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Bulletin 190214 (PDF Edition) RAO BULLETIN 14 February 2019 PDF Edition THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES Pg Article Subject . * DOD * . 04 == U.S. Philippine Bases [18] ---- (New Facility Opened on Luzon) 05 == SECDEF [17] ---- (Patrick Shanahan’s International Debut) 06 == Nuclear Launch Authority [01] ---- (H.R.669/S.200 | No First Use Act) 07 == StratCom ---- (A First Look inside New $1.3 Billion Headquarters) 09 == China’s Space Program ---- (U.S. Military Warns of Their Argentina Space Station Threat) 11 == GTMO Prison [12] ---- (Option of Last Resort for ISIS Detainees) 12 == DODDS No Touching Rule ---- (New NBC Policy Questioned) 13 == PCS Moves [05] ---- (Privatizing Household Goods Shipments) 15 == DoD/VA Health Care ---- (Portions of Both Systems May Merge) 16 == DoD Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2019) 18 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2019 | Seven) 20 == DoD Websites [01] ---- (Watch Out for Fake Ones) . * VA * . 20 == VA Access via ID.me ---- (New Option Brings Virtual Identity Proofing to the VA) 22 == VA Blue Water Claims [64] ---- (Court Ruling Fuels Renewed Effort for Bill) 23 == VA Blue Water Claims [65] ---- (Now is the Time to File VA Form 21-0966) 1 23 == VA Disability Rating [02] ---- (How To Increase Your Percentage) 25 == VA Disciplinary Actions [02] ---- (Vet Indicted for Making Threats and Assault) 25 == VA Shadow Rulers ---- (HVAC Investigation Launching on Trump’s Golf Buddies) 26 == VA Lawsuit | Caregiver Program ---- (Laws & Regulations Not Followed by VA) 27 == VA 3D Printing ---- (Use is Lowering Costs, and Reducing Surgery/Healing) 28 == Twilight Brigade ---- (VA Evicting Group after 21 Years at the Bedsides of Dying Patients) 30 == VA Appeals [34] ---- (Appeals Modernization Act Now In Effect) 31 == VA Health Care Access [64] ---- (Fight over Privatization to Escalate) 33 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse ---- (Reported 01 thru 14 FEB 2019) . * VETS * . 34 == Vet Small Businesses ---- (New Law Offers Surplus Equipment to Vet Entrepreneurs for Free) 35 == Concurrent Receipt Status 08 ---- (Restore Full Retirement Pay to All Disabled Vets) 36 == Vet Suicide [23] ---- (VA Parking Lot Trend) 36 == Toxic Exposure | Holloman AFB NM ---- (Groundwater Discharge Permit Violated) 37 == Toxic Exposure | Wurtsmith AFB [03] ---- (MDEQ on USAF Cleanup) 37 == WWII Vets 183 ---- (Wilson Watson | The One-Man Regiment) 39 == Vet Unclaimed Remains ---- (Killeen TX | 29 JAN 2019) 40 == Obit: Rosemary Mariner ---- (31 JAN 2019 | One of 1st 8 Female USN Aviators) 41 == Obit: Ruth Wheeler ---- (02 FEB 2019 | Longest-Tenured VA Volunteer) 42 == Vietnam Vets [34] ---- (Sidney Shachnow | Legendary Special Forces Officer) 44 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of 14 FEB 2019) 44 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 14 FEB 2019) 45 == State Veteran's Benefits ---- (Illinois 2019) . * VET LEGISLATION * . 45 == Vet Benefit Fraud ---- (H.R.450 | The Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019) 46 == VA Child Care Subsidy [01] ---- (H.R.840/S.91 | Veterans' Access to Child Care Act) 46 == DoD/VA Concurrent Receipt [01] ---- (H.R.303 | Retired Pay Restoration Act) 47 == Vet Deportations [25] ---- (H.R.1078 | Repatriate Our Patriots Act) . * MILITARY* . 48 == Navy Carrier Program [02] ---- (Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System A Failure) 49 == SASC [03] ---- (Admiral Pressed on Navy’s 2 Collisions) 50 == USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) (19) ---- (Warning Signs Prior to the Collision) 52 == USMC Suicides ---- (Reach Highest Level in a Decade) 52 == Army Drones [03] ---- (Black Hornet | $40M Contract Awarded For More) 53 == ACTS Database ---- (Expanded to Keep Tabs on all USAF Officer Ranks) 54 == Military Daycare ---- (Critical Readiness Issue) 55 == Military Justice | Golstevin ---- (2010 Taliban Bomb Maker's Death Case) 56 == Military Justice | Gallagher ---- (2017 Execution of Islamic State Prisoner) 57 == Military Justice | Forbes ---- (Failure to Disclose HIV+ Status Ruled Sexual Assault) 58 == Russian Military Strength [02] ---- (Filin | Makes Targets Hallucinate, Vomit) 59 == Navy LCS Program [04] ---- ($1.4B Wasted on Excess Helicopter Purchase) 59 == Military Payday Lenders [04] ---- (CFPB/DoD Financial Protections Lawsuit) 60 == 350 Ship Fleet [01] ---- (Navy May Back Off and Look at New Options) 62 == Warships That Will Change the Future ---- (JDS Hyuga) 2 63 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (Baby Shit thru BAM) . * MILITARY HISTORY * . 64 == USS Hornet (CV-8) ---- (Wreck Discovered Off the Solomon Islands) 65 == The Battle of Dak ---- (Airstrike Gone Terribly Wrong) 68 == Military Music ---- (It's A Long Way To Tipperary) 69 == U.S. Army & Prohibition ---- (How The Army Was Impacted) 71 == USS Thresher Memorial [01] ---- (Approved by Army for Arlington 72 == War Memorials ---- (National World War II Memorial) 73 == Post WWII Photos ---- (Expelled Germans Returning Home) 73 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Not A Total Loss) 73 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (15 thru 29 FEB) 74 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [24] ---- (Bronx Bomber) 74 == Medal of Honor Citations ---- (Harry R. Harr | WWII) . * HEALTH CARE * . 75 == TRICARE Pharmacy Tiers ---- (Fourth Tier Is Planned) 76 == Tricare/CHAMPUS Fraud [20] ---- (Compound Drug Kickback Scheme) 77 == Heart Disease [04] ---- (How Sleep Protects Against It) 78 == Implants ---- (DARPA’s New Program to Create Bioelectonic Ones to Help Heal Wounds) 79 == Opioid Addiction [05] ---- (MHS Prescription Drug Monitoring Program) 80 == Liver Disease [02] ---- (Y-90 Radioembolization | Hepatitis C Tumor Treatment) 80 == Snow Shoveling ---- (Ways to Clear Snow Safely Without Hurting Yourself) 81 == Dental Care [02] ---- (How & When to Brush Children’s Teeth) 82 == Malaria Drugs [01] ---- (Lariam | Impacted Vets Plead with Panel for Thorough Review) 83 == Heart Valves ---- (Coping With Their Diseases) 86 == Cholesterol [04] ---- (Control It to Protect Yourself from Heart Attack and Stroke) 87 == Stroke [10] ---- (Prevention) 88 == Medicaid Fraud [97] ---- (Disclosures 01-14 FEB 2019) 90 == TRICARE Podcast 487 ---- (Preventing Winter Injuries - Cost Tool - Newborn/Adopted Children) 91 == TRICARE Podcast 488 ---- (Dental Program - Dental Options Webinar - TRICARE.mil Web Tools) . * FINANCES * . 92 == IRS Collection Policy [07] ----- (What they Can do If You do Not File) 93 == Tax Refund [02] ---- (How to Best Use It) 94 == Timeshares [02] ---- (Buy New If At All) 95 == Social Security Q & A ---- (190201 thru 190215) 95 == Social Media Sales Scam ---- (How it Works) 96 == Government Agency Call Scams ---- (BBB Sees More Phony Government Agency Calls) 97 == Medicare Telephone Scam 2 ---- (Medicare Numbers) 97 == Tax Burden for Maine Retired Vets ---- (As of FEB 2019) . * GENERAL INTEREST * . 90 == Notes of Interest ---- (01 thru 14 FEB 2019) 100 == Trump Foreign Policy [04] ---- (Great Nations Do Not Fight Endless Wars) 101 == INF Russian Treaty [01] ---- (Talks Fail | Irreconcilable Differences) 3 103 == DPRK Missile Program [04] ---- (Dispersing to Prevent “Decapitation” Strikes) 104 == How to Buy a Refrigerator ---- (Step by Step Procedure) 105 == Iran Military Posture --- (Result of Three 20th Century Invasions) 106 == Interesting Ideas ---- (Bracelets) 107 == One Word Essays ---- (Scary) 107 == Have You Heard? ---- (Eating In The fifties | Paddy | Things You Learned From your Parents) 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 – Illinois Vet State Benefits Attachment – Military History Anniversaries 15 thru 29 FEB (Updated) Attachment – British & Soviet Iran Invasion 1941 * DoD * U.S. Philippine Bases Update 18 ► New Facility Opened on Luzon The United States and the Philippines opened the first of several new facilities for visiting American forces on the island of Luzon this week and will start building another on Palawan once funding is available, according to Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Speaking at Cesar Basa Air Base during the 29 JAN opening of a new “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse,” Lorenzana said, in comments reported by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, that another warehouse would be built at Antonio Bautista Air Base on Palawan once U.S. funding comes through. U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Philippine Defense Secretary Dlfin Lorenzana toss coins Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at the Basa Air Base Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief warehouse, symbolizing good fortune for the new building. The Palawan construction is significant because of its proximity to the South China Sea, according to Carl Baker, executive director of the Pacific Forum think tank in Hawaii. China has built its own military bases and placed missiles 4 on artificial islands in the contested waters that are subject to claims by a number of neighboring states, including the Philippines. The Palawan base includes a 9,000-foot World War II-era runway, Baker said. “That warehouse could be used to store equipment for surveillance flights,” he said. Facilities for visiting U.S. forces will be built on five Philippine military bases under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. The pact allows U.S. forces
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