by jharris.msy@gmail.com | 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 jharris.msy@gmail.com | 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...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Feb 7, 2014 | Employment, National, Retirement, State, Technician
Good stuff in this month’s EANGUS Auxiliary Newsletter for you and your family. January Newsletter
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2014 | Legislative, National
LANGEA sent a delegation of 3 Soldiers and 3 Airmen to Washington D.C. from 01 – 04 February, 2014. We visited with Congressman Scalise and Congressman Cassidy’s offices and discussed the following issues: Establishing a National Commission on the...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2014 | Retirement
How to apply: Here is the link that was posted last night to announce the need http://bit.ly/1fG8nc8 Job Brief Immediate need for 100 temporary resources to support the NBA All-Star Jam Session for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans, LA, on Feb. 14-16,...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2014 | State
We are building a float to recognize wounded service members. It will be handicap accessible but we are having trouble finding wounded service members to ride. We are planning to put the float in Dionysus in Slidell on Sunday February 23 and in Argus in Metairie on...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Feb 3, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement
In an article that appeared in Military Times.com this week, six former Senior Enlisted Leaders from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Coast Guard publicly expressed their opposition to the COLA cut for under age 62 military retirees that was enacted by...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jan 31, 2014 | Legislative, National, Retirement, State
Team EANGUS, The National Office Staff has had an incredibly productive start in the New Year. Higlights include a surge in membership (more than 5,000!) and a record number (108) of attendees to our Legislative Workshop that begins tomorrow: Some key information and...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jan 26, 2014 | Retirement
From Shawn, “I would like to share a brief moment of initial uncertainty that I experienced while assessing what had just happened to us after the fire had been extinguished. I was walking around our home and the reality that the fire had destroyed everything...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Jan 20, 2014 | Retirement
From TREA (The Retired Enlisted Association): A new report released by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs has revealed that young veterans are committing suicide at a rate that is nearly three times the rate that active duty Army troops have been committing suicide...
