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...
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...
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...
by John Harris | Nov 26, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician
This is a list of talking points I put together for another 1SG. You may find it helpful. We produced a newsletter for Sept/Oct and are working on a monthly “Accomplishments and Efforts” email blast and digital brochures to assist with explaining the...
by John Harris | Nov 25, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician
There will be those that remember this event like it happened yesterday, those that vaguely remember hearing something about it, and those that have no idea that this was even an issue. Nevertheless, on November 10th, 2011, all of the members of the Joint Chiefs of...
by John Harris | Nov 23, 2013 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State, Technician
If this doesn’t motivate folks to join EANGUS and their state associations, nothing will. The gist of this story should be put in State Association newsletters and email blasts, talked about in every enlisted club, and emailed from every unit leader to their...
