by John Harris | Jun 12, 2015 | Legislative, National, State
Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced today that he has approved an exception to policy that will allow a Louisiana guardsman killed in a March 10th helicopter crash off the coast of Florida to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich...
by John Harris | Apr 7, 2015 | Legislative, National
On March 24, 2015, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina introduced H.R. 1594, a bill to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans Dependency and...
by John Harris | Mar 3, 2015 | Legislative, National, State
Three National Guard members last week described the faults in the Army’s plan known as the Aviation Restructure Initiative, saying, among other things, that the nation would lose the decades of experience Guardsmen have flying and maintaining the complex AH-64...
by John Harris | Feb 17, 2015 | Legislative, National, Retirement
From http://usmclife.com: The Future of the All-Volunteer Force Isn’t there a social contract, even though it’s not in writing; your kids, your sons, your daughters, individuals will not have to be drafted because others will come forward and do the job voluntarily?...
by John Harris | Jan 17, 2015 | Legislative, National, Retirement
FROM TREA (The Retired Enlisted Association): On Tuesday morning (the first day of new session) we received a call from Rep. Rodney Davis’ (R-IL) office alerting us that HR 22 Hiring More Heroes Act for 2015 (the new version of HR3474) would be on the House floor for...
by John Harris | Dec 21, 2014 | Legislative, National
A House GOP leadership round of musical chairs has put an Iraq War veteran in charge of the House Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel for the first time. The move announced Thursday put in place key figures for the fiscal 2016 defense budget debates....
