Useful Tax Deduction Information for members of the National Guard

by John Harris | Dec 20, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician

One of the federal benefits EANGUS and LANGEA has helped secure in the past is recognition of out-of-pocket expenses for Guardsmen who travel significant distances to serve for their drill weekends.  Current tax law allows currently serving Guardsmen and reservists...

What Has The Association Done For Me?

by John Harris | Dec 11, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician

It’s a fair question.  If I was a relatively new member of the National Guard and my primary exposure was a recruiter explaining all of the benefits of the National Guard, I would naturally assume that Guardsmen have always enjoyed things like educational...

Technicians: Text from a letter to the Budget Conference Committee chairs.

by John Harris | Dec 10, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, Technician

Dear Senator Murray and Congressman Ryan, I am writing on behalf of the five million federal employees and annuitants represented by the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) who are dismayed at reports that an increase in federal...

Shopping on Amazon? Support EANGUS at the same time!

by John Harris | Dec 10, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician

http://smile.amazon.com/   Click on the above link and select EANGUS We Care For America as your charity of choice, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to EANGUS.  Doesn’t cost you any extra time, money, or effort.  You continue to shop on Amazon...

Veteran Status for National Guard

by John Harris | Nov 30, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician

Re-Post from NGAUS Washington Report: Legislation that would grant veteran’s status to all National Guard and Reserve retirees has passed its first major hurdle.  The House on Oct. 28 passed the Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees Act, which gives all...

An answer to “Why do we need stateside Commissaries anyway?”

by John Harris | Nov 27, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State

Why do we need stateside commissaries anyway? I save a lot of money off base. So let’s just get rid of them. There’s no question that commissaries overseas serve an incredibly important purpose. But back home? Unless you’re somewhere like Fort Irwin, Calif. (which is...