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ROA meets with staff of Rep. Latham ROA met with the staff of Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) Monday to kick off the legislative year. Pending legislation discussed included improving tax deductions for non-reimbursed training expenses, veteran status for Reserve retirees, funding yellow ribbon, the re-employment environment and a possible hearing on USERRA. Latham will be receiving ROA's Minuteman of the Year award for 2010 for his work on TRICARE Reserve Select and improvements to early retirement.
ROA represents Military Coalition on Tax credits ROA legislative team met with Senator Kerry’s office and discussed tax incentives for employers of deployed Reserve Component members and employment of Active and Reserve combat veterans. TRR Sign-up Changes RELEASE: TRICARE Retired Reserve Sign-up Options Expanded (Jan. 11, 2011)
Master Sgt. Theresa Sheheen (left) and Capt. Michelle Mulberry tend to a patient on an aeromedical evacuation mission from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The Air National Guard will begin flying a newly assigned Critical Care Air Transport Team mission from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The CCATTs – which consist of a physician specializing in critical care, pulmonology, anesthesiology or surgery, along with a critical care nurse and a respiratory technician – are designed to provide a higher level of care in the aeromedical evacuation system. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Craig Seals)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Military Saves Military Saves is a national campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military families to save money every month, and to convince leaders and organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings. Learn more HISTORY: January 12, 1991 - On this day, Congress voted to authorize the use of military force against Iraq to end its occupation of neighboring Kuwait. It was the first time Congress approved military action since the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964. BBC ON THIS DAY: US Congress votes for war in Iraq
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