RAO BULLETIN 1 March 2021

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RAO BULLETIN 1 March 2021

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THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
Pg Article Subject
. * DOD * .
04 == Japan-U.S. Support Agreement [01] ---- (Extended One Year)
04 == DoD Budgets [01] ----Process Too Slow To Beat China, New Report Says
06 == DoD/VA Concurrent Receipt [11] ---- (Fight for CRSC Presses On)
08 == DoD Housing Program ---- (Improved Oversight to Cost Taxpayers $120M Annually)
09 == Military Treatment Facilities [02] ---- (DHA Set To Take over All Military Hospitals by End of 2021)
11 == AAFES [02] ---- (Will Offer Chiropractic Services at Select Locations)
11 == DoD Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Reported 15 thru 28 FEB 2021)
12 == Military Extremism ---- (A ‘Threat,’ the Pentagon Is Not Sure How to Address)
18 == Military Extremism [01] ---- (Sailors Must Reaffirm Their Oaths)
19 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported 15 thru 28 FEB 2021 | Nine)
22 == Chinese Tech Removal ---- (Struggle to Figure out How to Eliminate Hardware/Software)
. * VA * .
23 == VA Moratoriums ---- (Eviction, Foreclosure, Loan Forbearance, Overpayment & Copay Extensions)
24 == VA Funding Needs [04] ---- (HVAC Advances American Rescue Plan | $15B)
26 == VA OAWP ---- (New VA Secretary Inherits an Oversight Office That's Seen As Dysfunctional)
29 == VA Transgender Policy ---- (Secretary Denis McDonough Orders Review to Root out Vet Barriers)
30 == VA Agent Orange Benefits [07] ---- (Urgency Promised In Implementing New Presumptive Rules)
31 == VA SAH [11] ---- (Specially Adapted Housing Changes)
32 == VA Covid-19 Vaccines [01] ---- (Current Policy for When Eligible Patients Refuse Shots)
33 == VA Covid-19 Vaccines [02] ---- (Supply Remains Biggest Hurdle)
35 == VA Veterans Homes [05] ---- (35 State Run Homes Not Reporting COVID Deaths)
36 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse ---- (Reported 15 thru 28 FEB 2021)
36 == VA Musculoskeletal/Muscle Injury Claims ---- (Revision to Rating Disability)
. * VETS * .
37 == Space ‘A’ Flight Eligibility [02] ---- (Dependents of Permanently and Totally Disabled Vets Added)
38 == Homeless Vets [103] ---- (Amazon Donation Helps Connect 1,000+ Homeless Veterans)
39 == U.S. Capitol Riot [05] ---- (Retired USMC Officer among 5 Proud Boys Members Arrested)
41 == U.S. Capitol Riot [06] ---- (Marine Vet Nicholas Lentz Charged In Capitol Breach)
42 == U.S. Capitol Riot [07] ---- (Marine Vet Thomas Webster Arrested)
43 == Tuskegee Airmen [01] ---- (Quarter Coin Sets Honoring Airmen Go On Sale at US Mint)
44 == Gulf War Syndrome [46] ---- (Study Concludes Depleted Uranium Doesn’t Cause Gulf War Illness)
45 == Vet College Support Programs ---- (Survey Says About 1 In 3 Colleges Have Cut Funding)
45 == Burial at Sea [07] ---- (How to Do It without the Navy’ Help)
46 == WWII Vets 249 --- (Earl G. Anderson Jr | AAF POW)
47 == WWII Vets 250 ---- (Leonard Tavern | PT Boat Sailor)
48 == USS Pueblo [07] ---- (Survivors and Families Awarded $2.3 Billion in Damages)
49 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of 01 MAR 2021)
50 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled as of 01 MAR 2021)
51 == State Veteran’s Benefits ---- (Wyoming 2021)
. * VET LEGISLATION * .
51 == DoD/VA Concurrent Receipt [12] ---- (S.344 | Major Richard Star Act of 2021)
52 == VA Covid-19 Vaccines [03] ---- (H.R.1276 | Authorize VA Secretary to Furnish to Certain Individuals)
. * MILITARY* .
54 == USSF [27] ---- (Space Force Building Plan to Combine Active-Duty & Reserve Service)
55 == Military Sexual Misconduct [02] ---- (Remove Handling from Chain Of Command Plan)
56 == Base Housing [20] ---- (Tenant Bill of Rights SITREP 4)
57 == USERRA [23] ---- (WA Employers Sued For Discrimination Based On Military Service)
59 == Coronavirus Vaccines [30] ---- (About a Third of Troops offered Them Have Turned It Down)
60 == USMC Survival Training [01] ---- (Pentagon Petitioned to Stop Cobra Blood Rituals)
61 == USAF ShiELD Program ---- (Air Force to Begin Assembly of Airborne Laser)
62 == B-1 Bomber [06] ---- (The ‘Bone’ Heads to the Boneyard)
63 == Antisubmarine Warfare ---- (Navy Drone Program Involvement)
65 == Military Uniforms [06] ---- (Snow Camouflage)
66 == Rifle Optics ---- (Marines Field New One for Better Accuracy, Hit Probability)
67 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘Sea Lawyer’ thru ‘Shitcan’)
. * MILITARY HISTORY * .
68 == Eisenhower’s Threat to Quit ---- (Disagreement with Churchill over Bomber Use)
70 == WWI British Blockade of Germany ---- (Events It Led To)
72 == Civil War Harriet Tubman ---- (Black Liberator and Union Spy)
74 == Pearl Harbor Spy ---- (German Born Bernard Kuehn)
76 == American Vets Recollections ---- (Frank Devita at Omaha Beach)
76 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (01 thru 15 MAR)
77 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (German Tankgewehr M1918)
77 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [70] ---- (Ole Man Moe)
78 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (John Kilmer | Korea)
. * HEALTH CARE * .
80 == Drug Cost Increases [21] ---- (High Cost of Prescription Drugs – More than Just Prices)
80 == Medicare News [03] ---- (New Concern about Cuts to Medicare)
81 == Medicare Drug Procurement [05] ---- (Medicare Pays More for Drugs than Medicaid)
82 == TRICARE Select [10] ---- (What to Do If You Think You’re Still Covered | Warning!)
84 == TRICARE Prime [43] ---- (Patient Referral Requirement for COVID Vaccine Waived)
85 == Dental Care [05] ---- (How Much is Enough Calcium?)
86 == Spices ---- (Eight with Health Benefits)
88 == Eczema ---- (Non-Contagious Skin Disease)
91 == Eczema [01] ---- (Dealing with it in Everyday Life)
92 == Coronavirus Vaccines [29] ---- (Impact on Pregnancy/Breastfeeding)
. * FINANCES * .
94 == Employment Cost Index ---- (Key Military Pay Indicator Is Bouncing Back)
95 == State Income Tax [03] ---- (Individual Income Tax & Brackets 2021)
96 == Checking Accounts [01] ---- (Is Writing a Check Still Safe?)
97 == Sugar Taxes ---- (SSBs Back on the Menu)
99 == Homeowners Insurance [17] ---- (Does It Cover Power Outages?)
100 == Military Member Taxes ---- (Some Tax Prep Advice Including COVID Quirks for 2020 Filing)
103 == Job Scams [07] ---- (Fake Check Payment for Doing Product Promotions)
104 == Immigration Scam [01] ---- (Con Artists Posing as Government Officials Preying On Visa-Seekers)
105 == Tax Burden for Michigan Vets ---- (As of FEB 2021)
. * GENERAL INTEREST * .
109 == Notes of Interest ---- (FEB 15 thru 28, 2021)
110 == Map Comparisons ---- (Brazil Annual Homicides)
110 == American Flag ---- (Display FAQs)
112 == RP-US Relations [08] ---- (Philippines Demands More U.S. Security Aid to Retain Pact)
113 == Afghan Peace Talks [11] ---- (Talks Resume, But Path Is Anything But Certain)
115 == North Korea Sanctions [01] ---- (North Korea's Economy Is Ravaged | Kim Is Lashing Out)
117 == Nuclear Launch Authority [02] ---- (Biden Urged to Relinquish His Sole Authority)
118 == Sea Turtle Rescue ---- (NAS Corpus Christi Base Residents Save Almost 1,000)
120 == Southeast Asian Refugees ---- (Arkansas Became a Haven for Many in the Mid-1970s)
124 == News of the Weird ---- (FEB 15 thru 28, 2021)
125 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Corny Jokes 2 | Satirical Cartoons | Military Humor 17)
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. * ATTACHMENTS * .
Attachment – Wyoming State Veteran’s Benefits
Attachment – Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 15 MAR (Updated)
Attachment – 2021 State Income Tax Rates and Brackets 2021
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