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FY16 NDAA under threat of veto.
The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress last week will not reach the president's desk until next week. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill because it bypasses caps on military spending. But the bill has not yet been printed...
Army Panel to Focus on Apache Solution
The National Commission on the Future of the Army will soon focus on the issue of where to put the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters and one commissioner hopes it will find a "blended capability" solution, according to a report this week by Inside Defense. The...
Oregon Guardsman Awarded Soldier’s Medal
Spc. Alek Skarlatos, an infantryman with the Oregon Army National Guard, was awarded the Soldier's Medal last week at the Pentagon for his actions last month in subduing a gunman on a European train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. His childhood friend, Airman 1st...
Military Families have until January to Update DEERS Info or face ACA fines
Over 400,000 military households’ DEERS records do not have all their families’ social security numbers. If they don’t add them before January they could owe fines through the IRS due to requirements in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare.) DEERS say they are missing...
Changes Coming to TRICARE Pharmacy Benefit
From the Tricare Website: http://www.tricare.mil/rxnewrules090115 Starting October 1, 2015, a new law requires all TRICARE beneficiaries, except active duty service members, to get select brand name maintenance drugs through either TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery or...
Department of Veterans Affairs 2015 Programs
Here are several ancillary Department of Veterans Affairs 2015 programs some veterans may not be aware of: (1) Aid and Attendance (www.benefits.va.gov/pension/aid_attendance_housebound.asp ) — veterans may be eligible to receive money to cover the cost of nursing...
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Roll Call Wrap-Ups – Talking Points that you can use
EANGUS will publish monthly talking points that you can pass out to your unit leadership that will help them explain what EANGUS does and how their membership in your State Association and EANGUS matters to the National Guard. They can be found...
U.S. to Expand Military Lending Act in Effort to Protect Service Members
EANGUS will be on this call 2:30PM EDT TODAY: White House Outreach Call on Military Lending Act WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Tuesday, July 21, at 2:30PM EDT, Administration Officials will host an outreach call to further discuss the President’s announcement that the...
July Roll Call Wrap Up
The July Roll Call Wrap Up contains talking points that you can use to explain to your Soldiers and Airmen the importance of belonging to Professional Associations and exactly what EANGUS is doing on behalf of the National Guard. If it is not important to the Sr...
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