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Mar. 24, 2010
Did You Know? ROA helped ensure Citizen Warriors are treated fairly by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
LEGISLATION AND MILITARY POLICY:
House votes to exempt TRICARE from health reform bill
House lawmakers voted to protect TRICARE and Defense non-appropriated fund health care beneficiaries from unintended consequences of national health reform. Through hundreds of letters and calls to Congress, ROA helped garner that backing.
 Read ROA's press release
Read GovExec.com article on this subject
Read HASC Chairman Ike Skelton's House floor comments
Write to the Senate to exempt TRICARE
ROA submits testimony to HVAC, HASC subcommittee
ROA submitted testimony to the House Veterans Affairs Committee and House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel last week.
Read ROA's HVAC testimony
Learn more about the HVAC testimony
Read ROA's HASC subcommittee testimony
Learn more about the HASC subcommittee testimony
Visit ROA's testimony page
ROA attends U.S. Coast Guard hearings
This past month, ROA attended three Congressional hearings about the U.S. Coast Guard to discuss the budget, nominations, and other issues.
Learn more
E-blast Question of the Week
Q: Will TRICARE provide coverage for the "children up to age 26" as is allowed under the new [health care reform] law?
Find out the answer at ROA's blog
EDUCATION:
DEF to host military medicine seminar
DEF will host a military medicine seminar on the evaluation and treatment of post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, medical training issues, traumatic response, and more, April 9 in Downers Grove, IL.
Learn more
SERVICEMEMBERS' LAW CENTER:
New Law Reviews
No. 1016 Army Command Violates USERRA with respect to Hiring Government Contractor Employees as Federal Employees
NEWS FOR CITIZEN WARRIORS:
Recent ROA Blog Entries
House votes to exempt TRICARE from health reform bill
ROA attends U.S. Coast Guard hearings
ROA submits testimony to House Armed Services subcommittee
ROA submits testimony to House Veterans Affairs committee on Claims Processing
E-blast Question of the Week
Recent ROA Podcasts
Defending the Rights of Reservists - with CAPT Sam Wright, JAGC
Partners in Education - with Professor Dave Davis
Weekly News Clips
Current "Intersect" Newsletter Edition
Archived Editions
ROA NEWS:
Spotlight on Serving Officers
In various ROA communications, we will begin spotlighting great deeds of our currently serving officers in the ranks O1-O4. If you have an interesting vignette about your service or deployment, or know of a worthy officer to spotlight, please visit our JO Spotlight survey page and submit a nomination. Thanks!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK:
Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, the director of the Air National Guard, right, briefs the Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for support of Civil Authorities March 17. The panel discussed the importance of maintaining the National Guard as a "full-spectrum force" in a new threat environment. (Photo credit Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Joint Warfighting Conference May 11-13
The Joint Warfighting conference and exposition will be held May 11-13, 2010, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Va. Registration is free. Speakers include ADM Mullen, GEN Petraeus, and more.
Learn more about the conference
Defense Commissary Agency offers mobile sales
The Defense Commissary Agency's mobile sales bring the benefit directly to the customer and provide patrons with the same 30 percent savings on-base commissaries provide.
Find out the dates DeCA will be in your area
"Hooah Mail" provides free mail service to Afghanistan
Family and friends of deployed Army Personnel in Afghanistan can send a HooahMail letter to be downloaded, printed, and ready for delivery, usually within 24 hours.
Learn more about this service
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