by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2014 | Legislative, National
From The Retired Enlisted Assocation: As Congress returns to work this week they only have 28 working days left before the November elections. But they only have 26 working days left before the start of the new fiscal year for the federal government when they’re...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jul 7, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement
On Thursday July 3rd the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC) issued its Interim Report. (Please go to the link below to read all 358 pages (or perhaps just the Executive Summary.) This is an exhaustive analysis which the Commission...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2014 | Legislative, National, State
More Information: The Air Force fiscal year 2015 budget begins the divestment of the A-10 fleet on the grounds that there are other combat aircraft that can perform its mission, including the F-35. However, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, admits...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2014 | Legislative, National
A think tank in Washington, D.C., has recommended the creation of a common costing model to accurately measure the cost of the active-component Army and the Army National Guard so decisions on the structure of the Total Army can be based on proper data. That’s...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 3, 2014 | Legislative, National
Congress can best determine how the Army should look only if it has good and accurate data, a leading congressman with a National Guard background said last week. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., a co-chairman of the House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, said the...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 16, 2014 | Legislative, National
From The Hill National Guard supporters are pushing back against the Army’s proposal to cut the guard force of 350,000 down to 335,000 by 2017. In a Tuesday statement titled “Why Are Army Leaders So Afraid of a Commission,” the National Guard...
