RAO BULLETIN 15 May 2022

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RAO BULLETIN 15 May 2022

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THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
Pg Article Subject
. * DOD * .
04 == DoD Housing Program [10] ---- (Army Launches Investigation into Housing at Fort Gordon)
06 == Navy Fleet Size [24] ---- (Too Small To Fight In Two Conflicts At Once)
07 == DoD Budget 2022 [06] ---- (Pentagon Budget Aims To Shrink the Military by Thousands)
09 == U.S. Nuclear Policy [01] ---- (U.S. Nuclear Commander Warns Of Russia/ China Deterrence)
10 == Navy Submarine Program [05] ---- (Sub Builder’s Over Cost, Under Performing, & Over Schedule)
12 == DoD 3M Earplug Lawsuit [01] ---- (20,000+ Vets Removed From Lawsuit)
13 == PFAS Toxic Exposure [21] ---- (DoD to Temporarily Stop Burning Forever Chemicals)
14 == Afghan Terrorist Threat --- (Intel Leaders Say Ability to Strike Western Targets Still a Year Away)
15 == Ukraine [09] ---- (Russia Blamed for Viasat Hack Ahead of Invasion)
16 == Drone Defense [07] ---- (Pentagon Tests High-Power Microwave Systems)
18 == DD-214-1 ---- (New Discharge Form Created For Guard, Reserve Troops)
20 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported MAY 01 thru 15, 2022 |Seven)
. * VA * .
22 == VA Caregiver Stipends [01] ---- (Review Nearly Finished But No Word on Payments Yet)
24 == VA Border Role ---- (VA Downplays It amid Backlash but Defends Potential Deployments)
25 == VA Homeless Vet Smartphones ---- (Thousands Purchased By VA Went Unused)
27 == VA EHR [35] ---- (New System Launched at VA Central Ohio Healthcare System)
28 == VA EHR [36] ---- (New System Has Gone Down 50+ Times since 2020 Launching)
. * VETS * .
30 == College Grad Salaries ---- (Survey Finds Grads Vastly Overestimate Their Starting Salaries)
31 == Torres v. Texas Lawsuit ---- (Returning Vet Denied Reemployment as State Trooper)
34 == Vet Unemployment 2022 [03] ---- (Below 3% for 2nd Consecutive Month)
34 == Vet Unemployment 2022 [04] ---- (New Report Says Federal Vet Unemployment Stats 'Inaccurate')
36 == Vet Internet Availability [01] ---- (Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)
37 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Daniel P. Matthews | Korea)
39 == Medal of Honor Awardees --- (Gary B. Beikirch | Vietnam)
42 == Massachusetts Vet Homes [01] ---- (Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Victims Settlement)
44 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of May 16, 2022)
44 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of May 16, 2022)
. * VET LEGISLATION * .
45 == USSF National Guard [01] ---- (H.R.5112 / S.4179 | Space National Guard Establishment Act)
46 == Troop Vaccine Refusal [07] --- (S.4172 | Limits Military Dismissals to Honorable for Unvaccinated)
47 == Credit Monitoring [04] ---- (H.R.7526 | Servicemembers’ Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act)
. * MILITARY* .
49 == B-1 Bomber [07] ---- (New Details on Last Month’s Massive B-1B Bomber Fire)
50 == Marine Sniper Program [01] ---- (Multibarrel Sniper Rifle Will Replace Two Existing Weapons)
52 == USS George Washington [22] ---- (Onboard Sailors Who Want Will be Berthed Ashore)
54 == USCG Counter-Drug Mission ---- (New Ruling Threatens Their High Seas Key Weapon)
57 == Navy Hawaii Fuel Leak [05] ---- (Families Alleging Harm from Tainted Water File Legal Claims)
59 == Navy Dry Docks ---- (SIOP Costs Grew 400 Percent, At Risk of Years-Long Delays)
60 == Navy Nuclear Weapons ---- (U.S. Navy Remains Opposed To Buying Ship-Launched Ones)
62 == Military Grade ---- (Why It Is Just another Way of Saying ‘Cheaply Made Junk’)
65 == Navy LCS Program [08] ---- (Class-Wide Structural Defects Leading to Hull Cracks Latest Problem)
65 == Navy Budget Request | FY 23 ---- (Downsizing Rational)
67 == Navy Days ---- (Supply Corps Obstacle Course)
69 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘Boot Topping’ thru ‘Break (the)’
. * MILITARY HISTORY * .
70 == Battle of Mobile Bay ---- (What Did ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ Mean Anyway?)
72 == National Guard Logo ---- (Capt. Isaac Davis | The Minuteman Upon Which it is Based)
75 == Hanoi Hilton POW Hero ---- (The Incredibly Stupid POW Douglas Hegdah)
76 == Allied WWII Bombing of Germany---- (Bielefeld)
77 == IG Faban ---- (The Most Notorious German Industrial Concern during the Third Reich)
81 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (9 Will Not Return)
82 == HMS Menestheus ---- (Royal Navy’s Floating Brewery)
83 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [98] ---- (Idiot’ Delight)
84 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (16 thru 31 MAY)
. * HEALTH CARE * .
84 == Medicare Drug Procurement [06] ---- (Biden Issues New Rule to Help Lower Cost)
85 == Medicare Advantage [12] ---- (IG Reports Some Plans Denying Medically Necessary Care)
86 == FDA Drug-Approval Process ---- (New Legislation Would Improve It)
86 == Home Health Care Workers ---- (Current and Future Shortage Concerns)
87 == Lung Cancer [05] --- (New Snakelike Robot Slithers Down Your Lungs and Could Spot Cancer)
90 == Chemotherapy ---- (Hair Loss Side Effect)
92 == Military Abortions [01] ---- (Army Drafting Policy in Case Roe v. Wade Overturned)
93 == Post-COVID-19 Syndrome [01] ---- (Number of People Getting Long COVID Perplexing Experts)
. * FINANCES * .
94 == Turbo Tax Bait and Switch [01] ---- (Sued for 'Free' Tax Filing Promises)
95 == Probate [01] ---- (How to Avoid It)
96 == Food Inflation ---- (What's Behind It and How to Cope)
97 == COLA Watch 2022 ---- (Where Could Yours’s Land in 2023?)
99 == IRS Tax Filing [02] ---- (IRS Balks at Public Free-file GAO Suggestion)
100 == IRS Backlog [01] ---- (Millions of Returns Currently Delayed Due to Staff Shortages)
102 == Tax Laws [01] ---- (Strange but True | Kansas thru New Mexico)
103 == Job Scams [08] ---- (This Secret Shopper Job Sounds Cool, But It's Really a Scam)
105 == CBD Scam ---- (Want to Try CBD? Avoid Misleading Discounts Online)
106 == Tricks of the Trade [01] ---- (More Ways Companies Induce You into Spending More Money)
108 == Tax Burden on Wyoming Vets ---- (As of May 2022)
. * GENERAL INTEREST * .
112 == Notes of Interest ---- (May 01 thru 15, 2022)
113 == DPRK Missile Program [08] ---- (Launches this Year Bring Leader Uh Closer to his Goal)
116 == Sweden’s Security Concerns ---- (Russia’s Actions Make NATO Membership Compelling)
118 == Ukraine Nuclear Strike ---- (Regarding Possibility Russia says: It's All in Our Military Doctrine)
119 == FGM-148F Javelin Missile ---- (Made By the U.S., Wielded By Ukraine, Feared By Russia)
121 == Electric Cars [03] ---- (EV Charging Station Locations)
122 == Advertisements ---- (Once Acceptable Vintage Ads | 04)
123 == New Fruits ---- (9 More You're Suddenly Seeing at the Grocery Store)
125 == Lies [06] ---- (Some Your Parents Told You as a Kid)
128 == Vocabulary ---- (Some Words to Enhance Yours | 220515)
129 == News of the Weird ---- (May 01 thru 15, 2022)
131 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Intelligence | Toons | Kid’s Jokes #2)
. * ATTACHMENTS * .
Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 31 MAY (Updated)
http://veteraninformationlinksasa.com/u ... 053121.pdf
Hanoi Hilton POW Hero
http://veteraninformationlinksasa.com/u ... w_hero.pdf
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