by John Harris | Mar 11, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State
It looks like DoD is taking a page out of the Air Force playbook: What is the first thing built on a new Air Force Base? The Golf Course. What is the last thing built on a new Air Force Base? The runway. The reason for that is money. If you run out of money and...
by John Harris | Feb 24, 2014 | Legislative, National
Last night at approximately 11:15 Eastern time, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., took the National Guard #88 car to a first place victory at the coveted Daytona 500. Last year, EANGUS members were instrumental in the National Guard keeping its appropriation to sponsor major...
by John Harris | Feb 20, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician
The LANGEA Bylaws state that a Director will be elected from the following Units/Location during every even year (2014) for a period of 2 years: 159th Fighter Wing 122nd ASOS/259th ATCS 214th EIS 236th CBCS JFHQ 61st Troop Command SAC 225th EN BDE 256th INF BDE 199...
by John Harris | Feb 18, 2014 | National, Retirement, State, Technician
The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command is warning about a new website scam in which criminals are attempting to take advantage of soldiers and their families. The “My Army Benefits” website at http://www.usmilitarybenifit.org is not an official website,...
by John Harris | Feb 18, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement, Technician
It is unfortunate that a Bill has to be passed in order to be able to hold folks accountable for poor performance at the VA…. House Version: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.R.4031: Senate Version: ...
by John Harris | Feb 14, 2014 | Legislative, National
Benefits Fights Not Over: The COLA penalty was a surprise provision in last December’s Bipartisan Budget Agreement. More surprises could come in March, when the administration releases its fiscal year 2015 budget recommendations. Back in August 2011, the VFW...