Newsletter 2005-12 — December, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DoD Demonstrates Global Electronic Medical Records System

• New Vets Get Priority VA Care

• DoD Adds Three New Classes to Its Uniform Formulary

• TRICARE Officials Encourage Educated Decisions on Medicare Part D

• No Across-the-Board Review of PTSD Cases - Secretary Nicholson

• Pay Matters

• Congress Passes VA COLA

• Postal Rates Going Up

• 2006 Military Construction and Veterans Department Bill Approved

• Funding for Veteran Entrepreneurs

• DFAS Officials See myPay Getting Even Better

• Legislative Matters

• Talks on Finalizing Defense Spending Bill Put Off

• Senate Approves SBP, Disability Fixes

• Senate Votes to Reverse Medicare, TRICARE Cuts

• BRAC Deadline Expires; DoD to Begin Closures, Realignments

• TRICARE Tax Free Premiums

• Community Matters

• Supporting Document Requirements for Ration Control Card

• Red Fridays

• Zombies Boost New Sober Variant

• Laughing Matters

• Father

• Pastor's Kitten

• Director's Corner

• Printing the E-Mail Newsletter

• Considering Medicare Part D?

Newsletter 2005-11 — November, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DoD Striving for Affordable, 'World-Class' Health Care

• More Drugs Considered for $22 Copay

• VA Warns of Telephone Prescription Scam

• Pay Matters

• COLA Spikes to 4.1 Percent

• South Dakota Awards Veterans Bonuses

• Senate Votes To Scrap 2006 Congressional Pay Raise

• Social Security Earnings Changes

• Few Eligible Retirees Apply for Special Pay

• Community Matters

• Wanted: Books for Hospitalized Military Personnel and Vets

• 'Gateway to Europe' Ends 60-year Airlift Legacy

• DoD Issues Instruction on Contractors With the Armed Forces

• Online Commissary Opens for Business

• Laughing Matters

• Cruisin' With a Squirrel

• Director's Corner

• Medical Care for Retirees

• Medicare Part B

• New Visa Service Offered in Downtown Seoul

Newsletter 2005-10 — October, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Senate Votes to Halt PTSD Investigation

• Exercise Regularly: A Healthy Habit for Healthy Aging

• Test Your Knowledge

• Pay Matters

• No Diet COLA

• How to Calculate SBP Premium and Enrollment Fee for SBP Open Season

• Department of Defense to Implement Image-Based Teller System at Community Banks Overseas

• Survivor Matters

• VA Activates Surviving Spouse Web Site

• "Widows Tax" Being Phased Out

• Community Matters

• Services Complete Indefinite ID Card Upgrades at Most Facilities

• VA Awards Grant for New Jersey State Veterans Cemetery

• D.C. Retirement Home Welcomes Evacuated Veterans

• AF Launches Common Access Card Login

• Laughing Matters

• The Dietitian

• The Amish and the Elevator

• Director's Corner

• Pending, Pending ...

• Still Serving Coupons

Newsletter 2005-09 — September, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Study Shows Women's Health Care Similar to Men's at VA

• President Signs Bill With Emergency Funds for Veterans Health Care

• Pay Matters

• 2006 COLA May Be Largest in 14 Years

• Warner Moves to Derail SBP Amendment

• Community Matters

• MOAA/Coalition Voices Concerns to BRAC Commission

• Air Force Junior ROTC Jobs

• Pentagon 'Military Cult' Owns Retirees for Life

• Laughing Matters

• Travel Agent Tales

• Sheep Sense

• Director's Corner

• How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Newsletter 2005-08 — August, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DoD Releases Study on Link Between Agent Orange and Diabetes

• Cancer Linked to Nerve Agent

• Nexium, Teveten Co-pays Rise

• DoD Panel Seeks Viagra, Cialis Co-pay Hike

• Pay Matters

• Retirees to Receive Monthly CRSC Statements

• VA Has Cash Coming

• DFAS Hoping for More Retirees to Sign Up for myPay

• AFSA Sets Rumsfeld Straight on USFSPA

• Military Retirees & Annuitants Overseas Offered Direct Deposit

• Veteran Disability Benefits Commission (VDBC) Holds Third Meeting

• Community Matters

• BRAC Process Heats Up

• Non-Command-Sponsored Dependents at Osan AB

• Laughing Matters

• Baseball in Heaven

• The Perfect Mate

• Breakfast Special

• The Lecture

• Director's Corner

• International Direct Deposit

• C-3 Reminder

• 50th Anniversary of B-52 Delivery

Newsletter 2005-07 — July, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• More Problems Ahead for TRICARE

• How to Keep Your Mind Sharp: Preventive Action

• Keep Our Promises Moves Ahead

• Pay Matters

• OPM Checks SSA Records before Issuing Benefits

• There Is a One Year Deadline to File TRICARE Claims

• The Seven (Sometimes Deadly) Categories of Spending

• New Benefit Delay Hits Disabled Vets

• 2006 COLA Update

• Legislative Matters

• Pending Legislation

• Community Matters

• Health Care, Communications Are CSA Retiree Council's Top Issues

• New Space-A Travel Perks Possible

• Check Your Commissary Purchase Totals On-Line

• Laughing Matters

• Just like Sheldon

• Jihad Cat

• Director's Corner

• Retiree Councils

Newsletter 2005-06 — June, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DOD To Drop Nexium From Its List Of Covered Drugs For Military Personnel

• Important TRICARE For Life/Medicare Part B Update

• Memory Loss: When to Seek Help

• Pay Matters

• VA Tinnitus Compensation

• Commission Told of Rise in Veterans Rated 'Unemployable'

• Former Spouse Lawsuit Suffers Setback

• Veterans Disability Commission Begins Work

• New Per Diem Rates

• Legislation Matters

• New Concurrent Receipt Bill Would Help Unemployables

• Survivor Matters

• Dependency and Indemnity Compensation

• Effective Date of Death Pension

• Community Matters

• BIDS Update for Dual Status Retirees

• DoD Readies Bio-metric ID System for U.S. Bases in Iraq

• Laughing Matters

• The Way Life Is

• Director's Corner

• The Best Laid Plans

Newsletter 2005-05 — May, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• TRICARE For Life Under Fire

• TRICARE Moves Medications to Non-Formulary Status

• TRICARE Introduces New Web-based Pharmacy Search Tool

• Pay Matters

• 100% Disabled Retirees with Individual Unemployability (IU) Given Hope

• COLA Watch

• Legislation Matters

• Legislative Updates

• Community Matters

• Lockheed Martin Careers

• New Campaign Medals Recognize Iraq, Afghanistan Service

• Viet Nam Veterans "Welcome Home" Celebration in Branson, Missouri

• OPM Revises Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference

• Laughing Matters

• Depreciation

• Revised Hits Reprised

• Director's Corner

• Newsletter Situation

Newsletter 05-1 — April 9, 2005     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• VA Benefits

• Keep Our Promise to Military Retirees Health Care Act

• Pay Matters

• DoD Officials Deny Decision on Concurrent Receipt

• 2005 Veterans Benefits Handbook Available

• SSA Continues to Work Medicare Part B Penalty Waivers

• Administration Proposes Fees for VA Health Care

• SBP Matters

• Survivor Benefit Plan Open Season Set to Begin Oct 1

• E-mail "Storm" Will Help End SBP Inequities

• Community Matters

• Questions to Consider Before Drafting a Living Will

• Dollar Days' Savings Come to Commissaries

• Personnel Records to Stay at AFPC

• New Law Provides Access to Free Credit Reports

• Biometric Identification System (BIDS)

• Revised 2005 RAO Holiday Schedule

• Laughing Matters

• Me Too

• Revised Hits

• Director's Corner

• In Their Own Words

• Forgotten Warriors: Mission of Mercy

• C-7A Caribou Annual Reunion

Newsletter 04-4 — December 28, 2004     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• DoD and VA Agree on Common Separation Physical Exam

• "Brown Bag" Initiative Shows Promise

• Lung Cancer May Be Linked to Gulf War Oil Fires

• Pay Matters

• CRDP Update

• Combat-Related Special Compensation Status for Military Retirees

• Medicare Parts A and B Deductibles Increase

• Medicare Part B: Rising Premiums and Deductibles

• Medicare Premiums: What to Expect

• Exchange Credit Card Interest to Rise

• Legislative Matters

• TREA 2005 Legislative Agenda

• Community Matters

• New RAO Hours and 2005 Holiday Schedule

• Change in Monthly Visits to Seoul

• Vehicle Registration Changes

• U.S. Army Ups Retiree Recall Age to 70 for Voluntary Assignment

• Task Force Focusing on Exchange Transformation

• Airmen May Wear Medals Before System Catches Up

• Free Anti-Virus Software Available

• USMRAK Elects Officers for New Term

• Laughing Matters

• Arthritis Cure

• The Cat

• Director's Corner

• RAO Vacation

• USFK Regulation 190-7 Confusion

Newsletter 04-3 — October 26, 2004     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Commercial Ticket Funding for Retirees

• Penalty-Free Part B for Certain Medicare Beneficiaries

• Part B Enrollment Jolts Some Beneficiaries

• HHS announces Medicare premium for 2005

• Air Force Pharmacy Policy Update

• VA Diabetes Mellitus Care

• Pay Matters

• COLA for 2005

• 100% Disabled Retirees, SBP Widows Win

• Bill Would Lower TRICARE Co-payments

• Tax-free Compensation Available Under CRSC Program

• Court Hears USFSPA Lawsuit Motion

• DFAS Expands Automated Services for Retirees and Annuitants

• DFAS Says myPay Users Must Act to Continue Receiving Documents

• myPay Adds New Capabilities

• Community Matters

• DEERS Registration

• Older Spouses, Survivors Get Permanent IDs

• DeCA Commissaries Again Accepting Internet Coupons

• Single Exchange Plan Shelved

• Identity Theft

• NPRC Spoof

• USMRAK Annual Membership Meeting

• Social Security Fill-In Forms

• Laughing Matters

• "Don't Be Late"

• Director's Corner

• Seeking a Replacement

Newsletter 04-2 (First E-Letter Issue) — July 31, 2004     (PDF Print format)    (Plain Text format)

• Medical Care Matters

• Cosponsorship Building for "Keep Promises" Bills

• TRICARE Retail Pharmacy Program Begins with Glitches

• Pay Matters

• Yongsan VA Office Welcomes Retirees

• Civil Service Retirement Pay May Affect CDP

• Space-A Travel Rates Increase

• Department of Defense Releases New CRSC Guidance

• VGLI Self-Service

• Community Matters

• AF Expands Space-A Lodging Window

• Korea Lodging Information

• Computer Matters

• Officials Work to Transform Personnel, Pay Services

• You and Your Computer

• Voting Matters

• Absentee Voter Registration Kicks Off

• Defense, Postal Service Plan Ballot Initiative

• To Request an Absentee Ballot

• Area Council Matters

• Korea Area Retiree Councils

• Laughing Matters

• Doctor's Orders

• Reading Right

• Director's Corner

• RAO Vacation