutual of Omaha. were unavoidable in anticipation of higher benefit from ty1utual of When the legitimacy of a claim is not increasing costs, the requirement for Omaha than under the old method. clear, the decision has always been legal reserves for insurance in every This will apply to claims for which made in favor of the NAUS insured. state, and the loss experienced in the you first consulted a doctor after There is no magic source of money previous year. April 15, 1981. to pay insurance benefits. The in­ An added benefit of this change is sureds' premiums must provide that What You Can Do To Keep that Mutual of Omaha will no longer money plus an additional amount to Premiums Low require you to submit the copies of pay administrative costs. Last year, the CHAMPUS EOB's before they however, there was quite a substan­ Look for a physician who will ac­ can pay your claim. Now you only tial deficit. The NAUS plan is re­ cept CHAMPUS assignment of bene­ need to file one claim form per acci­ quired to stand on its own two feet. fits . If a provider of care will do this, dent or sickness and the itemized This means that premiums of NAUS he agrees to accept the CHAMPUS bills. insureds establish an account from determination of fees. If he is too In fact you can file with Mutual of which claim payments are made for high, tell him so. Don't be reluctant Omaha at the same time you file with doctors office visits or hospitaliza- to get a second opinion on the need CHAMPUS and your CHAMPUS for surgery. Remember, surgery for Supplement will probably be paid cosmetic reasons when no particular before your CHAMPUS claim. Please This section of the USJ is spon­ health problem exists is not covered . remember, only those conditions for sored by the Joseph E. Jones Agen­ Use military facilities whenever which you first consulted a doctor cy! representing Mutual of Omaha, possible for all or part of your health after April 15, 1981 are involved in as a service to our members. care needs. Military medical facilities (See Benefits, Page 19) (See Note, Page 18)

September-October 1981 17 (Continued from Column 1) would double the pool from w hich COMPREHENSIVE CHAMPUS SUPPLEMENT-PLAN A2 member's claim s are pa id . Not only The Full Coverage Plan for Most Members w ould that help in stabi lizing the rates, it might even reduce th e Eligibility: All NAUS members and spouses under age 65, and unmarried depend­ premiums. It would also be nefit ent children under age 21 (23 if in college), or a spouse and children who are eligi­ NAUS by enabling the Associati on to ble for benefits under CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA. dramatically increase both its membe rshi p base, and its influence THE PLAN OF BENEFITS-PLAN 2a as your voice in government. Th e NAUS I nsu ranee Program has Ci vili an In-Hospital Benefits: The Government pays 75 % of the allowable charges been in force for a decade and we in a civili an hospital. Allowable charges are those determined by CHAMPUS anticipate it will continue fo r seve ral regulations. Plan A2a pays 25 % of the Usual and Customary charges made by a more deca des to protec t you and civilian hospital prevailing in the geographical area in which you are hospitalized. Military In-Hospital Benefits: Plan A2a pays the subsistence rate charged to you your fa mily. The Jon es Age ncy and w hile confi ned to a uniformed services or VA hospital. Mutual of Omaha will continu e to do its utmost to provide you w ith th e THE PLAN OF BENEFITS-PLAN A2b bes t possible hea lth insurance at the lowest possible cost. With your Combined In and Outpatient Benefits: Plan A2b includes all benefits described cooperation in keeping costs down under Pl an A2a, but also provides benefits for outpatient expenses. CHAMPUS we ca n most ce rt ai nly do so. pays 75% of allowable expenses after the annual deductible of $50 ($100 max­ imum per family) is satisfied. Plan A2b pays 25 % of the Usual and Customary charges made by a Provider of Care in the geographical location where the charges were incurred.

CONVERSION AT AGE 65: At age 65, Plan A2 automaticall y converts to the cor­ Mutut1IC\ responding option under the Medicare Supplements Basic Option. ef0mt1ht1~ People qou Ci1n count on ...

NOTE (Continued from Page 17) EMERGENCY CHAMPUS SUPPLEMENT-PLAN 82

will usually fil l private physicia ns Eligibility: All NAUS members and spouses under age 65 and unmarried depen­ prescriptions, provide b lood tests , dent children under 21 (23 if in college) who are eligible for benefits under x-rays and many other expensive CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA. serv ices that your p rivate phys ician will order from private fac ilities at THE PLAN OF BENEFITS-PLAN 82a your and CHAMPUS' expense unless you volunteer to have them done in Emergency Civilian In-Hospital Benefit: For those members who reside within a military facil ities when you ca n. 40 mile radius of a uniformed services facility, the Government's CHAM PUS pro­ gram pays 75% of the emergency allowable hospital charges in a civilian facility. When undergoing needed treat­ The NAUS Updated UniServices Plan 82a pays the remaining 25% of the Usual ment by a pri vate physician or and Customary charges. hospital, avoid add-on services that could await a visi t to a military THE PLAN OF BENEFITS-PLAN 82b medical facility. W hen you are already in the hospita l for an appen­ Military In-Hospital Benefit: Plan 82b pays the subsistence rate for which you are dectomy, for example, it is very charged. tempting to get that wart removed from your elbow w hile you are there. Combined In and Outpatient Coverage: CHAMPUS pays 75 % of the allowable However, it's an added insurance charges after the annual deductible of $50 (or $100 per family) is satisfied. Plan cost that would not occur if you wait 82b pays the 25% of the Usual and Customary expenses after you satisfy the deductible charge. to go to a military dispensa ry and have it done without charge. NOTE: Members must be certain to be admitted into a uniformed services If ea ch insured member were to hospital for non-emergency care. Also, this plan is not available to those who bring in only one new member, it reside more than 40 miles from a service facility. (Continued, Column 3)

18 Uniformed Services Journal same manner as the Full CHAMPUS CHAMPUS SUPPLEMENT FOR DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY Supplement. 'viEMBERS-PLAN 84 A note of special interest to active duty members. Did you kn ow that Eligibility: The spouse and unmarried dependent children under 21 (23 if a full­ although you are fully covered by time college student) of a NAUS member currently on active duty in one of the your se rvice, your dependents are uniformed services. not? That is w hy we also have a Sup­ plement designed to cover th em. THE PLAN OF BENEFITS.PLAN 84a For additional informati on on one of these plans, contact the Pl an Ad­ Civilian In-Hospital Benefit: The Government pays the reasonable charge except the first $25 or $4.60 a day, whichever is greater. Plan 84a covers you for the $25 mini st rator, Th e Joseph E. Jon es or $4.60 a day. Agency, 1666 Conn ecticut Avenue. N.W., W as hington, D.C. 20009, Military In-Hospital Benefit: Plan 84a pays the subsistence rate for which you are teleph one (202) 797-6918. charged.

THE PLAN OF BENEFITS-PLAN 84b *** EXEMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS Combined In and Outpatient Benefits: The Government pays 80% of the reasonable charges after the annual deductible of $50 (or $100 per family) is Pl ans A2, B2 , B4 and Excess satisfied. Plan 84b pays the remaining 20% of the Usual and Customary charges CHAMPUS Supplement do not pay allowed by CHAMPUS after you have satisfied the deductible. be nefits for loss resu lting from declared or undeclared war; inten­ t ionall y se lf-infl icted injuries ; BENEFITS Excess Plan is almost identical to your suicides, w hile sa ne or in sane; treat­ (Continued from Page 17) regular CHAMPUS Supplement, Pl an ment for alcoholi sm or drug ad iction ; this change. If you currently have an A2, except it carries a $250 deducti­ domicili ary or custodial care; routine on-going claim, you will continue ble per calendar year, per person. physical examinati ons or immuniza­ under the old method for that par­ What this means is that the first $250 tion; routine new born or well baby ticular claim. of eligible expenses will not be ca re; eye exam inati ons; prosthetic The second important change is covered by Mutual of Omaha, but devices (other than arti fic ial limbs or that for any condition for which you any expenses incurred in excess of eyes); hea ring aids; eyeglasses; or first file a claim after April 15, 1981 , that amount will be processed in th e contact le nses . benefits will be paid to you for as long as 5 years. The old benefit period was for a maximum of 4 years . EXCESS CHAMPUS SUPPLEMENT (In fact, Mutual of Omaha has in­ creased this provision four times Eligibility: All NAUS members and spouses under age 65 and unmarried depend­ since 1971 . The original benefit ent children under 21 (23 if in college) who are eligible for benefits under CHAM­ period was for a maximum of 2 years PUS. back in 1971. And here is good news-something THE PLAN OF BENEFITS for free-at no additional charge. The Civilian In-Hospital Benefit: After you satisfy an annual deductible of $250 per NAUS UniServices Policies all carry year, the Excess CHAMPUS Supplement will pay 25 % of the Usual and an Accidental Death Benefit for the Customary charges incurred while confined as an inpatient in a civilian hospital, insured member in the amount of as well as 25% of the Usual and Customary expenses incurred for medical and $2,000. This benefit will be paid to surgical fees while confined. Please note that this $250 deductible is applicable to your beneficiaries in the event you each member of the family who is covered by this option . are killed in an accident. There is also a new low cost Excess Military In-Hospital Benefit: This plan pays the subsistence rate you are charged. · Champus Supplement being made available for the first time. Combined In and Outpatient Coverage: In addition to the coverage listed above, If you are able to handle a few you may add outpatient coverage which will provide benefits of 25% of the Usual more dollars out of your pocket in and Customary fees charged for services by the Provider of Care. (Outpatient the event you have a claim, you can coverage is only available in combination with inpatient coverage.) save money in premium costs. The

September-October 1981 19 - APPLICATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROGRAM

How to Apply FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

1. Fill out this enclosed enrollment form , checking coverage desired and making certain to answer # EFF. DATE all questions (spouse and /or chi ldren ineligible unless member also applies). Be sure to date and sign the form. CLASS: 2. Calculate your premium from the schedule. 3. Make out your check or money order in the computed amount to mutual of Omaha Insurance CHECK: Company. 4. Ma il your check and application to: N.B.

NAUS Insurance Program PREM: 1666 Connecticut Avenue, N .W . Washington, D.C. 20009 REF: BILL: PAIDTHRU Quarterly A2 B2 B4 Excess Premium Comprehensive Emergency CHAMPUS CHAMPUS IMPORTANT Rates CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA CHAMPUS Supplement for Supplement Supplement Supplement Dependents of D I am a member of NAUS Active Duty I am not yet a member have members D but applied for membership. Inpatient In-Out In patient In-Out Inpatient In-Out Inpatient In-Out only patient only patient only patient onl y patient Make check payable to Plan A2A Plan A2B Plan B2A Plan B2B Plan B4A Plan B4B Plan Plan

Mutual of Omaha and check either:

□ □ □ □ □ □ D Quarterly mode Member $37 .75 $50.00 $22.00 $48.00 $27.50 $38.50 D Annual mode

□ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Spouse $43.50 $57.75 $22.00 $48.00 $2.00 $8.00 $33.50 $44 .50 Mail to: NAUS Insurance Program □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ 1666 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Chi ld $15.00 $29.00 $10.00 $30.00 $1 .00 $5.00 $11.50 $27.10 Washington, D.C. 20009

If you are already en rolled in another UniServices plan insert your current certificate number here and c heck either □ additi o nal coverage, or D replacement coverage Date of Birth

MEMBER NAME I I I I First M .I. Last M o. Day Yr . Rank (if none, write "Mr., Mrs., or Miss" ) Service

If Military, Check one: D Active-Duty, D Retired NAUS Membership No. I I I I I I I I I I I I Street

City State Zip Date of Birth

SPOUSE NAME I I I I Fir st M.I. Last Mo. D ay Yr. (IF COVERAGE DESIRED)

NAME OF EACH CHILD FOR WHOM DEPENDENT COVERAGE IS DESIRED: Date of Birth Date of Birth I I I I I I I I Fir..,t M.I. La st Mo. Day Yr. Fir st M.I. Last Mo. Day Yr .

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I hereby m.ike application to M ut ual oi Om,1h.i Insurance Compan y. O m.iha. Nebr .. fo r coverage under the N.itio nal Associatio n for U niformed Services program. I understand th.it my r ove r.ige wil l become eifectivP o n the 15th da y oi th e month fo llowing receipt oi my aprlication.

FORM l 1 1'i MGC APP AFN 208 1 7/ 79 D.ite Signature oi M emher CONSCRIPTION can only be accomplished by con­ challenges to our interests have (Continued from Page 11) scription and universal military train­ always occurred in the past and are ing. From a purely military viewpoint certain to occur in the future. Ade­ Task Force the case for resumption of the draft is quate military strength in being might President Reagan has appointed a persuasive. The political questions prevent such challenges. Its absence task force to study the military man­ are the hard ones. Here the answers will certainly invite them. power situation and advise him as to are not clear, and the President and the best course of action. The the Congress must choose between Military Manpower Task Force will ideal military solutions and equally be chaired by Secretary of Defense NA US Christmas Cards important political and economic ob­ Caspar W. Weinberger. Its member­ jectives. There is also the constraint NAUS members who participate in ship includes: Counselor to the Presi­ that restoration of the draft may not the Christmas card program will soon dent Edwin Meese Ill; 0MB Director be politically possible until there are David A . Stockman; Presidential be receiving the 1981 creations by clearer military threats to the U.S. Famous Artists Studios. Assistant for National Security Af­ than at the present. Remember, con­ fairs Richard V. Allen; Assistant to The cards will be sent to only those tinuation of the draft was sustained the President for Policy Development members who participated in last by only one vote in the House on the Martin Anderson; and Chairman of year's program and some members eve of World War II. the Council of Economic Advisors who joined NAUS since the last pro­ NAUS urges only that the JCS keep Murray L. Weidenbaum. Pentagon gram and have indicated they desire in mind that some of their prede­ the cards. task force members include the three cessors let political syncopation in­ service secretaries, John 0. Marsh of fluence their military advice to the :: s cords come-:· Army, John F. Lehman of the Navy ~Ch · ,(('a ~ President throughout the Vietnam ris .o·'/eor ... :~.. z and Verne Orr from the Air Force, war and thereby contributed to the and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs IJif but t,ce l~J :~ unsound strategy and the no-win of Staff, Gen David Jones. policy that marked the conduct of ' The task force "will evaluate the that war from beginning to end. Al­ total manpower situation and will though the objections to the draft provide recommendations to the outlined above are valid, they all in­ 4l.Wf~~~;~ ; .. :, . ,~=v~­ President to increase the effectiveness volve political decisions, not military ..Jll ::-:.. -..:. :;:: .. ·- •· of the active and reserve all-volunteer ones. In the real world, of course, services." This would appear to rule service chiefs cannot ignore these Remember, Famous Artists Studios out a return to conscription as a task objections and demand that military is offering members a chance at a force recommendation, but a Pen­ needs take precedence. No Presi­ grand prize of the Original United tagon spokesman had said that it does dent or Secretary of Defense can or States Saint Gaudens $20 gold coin remain a possibility. should tolerate such rigidity. At the and 1,500 solid 14 Karat Saint same time, we cannot avoid some Gaudens miniature gold pieces. To NAUS Comment suspicion that military leaders who be eligible, members need only to . The official approach to the AVF vs express satisfaction with the AVF are make sure their contribution is Draft issue reflects the management discounting their military judgment received prior to October 30 and vs leadership approach to military with political realities. they will automatically be included command. If politically palatable and The AVF may well be all that we in the drawing. efficient management of manpower can have at this time, and good We realize that the Christmas card and costs is the most important ob­ military leaders do not denigrate program is an irritation to some, but jective, the AVF concept is clearly their commands. Service chiefs money earned plays an important the right choice for the active forces. always have had to accept com­ part in meeting rising costs without This would probably continue to be promises with their civilian superiors, cutting back on essential activities or true even with the huge additional and always will. We ask only that raising dues. Donations from the cost of bringing the reserve forces up they never stop working toward the 1980 program covered more than to strength th rough pay and benefits goal that can only be accomplished 8% of the association's overall incentives only. through the draft, or better through operating expenses. If the most important objective is universal military service. This can As always, participation in the pro­ creation of a national defense capa­ never happen until a strong President gram is completely voluntary. bility equal or superior to that of the leads the way. The world is a dang­ Members who receive cards are USSR, ready to support our world­ erous place and growing more so reminded that there is no obligation wide commitments and interests, it with each passing year. Military to make a donation for them.

Sept em her-October 21 Official Notice box on the ballot/proxy form and for­ YNCS Michael E. Loebs, USN NAUS 14th Annual Meeting warding a check payable to NAUS in YNCS Loebs was born on Nov. 26, Oct. 28, 1981 the amount of $6.50 for each reserva­ 1946 in Vallejo, Calif. and enlisted in This constitutes the official notice tion . the Navy in January 1966. Following of the 14th Annual Meeting of the basic training he was assigned to the members of the National Association Nominations to Board of Directors Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, for Uniformed Services as called for According to the provisions of Md., followed by duty with the Naval in Article IV, Section 4 of the Bylaws. NAUS' Bylaws, the term of office of Support Activity, Danang, Vietnam, The Annual Meeting will be held at the following Directors terminates as and later aboard the USS Mills and the Officers' Club, Bolling AFB, of the 1981 Annual Meeting: USS Compton. Following a tour in Washington, D.C. , on Wednesday, Col Robert H. Clagett Jr., USA, the Office of the Chief of Naval Oct. 28, 1981, with registration start­ Ret. ; RAdm Benjamin Katz, USN, Operations, he was selected to par­ ing at 11 :30 a.m., followed by a com­ Ret. ; TSgt Joseph T. Moore, USAF, ticipate in the Associate Degree bined luncheon and meeting starting Ret. ; Capt Francis X. Riley, USCG, Completion Program at Tidewater at 12:15 p .m. Ret .; and MSgt Robert A. Williams, Community College, Virginia Beach, The board of directors voted to USA, Ret. Additionally, there is a Va. He later attended the Flag Writer change the day and format of the An­ vacancy on the Board as the result of Course, served again with the CNO, nual Meeting in an attempt to the resignation of DKCM Luther R. and later with a NATO agency in stimulate member attendance which Bond , USN, Ret. before his term ex­ Brussels, Belgium and a destroyer has fall en off in recent years. The An­ pired. group at Charleston, S.C. He current­ nual M eeting is an excellent oppor­ The six persons whose biographies ly is Flag Writer to the Director, Com­ tunity for members to participate in follow have been approved by the mand and Control, Office of the association affairs. Maximum attend­ Board of Directors as nominees for CNO. He is married to the former ance is encouraged and guests are election to the Board. Julie Ann Dee of Fairfax, Va., and welcome. they have two children . Col Robert H . Clagett Jr., USA, Ret. Agenda Col Clagett is a current member of CSgtMaj Robert E. Martineau, USA 11 :30 a.m . the board of directors, elected in July CSgtMaj Martineau is a native of 1979 to fill an unexpired term, and is Providence, R.I. He has over 28 years Registration and Reception eligible for reelection. He is a native of active service and is currently the of Jackson, Tenn., graduated from Command Sergeant Major, U.S. 12:15 p .m. Knoxville High School and attended Army Computer Systems Command, the University of Tennessee before Ft. Belvoir, Va . He is a graduate of St. Luncheon and Annual Meeting entering the U .S. Military Academy, Michael's College, Vt., with a degree • Invocation West Point, N.Y., from where he in business administration. Among • Introductions graduated in 1942. Commissioned in the service schools he has attended • Luncheon the infantry, Clagett served with the are the 7th Army NCO Academy, the • Appointment of Tellers 76th Infantry Division in World War Sergeant Missile Instructor Course, • Business Meeting 11 and later went to graduate school, Field Artillery and Operations and In­ -Approval of Minutes earning an MS degree in electrical telligence, and Pershing Missile In­ - Reports engineering. Later tours were at The structor Course. Martineau has serv­ -Questions and Answers Infantry School, The Infantry Board , ed twice in both Germany and Korea - Election Resu Its at the military mission in Turkey and once in Italy. From 1972 th rough -Old Business (twice) and Korea , with USAREUR, 1976, and again from 1978 through - New Business Army Intelligence and DIA. He 1980, he was command sergeant ma­ • Adjournment retired July 1, 1971 while serving as jor of various artillery units at Ft. Sill , Deputy Commander, STRATCOM­ Okla. Whether you plan to attend the CONUS. He is married to the former meeting or not, in order to exercise Alice Cleland. They have two TSgt Joseph T. Moore, USAF, Ret. your voting rights, members must children, john and Rita , and reside in TSgt Moore is a current member of forward the ballot and/or proxy form Annandale, Va . Clagett also has a the board of directors, elected to fill to be received for verification and son, Robert, from an earlier mar­ an unexpired term in August 1980, recording not later than Oct. 19, riage. Since retirement he has been a and is eligible for reelection. Moore 1981 . technical writer and consultant, is an entered the Air Force in June 1950 Reservations for the luncheon may expert picture framer, and is active in after graduation from St. Clair, Pa., be made by checking the appropriate church affairs. (See Meeting, Page 24)

22 Uniformed Services Journal National Association for Uniformed Services Official Bal lot/Proxy for 1981 Annual Meeting Oct. 28, 1981 , Bolling AFB , Washington, D.C.

NOTE: It is important that you mark "X" in only the spaces which reflect your choice regarding election to the Board of Directors, luncheon attendance, and proxy. Please leave the mailing label on the opposite side of the ballot intact. It serves as your identification and entitlement to vote.

BALLOT

I STRUCTIO 1S: For your ballot to be va lid, vote for NO more than six individuals to fill the vacancies that exist on the Board of Directors. If you do not wish to vote for one of the nominees, you may write in the name of your candidate and mar the block opposite his/her name with an "X." Individual members please use the left column when voting. CO 1BI, 'ATIO BALLOT: It shou ld be noted that separate ballots are OT being sent to spouses in those instances ._. en both husband and wife are NAUS members. This ballot is designed to accommodate combination membership. Priricipal member please use the left column to vote; spouse use the right column. A SPO USE WHO IS OT A NAUS MEMBER IS OT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

Nominee My Write-in Candidate

D D Col Robert H. Clagett Jr. , USA, Ret. ::J - D D YNCS Michael E. Loebs, USN D □ D D CSgtMaj Robert E. Martineau, USA D □ D D TSgt Joseph T. Moore, USAF, Ret. D D D D RAdm Donald T. Poe, USN, Ret. D D D D RAdm Ricardo A. Ratti , USCG, Ret. D D

□ This is a Combination Membership Ballot

MEETING/LUNCHEON ATTENDANCE □ □ I will attend the Annual Meeting/Luncheon. Check or money order for $6.50 for each reservation is enclosed.

PROXY □ □ I will not attend the Annual Meeting and hereby appoint the below named person as my attorney and proxy to vote upon and act for me with respect to all association matters arising at any time during the Annual Meeting. (Mark X only in block opposite name of ONE person you designate as your Proxy.)

D D LtGen Oren E. Hurlbut, USA, Ret. D D BrigGen James F. Lawrence, USMC, Ret. D D CSgtMaj Joseph D. Sandifer, USA, Ret. D D SgtMaj Morton S. Landy, USMC, Ret. D D VAdm Jon L. Boyes, USN, Ret. D D Capt Francis X. Riley, USCG , Ret. D D F MIC Robert W. White Jr., USN D □ QMCM Robert W . Shannon, USCG, Ret. D D Col Robert B. Laurents, USAF, Ret. D D RADM Richard S. Green, USPHS, Ret. D D TSgt Joseph T. Moore, USAF, Ret. D D Capt James Collins, OAA, Ret. D D Mrs. Marguerite Kieffer, Widow (USAF} D D

!D ate) {Principdl'!! S1gn,1ture) (Ple dse Print N.rnie)

(Date) (Spouse's Signature) (Plt>,bt' Pnnl N.1mt>I

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September-October 1981 23 MEETING and Okinawa campaigns, and the oc­ escort USS Polle. He later was to (Continued from Page 22) cupation of Japan , aboard the cruiser serve aboard an ice breaker in the High School. He was a security USS Cleveland. Among his com­ Arctic and Antarctic, and command a police specialist and served tours in munications billets were tours with transmitting station in the Marshall Iceland , Bermuda and Vietnam . He the Navy Crypto Center (twice); on Islands. He was assigned to study at retired in March 1973 while serving the staff, Commander Battleship Divi­ the George Washington University at Air Force headquarters in sion Two; at the Defense Communi­ Law School and was awarded the Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of cations Agency (twice); and Head­ Degree of Juris Doctor with Distinc­ Northern Virginia Community Col­ quarters Naval Communications tion in 1956. He later served in lege (AS , Education) and the Univer­ Command. He also served as Direc­ several billets at Coast Guard Head­ sity of Maryland (BS , Law Enforce­ tor, Communications-Electronics, quarters, including chief counsel and ment and Criminology). He is mar­ U.S. European Command and Direc­ inspector general. Command billets ried to the former Nancy Lee tor, Naval Communications. Poe during his career also included the Symons. They have two children, commanded the USS Henderson buoy tender Balsam and the cutter Joseph 25, and Mrs. Felecia Lee du ring operations in the Vietnam Storis. After retiring, he was ap­ LoPiccolo, 19, and reside in Wood­ area, and later, the USS Northamp­ pointed deputy assistant chief bridge, Va . Moore is a security in­ ton . Following retirement he joined counsel of the FAA and is presently vestigator/counselor in the Prince the firm of BDM from 1976 until Chief Counsel, Merchant Marine Georges County, Md., school 1981 , when he again retired to Subcommittee, House Merchant system. become active in volunteer work. He Marine and Fisheries Committee. He is married to the former Helen Drum­ is married to the former Ruth Anne wright of Norfolk, Va. They have two Holland of Seattle, Wash. They have RAdm Donald T. Poe , USN, Ret . children, Susan and Jervis. four children and reside in Rockville, RAdm Poe is a native of Oran, Mo., Md. attended Southeast Missouri State for one year before entering the U.S. RAdm Ricardo A. Ratti, USCG, Ret. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., RAdm Ratti was born at Humacao, from where he graduated in June Puerto Rico, graduated from high 1944 (Class of 1945). Later schooling school in Mamaroneck, N.Y. and during his Naval career included the from Admiral Billard Academy, New Applied Communications Course, London, Conn . Appointed to the Naval Postgraduate School; the Arm­ U.S. Coast Guard Academy, he ed Forces Staff College; and the Na­ graduated with a B.S. degree in 1944. tional War College. He received his During World War II he served Master of Science degree from aboard the frigate USS Glendale in George Washington University in the campaigns at Palau, Ulithi and 1969. During World War II he par­ Philippine mopup, and on Pacific ticipated in the Philippines, Borneo convoy duty aboard the destroyer

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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON OFFICE

September 4, 1981

TO: NATIONAL OFFICERS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION PAST COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF, STATE COMMANDERS SENIOR VICE COMMANDERS, JUNIOR VICE COMMANDERS ADJUTANTS, QUARTERMASTERS, SERVICE OFFICERS

FROM: COOPER T. HOLT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SUBJECT: RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AT THE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL CONVENTION, AUGUST 14 - 20, 1981

Enclosed is a Digest of Resolutions pertaining to veterans' benefits, national security and foreign affairs and miscellaneous matters, which were appr oved by the voting delegates to our 82nd National Convention in Phila­ delphia, Pennsylvania, August 14 - 20, 1981 .

These resolutions have been grouped according to the categories, as indi cated on the cover page, so that you will have a ready reference or index to all of them.

I certainly hope this Digest will prove helpful in carrying out the duti es of your office during the coming year .

With best wishes and kindest personal regards, I am r~Sincerely your friend, .Co~. Holt Exe~ti!e Director

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Enclosure

V.F.W. MEMORIAL BUILDING e 200 MARYLAND AVENUE, N.E. e WASHINGTON, D.C. 20002 • VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C.

DIGEST OF RESOLUTIONS

Pertaining to Veterans' Benefits, Miscellaneous and National Security and Foreign Affairs

ADOPTED BY THE

82ND NATIONAL CONVENTION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U.S. AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AUGUST 14-20, 1981

VE!ERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS

Compensation. 0 ., ., 0 1

Pension. 0 0 0 • • 1

National Cemeteries, Monuments and Burial Benefits . • . . . • . . . . . •• 1

Hospital, Medical and Domiciliary Care Facilities .. .• ••••••.• ••• .•• 2

Education. 3

Insurance, Loans and Housing. . 3

Civil Service and Employment . . 4

VA PROGRAMS . • • • 5

ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY BENEFITS •••.•••••• 5

MISCELLANEOUS •••.••.•. " •• • • 6

NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS .• • • 0 9 VETERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS

Resolution Number Compensation

605 AMEND CURRENT LAW REGARDI NG VA SERVICE CONNECTED COMPENSATION to allow con­ cur rent recei pt of VA disability campensation and military retired or retainer pay without off set.

609 DISABILITY COMPENSATION RAT INGS be pr otected by law after 10 years .

617 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE on an annual basis be legi slatively sought for certain service connected veterans .

624 HERBICIDE EXPOSURE st ud i es be accurately and quickly completed; liberalizing criteria for clai ms disposition be sought; recent developments regarding this issue be publicized i n VFW Magazi ne.

677 SUPPORT H. R. 1100, a measure providi ng for i mproved health care and liberal­ ization of service connection criteria for former prisoners of war.

716 HERBICIDE EXPOSURE l egi sl ation be enacted t hat provi des for an open-ended presumpti ve period for any chr oni c disease or disorder r esultant from the exposure to Agent Orange or other t oxic substances.

732 MAKE VETERANS AWARE DI SAB ILITY CLAIMS MAY BE REOPENED THOUGH APPEAL TIME HAS EXPIRED inasmuch as the j ustificatian of continuous r eview of physical changes and condit ions i s clearly evident, and should be periodically publicized by the VA .

776 RADIATION EXPOSURE - SERVI CE CONNECTION where diseases reasonably attribu­ table to such exposur e ar e medi cally r ecognized, be legislatively enacted.

780 VETERANS AND RAI LROAD RETI REMENT benefits shoul d not be offset by one another.

Pension

619 SPECIAL WORLD WAR I PENSION without income r estrict i ons be actively pursued legislativel y.

732 MAKE VETERANS AWARE DI SABI LITY CLAI MS MAY BE REOPENED THOUGH APPEAL TIME HAS EXP I RED inasmuch as t he justification of continuous revi ew of physical changes and conditi ons i s clearly evident, and should be periodically publicized by the VA.

750 DEATH PENSION ELIGI BILITY shoul d be det ermi ned sol ely on t he income of the widow .

National Cemet eries , Monuments and Burial Benefits

202 VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND, I NC . donati ons should be encouraged of our member shi p . VETERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS - (contd.) Page 2

Resolution Number

729 MEMORIAL CENTERS be provi ded in certain national cemeteries.

751 OPPOSITION TO ELIMINATION OF BURIAL ALLOWANCE AND VETERANS BENEFITS.

771 MONUMENT ON ATTU Island be erected to honor Americans killed there during World War II.

774 BURIAL BENEFIT ALLOWANCE be legislatively restored.

778 PROVIDE A NATIONAL CEMETERY IN EACH STATE through legislative means.

Hospital , Medical and Domiciliary Care Facilities

608 REIMBURSEMENT OF VA HOSPITAL CARE COSTS by private insurers be opposed.

611 VIETNAM VETERANS READJUSTMENT COUNSELING/VET CENTERS authority and funding be continued for at least five years.

615 HERBICIDE FEE BASIS GENETIC COUNSELING be sought for Vietnam veterans and their spouses.

621 VA PLAN FOR AGING VETERANS be supplied by the VA to the Congress for action to meet the needs of those veterans.

623 BENEFICIARY TRAVEL payments to veterans under present criteria be vigorously and forcefully pursued .

624 HERBICIDE EXPOSURE studies be accurately and quickly completed; liberalizing criteria for claims disposition be sought; recent developments regarding this issue be publicized in VFW Magazine.

677 SUPPORT H.R. 1100, a measur e providing for improved health care and liberal­ i zation of service connection criteria for former prisoners of war.

679 WORLD WAR I VETERANS be afforded out patient dental care through the enact­ ment of legislation. 717 MATCHING FUND CONSTRUCTION GRANTS TO STATES be increased by Congress for the purpose of expanding state hospital, domiciliary, and nursing care services.

721 NON-EXPIRING NURSING HOME CARE FOR WWI VETERANS be legislatively enacted.

723 REPLACEMENT OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, ALLEN PARK, MICHIGAN be accomplished at Wayne State School of Medicine and that the current facility at Allen Park continue to be used for treatment for certain veterans. 724 OPPOSE THE CLOSING OF VA HOSPITAL AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, VETERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS - (contd.) Page 3

Resolution Number

725 SUPPORT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INTEREST IN LASALLE, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL as a Veterans Administration medical facility.

726 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA as the need for such has been more than adequately demonstrated.

727 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA as the need for such has been more than adequately demonstrated.

731 PROVIDE VA CARE FOR FILIPINO VETERANS by legislative means so they may receive treatment for non service connected disabilities in VA facilities in the U. S.

734 OPPOSE AMA PROPOSALS TO ASSIGN MILITARY VETERANS TO PRIVATE HOSPITAL FACILI­ TIES as this would undermine the VA hospital and medical care system.

740 OPPOSE REDUCTIONS IN VA MEDICAL FACILITIES that would eliminate or curtail the current health care delivery capability.

747 SCHOLARSHIP TO TRAIN VA MEDICAL DOCTORS should be funded in VA budget.

756 FEE BASIS cards be issued to veterans of the Mexican Border Period and World War I.

764 REMOVAL OF PREJUDICIAL REMARKS FROM VA ADMISSION RECORDS in order to protect veterans' right to fair treatment .

781 SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE VA DELIVERY OF GERIATRIC AND EXTENDED HEALTH CARE SERVICES in order to meet the increasing future need for such services by veterans.

Educati on

744 OPPOSE FUNDING OF "GI BILL" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM UNDER VA APPROPRIATION since this program is for recruitment and retention purposes for the all­ volunteer force.

782 VIETNAM-ERA GI BILL EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS be legislatively improved by extend1ng ent1tlement to 48 months, 1ncreas1ng benefits to a level at least comparable to the CPI increase and by removing the delimiting date for such.

Insurance, Loans and Housing

601 LIBERALIZATION OF VETERANS MORTGAGE LIFE INSURANCE so that totally and per­ manently disabled veterans may obtain such at a reasonable premium.

759 BORROWING AGAINST GI INSURANCE be legislatively permitted at fixed rates rather than variable rates. VETERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFI TS PROGRAMS - (contd.) Page 4

Resolution Number Civil Service and Employment

613 VRA APPEAL PROCESS be i mp l ement ed for vet erans so appointed because they have no r ecour se to meri t prot ection board when fired.

614 AFFIRMATI VE ACTION FOR VETERANS be eff ectively implemented in E.E.O.C. and O. F. C.C . P. as required by l aw .

616 OPM ROSTER be comp iled on vet erans appointed and seeking appointment under VRA aut hority.

627 OUTSTATIONING OF DI SABLED VETERAN OUTREACH PROGRAM STAFF l egislation be sought where such i s accomp lished on t he basis of need in consultation with SDVE; that budget for such be a line item i n DOL budget; that $50 million for such over and above gr ant s-i n-ai d be sought .

642 OPPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THE RES I DENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR VES STATE DIRECTORS and Assistant Dir ector s of t he VES.

643 LIST OF APPROVED TRAINI NG ESTABLI SHMENTS be provi ded by each VA Regional Office to the appropriat e State Director for Veterans Employment .

644 LISTS OF DISABLED VETERANS FOR VES by stat e be provided by the VA Admini­ strator to the State Director of the Veterans Employment .

645 IMPROVE JOB OPPORTUNI TI ES FOR DISABLED VETERANS by requesting OPM to require all federal agencies t o r eport al l VRA appl i cati ons and appointments; to provide VES with names of unsuccessful applicants so that they may be assi s t ed in findi ng employment .

651 MAINTAIN THE 52 VES - DOL SECRETARIAL POSITI ONS by placing those positions under federal civil ser vice .

658 VETERANS PREFERENCE IN J OB MATCHING PROGRAM be admini stratively or legisla­ tively sought.

661 REINSTITUTE VETERANS PREFERENCE IN U.S. POSTAL SERVICE by pressing that service to abide by the l aw and by i mp l ementi ng VRA appointments therein.

662 CETA PRIME SPONSORS " J OBS FOR VETERANS" PROGRAM be s trengthened by upgrading vet eran classi f ication therein and by maki ng CETA more veteran oriented.

688 SUPPORT LEGISLATI ON TO REPEAL I NEQUITABLE REQUIREMENT, KNOWN AS "CATCH-62" TO RECOMPUTE CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE ANNUI TI ES f or veter ans who retire from federal civi l service .

689 SUPPORT EARNED COMPENSATION FOR MILI TARY RETIREES IN THE U.S. CIVIL SERVICE by opposing the offset of civil service pay by mi l i tary reti red pay (approved in pri ncipl e) •

691 DUAL COMPENSATION FOR RETI REES be l egislatively sought before Congress through the eliminati on of the of fset of civil service pay by retired pay. VETERANS' RIGHTS AND BENEFITS PROGRAMS - (cont d . ) Page 5

ResCDlution Number

695 SUPPORTS . 46 and H.R . 116 to el iminate the "Catch-62" inequity when service in the armed f orces after 1956 i s combined with civil service retirement.

700 JOB SERVI CE STAFFING r educt ions be apposed and restoratian of grants-te­ stat es be sought to provide for at least the same staffing level as supparted in FY 81.

710 FUNDING FOR VES be adequate i n or der te allaw VES staff te carry out their functions as mandated by law.

713 TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDI T legi slatian be introduced in Congress ta extend the prQgram far t wo years and ta elimi nate the age restriction and waiting period for certain Vietnam-er a veterans .

777 SUNSET Am> VETERANS EMPLOYMENT RI GHTS be upheld ta acknewledge the true intent of veterans' pr ef er ence.

783 OPPOSE CONTRACTING OUT OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES t hat would adversely effect recruitment and ret ention of veter ans i n feder al employment.

784 PRESERVE AND EXTEND VETERANS PREFERENCE by pressing the federal establishment and Congr ess to reject al l attempts to degrade or di lute such.

VA PROGRAMS

606 GOVERNMENT REORGANI ZATION that woul d in any way compromise the integrity af the VA, i t s pr ogr ams , or t he position of Administrat or be eppesed.

611 VIETNAM VETERANS READJ USTMENT COUNSELI NG /VET CENTERS autharity and funding be canti nued for at l east five years.

615 HERBICIDE FEE BASIS GENETIC COUNSELI NG be saught for Vietnam veterans and their spauses .

755 CHIROPRACTIC CARE THROUGH CHAMPUS AND CHAMPVA to aid veterans t0 overcome health problems be aut horized .

ARMED FORCES AND MILI TARY BENEFITS

605 AMEND CURRENT LAW REGARDING VA SERVICE CONNECTED COMPENSATION to allow can­ current receipt of VA disabilit y compensation and military retired ar retainer pay wi thout offset .

607 APPORTIONMENT OF ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL SERVICE RETIRED PAY AND SURVIVORS ANNUITIES be opposed .

621 VA PLAN FOR AGING VETERANS be supplied by the VA to the C0ngress far action to meet the needs of t hose vet er ans . ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY BENEFITS - (contd.) Page 6

Res0lution Number

625 SURVIVORS BENEFIT PLAN (SBP) legislation be sought that eliminates Social Security offset; that permits concurrent payment of SBP and DIC; that plan be reopened for eligibles for 180 days.

626 CHAMPUS legislation or administrative action be supported that: (1) provides sufficient health care personnel to meet patient demand; (2) includes dental care for all beneficiaries; (3) simplifies claims procedures; and (4) assures timely claims settlements.

671 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE U.S. ARMED FORCES FOR RETIREES be sought through renegotiations of Status of Forces Agreements.

681 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS be continued by the enactment of legislation if necessary.

687 RECOMPUTATION OF RETIREE PAY FOR PRE-1970 RETIREES provided that such would not result in a loss of retired pay.

689 SUPPORT EARNED COMPENSATION FOR MILITARY RETIREES IN THE U.S. CIVIL SERVICE by opposing the offset of civil service pay by military retired pay (approved in principle).

691 DUAL COMPENSATION FOR RETIREES be legislatively sought before Congress through the elimination of the offset of civil service pay be retired pay.

695 SUPPORTS. 46 and H.R. 116 to eliminate the "Catch-62" inequity when service in the armed forces after 1956 is combined with civil service retirement.

744 OPPOSE FUNDING OF "GI BILL" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM UNDER VA APPROPRIATION since this program is for recruitment and retention purposes for the all-volunteer force.

752 DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF RETIREES should be pursued legislatively to allow remains to be transported to the U.S. from abroad as non-DOD cargo.

755 CHIROPRACTIC CARE THROUGH CHAMPUS AND CHAMPVA to aid veterans to overcome health problems be authorized.

MISCELLANEOUS

104 RESTORE MEMORIAL DAY TO MAY 30TH, its right£ul and historic date by leg­ islative means.

202 VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND, INC. donations should be encouraged of our membership . 301 THE COPYRIGHTS ACT OF 1976 should be amended to exempt Congressionally chartered non-profit, veterans' and fraternal organizations from its provisions. ' .

MISCELLANEOUS - (contd.) Page 7

Resolution Number

30~ THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR JOSEPH LUCA.

603 NEW LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES that are enacted should be adequately funded so that funds for such would not serve to reduce or eliminate other existing entitlements.

604 LOBBY REFORM LEGISLATION be opposed where it applies to non-profit chari­ table organizations whose lobbying activities constitutes only a small portion of their activities.

605 AMEND CURRENT LAW REGARDING VA SERVICE CONNECTED COMPENSATION to allow con­ current receipt of VA disability compensation and military retired or retainer pay without offset.

606 GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION that would in any way compromise the integrity of the VA, its programs, or the position of Administrator be opposed.

607 APPORTIONMENT OF ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL SERVICE RETIRED PAY AND SURVIVORS ANNUITIES be opposed .

610 OPPOSE CONSOLIDATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT PROGRAM WITH OTHER RE­ TIREMENT PROGRAMS of a federal or military nature.

612 SBA LOANS: SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR VETERANS be sought legislatively and administratively.

620 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF VA claims decisions pertaining to matters of law and regulations, insofar as the merits of the claim are concerned, and review of facts that are alleged to be arbitrary and/or capricious should be supported; Commander-in-Chief be instructed to form a committee to review this position.

622 OPPOSE CONTRACTING OF VA SERVICES as proposed in 0MB Circular A-76 before the Congress and the VA.

624 HERBICIDE EXPOSURE studies be accurately and quickly completed; liberalizing criteria for claims disposition be sought; recent developments regarding this issue be publicized in VFW Magazine.

665 VETERANS PREFERENCE concept in federal employment should be actively re­ iterated by the Congress so that agencies do not circumvent it.

669 PRESERVE VETERANS PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES by seeking support for such from the Administration and before the Congress.

694 OPPOSE LEGISLATION TO CHANGE SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN that would alter or elim­ inate the gratuitous wage credits granted to certain veterans, and that veterans be permitted to concurrently receive military retired pay, social security payments, and civil service annuities. MISCELLANEOUS - (contd.) Page 8

Reselution Number

697 OPPOSE CURTAILMENT OR ELIMINATION OF EARNED VETERANS BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES by any organization, government office, bureau or agency.

698 OPPOSE TAXATION OF VA AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS by federal, state, local or any other level of gover nment, and that such benefits not be considered as income under other federally funded programs .

713 TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT legislation be introduced in Congress to extend the program for two years and to eliminate the age restriction and waiting per­ iod for certain Vietnam-era veterans .

728 NAMING THE VA MEDICAL CENTER, DUBLIN, GA "THE CARL VINSON MEDICAL CENTER" be legislatively enacted.

730 MAINTENANCE OF REGIONAL OFFI CES be continued and no steps be taken to dis­ mantle this system.

735 RETENTION OF U.S . PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS SYSTEM as it presently exists.

744 OPPOSE FUNDING OF "GI BILL" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM UNDER VA APPROPRIATION since this program is for recruitment and retention purposes for the all­ volunteer force.

751 OPPOSITION TO ELIMINATI ON OF BURIAL ALLOWANCE AND VETERANS BENEFITS.

762 CREATE CABINET STATUS FOR ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION through legislative action.

763 LEGISLATION TO REIMBURSE WILLIAM KUBRICK FOR NEGLIGENT MEDICAL TREATMENT.

766 POW STATUS ON DISCHARGE papers be noted.

768 COMMEND MEijORIAL RIFLE SQUAD AT FT. SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY.

773 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVICE RENDERED IN KOREA during period of July 28, 1g54 to a date to be announced be legislatively sought. 775 THE VA BUDGET AND RECONCILIATION process should not further reduce VA benefits and/or the hospital and medical care system. 779 COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR VA BENEFICIARIES be in an amount at least com­ mensurate with the CPI . 780 VETERANS AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT benefits should not be offset by one another. Page 9

Resolution Number NATIONAL SECURI TY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

108 OBSERVATI ON OF MIA/ POW RECOGNITION DAY on t he appropriate date be undertaken by all l evels of t he VFW o

205 POW /MIA COMMITTEE be continued by the Commander-in-Chief at the national level and be set up at t he state level of t he VFW .

401 DENY SOUTH AFRICA TO COMMUNI ST MILITARY I MPERIALI SM by assuring that South Africa does no t become Moscow 's l ast domi no on the African Continent and that we attend t o our clear and pr esent national i nterests.

402 RESTORE AMERI CAN PRI MACY IN CENTRAL AMERI CA, THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA by r equesting the Congr ess to reaffi rm the pri nciples of the "Monroe Doctrine," to combat the spread of Soviet/ Cuban i nfluence by every means, and to keep the School of the Americas alive .

403 RETURN TO A FAIR AND LOOPHOLE- FREE MILI TARY DRAFT AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE by registr at ion of 18 year ol d males, reestablishment of a selective service headquarters in each s tate; by annual conscripti on of up to 200,000 men for the Individual Ready Reserve; that t he dr aft be equi table and loophole free where the quanti ty and quality of per sonnel needs to assure the common defense will be available.

404 THE UN: THE FREE RI DE MUST END by r educing U. S. f iscal support thereof to a pro-rata shar e .

405 AID THE AFGHAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS by i ncreasing flow of small arms, anti-tank and anti-helicopter weapons to t hem .

406 AMERICA'S ALLI ES AND THE COMMON DEFENSE: the U.S. should reduce troop strength in Europe and shar pl y limit i mportati on of Japanese auto's to secure the appropr iate defense commitment from t hem .

407 DEFENSE: THE LONG ROAD BACK - t he anti-def ense policies of the previous Admi ni stration should be under s tood and we should support the current Admini­ stration pl an t o r e-arm America o

408 SHORING UP THE MI DDLE EAST by support for Saudi Ar abi a, proper support for rational forces in I ran; an Ar ab-Israeli peace settlement; building a naval base on Diego Gar cia Island, and by halting Soviet penetration of that area.

409 OPPOSITION TO, AND ISOLATION OF , COMMUNI ST CUBA be carri ed out with nonrecog­ nition of that communi s t r egi me , by conti nued U.S . presence at Guantanamo Naval Base, and by aerial over flights t o det ermi ne i f "Kennedy-Kruschchev Agreement of 1962" i s being honored o

410 AMERICA ' S MI SSING IN ACTI ON: A NON-NEGOTIABLE MATTER OF HONOR and every economic and di plomatic pressur e should be utili zed i n locating t hem as well as urgi ng t he Congr ess and Administration to publicly act on this issue, withholdi ng favored nati on trade stat us to Russi a and withholding aid to Socialist Vi etnam. . .

NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS - (contd.) Page 10

Resolution Number

411 THE VFW: ANTI-COMMUNIST; PRO FREEDOM: t his stance should be reaffirmed te the Congress and Executive Branch of the government through requests for increased defense spending, increased efforts to counter the Soviet military capability and to stop the export of sophisticated U.S. technology te the Soviet Union.

412 UNSWERVING VFW SUPPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN by requesting the Congress and the Executive Branch of t he government furnish modern weapons to Taiwan, by maintenance of cultural, educational and diplomatic ties .

413 OVERSEAS OIL AND U.S. SECURITY: the VFW will support a fair and comprehensive energy policy which will reverse U.S. dependence upon foreign oil and provides for 100,000 barrels a day addition to U.S. strategic petroleum stockpile.

414 CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE CIA AND FBI by maintaining their integrity and ability to operate in a fashi on most consistent with the security and intel­ ligence needs of this nation.

415 THE U.S. MILITARY: A CALLING NOT A JOB in which all active and reserve com­ ponents must be supported and which requires specific spelling out of GI rights and benefits.

416 FI RST THINGS FIRST: A U. S. NAVY CLEARLY NUMBER 1 NOW in order to properly secure t he world's sea lanes, thereby securing u.s--:--Tnterests.

417 ASSURE THE FLOW OF UNDILUTED MILITARY ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS by the Congress and the President insisting that JCS advice not conform to transitory domes tic political preference.

418 OPPOSE U.S . ADHERENCE TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENOCIDE TREATY as a circumven­ tion and abdication of constitutionally guaranteed rights of this nation's citizens.

419 NEED FOR A RAPID CIVIL DEFENSE BUILDUP should be a matter of overriding nati onal priority, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be adequately funded.

420 REFUGEES AND ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES should be dealt with in a comprehensive Congressionally mandated system whereby illegal aliens are deported, detection techniques for apprehending such are intensified, and those who are in this country with temporary visas are expelled when they are legally found to have violated the laws of this country.

421 UNWAVERING U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA by honoring the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty, not withdrawing any additional troops and by continued military support.

422 AMERICAN DEFENSE PRIMACY: THE LONG HAUL be undertaken by providing the funds to adequately insure American military superiority at every level, never again having a "no-win" war. ..

NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREI GN AFFAI RS - (contd. ) Page 11

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423 RESTORE THE STRATEGIC BALANCE as t he terms of the proposed Salt II Treaty are no t verifiabl e and should never be appr oved; by specific military spendi ng progr ams for weapons systems .

424 NO WOMEN IN COMBAT J OBS that call f or closi ng with and destroying the enemy .

425 DEFEAT THE UN-SPONSORED 'LAW OF THE SEA' TREATY i n i ts pr esent form should i t be pr esent ed to t he Senate for r atif ication.

426 REGULAR ENLI STED RETIRED MEMBERS SERVI NG I N THE READY RESERVE be actively suppor ted before the Congress and Executive branches of the government.

429 PAY INCREASE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL i n order to recrui t and retain a strong active milit ar y force .

430 MILITARY LEAVE FOR GUARD AND RESERVE service members should be retained and private employers should be encour aged to pay the member the difference bet ween ci vilian pay and s emi -annual trai ni ng pay.

431 MEDICAL CARE FOR MI LITARY PERSONNEL and thei r dependents be demanded from the DOD .

434 NATIONAL DEFENSE FI RST MX CONS I DERATI ON r ather t han political expediency of placating environmentalists , ecologists and ot her self-i nterest groups.

435 NAT I ONAL STRATEGY OF PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH be i mplemented through a strong ecenomy, ai d t o allies , i nsuring strong security and intelli gence communi ties usi ng non-mi l i tar y means to check t he gr owt h of communism; accepting no arms contr ol measure jeopardizing our national security; pr omoti ng civil defense; achi eving t echnological superiority over Soviets; and by i nspiring and focusing national will t o achi eve these goals .

436 OPPOSITI ON TO "NO WI N" WARS: we shoul d fight , if necessary, with the objective to wi n and t hat our trai ned militar y be authori zed and expected to accomplish such i n the shor test possible time .

437 ACTIVELY SUPPORT NU CLEAR NON- PROLIFERATI ON TREATY by admi nstr ati ve and legi sl ative means .

438 MAKE UNAUTHORIZED DI SCLOSURE OF SENS ITIVE I NTELLIGENCE INFORMATION A CRIMINAL OFFENSE t hrough legislative action .

440 REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT OF A JUDI CI AL WARRANT TO COLLECT FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BY ELECTR0NIC SURVEI LLANCE in t he Foreign I nt elligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and mod ify the act t o cover physical searches.

441 PROTECT THE IDENTI TI ES OF AMERI CAN COVERT I NTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL through legislative action. f f

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442 SECURITY FOR AMERICAN EMBASSIES AND DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL ABROAD be maintained to insure their safety and well being and that the takeover by foreign personnel be considered an act of war, where our armed forces might rescue personnel by force and that punitive acti ons be taken against the offending nation.

447 ELF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM be constructed to enhance the security of our submarineso

448 ACCESS TO SCHOOLS BY MILITARY RECRUITERS in order to enhance the recruitment of personnel for our armed forces o

449 LIMIT ON IMMIGRATION be supported.

451 POST EXCHANGE AND COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES FOR RETIREES IN GERMANY be provided for by renegotiating the Status of Forces Agreement with Germany.

452 POSTAL PRIVILEGES FOR BOX R PATRONS be fully restored by the Department of Defense.

453 USE OF MILITARY POSTAL SERVICE BY VFW in overseas areas inasmuch as many other organizations similar t o the VFW are permitted to do so.

454 JROTC INSTRUCTORS PAY AND ALLOWANCES be legislatively changed to eliminate a pay i nequity t hat exists wit h respect to retired officers and NCO's who instruct overseas JROTC unitso

455 NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BERKELEY BOARD OF EDUCATION inasmuch as the Board has issued a directive requiring all high school students to be instructed in draft avoidance.

456 "BUY AMERICAN" concept be supported at all levels of government and industry.

457 OPPOSE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING OUT MEDICAL SERVICES with private organizations and urge Congress to appropriate sufficient funds to provide adequate care.

459 STOP DRUG TRAFFICKING through economic and political pressureo

460 THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS /THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION be reviewed by Congressional committee and their results be made public.

461 STAMP OUT TERRORISM by increasing airport and harbor security, reinstating the "House Committee on Internal Security," and never succumb to terrorists' demands.

462 INSPECTION AND EXAMINATI ON OF COMMODITIES AND TECHNICAL DATA INTENDED TO BE EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA be properly conducted and that Congress adequately fund and staff the U. S. Custom Service.