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RAO BULLETIN
1 August 2022
PDF Edition
THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
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03 == DoD All Volunteer Force ---- (Survey Raises Serious Questions about Its Future)
06 == Food Insecurity ---- (DoD’s Plan To Help The 24% Of Troops Experiencing It)
09 == NDAA 2023 [07] ---- (Navy Might Be Required to Serve Vegan Meat on Some Bases)
10 == NDAA 2023 [08] ---- (Wounded Knee MOH Revocation)
11 == Defense Appropriations Bill 2023 ---- (Senate Armed Services Releases Full $847B Bill)
13 == Military ID Cards ---- (New Deadline for Some Military Retirees, Dependents)
14 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported JUL 16 thru 31, 2022 | Fourteen)
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18 == VA Home Loans [78] ---- (Pest Inspection Rule Changed)
19 == Overseas Military Service Coordinator Program ---- (Assistance for Veterans Expands)
21 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse---- (Reported 16 thru 31 JUL 2022)
21 == VA EHR [39] ---- (Cost Could Triple To More Than $50 Billion)
23 == VA EHR [40] ---- (Overhaul May Be Scrapped If Fixes Aren’t Made)
24 == VA Caregiver Program [80] ---- (Expansion to All Eras of Service Remains Set for October)
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26 == Vet Jobs [277] ---- (Florida Schools to Let Veterans Teach Without Degrees)
26 == GI Bill [317] ---- (House Panel Approves Expansion of Eligibility)
28 == U.S. Capitol Riot [31] ---- (Reenlisted Army Vet Sentenced to 3.5 Years)
29 == U.S. Capitol Riot [32] ----- (Colorado Veteran Pleaded Guilty To a Misdemeanor)
30 == Vet Fraud & Abuse ---- (Reported JUL 16 thru 31, 2022)
32 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Melvin Newlin | Vietnam)
34 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Gerald L. Endl | WWII))
36 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of JUL 31, 2022)
37 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of JUL 31, 2022)
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38 == VET Bill Progress ---- (16-31 JUL 2022)
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39 == USS Bonhomme Richard [06] ---- (Vice Admiral + Two Dozen Others Punished For Fire)
41 == Military Fraud & Abuse [18] ---- (Soldier Stole Millions in COVID Relief and Student Loans)
43 == Military Fraud & Abuse [19] ---- (Jewelry Retailer to Pay Millions for Duping Troops/Families)
44 == USMC Retention [03] ---- (Goals Exceeded Early, Hit More Than 100 Percent)
45 == USCG Fraud, Waste, & Abuse ---- (Veteran, Wife Charged With Stealing Ids of Dead Kids)
47 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘Chuffed’ thru ‘CMC’)
48 == Navy Days ---- (Warrants)
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48 == WW2 Joseph Beyrle [Update 277] ---- (How U.S. POW Ended Up Fighting Alongside the Soviets)
51 == Battle of Pork Chop Hill [01] ---- (Fight That, in Retrospect, Had Little Strategic Value)
53 == Battle of New Orleans ---- (Denied the Confederate States Port Access in the Gulf of Mexico)
55 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (01 thru 15 AUG)
55 == Allied Bombing of Germany ---- (Breslau)
56 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Shortest RAF Pilot)
57 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [103] ---- (You’ve Had It)
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57 == Prescription Drug Costs [81] ---- (Bill to Lower Insulin Costs Faces Delays in Senate)
58 == Diabetic Foot Problems ---- (Preventing Wounds)
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62 == SSA COLA 2023 ---- (TSCL Forecast Up to 10.5%)
63 == Used Car Scams [01] ---- (Look Out For Too-Good-To-Be-True Prices)
64 == Rental Scams [05] ---- (Be Wary Of Rental Scams When Planning a Party)
65 == Air Travel Scams [02] ---- (Airfare Scams Are Cashing In On Cancelled Flights)
66 == Cola Watch 2022 ---- (CPI Increase as of June)
67 == SSA Windfall Elimination Provision [03] ---- Social Security Fairness Act Sponsorship
68 == State Retirement Income Tax ---- (Latest Changes)
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69 == Notes of Interest ---- (JUL 16 thru 31, 2022)
70 == DPRK-U.S. Relations [05] ---- (North Korea Threatens Nuclear Strike on U.S.)
70 == Electric Cars [04] ---- (Support Slips for Phase Out of Gas-Powered Vehicles)
72 == Advertisements ---- (Once Acceptable Vintage Ads | 09)
73 == Prosthetic Limb Tattoos ---- (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Policy)
75 == Coffee Grounds ---- (Alternative Uses for Them)
76 == Vocabulary ---- (Some Words to Enhance Yours | 220801)
77 == News of the Weird ---- (July 16 thru 31, 2022)
78 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Reagan Comments| Toons | George Carlin)
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