2009 Index of Still Serving in Korea Electronic Newsletters


2009 Index of E-Mail/HTML Still Serving in Korea Newsletters
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Newsletter 2009-12 — December, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Manila VARO & OPC Effectiveness vs. Cost: Which One Is Best? Pay Matters COLA Crunch VA Report Card Survivor Matters As I See It — SBP/DIC Offset is Anti-Family Community Matters AAFES Pumping Up the Fuel Savings for Military StarSM Card Users Holiday Mailing Guidelines Announced 'Shuttle Program' Delivers Supercenter Selection to Every BX and PX Federal Service Matters Still Some Work to Do Under NSPS End of NSPS, Start of FERS Sick Leave Crediting Approved White House Launches Veterans Employment Initiative FEHB Disputes a Subplot in Health Reform Laughing Matters Hymn #365 The Power of the Badge Director's Corner Tech Tactics — Netbooks Increase in Popularity Soldier Who Led U.S. Army's Last Bayonet Charge Dies Seasons Greetings
Newsletter 2009-11 — November, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Health Care Reform VA to Short-cut Some Agent Orange Rulings Pay Matters Part B Relief Hung Up SSA Makes Some Progress on Backlog Bitter Budget Winds Ahead Apply for Retro 'Stop-Loss' Payments ASAP Legislation Matters New Defense Bill has Pluses and Minuses Survivor Matters Cancel Your Survivor Benefit Program (SBP) if Totally Disabled? VA Staffs Office for Survivors of Veterans Widows Win SBP Lawsuit Community Matters Update DEERS When Milestones Occur BX/PXs' Revamped Layaway Program makes it Easier to 'Shop Now, Pay Later' AAFES Aims to be Military Shoppers' First Choice for the Holidays Federal Service Matters FEHB Premium Increases Average 8.8 Percent Health Care Bill Raises FEHB Issues Ending NSPS Could Be Slow Process FLTCIP Dates Extended for Some Laughing Matters Never Assume The Football-Playing Turkey Director's Corner Retiree Appreciation Day Space Available Care and Tour Normalization
Newsletter 2009-10 — October, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters VA End of Life Booklet Health Care Reform Veterans Not Using Some VA Healthcare VA Warns of Scam Targeting Veterans Signs of Stroke Bringing Home the Wounded Troops Pay Matters COLA in the Hole for 2011, Too? Is There a COLA Increase in the Future? Part B Premium Relief Coming Legislation Matters New Fiscal Year, Same Old Delays Community Matters Afterburner Retiree Newsletter Back After 3-year Hiatus VA Awards $14.67 Million for Cemeteries Photos of Those on Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sought Daegu Retiree Appreciation Day Yongsan Retiree Appreciation Day Federal Service Matters FEHB Rates, Coverage Announcement Pending Federal Employees to Receive 25% Premium Refund Regs Proposed on Domestic Partner Benefits Laughing Matters Best Blonde Joke An Italian Boy's Confession Red Skelton's Recipe for the Perfect Marriage Director's Corner Stroke Is Not a Laughing Matter CBO Offers New COLA, Pay, Benefits 'Options' Merchant Mariners of World War II Commissary Vitamins Supplier Changes
Newsletter 2009-09 — September, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Obama: Health Care Reform Won't Impact VA, TRICARE Senate Approves Advanced Funding for Veterans Health Programs Chocolate Cuts Death Rate After Heart Attack DoD, VA Work to Create Lifetime Electronic Records Pay Matters Retired & Annuity Pay Returning to DFAS Secretary Shinseki Moves to Simplify PTSD Compensation Rules New Per Diem Rates Set Social Security Projects NO COLA for the Next 2 Years Survivor Matters As I See It – $50 Military Widows: A National Embarrassment Appeals Court Rules for Widows Community Matters National Resource Directory Contains a Wealth of Information New – 2010 Military Manuals Military Spouses to Get Non-Compete Hiring Tuition Break in Alaska Federal Service Matters EEOC in Hiring Mode OMB Revises Contracting Policies Hiring Policy Memo Sent Laughing Matters Bubba Had Shingles Embarrassing Medical Exams Cash for Codgers Director's Corner Veteran from Long Ago Finally Gets Military Rites Printing the Newsletter
Newsletter 2009-08 — August, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters TRICARE Putting Into Effect Waiver of Some Preventive Services for Some TRICARE Beneficiaries Dementia Flu Funding Released Report Urges DoD To Bar Tobacco Use Lautenberg to Offer TRICARE Amendment Impact of Health Reform on TRICARE Beneficiaries, Veterans Agent Orange Linked to Heart Disease, Parkinson's Pay Matters Veterans' COLA Bill Heads to White House How Will the Proposed Chapter 61 CRDP Affect You? Legislation Matters Senate Passes Defense Bill Community Matters POW Designation Update AAFES Offers Gas Discount Space "A" Info Federal Service Matters FLTCIP Applications Still Being Accepted Chances for Pay Parity Decrease NSPS Restrictions Clear Senate Retiree Rehiring Provision Accepted; Others Not Laughing Matters Delta Force Test Broken Phone Anantomy 101 and 102 How Lawyers Get into Heaven Director's Corner Survivor Benefits Health Check
Newsletter 2009-07 — July, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters As I See It — Facts Don't Mean Truths On Personnel Costs Understanding High Blood Pressure VA, DARPA Test High-Tech Prosthetic Arm Camp LeJeune Water Study Finds No Definite Disease Link VA Reopening Health Care Enrollment to Thousands of Veterans VA Reaching 1,000,000 Claims Electronic Health Records to Include Dental Information Pay Matters The Wages Of Work VA Economic Stimulus Payments Begin House Adopts Concurrent Receipt Measure Community Matters More News on the Post 9/11 GI Bill Roll-Out Privatization of U.S. Army Lodging to Raise Quality of Life for Soldiers on the Move Three Essential Documents You Should Have and Keep Up-to-Date AF Sets Up Toll-Free Line for Retirees Federal Service Matters NSPS Will Be a Focus in DoD Bill Postal Service 'Aggressively' Cutting Hours Expansion of Benefits Bill Considered Hiring, Employee Programs to Get Attention Report Examines Challenges of Upcoming Census Laughing Matters Have You Heard? Director's Corner Retiree Corner Column in the Morning Calm Vacation Consideration
Newsletter 2009-06 — June, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Disability Board to Loosen Restrictions DoD PDBR Protect Yourself TFL and Medicare Part B Pay Matters American Amicable Refunds Social Security COLA Cuts Come Under Study NAUS President Receives Call From White House Concurrent Receipt Update South Dakota Veterans Bonus The Economic Stimulus and Military Retirees Separation Recoupment Suspended DFAS: Retirees Mistakenly Left Out of VA Retro Pay Program Community Matters New Mexico Vet Tuition Exchange Online Mall Now Taking Vacation Reservations VA Emphasizes Education Before Post-9/11 GI Bill Switch TSA Secure Flight Program FAQs Vet Resource Federal Service Matters GAO Suggests Course for NSPS Review Retirement Bills Laughing Matters A Conversation with God Two Friends A Little Known Sports Fact Director's Corner A Columnist
Newsletter 2009-05 — May, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Americans Consume Too Much Salt Red Meat Consumption Latest on TRICARE President Announces DoD/VA Electronic Record Initiative Pay Matters Social Security Benefits Budget Resolutions: Pay Raise, TRICARE, and More More on the 'Economic Stimulus' Tax COLA Slowly Makes Ground DFAS Puts Out Its Retired Pay Newsletter Community Matters Credit Card Fees up Over 20 Percent at AAFES Facilities in 2008 USA Federal Credit Union Account Statements Work-at-Home Scams Federal Service Matters GAO: HUBZone Easy Pickings IG Laments Calling Card Misuse at IRS Bill Would Do Away With KSAs FAA Gets Authority to Appoint Military Spouses Laughing Matters Giving Sad News to a Troop Bumper Stickers Punishment for Gates Director's Corner This Week in the U.S. Congress Urban Legends Imagination
Newsletter 2009-04 — (PDF Print format)April, 2009 (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Health Care Targeted Under 2010 VA Budget Proposal Caring for Veterans is Matter of American Honor Pay Matters TRICARE Tax Free Premiums USFSPA and Divorce More Pay For Most Workers Rumors about TRICARE Enrollment Fees and Co-Pays COLA Making Headway Legislation Matters New Bills of Interest Survivor Matters More Movement in Survivor Issues Community Matters AAFES to Continue Honoring Certifichecks Despite Company's Closing Credit Union Clarification 'Exchange Select' Nearing 600 Ways to Save Federal Service Matters Employees Remain Critical of Supervisors' Management Skills Obama Proposes 2 Percent Federal Raise Senator to Union: "New Day for Federal Employees" OPM Leadership Taking Shape Laughing Matters Cop Shots Problem-Solving 101 The Election The Bathtub Test Director's Corner Airline Experience Begs Question: 'Who Are America's Heroes?' 'Exchange Select': My Experience
Newsletter 2009-03 — March, 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Arthritis VARO Manila 'Contact Us' Page a Handy Resource on TRICARE.mil No Decision Yet on Possibility of TRICARE Fee Increases AL Amyloidosis Added to Agent Orange List Physical Exercise for a Better Brain Pay Matters SSA Staff Shortages Starting to Show Retirement Account Distribution Dilemma COLA Watch Budget to Expand Concurrent Receipt Legislative Matters New End Of SBP/DIC Offset Bill Introduced in the House New House Bill Introduced to Freeze Increases in TRICARE Premiums More Bills of Interest Community Matters Late and Missing Ballots Continue to Plague Overseas and Military Voters Dependent Permanent ID Card Implementation ID Cards for DoD Retirees Danger for Military Credit Unions Federal Service Matters Last Word from Bush Team on NSPS Issued Pentagon Issues Performance Pay and Bonuses Averaging 8.35 Percent Laughing Matters That Would Be A Miracle Teaching Moment Senior Moment Heaven Director's Corner Educating Soldiers and Airmen Exercise and Your Brain
A Special Edition of Still Serving in Korea was sent to subscribers on Feb 11. It served a dual purpose: 1) to test a new version of the PHPlist mailing software; and 2) to provide retirees with important information from the Yongsan TRICARE Office. Text version is here
Newsletter 2009-02 — February 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters More Nondisabled Vets to Get VA Care VA Parkinson's Disease Program As I See It – Budget 'Options' Stir Concerns Tricare Grants Extension for Overseas Claims Filing Pay Matters USFSPA and Divorce DFAS Has Form to Challenge Paid-Up Qualification for SBP on Its Web Site; New Counter on the Retiree Account Statements Good News for Joe the Saver COLA Watch: December CPI Released Survivor Matters Nearly 11,000 Survivors Receiving Retroactive VA Payments Community Matters Disney Salutes Active Duty and Retired Military Members Instructor Jobs at Osan/Humphreys Retiree Permanent Ration Card Requires Permanent Visa Federal Service Matters Appeals Court: Veteran's Preference Violated Under Career Intern Program Counting On Cash Under One-Third of ID Cards Issued Security Issue Raised on USAJobs Laughing Matters The Way to Where? Here, Kitty Married Guys Go Fishing Multi-Tasking Drivers Director's Corner Misinformation, aka Rumors It's Not a Game
Newsletter 2009-01 — January 2009 (PDF Print format) (Plain Text format) Medical Care Matters Agent Orange and Heart Disease VA Opening 31 New Outpatient Clinics Personal Health Records Pilot Starts Pay Matters 2009 VA Disability Rates Where Does DFAS Mail the $10,000 Check? CRDP/CRSC Open Season Retirees Get Some Relief – Next Year Dispute Period Begins Soon for Paid-up SBP Survivor Matters VA to Refund Money to Survivors Federal Service Matters NSPS Called a Work In Progress Public Opinion of Government Performance Low Military Spouse Preference Detailed Laughing Matters Murphy's Real Laws Marital Bliss Early Shopper Seven Reasons Not to Mess with Children Director's Corner Revelation Reflections
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