2008 Index of Still Serving in Korea Electronic Newsletters


2008 Index of E-Mail/HTML Still Serving in Korea Newsletters
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Newsletter 2008-12 — December, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters DoD, VA Share Records to Benefit Wounded Warriors, Veterans Hearing Disability Researched Military PTSD Requirements Relaxed TRICARE Implements New Fee Schedule in the Philippines Hearing Aids Camp Lejeune Guests May Face Health Risk Pay Matters DFAS 1099R Schedule for 2008 Statements Tax Status of CRDP Retro Pay for Unemployables DFAS Announces CRSC/CRDP Open Season CPI Announced Travel Reimbursement Increases for Veterans Legislative Matters Will You Save Money Under New Military Preventive Care Laws? Community Matters Postal Service Sets Holiday Mailing Guidelines NPRC Scam U.S. Military to Buy Electric Cars Laughing Matters What It Means Cheap Uncle Fred And That's The Truth Kitchen Encounter Count on It Flour Power Director's Corner WE Have a Problem Christmas Wishes and Dreams Come True
Newsletter 2008-11 — November, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters VA Awards Contract for New Las Vegas Medical Center Physical Activity Guidelines Combat Veteran Healthcare Benefit Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Pay Matters Most Medicare Premiums Frozen DFAS Begins Adjudication of Expanded CRDP Eligibility Final COLA Announced Retro Pay Under Fire — Again Legislative Matters President Signs Executive Order Directing The Hiring Of Military Spouses New Law Authorizes Veterans' Salutes during National Anthem Community Matters Protect Your Social Security Number Public Can Give AAFES Gift Cards Social Security Four Things NOT to Be So Afraid Of Retirement Home Receives Accreditation Federal Service Matters Health Rates Rising 7.9 Percent on Average Laughing Matters Fast Driver Three Southerners and Three Yankees Young Men Tower Calls Director's Corner Assistance to Contractors Losing SOFA Status Working with a Resident Alien Visa
Newsletter 2008-10 — October, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Assessing the QRMC Health Care Plan New Study Confirms VA's Conclusion On Surgical Knee Cleaning Diet and Exercise Myths VA Secretary Establishes ALS as a Presumptive Compensable Illness Pending Formulary Changes Enhanced-Overseas TRDP Pay Matters Full Concurrent Receipt for Retirees Rated as Individually Unemployable Timelines for Filing Amended Income Tax Returns Extended for Retro-VA Compensation Awards VA Home Loans Increased Up to $729,000 Medicare Premiums to Stay Flat in 2009 Paid-up SBP Effective Date Draws Near VA Benefits for Brain Injuries, Burn Scars Could Rise Legislative Matters Defense Bill Passage on Hold Community Matters More Documentation Necessary to Replace, Renew ID Cards New USFK Regulation 190-7 Laughing Matters Poker-Playing Dog Tea Time Change City Kid Director's Corner Military Handbooks 'Ordinarily Resident' and SOFA Status Update
Newsletter 2008-09 — September, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters More $22 Drugs TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) Creates New Blog Tricare Beneficiaries Can Get Benefit News by E-mail Macular Degeneration Pay Matters Economic Stimulus Package Military Compensation Review CRSC Update Mileage Reimbursement Rate Increases How Much Social Security Can You Expect? COLA Expectations Community Matters Army Retirement Services in Korea AAFES to Celebrate Military Retirees who 'Still Serve' with Savings and Sweepstakes Operation Life Transformed Presidential Memorial Certificate Army Replaces Green Service Uniform USAA Expands its Membership Eligibility Laughing Matters In Training Children's Wisdom Better Than a Fence Inexpensive Date Some Fascinating Things on Old Tombstones! Director's Corner Osan AB Retiree Activities Office Ordinarily Resident Status and Contractors Windows Vista
Newsletter 2008-08 — August, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters News in the TRICARE Pharmacy Program Atrial Fibrillation TRICARE 'Backs' New Surgeries Congress Overrides President's Veto TRDP Benefits Enhancement Coming VA Offers New Online Resource Service Pay Matters New Board to Ensure Consistency in Disability Ratings Yes, More on the GI Education Benefit Cost Estimates of Vets' Benefits Change VA Announces Online Claims Applications Tracking the 2009 COLA Community Matters Ohio Gives Veterans In-State Rates At Public Colleges Passes for Contractors Visiting Korea Ordinarily Resident Status and Contractors Federal Service Matters Raise Would Be Largest Since 2004 Mileage Rate May Increase Laughing Matters Medicare Coverage in a Nutshell All Seniors Aren't Senile! Just Waiting The Boss RSO's Corner Death of an Osan Icon Web Site Standardization
Newsletter 2008-07 — July, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters DoD Pharmacy to Electronically Publish Uniform Formulary Gray Area TRICARE Bill TRICARE Fees Overseas Court Limits Agent Orange Benefits Pay Matters IRS Statute of Limitations CRSC Processing Begins — Have You Applied? Legislation Matters VICTORY AT LAST! Community Matters AAFES Delivers Healthy Return on Investment to Military Community in '07 Gates: Normal Korea Tours Possible Federal Service Matters Retirement Upgrade Hits Snag COLA Proposal Gets an Airing Laughing Matters Old Dog, New Trick! Baptist Cowboy Director's Corner Osan Retiree Appreciation Day Keeping in Touch
Newsletter 2008-06 — June, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters VA To Contact Vets, Offer Info on Benefits Korean Health Insurance Adds Long-Term Care Coverage Clock Ticks on Medicare Fix Pay Matters SBP Accounts Being Reviewed [U.S. Citizens] Who Work for Exchanges, MWR to Get Pay Boost Tracking the 2009 COLA Convert Your Paper Savings Bonds Using SmartExchange Legislative Matters Veterans' Benefits Boost Approved by House VA Committee HASC Completes 2009 NDAA, Recommends Reducing Military Retiree COLA Supplemental War Spending Bill Upended in House Supplemental War Spending Bill Stalls in Senate Panel Acts on TRICARE, Commissaries, Survivors, Reserve Benefits More Maneuvering Over the War Supplemental Community Matters VA Benefits Authorized by 2008 NDAA Bank-Issued Credit and Debit Diminishes Military Shoppers' Return on Investment Military StarSM Rewards MasterCard® to 'Go Where You Go' Federal Service Matters Cost Issues Raised on Benefit Improvement Bills Concerns Raised Over Employees Sent to War Zones Laughing Matters In Search of Perfection Planning Ahead Golf Course Hazard Why God Made Moms Director's Corner Update on an Osan Icon In My Opinion Elegant Solution
Newsletter 2008-05 — May, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Pharmacy Costs Soar Senior Moments WARNING: Be Careful Before You Have Any Scheduled Hospitalization Pay Matters VA Compensation Garnishment Economic Stimulus Package Update SGLI premiums to drop on July 1 VA Home Loan Update Pennsylvania Vets' Bonus COLA Update DFAS Begins Account Review for 'Paid-Up Survivor Benefit Plan' Retro Payments Progress Continues Community Matters Department to Phase Out Full Social Security Numbers on IDs Air Force Has New Web Site for Retirees Philippine Tourist Visa Update VA Website Changes Federal Service Matters GAO Pay Bill Approved Study of Disability Idea Movement on Pay Raise Coming Laughing Matters Truth Is Stranger Funnier Than Fiction How Do I Love Thee? There's a Moral Here Unforgettable Memorial Director's Corner Osan Hospital Update Web Site Software Projects
Newsletter 2008-04 — April, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Shingles Vaccine Coverage Explained Retiree Hearing Aid Purchase Program Five Years of VA Health Care for Combat Veterans TRICARE Uniform Formulary Update Announced Diet and Exercise Myths TRICARE in the Philippines Pay Matters Disability 'Overhaul' Bill Introduced Some Vets Must File 2007 Tax Return to Receive Rebate QRMC: Count Retirement, Health Care in Compensation Standard Key Panel: No Health Fee Increases Reducing Copays Saves Everyone Money Survivor Matters SBP Community Matters Groundbreaking for New Gulfport AFRH Contract Awarded for New Walter Reed DeCA Implements New Lockout Procedure Why Don't Commissaries 'Double' Coupon? Top Five [MOAA] Member Questions Laughing Matters Firemen's Dog Nine Months Later Forgetful Samaritan Cake Diet Prove It Traffic Camera Director's Corner Military Medical Care Tightens for Retirees at Osan AB E-Mail Newsletter Update Female Soldier Earns Silver Star
Newsletter 2008-03 — March, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Administration Includes Task Force's Proposed Retiree Enrollment Fees and Co-Pays in Its FY09 Proposed DoD Budget GAO: Privatize Medical Jobs Carefully Preventive Care? Let's Get Serious More Drugs Moved Into Third Tier $22 Co-Pay Pay Matters VA Selects Contractor for Study File Your Taxes Free On-Line CRSC Expansion Rules Place Claims "On Hold" Economic Stimulus Package Includes Veterans' Benefits Budget Hits Medicare Beneficiaries' Wallets Military Retiree Alert COLA Count Jumps Survivor Matters Military Widows Win Right to Sue Government for SBP Veterans, Make Sure Your Family Knows Where to Find Your DD-214 Community Matters Postal Rates Pulling the Plug on Overseas On-base Slot Machines Beware of E-mail, Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name Request from Korean Vet, Agent Orange Claim Federal Service Matters DoD Bill Signed, Suit Dropped OPM Targets Time-in-Grade Rule Laughing Matters Ad Nauseum It's All Relative Good Question, Better Response Director's Corner Health Care in Korea I'm a Volunteer Korean Health Insurance: A Reminder
Newsletter 2008-02 — February, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Editorial, Articles Cite VA's Health Care Successes Advance In DoD-VA Sharing of E-Health Records GAO: Stronger Management Data Needed in Veteran Disability Reevaluations Additional Uniform Formulary Changes Coming TRICARE for Life 'Explanation of Benefits' Goes Digital Men Who Exercise More, Live Longer Importance of Vaccinations for Adults TRICARE Covers 'Lap-Band' Surgery Pay Matters As I See It - Offsets Crumbling Under Scrutiny Social Security Rates Changing Medicare Costs Rise Clarification of New IU Rules Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Vets Due IRS Refund WEP/GPO Opponents Testify before Congress COLA Count Up to 1 Percent VA Increases Travel Reimbursement for Eligible Veterans Survivor Matters Military Widows Take On Uncle Sam Community Matters Free Space A Flights for Families of Deployed New Web Site Shows Where the Troops Are Children's Scholarship Deadline Nears Support for America's Troops Surges in 2007 DoD Begins Recruiting for National Language Service Corps Pilot Laughing Matters Birth Order of Children Only in America Montana State Trooper Just Ask Me Director's Corner Web Site Maintenance Social Security Claims Processing
Newsletter 2008-01 — January, 2008 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Task Force: Military Benefits "Unfair to Taxpayers" Merry Christmas (?) from the Task Force TRICARE For Lifers: Pony Up? Difficult-to-Detect Ailment Killing Thousands Pay Matters Veto Expected on Defense Authorization Bill NDAA Does Not Change Paid Up Provisions of SBP DFAS To Release 2007 Tax Statements 'VA Retro' Payment Completion Delayed CRDP/CRSC Open Season in January Legislative Matters NDAA Awaiting Final Approval Community Matters AAFES to Host Online Video Contest Veteran Charities Percentage of Veterans in Congress Drop Army Reorganization AF Consolidates Support Programs Federal Service Matters Mileage Rate Likely to Climb FEGLI Coverage Guidance Issued Expert's View: Keeping Your Plans Private Two Special Hiring Programs End Laughing Matters 0-200 in 6 Seconds Night Nurse Christmas Kitchen For Dog Lovers Director's Corner RSO – MRAO: What's the Difference? Defense Board Sounds Louder Alarm About Foreign Software Development How Much Is A Billion?
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