by jharris.msy@gmail.com | 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 jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jun 9, 2015 | Legislative
I recently learned that the application for interment into Arlington National Cemetery on behalf of Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich was denied based on the determination that he does not meet the requirements for burial in the cemetery. As a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | May 26, 2015 | Legislative
JVIC is the leading provider of turnaround and specialty services to America’s process industries. We understand the time-critical nature of turnarounds and the unique technical and safety challenges that this type of work involves. We combine a workforce of...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2015 | Legislative
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by jharris.msy@gmail.com | 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 jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2015 | Legislative
On Wednesday, March 25th, the association’s Legislative Director, Scott Bousum, testified on behalf of EANGUS to members of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. He was joined at the witness table by: Brendon Gehrke (VFW), Mike Hayden (MOAA), Chris...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2015 | Legislative
On January 13, 2015, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL) introduced H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act. This bill would end the unfair policy of forcing many military longevity retirees to forfeit some of their retired pay in order to receive equal amounts of disability...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2015 | Legislative
The Wall Street Journal lists five things to know about veterans seeking civilian employment. Although down somewhat, the jobless rate for Post-9/11 veterans is still higher than that among non-veteran civilians. The broader U.S. economy recovered all the jobs lost...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2015 | State
BATON ROUGE — Today, Governor Jindal issued an Executive Order calling for the flags at all state buildings to be flown at half-staff in remembrance of the military members who lost their lives in the Black Hawk crash. This order was issued in coordination with the...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Mar 11, 2015 | Legislative
In early February DOD, through the President, presented their Fiscal 2016 budget to Congress. DOD requested a base budget of $534 billion, an increase of $38 billion from $496 billion in 2015. In addition to the base budget, DOD asked for money for war (called...
