August 4, 2010

Did You Know? ROA extended the thrift savings plan to reservists.

	ROA meets with President Obama on VA issues  Read more   ROA Releases 2 New Position Papers  C-17 Procurement (Delivered to Senate Appropriations Committee-Defense Aug 2)  Revise Criteria for Establishment of Service Requirement for Satisfactory Year for Non-Regular Retirement  See all ROA Position Papers ROA Visits Senate on Veterans Status Bill  Read More ROA Briefed on New START Treaty, Senate needs to Hear your Voice  New START Treaty Briefed  Write to Congress  See other letters you can send to Congress ROA Testifies again on Guard and Reserve Interment at Arlington Read Testimony  Read More
	New Law Review No. 1051 Alabama Ordered To Comply with USERRA Law Center Urges Military Voters to contact local election officials  DoJ Must enforce MOVE Act
	DEF hosts Air Force Chief of Staff DEF will present the third installment of an ongoing series of National Security Forums with the Army-Navy Country Club featuring Air Force Chief of Staff, General Norton Schwartz Aug 5.  Read more
	ROA Blog Posts  ROA meets with President on VA issues  ROA Testifies in Senate on Arlington Cemetery  DoJ Must enforce MOVE Act  Future UAV Strategy Needs Improvement  New START Treaty Briefed  Veterans Status - Senate Visit

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing refuels a Navy aircraft during the month-long RIMPAC exercises held in July at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The 507th Air Refueling Wing supported this event for the fifth time. The 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, 513th Air Control Group and 970th Air Rescue Wing also joined in for the first time. As of July 28, the 507th ARW “Okies” had flown 53 sorties, 192 hours, and offloaded 2.1 million pounds of fuel in support of RIMPAC 2010.  U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kamaile O. Long/Released

WEEKLY NEWS CLIPS:
The Intersect (8/4/2010)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Perry-Hadley Report Released
The Perry-Hadley report, a congressionally mandated alternative to the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, is now available. More to follow in the November OFFICER Magazine
Read the report 

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