http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0710_stoploss/. You may be
eligible to receive $500 for each month/partial month your Service member
served in stop loss status. Service members, veterans, and beneficiaries of
Service members whose service was involuntarily extended under Stop Loss
between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009.
Of note today:
DOD, VA Agree To Develop Joint Electronic Health Record System. In
continuing coverage, the New York Times
A12, Dao, Subscription Publication, 950K) reports, "For many years, service
members who were leaving the military have had to worry about whether their
medical records would be properly transferred from one vast computer network
in the Defense Department to another in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Now, the two departments have agreed to develop a joint computerized system
for health care records that could provide a single source of data on a
veteran's health from enlistment through death, officials said," adding that
the agreement was made early this month by DOD Secretary Robert Gates and VA
Secretary Eric Shinseki.
Former Army Wounded Warrior Fights for Employment with Help of the National
Organization on Disability (NOD
two tours in Iraq, one in 2005-2006 and again in 2007-2008. Kelly praised
AW2 and NOD, when they arranged for her to speak about her experiences with
members of Congress. AW2 and NOD have been assisting her in finding the
right resources, such as financial and career and education assistance.
Kelly has been outspoken about her struggles with PTSD and finding
employment. She talked about the importance of programs like AW2 and NOD,
and asked Congress to expand these programs.
US Army Carries Out Pre-Memorial Day Tradition At Arlington National
Cemetery. NBC Nightly News
story 12, 0:30, Williams) broadcast video of a "Memorial Day weekend
tradition: A ceremony that's been carried out every year since 1948 by the
Army's Third Infantry Regiment called 'Flags In'."
Website Offers Virtual War Memorial Tours. In a column for Government
Computer News
(5/27), Kevin McCaney notes that while the original purpose of Memorial Day
is to "remember all those who have given their lives in military service to
the country," it also is the "unofficial start of summer," so families will
have plans. In "that case, you can still observe the day in other ways, one
of them being a virtual tour of one or more of the websites attached to the
nation's war memorials.
Citigroup Announces Mortgage Relief Program For Military Homeowners. In a
story for the Huffington Post
Center, which specializes in VA loans for veterans and active duty service
members," says military homeowners, who "have taken a beating the last few
months at the hands of some of the country's largest mortgage lenders," are
"just now finally starting to catch a break.
House Passes Defense Bill Containing Slight TRICARE Increase. The Washington
Post
overwhelmingly Thursday a $690 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal
year 2012 that fully funds operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and limits
President Obama's authority to deal with Guantanamo detainees and to reduce
the number of nuclear weapons." The bill also "includes a 1.6 percent pay
increase for service personnel and, though it increases the amount
working-age military retirees will have to pay for their TRICARE health
care, it would result in lower future fee increases than Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates was seeking."
Koby J. Langley, JD, CM
Senior Adviser
Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy (WWCTP)
4000 Defense Pentagon, Room 5A688A
Washington, DC 20301-4000
Ph: 571-256-4035
WWCTP Blog - www.warriorcare.mil
Wounded Warrior Resource Directory - www.nrd.gov
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