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RAO BULLETIN
15 July 2022
PDF Edition
THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
Pg Article Subject
. * DOD * .
03 == Commissary User Savings [06] ---- (Commissaries Claiming Inflated Savings)
04 == NDAA 2023 [05] ---- (House Wants Troops to Chow down Bison Meat)
06 == NDAA 2023 [06] ---- (Combat Disabled Veterans Are Being Denied Benefits)
06 == NDAA 2023 [07] Full House Debate Looms On the Annual Defense Bill
07 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported JUL 01 thru 15, 2022 | One)
. * VA * .
08 == VA Claim Denial [19] ---- (Request a Higher-Level Review for Your Appeal)
10 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse---- (Reported 01 thru 15 JUL 2022)
. * VETS * .
11 == Vet Unemployment 2022 [06] ---- (Rate Under 3% for Nearly All Eras of Service)
12 == U.S. Capitol Riot [30] ---- (Trump girl’: WV Air Guard Member Admits Role in Riot)
13 == Overseas Military Mail [03] ---- (APO/FPO Mail Halt for Overseas Retirees on Hold)
14 == Desert Storm Memorial [13] ---- (Installation on National Mall Begins 14 JUL)
15 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Clyde E. Lassen| VN)
18== Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Michael P. Murphy| War on Terrorism Afghanistan)
20 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of JUL 16, 2022)
21 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of JUL 16, 2022)
. * VET LEGISLATION * .
21 == VA Vet Medical Legal Partnerships ---- (H.R. 3950 | Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act)
. * MILITARY* .
23 == Army Enlistment [04] ---- (Policy Dropping High School Diploma Requirement)
24 == Military Inflation Bonus ---- (Lawmaker Trying to Nearly Triple in With Missile Funding Cuts)
26 == Army Bonuses [02] ---- (Performance Proposal)
27 == Air Force Recruiting [03] ---- (Enlisting Could Land You Almost $60,000 in Bonus Pay)
28 == Troop Vaccine Refusal [08] ---- (60K Guard/Reserve Soldiers Cut Off from Pay and Benefits)
30 == Army Barracks Drinking ---- (Alcohol Restrictions May Ditched for Soldiers in the Barracks)
32 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘CBDR’ thru ‘CHOP’)
34 == Navy Days ---- (Standing)
. * MILITARY HISTORY * .
34 == Laos Lima Site 85 ---- (Unknown story of USAF MOH Recipient Richard L. Etchberger)
36 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (16 thru 31 JUL)
36 == Allied Bombing of Germany ---- (Bremen & Bremerhaven)
37 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Sniper Anti-Aircraft)
38 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [102] ---- (Lucky Strike)
. * HEALTH CARE * .
38 == Military Health Care [05] ---- (155,000 Patients to Be Pushed to Civilian Care Starting This Year)
. * FINANCES * .
41 == SBP DIC Offset [69] ---- (What Surviving Spouses Need to Know About Phase 2 & 3)
43 == Rental scams [04] ---- (Cons Take Advantage of Stressed out Movers)
. * GENERAL INTEREST * .
44 == Notes of Interest ---- (JUL 01 thru 15, 2022)
45 == Body Armor [05] ---- (After Mass Shootings, Lawmakers Weigh Bans)
48 == Advertisements ---- (Once Acceptable Vintage Ads | 08)
49 == Body Language ---- (Blunders to Watch Out For)
50 == Vocabulary ---- (Some Words to Enhance Yours | 220715)
51 == News of the Weird ---- (July 01 thru 15, 2022)
53 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Potpourri 01 | Toons | Pun-ography (4)
. * ATTACHMENTS * .
Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 31 JUL (Updated)
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