RAO BULLETIN 1 December 2020

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RAO BULLETIN 1 December 2020

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THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
Pg Article Subject
. * DOD * .
03 == DOD Lawsuit --- (Navy Unlawful Disability Retirement Benefits Denials)
04 == DoD Lawsuit | Bad Paper Discharges [04] ---- (Army to Reconsider Rulings on Vets With PTSD)
05 == SECDEF [21] ---- (All Wars Must End)
07 == SECDEF [22] ---- (New Senior Advisor Formerly Proposed USMC Elimination)
08 == National Security [03] ---- (Climate Change Threat)
09 == DoD Budget 2022 ---- (Will It Be a Climate-Focused?)
11 == NPRC Military Records [06] ---- (Covid-19 Reduced Operations)
11 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 16 thru 30 NOV 2020 | none)
. * VA * .
13 == Toxic Exposure Documentation [01] ---- (Trove of US Documents on Okinawa Released)
15 == VA Blue Water Claims [85] ---- (Court Orders VA to Redecide Thousands of Claims)
17 == VA Accountability [56] ---- (FLRA Calls for Rehiring of Fired Workers)
19 == VA Vision Care [09] ---- (Orcam MyEye | Digital Technology Helps Blind Veteran)
20 == VA Vaccination Program [01] ---- (Planning Underway to Deliver a COVID-19 Vaccine)
21 == VA COVID-19 Cases [09] ---- (Doubled in 20 Days)
22 == VA Health Care [03] ---- (Ask Not Get Not | What Do You Need?)
22 == VA Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 16 thru 30 NOV 2020)
23 == VA Secretary [91] ---- (Accused of Issuing Directive to Discredit Veteran)
. * VETS * .
26 == Vet Tax Breaks ---- (Approved in 3 State’s 2020 Elections)
27 == Proposal to Incoming Administration ---- (A Simple Political Appointee Tasking)
28 == Vet Jobs [269] ---- (Code Platoon Offers Vets Software Development Training)
29 == WWII Vets 238 ---- (David Baker | Silver Star PI Vet)
30 == WWII Vets 239 ---- (George Pearcy | Bataan POW Killed in Transfer to Japan)
31 == WWII Vets 240 ---- (Horace Carswell Jr. | China B24J Pilot)
32 == | Karshi-Khanabad [03] ---- (Lawmakers Upset w/VA over Failure to Provide Care)
33 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 30 NOV 2020)
34 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled as of 30 NOV OCT)
34 == Veteran State Benefits ---- (Virginia 2020)
. * VET LEGISLATION * .
35 == VA Medical Malpractice [02] ---- (S.4883/ H.R.3813 | VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act)
37 == Vet Suicide [52] ---- (S.4900 | Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Vet Suicide)
38 == VA Website [06] ---- (H.R. 1199/S.3587 | VA Website Accessibility Act)
38 == Military Domestic Violence [01] ---- (S.4922 | Military Domestic Violence Prevention Act)
. * MILITARY* .
40 == Navy Carrier Fleet [04] ---- (No margin Left | Overworked after Decades of Overuse)
40 == Military Force Reduction [03] ---- (Afganistan & Iraq)
41 == Military Cellphone Use ---- (Are Phoneless Deployments the Future for Marines?)
42 == Navy Retention [02] ---- (Voluntary Separations to be Offered to Some)
43 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘Pork Sword’ thru ‘Puzzle Palace)
. * MILITARY HISTORY * .
44 == Taps ---- (How It Originated)
45 == USS Lehigh Grounding ---- (Civil War Action)
46 == Nuremburg Trials [01] ---- (German Admiral Karl Doenitz)
48 == WWII Italian Sub Performance ---- (Why 100 Submarine Fleet Do So Little)
49 == Battle of Saipan ---- (Rather than Surrender Japanese Ordered to Commit Suicide)
51 == WWI Battle of Cambrai ---- (First Successful Use of the Tank)
52 == WWII Rationing ---- (Americans Were Asked to Conserve on Everything)
55 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [64] ---- (Bottoms Up)
55 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Elephant Power)
56 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (01 thru 15 DEC)
56 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Christian Schilt | Nicaragua)
. * HEALTH CARE * .
58 == Trump Drug Price Plan [02] ---- (Pharmacy Industry Warnings Not to Proceed)
59 == Coronavirus Vaccine [18] ---- (Federal Allocation Program)
60 == Coronavirus Vaccine [19] ---- (Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute Pfizer Vaccine)
63 == Covid-19 Testing [08] ---- (Symptoms to Look For)
64 == Covid-19 Victims [01] ---- (Those Most Often Hospitalized)
65 == Covid-19 Precautions [04] ---- (Symptoms Unique to Seniors)
. * FINANCES * .
66 == Tricare Select [09] ---- (Have You Signed Up for Payments?)
67 == Traffic Tickets [02] ---- (Impact on Insurance Premiums)
68 == Seniors Financial Abuse & Exploitation [02] ---- (Congress Approves Bill Protecting Seniors)
68 == Retirement ---- (How a Biden Presidency Might Impact Yours’)
71 == Holiday Scams [05] ---- (Phony Copycat Events)
72 == Online Shopping Scam [04] ---- (Among Top 3 Since 2017)
72 == Fake Gaming Console Scam ---- (Fake Deals Trick Holiday Shoppers)
73 == State Tax Burden for Kansas Retired Vets ---- (As of NOV 2020)
. * GENERAL INTEREST * .
77 == Notes of Interest ---- (16 thru 30 November 2020)
78 == Military Congressional Committees ---- (Shake-Ups Coming for Some after the Election)
79 == U.S. Russian Tensions [05] ---- (Military Activity Picking Up in the Quiet Waters between the Two)
81 == U.S. Russian Tensions [06] ---- (Trump Cancels Open Skies Treaty)
82 == Climate Change [04] ---- (The Climate Hustle)
83 == Air Quality ---- (Ten Worst U.S. States)
85 == Sub Drug Smuggling ---- (Narco Sub Discovery Indicates Trend to Larger Vessel Use)
86 == China’s Submarine Program [02] ---- (Increasing Nuclear Submarine Shipyard Capacity)
87 == Tomb of the Unknowns [12] ---- (Near Fatality during Veterans Day Ceremony)
88 == Turkey ---- (Ben Franklin’s Bird of Courage)
90 == Cars That Never Made It ---- (1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket & 1956 Pontiac Club De Mer)
90 == News of The Weird ---- (November 16-30, 2020)
91 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Military Humor (12) | Nostalgia | Latest Satirical Cartoons)
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. * ATTACHMENTS * .
Attachment - Virginia Veteran State Benefits
Attachment - Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 15 DEC (Updated)
Attachment – Overworked Navy Carrier Fleet
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