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RAO BULLETIN 1 September 2020 RAO BULLETIN 1 September 2020 PDF Edition THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES Pg Article Subject . * DOD * . 03 == Military Citizenship Opportunities [01] ---- (Minimum Service Requirement Change Ruled Illegal) 05 == USSF [01] ---- (Who Will Move to Space Force?) 06 == DARPA [08] ---- (ACE | Pilot Loses to AI in AlphaDogfight Trials) 06 == Covid-19 National Guard Activations ---- (Democrats Ask for More Consistent Orders & Funding) 07 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 AUG 2020 | Eight) . * VA * . 09 == Suicide Postvention ---- (Helping Survivors Work through Emotions) 11 == VA Pharmacy Mail-Order [02] ---- (Vets Encouraged to Order Routine Prescriptions in Advance) 13 == TSGLI [08] ---- (Proposed Rule Change Will Expand List of Covered Injuries) 14 == VA Presumptive AO Diseases [34] ---- (Advocates Begin 'Final Push' to Get Benefits) 16 == VA Foot Care ---- (A New Tool to Help Keep Vets Healthy) 17 == VA COVID-19 Cases [04] ---- (Four Vets Back From the Brink) 20 == VA COVID-19 Cases [05] ---- (August Deadliest Month for Virus Patients Since May) 20 == VA Accountability Office ---- (Discipline Recommended for Seven Leaders Since 2018) 21 == VA Caregiver Program [68] ---- (PCAFC Eligibility Expansion) 22 == VA COVID-19 Preparations [08] ---- (Coronavirus ‘Boomerang’ in Fall Anticipated) 23 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 AUG 2020) . * VETS * . 24 == Vet Homeless Recovery Programs [07] ---- (GPD to Receive More than 425 Grants, $279 Million) 25 == WWII Vets 233 ---- (Henry Erwin | MOH Smoke Bomb Survivor) 1 | P a g e 27 == Korean War Vet ---- (Robert Simanek | MOH Grenade Survivor) 29 == Vietnam Vets [43] ---- (Donald S. Adam | 100+ Combat Missions) 29 == Vet Gravesites [01] ---- (500+ to Receive Headstones/Markers in Bakersfield CA) 30 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 31 AUG 2020) 30 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled as of 31 AUG 2020) 31 == Veteran State Benefits ---- (Hawaii 2020) . * VET LEGISLATION * . 32 == VA Claim DBQ’s [02] ---- (S.0000/HR.6493| Veterans Benefits Fairness & Transparency Act) 33 == VA Records [05] ---- (HR.7926 | Allow Electronic Request of Certain Records) 33 == Senate Vet Bill Progress ---- (16 thru 31 AUG 2020) 34 == House Vet Bill Progress ---- (16 thru 31 AUG 2020) 35 == Vet Bills Signed Into Law ---- (16 thru 31 AUG 2020) . * MILITARY* . 35 == Military Health Care [03] ---- (Trump Rejects $2.2B Pentagon Cut Proposal) 36 == Military Fraud & Abuse [02] ---- (Green Beret Faked Claims to get PTSD Disability) 37 == Valkyrie Blood Transfusion System ---- (Gives Marines, Sailors Fighting Chance on the Battlefield) 39 == Military Health System [03] ---- (Lawmakers Say Reforms Will 'Stay the Course') 40 == Air Force Pilot Shortage [05] ---- (Weapons Programs Must Accommodate U.S. Recruitment Population) 42 == Air Force Flying Car ---- (No Pilot's License Required) 43 == Military Service Obligation ---- (Army Pilot Increase to 10 Years) 44 == Military Drinking [03] ---- (Alcohol-Related Hospital Care Study) 45 == Army Policy Changes ---- (Focus on Extremist Activity & Gun Ownership) 46 == Military Myths & Legends [03] ---- (The Truth about Protectors of This Nation) 47 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘NAAF’ thru ‘NFG’) . * MILITARY HISTORY * . 48 == USS Bullard (SS-332) ---- (Loss Overshadowed by Atomic Bomb) 50 == WWII Doolittle Raid [02] ---- (Zhejiang-Jiangxi Reprisal Campaign) 51 == WWII Bombing of Berlin ---- (Initiated in Summer of 1940) 52 == Buffalo Soldiers ---- (America’s Frontier African American Troops) 53 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (01 thru 15 SEP) 54 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [58] ---- (Miss Laid) 54 == WWII Photos ---- (Netherlands 30th Inf Div Patrol) 55 == Medal of Honor Citations ---- (Charles G. Abrell | Korea) . * HEALTH CARE * . 56 == Aspirin [02] ---- (One a Day Might Do More Harm than Good for Some People) 57 == Meat Consumption ---- (Ways to Cut Back) 59 == Prescription Drug Costs [63] ---- (Pandemic Could Be the Last Straw for High Drug Costs) 60 == Prescription Drug Costs [64] ---- (TSCL Survey | Restrict Increases to Inflation) 61 == Prescription Drug Costs [65] ---- (Drugmaker’s Alternative to Trump’s Most Favored Nations Rule) 62 == Respiratory Illness ---- (Thunderstorm Impact on Sufferers) 63 == Sprains & Strains ---- (New Guidelines Urge OTC Painkillers, Not Opioids 64 == Coronavirus Vaccine [12] ---- (Operation Warp Speed) 65 == Covid-19 Fake Cures [01] ---- (Immune Shot) 66 == Covid-19 Treatment [03] ---- (Hospital at Home Programs Expansion) 2 | P a g e 68 == Covid-19 Precautions [02] ---- (Vitamin D Impact) 68 == Covid-19 Testing [04] ---- (Nursing Home Rapid Test Use Roadblocks) . * FINANCES * . 70 == Utility Company Scams [02] ---- (Impersonation Con Tricks Subscribers) 71 == COVID-19 Scams [02] ---- (Free COVID Relief Funds Could Be a Grant Scam) 72 == Identity Theft Scam ---- (Protect Yourself from This Tricky One) 73 == Tax Burden for Hawaii Retired Vets ---- (As of August 2020) . * GENERAL INTEREST * . 76 == Notes of Interest ---- (16 thru 31 August 2020) 77 == Postal Service [09] ---- (Service Reductions Suspended Until After Elections) 78 == U.S. China Relations ---- (Changed Amid Covid-19) 79 == Taiwan-China Dispute [08] ---- (‘Polishing the Gun’ Raising Tensions) 80 == Narco Subs ---- (Super-Size Discovery) 81 == Iran Tensions [13] ---- (Iran Announces Locally Made Ballistic and Cruise Missiles) 82 == Border Wall Supporters [04] ---- (We Build the Wall Fraud Uncovered) 83 == U.S. Embassy Manila ---- (Limited Consular Services Resume; Passport Renewal by Mail Info) 84 == Cars That Never Made It ---- (Diablo, Centurion II, and La Tosca) 85 == Liberty Tree ---- (Rallying Point for Resistance to British Rule over American Colonies) 85 == Have You Heard? ---- (Tell Me This Won't Happen To Us!!!!) NOTE 1. The page number on which an article can be found is provided to the left of each article’s title 2. Numbers contained within brackets [ ] indicate the number of articles written on the subject. To obtain previous articles send a request to [email protected]. 3. Recipients of the Bulletin are authorized and encouraged to forward the Bulletin to other vets or veteran organizations. * ATTACHMENTS * . Attachment – Hawaii Veteran State Benefits Attachment - Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 15 SEP (Updated) Attachment - WWII Bombing of Berlin * DoD * Military Citizenship Opportunities Update 01: Minimum Service Requirement Change Ruled Illegal A federal judge 25 AUG struck down a Defense Department requirement that service members serve for six months or a year before being eligible for an expedited path to citizenship. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in April on behalf of eight non-citizen service members. They represent a class of thousands in uniform, 3 | P a g e according to the ACLU. The matter revolves around a DoD policy signed on Oct. 13, 2017, which lengthened the time a recruit must serve before receiving a certificate of honorable service, which is one of the requirements for getting expedited citizenship. The change lengthened the time in service to 180 consecutive days of active duty or one year in the reserves, to include successfully completing basic training. Previously, eligibility for that certificate began after one day of service. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy manual stated that one day of service was sufficient in establishing eligibility. DoD previously didn’t have a formal policy, but Army and Navy personnel documents indicated that the certificate of honorable service could be issued after one day of service, according to court documents. Under a ruling by Judge Ellen S. Huvelle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, DoD must revert to that one- day marker. “Not only is DOD prohibited from considering anything beyond an enlistee’s past service record in determining whether he or she has served honorably, but upon receipt of a request [for a certificate of honorable service] by a non-citizen who has satisfied the one day of qualifying service, DOD must make the required determination,” Huvelle wrote in her decision. DoD unlawfully withheld those certifications because of its minimum service requirements, she wrote. DoD spokeswoman Lisa Lawrence referred questions to the Justice Department. Justice officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The ACLU applauded the judge’s decision. “Congress has long recognized that immigrants who serve in the military during wartime are entitled to be Americans,” said Scarlet Kim, staff attorney with the ACLU’s National Security Project, in a statement. “This decision rejects the Trump administration’s racist attempt to subvert this clear congressional mandate in furtherance of its anti-immigrant agenda. We’re pleased that our clients and thousands of others like them can finally benefit from the expedited path to citizenship they have rightfully earned through their honorable military service.” According to court documents, over the last three years, 1,695 certifications of honorable service have been requested and issued to non-citizen service members. But only 10 have been requested and issued in the last eight months. Generally, DoD has been able to issue the certification within two days after the request. Most of the non- citizen service members in the lawsuit now have their certificates of service, according to court documents filed by Justice attorneys. The government attorneys
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