RAO BULLETIN 1 June 2019 PDF Edition THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES Pg Article Subject . * DOD * . 04 == Military Investigative Policy ---- (Tracking Device Found in Navy Email to Navy Times) 05 == WikiLeaks Investigation ---- (Chelsea Manning Ordered Back to Jail) 06 == U.S. Space Force [13] ---- (HAC Will Not Support DoD’s Funding Request) 08 == SOCOM ---- (Where Special Forces Fit in the National Defense Strategy) 09 == Military Abortions ---- (Out of Reach for Some Due to Increasing Restrictions/Bans by States) 10 == Commissary User Savings [05] ---- (Up with More Initiatives in the Works) 12 == DoD DNA Policy ---- (How to Obtain or Destroy) 12 == Military Records/DD-214 [06] ---- ("Emergency" Requests and Deadlines) 13 == DOD Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 May 2019) 16 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 May 2019 | Three) . * VA * . 17 == VA Mental Health Care [39] ---- (Other-than-honorable Discharged Vet’s Availability) 18 == VA Caregiver Program [56] ---- (Falling Enrollment in Program Raises Concerns) 19 == GI Bill [284] ---- (Disabled Vet Student Loan Forgiveness) 20 == White House VA Hotline [03] ---- (94% of the Total Cases Created have Been Resolved) 21 == VA Sexual Harassment ---- (Lawmakers Press VA to do Better at Their Facilities) 21 == Traumatic Brain Injury [73] ---- (Free Training Program Improves Memory) 22 == VA Transplant Program [05] ---- (Hepatitis C Positive Kidney Use Option) 1 23 == VA Cemeteries [20] ---- (May is for Memorial Day … and Mowing) 25 == VA MOVE! Program [04] ---- (Vet Study Shows 41% are Obese and 37% are Overweight) 25 == VA Health Care Access [67] ---- (New Interactive Map Gives Travel Data) 26 == VA Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 MAY 2019) 27 == VA Unpaid Funding Fee Refunds ---- (Vets are Owed Money and they Don’t Even Know it) 29 == VAMC Hampton VA [07] ---- (Urine Sample Prompts Evacuation) . * VETS * . 30 == Remembrance Message ---- (The Man Who Wasn't There) 31 == SBP DIC Offset [57] ---- (Is This the Year It Goes Away?) 32 == Feres Doctrine [15] ---- (Military Exemption Legislation) 33 == Feres Doctrine [16] ---- (Supreme Court Opts Not to Hear Challenge) 34 == Vet Housing [14] ---- (Financial and Home-Ownership Counseling Availability) 35 == Profiles in Courage ---- (Joe Ronnie Hooper | Vietnam MOH Vet) 36 == Vietnam Veterans Memorial [23] ---- (Study Reveals Errors) 38 == Vet Jobs [241] ---- (Walgreen’s HERO Program to Hire 5000 Vets over 5 Years) 39 == Vet Jobs [242] ---- (Kraft Heinz) 39 == Vets Deaths [01] ---- (TAPS Projects Cancer to be Top Killer by 2020 40 == D-Day Memories [02] ---- (Virginia Town Remembers the High Price it Paid on D-Day) 41 == Veterans FAQ ---- (How can I increase my 70% rating?) 42 == Veterans FAQ ---- (How much of my disability pay should I be paying for child support?) 43 == Veterans FAQ ---- (I need to get raised from 90 to 100% so I can get dental care.) 44 == Afghan Vets [08] ---- (Martin Tye | Deadlift World Record Holder) 46 == Obit: Bob Maxwell ---- (11 May 2019 | Nation’s Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient) 47 == Obit: Herman Wouk ---- (4 MAY 2019 | Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer) 48== Obit: John Pinto ---- (24 MAY 2019 | WWII Navajo Code Talker) 50 == Afghan U.S. Troops ---- (A Young Afghan Concert Pianist Has a Message for US Troops) 51 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of 1 JUN 2019) 51 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 1 JUN 2019) 52 == Vet State Benefits ---- (Maryland 2019) . * VET LEGISLATION * . 52 == Social Security Taxes [03] ---- (H.R.860/ S.269 Would Raise Taxable Income Thresholds) 53 == House Vet Bill Progress ---- (16 thru 31 May 2019) . * MILITARY* . 54 == Ninja Bomb ---- (A Bladed Anvil that Shreds Terrorists with No Risk of Collateral Damage) 55 == DoD Tuition Assistance [09] ---- (Navy Cracking Down on Eligibility) 55 == Payday Loans [06] ---- (Advocates Push for Resuming Lender Monitoring) 57 == Military Survivor Benefits [02] ---- (Spouse | Q&A) 58 == Air Force Retention [01] ---- (Enhancing Reserve/Active Duty Transition Option) 59 == Navy Retention ---- (80% Annually Needed to Meet Growth Goals) 59 == Navy Child Care ---- (On Base Infants and Toddlers Wait List Exceeds 9000) 61 == Navy Ship Defense ---- (Betting the Farm on Using Lasers to Shoot Down Missiles) 63 == Smoking [05] ---- (Military Exemption Not in Congressional Plan) 63 == Reserve Backpay ---- (Soldiers Still Waiting for a Way to Petition the Army for Help) 64 == Reserve Advancement Quotas ---- (FY 2020 Navy) 2 65 == Base Housing [13] ---- (Latest Survey Shows Widespread Problems) 66 == GI Bill Transferability [06] ---- (No Longer an Option after 16 Years of Service) 68 == Military Divorce Rate [01] ---- (Slow Decade-long Decline | 3% in 2018) 68 == Grenades ---- (Pike | Laser Guided 40mm Munition) 68 == Military Service Harmful Effects ---- (U.S. Army’s Tweet Prompts Stories) 70 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (Bulkhead thru By and Large) 71 == Warships That Will Change the Future ---- (The Landing Helicopter Dock Dixmude) . * MILITARY HISTORY * . 72 == Memorial Day ---- (Some Things You May Not Know) 73 == Normandy ---- (French Want to Keep Alive 'Infinite Gratitude' for D-Day) 75 == Poppy Story ---- (National Poppy Day) 76 == Oradour-sur-Glane ---- (Town and Everyone in It Destroyed by SS Soldiers) 77 == Battle of Stalingrad ---- (Major Turning Point in the Second World War) 79 == Sunken Ship’s Oil ---- (Recovery Effort on One of the 148 Petroleum Tankers Sunk in WWII) 80 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (01 thru 15 JUN) 80 == Post WWII Photos ---- (Post-War Prototypical Suburban Community) 80 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Unleash Hell) 81 == War Memorials ---- (Monument for the defenders of Jerusalem in 1948) 81 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [31] ---- (Flying Flit Gun) 81 == Medal of Honor Citations ---- (William D. Hawkins | WWII) . * HEALTH CARE * . 83 == Military Medicine ---- (Impending Medical Personnel Reduction Impact) 84 == Diabetes [17] ---- (Tanzeum Prescriptions no Longer Available) 84 == Diabetes [18] ---- (New Telehealth Program) 85 == TRICARE Select [03] ---- (Get to Know Your Plan) 86 == Hepatitis B ---- (What You Need to Know) 86 == TRICARE SUD Care ---- (Wide Range of Treatments Covered) 87 == Generic Drug Pricing [06] ---- (Lawsuit | 8000% Price Increase in One Year) 88 == Prescription Drug Costs [31] ---- (Some Increasing 10 Times the Rate of Inflation) 89 == Insulin [02] ---- (Colorado’s New Law | $100 Monthly Cap) 89 == TRICARE Podcast 502 ---- (TRICARE Publications Survey | Benefits of Flossing | TDP) 90 == TRICARE Podcast 503 ---- (TRICARE Select - TRICARE Health Matters Newsletters) . * FINANCES * . 91 == Estate & Inheritance Tax ---- (Who is Subject to Being Taxed) 92 == Divorce [04] ---- (Actions to Take ASAP if Asked for One) 93 == Retiree Finances [01] ---- (Average Annual Expenditures) 94 == IRS Kiddie Tax [02] ---- (Passed Senate | House to Vote on 23 MAY) 95== SSA Payments [01] ---- (People Who Can’t Rely on Receiving Them) 96 == Social Security Q & A ---- (190516 thru 190531) 97 == Turbo Tax Bait and Switch ---- (Here’s a ‘Discount’ for Something that Should be Free) 99 == Rental Scam [02] ---- (Don't Be Fooled by Low Rents and Fake Photos) 100 == Phishing Email Scam ---- (Fake Voicemail Messages) 100 == Memorial Day Scams ---- (Watch Out for Military Scams) 101 == Dollar Value by State ---- (New Data Figures) 3 102 == Movie Theater Chain Offers [01] ---- (Cinemark $1 & AMC $4) 102 == Tax Burden for New Jersey Retired Vets ---- (As of MAY 2019) . * GENERAL INTEREST * . 106 == Notes of Interest ---- (16 thru 31 May 2019) 107 == Headstone Coins ---- (Tradition Denoting Visits by Others Who Respected the Deceased) 108 == Space Traffic ---- (Crash Potential is Growing | Who Can Help?) 110 == National Archives ---- (Missing Items) 112 == Border Wall [12] ---- ($22 Million GoFundMe Donation Use Concerns) 113 == Trump McCain Feud ---- (Navy Directed to Keep Ship Out of Sight During Memorial Day Visit) 114 == American Taliban ---- (John Lindh Released from Prison after Nearly Two Decades) 116 == Morse Code ---- (175 Years and Counting) 117 == Most Dangerous Cars ---- (Top Fourteen in America) 118 == Iran Tensions [02] ---- (Iranian Guard Talks Tough, Says it Has No Fear of US) 119 == Secrets of Flying (3) ---- (What You May Not Know) 120 == Electric Cars [01] ---- (AAA Study Says Americans Aren't Ready to Buy) 122 == Microwave Ovens [02] ---- (How to Clean) 123 == Fixes for Everyday Items ---- (Eleven That Could Save You Money) 125 == Memories ---- (1942 Fruit Prices) 125 == Interesting Ideas ---- (Electrical Cord Connections) 126 == One Word Essays ---- (Perseverance) 127 == Have You Heard? ---- (His daughter | Older than dirt | Poker Pair 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 – Maryland Vet State Benefits Attachment – Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 15 JUN (Updated) Attachment – Cybersecurity & Military Justice System * DoD * Military Investigative Policy ► Tracking Device Found in Navy Email to Navy Times A Navy prosecutor during the week of 6 MAY 2019 sent an email to the editor of Navy Times