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RAO BULLETIN JULY 2022







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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)

https://veteraninformationlinksasa.com/uploads/3/4/5/7/34578163/military_history_anniversaries__0716_thru_073122.pdf

 

NOTE

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