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August 18, 2010
Did You Know? ROA gave voice to the need for concurrent and proportional delivery of the F-35 joint strike fighter to Guard and Reserve units. Burlington Air Guard Station, Vt. was recently named a strong candidate for F-35 operations.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK:
 The USS Missouri, a 377-foot, 7,800-ton
Virginia-class submarine, entered the fleet
July 31 after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New
London in Connecticut. Photo by Lt Col Donald L. Stockton, USAF (Ret.) & Chairman, Dept. Nat'l Council Members
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Prudential Meets with ROA Leadership, Clarifies Servicemember's Group Life Insurance Misunderstanding
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ROA Meets with Sen. Hutchison's Office on Veteran Status
ROA met with the staff of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) to discuss progress on veteran status code modification and S.3748, the Soft Landing Bill for the Guard and Reserve, which permits demobilization at a serving members home station.
Learn more about S.3748
ROA Meets with Rep. Wilson's Office on Early Retirement
ROA met with the staff of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) to provide an update on pending early retirement plans in the Senate for an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Bill. Rep. Wilson got the Congressional Budget Office to reduce its estimate of cost to correct current legislation, changing the eligibility date from 1/28/2008 to 9/11/2001, but the House couldn't find an offset for even this lower number. The Senate is exploring different options to spread out the cost while still keeping the span of eligibility starting in 2001.
ROA Meets with Rep. Latham's Office on Reserve Retirement
ROA met with the staff of Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) to discuss his bill, HR.4947, Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act. Specifically addressed was the issue of eliminating the fiscal year barrier. Currently the congressman’s bill has the best scoring from the Congressional Budget Office at $180 million over 10 years.
Learn more about HR.4947
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DEF to Host Army Reserve & National Guard for Employer Symposium
DEF will host LTG Jack Stultz, Chief of the Army Reserve and BG Kenneth Roberts, Special Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard August 23 for a meeting with CEOs from the nation’s top civilian employers. The purpose of this meeting is to gather feedback and discuss issues surrounding civilian employment of Reserve Component forces.
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New Law Reviews
No. 1052 Readmission of Servicemembers to Postsecondary Institutions - Details Regarding the Department of Education (DOE) Regulations Implementing the New Law on Mandatory Readmission of Mobilized Reserve and Guard and Active Duty Students |
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ROA Blog Posts
Prudential Clarifies SGLI Misunderstanding
Another Approach to Iran: Bolster Saudi Arabia's Defenses
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