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RAO BULLETIN JUN 2022
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RAO BULLETIN
1 June 2022
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THIS RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE BULLETIN CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES
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04 == Somalia Ops [01] ---- (U.S. Troops Heading Back Into Somalia, Reversing Trump Order)
05 == UFO Incidents [01] ---- (UFOs Pose Real Danger, DOD Says, but Aliens Aren’t To Blame)
07 == NDAA 2023 ---- (B83 Megaton Bomb Retirement Opposed)
08 == B-52 Stratofortress Bomber [07] ---- (CERP Costs Jumps by Half in New Estimate of Refit)
10 == Taiwan-China Dispute [15] ---- (Biden | U.S. Will Intervene Militarily If China Were To Invade)
12 == DoD Housing Program [11] ---- (Pentagon Asked to Expand Review of Contractor’s Performance)
13 == Military Base Name Changes [05] ---- (Commission Recommendations Released)
15 == Arlington National Cemetery [98] ---- (Upcoming Unjust Changes Need Fixing)
17 == POW/MIA Recoveries & Burials ---- (Reported MAY16 thru 31, 2022 | Seven)
19 == Iran Nuclear Threat [05] ---- (Biden Lead Negotiator Has Dim Outlook for Return to a Deal)
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21 == VA EHR [37] ---- (Glitches Continue to Plague System Rollout)
23 == Military Sexual Trauma [10] ---- (Servicemembers/Vets Empowerment & Support Legislation)
25 == VA Infrastructure [03] ---- (Sweeping Changes on Hold Due To Missing Nominee)
27 == VA Suicide Prevention [65] ---- (Mission Daybreak Will Pay for Ideas to Reduce Suicides)
29 == VA Fraud, Waste & Abuse ---- (Reported 16 thru 31 MAY 2022)
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32 == U.S. Capitol Riot [27] ---- (Air National Guard Member Jamie Ferguson Indicted)
33 == Obit: John Canley ---- (11 May 1922 | MOH Hero of the Battle of Hue)
35 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Jose Valdez | WWII)
37 == Medal of Honor Awardees ---- (Thomas R. Norris | Vietnam)
41 == Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule ---- (As of JUN 01, 2022)
41 == Vet Hiring Fairs ---- (Scheduled As of JUN 01, 2022)
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42 == VET Legislation Progress ---- (15-31 MAY 2022)
44 == SC Military Friendly Legislation [01] ---- (Military Retirement Pay Full State Tax Exemption)
44 == Medicare-For-All ---- (S.4204 | National Health Insurance Program Act of 2022)
45 == Vet COLA 2023 ---- (H.R.7846 | H.R.7846 | Bill To Guarantee Boost for Veterans Benefits)
46 == VA COLA 2023 ---- (S.4223 | Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022)
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47 == Military Retention [01] ---- (Junior Service Members Being Hit Hard By Inflation)
48 == Navy Climate Plan ---- (Mostly Silent on Its Biggest Polluters: Ships and Planes)
51 == NAS Key West ---- (Junior Sailors Scrambling for a Place to Live)
53 == USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. ---- (Navy Commissions Its 71st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer 14 MAY
55 == Military Sexual Misconduct [03] ---- (Officer Court Marshalled for Motorboating Subordinate)
56 == Army Discrimination Policy ---- (Soldiers Facing State Law Discrimination Could Request Xfers)
59 == ROK’s Army ----- (Former South Korean Defense Official Claims Training ‘Very, Very Bad’)
60 == USMC Perris Island [02] ---- (Legendary Training Depot Will Be Underwater by 2050)
61 == Army Artillery [03] ---- (Dream of Artillery That Fires 1,000 Miles Is Officially a Dud)
63 == Navy LCS Program [09] ---- (LCS Montgomery Conducts First Land-Attack Missile Exercise)
64 == USAF Academy [02] ---- (Grads May Have To Repay Tuition after Refusing Covid Vaccine)
66 == Military Myths & Legends [06] ---- (Mr. Rogers Was a Deadly Military Sniper)
66 == Navy Days ---- (Bridge Comms)
68 == Navy Terminology, Jargon & Slang ---- (‘Breakaway’ thru ‘Bug Out’)
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70 == Battle of Hamburger Hill ---- (Abandoned After Taking | Deemed to Have No Military Value)
72 == MASH 8055th ---- (Distinguished Military Unit)
75 == WWII Japanese-American Internments ---- (FDR Executive Order 9066 Imprisons 120,000)
78 == Gen. MacArthur Ousted ---- (Why Truman Fired the Most Prestigious American Gen. of His Time)
81 == Battle of Anzio ---- (Defeat of U.S. Rangers at Cisterna)
82 == Allied Bombing of Germany ---- (Böblingen)
83 == Military History Anniversaries ---- (16 thru 31 MAY)
83 == Every Picture Tells A Story ---- (Awaiting Execution)
84 == WWII Bomber Nose Art [99] ---- (Rum and Coke)
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84 == Drug Price Gouging [10] ---- (Drug Companies Lobby Spending to Justify & Allow It)
85 == Military Health Care [05] ---- (Medical Forces Could Be Shorthanded During War w/Planned Cuts)
87 == Covid-19 Testing [15] ---- (FDA Issues Warning About Counterfeit Covid Tests)
88 == Gulf War Syndrome [48] ---- (Researchers Think They've Found the Cause)
91 == Bursitis [01] ---- (Recognition and Treatment)
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93 == Military Overseas Taxation [04] ---- (Court Decision May Offer Line of Defense for Some)
95 == Commissary Prices [13] ---- (Lawmakers Urge DoD To Take Action To Curb Rising Prices)
96 == Rent-A-Bank Loans ---- (Annual Interest Charges Of 96% To 189% Allowed by FDIC
98 == Tax Laws [02] ---- (Strange but True | New York thru Washington DC)
101 == Unclaimed Money Scams ---- (What To Do If Your Friend Claims You’re Owed Workers’ Comp)
102 == Dental Scams ---- (Spot Red Flags When Looking For Dental Deals)
103 == Car MPGe ---- (What You Should Know About It)
105 == Tax Burden on Alaska Vets ---- (As of May 2022)
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108 == U.S. Embassy Manila, Philippines ---- (RP BI Appointment Requirements Update)
109 == Notes of Interest ---- (MAY 16 thru 31, 2022)
110 == Fukushima Nuclear Disaster [01] ---- (Water Release Plan Gets Initial OK from Japan Regulator)
111 == RP Presidential Election ---- (Marcos Triumphs | Says RP-China Ties Set To Shift to Higher Gear)
113 == Cybercrime [01] ---- (Costa Rico Government Attacked by Russian Hacking Cartel)
115 == Iraq Israel Relations ---- (New Law Makes It a Crime to Have Ties with Israel)
117 == Advertisements ---- (Once Acceptable Vintage Ads | 05)
117 == Etiquette Rules ---- (Much-Missed Manners That No One Seems To Follow Anymore)
119 == Vocabulary ---- (Some Words to Enhance Yours | 220531)
120 == News of the Weird ---- (May 16 thru 31, 2022)
122 == Have You Heard or Seen? ---- (Riddles 3 | Toons | Reagan Comments)
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· Military History Anniversaries 01 thru 15 JUN (Updated)
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Flamingo Wing Merchandise last day to order Friday March 18th
Per Walter Horlacher-Ref Fwa Merchandise
I am going to submit my orders for all merchandise by Friday. Please emphasize the name badges, and polo shirts Friday is my deadline date and want to capture any alibi’s.
Walt
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Friday, March 11, 2022
Jolly Green II rescue helicopter on track for operational tests this month
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force’s next combat rescue helicopter is expected to begin it's testing at the end of the month.
Sikorsky’s HH-60W Jolly Green II — the successor to the Air Force’s HH-60G Pave Hawk — has made considerable progress, with more than 40% of test and evaluation efforts already completed, said Darlene Costello, the Air Force’s principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
That progress also includes a completed certification of the Jolly Green II’s weapons, Costello added during a March 4 roundtable with reporters at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.
A test of its radar warning receivers is the last step before the initial operational test and evaluation phase can begin. The IOT&E phase is expected to begin by March 30, she said,The Pave Hawk has been flying since the late 1980s and it’s grown “long in the tooth,” David Morgan, Sikorsky’s director for Air Force business development, told Defense News in an interview at AFA. The service plans to buy 113 Jolly Green II helicopters to replace them, at a cost of almost $7.6 billion.
It’s a derivative of the Army’s H-60M Black Hawk and has many parts and features in common, making it easier to find spare parts, Morgan said.
But Morgan said the Jolly Green II will bring major changes, making it a significant upgrade from the Pave Hawk.
When the Air Force fielded the Pave Hawk, it bought Black Hawks and then started heavily modifying them over a period of years for their new combat rescue mission, Morgan said. The Jolly Green II, however, was designed from the start to fly Air Force pararescue specialists on rescue missions, he said.“This is the first Air Force-bought, -designed, -purpose-built helicopter rescue platform,” Morgan said.
Part of that includes a redesign of the Jolly Green II’s fuel tanks to make them safer in the event of a crash than the Pave Hawk’s. Both helicopters will carry similar amounts of fuel, Morgan said. But the Jolly Green II has an internal 644-gallon fuel tank, nearly double that of the Pave Hawk’s 360-gallon fuel tank. The Pave Hawk’s fuel capacity is buttressed by a pair of auxiliary fuel tanks strapped down inside the cabin, Morgan said. That takes up cabin space and could be dangerous in a crash if the tanks broke loose and went flying.
The redesign has added a foot and a half of additional cabin space, Morgan said, and allowed the addition of a litter station. Conversely, in the Pave Hawk, he said, airmen couldn’t put anything up against the auxiliary tanks.
The Jolly Green II also has new seats in the back that fold up into the ceiling and can withstand the tremendous force of a crash landing, he said“Can you imagine, the PJ [pararescue] rescue team, they’re sitting on ammo cans, they’re sitting on coiled-up fast ropes, and they just put a cargo strap over them,” Morgan said. “That’s how they fly nowadays. Now, everybody has seating. [It’s] crash-worthy. It’s much safer.”
The new helicopter uses an electric hoist, which Morgan said will allow it to operate more cycles without overheating than the Pave Hawk’s hydraulic hoist.
The Jolly Green II was also created with its forward-looking infrared, radar and air-refueling systems designed into the structure from the ground up, rather than “bolted on afterwards” as the Pave Hawk’s systems were, Morgan said.
The Jolly Green II will include multiple radios, satellite communications, the Link 16 data and comms system, intelligence capabilities, low light and infrared cameras, and several multifunction displays, giving airmen the ability to rapidly receive and analyze information needed to rescue a downed pilot or other survivor.The Pave Hawk often has to rely on its communication systems — including trying to radio the survivor on the ground — to get the coordinates for the rescue, Morgan said. But with its advanced data capabilities, the Jolly Green II will be able to gather all the information it needs digitally and display it on multifunction displays without having to talk to people.
“This aircraft is an information machine,” Morgan said.
The helicopter’s open-architecture mission system also will make it easier for the Air Force to upgrade it down the line, said Bob Silva, Sikorsky’s business development lead for the combat rescue helicopter.
The Air Force so far has ordered 66 helicopters in four lots from Sikorsky, which has delivered 17 helicopters, most recently in January. Sikorsky expects to deliver about one helicopter a month on average through lot 1, though he expects that to increase to about three helicopters every two months for lots 3 and 4.
Morgan expects the Air Force to start ordering Jolly Green IIs for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve in lot 5, which will come in fiscal 2023. If the Air Force keeps ordering helicopters at its current pace, the last order could come in 2026 or 2027, and deliveries would be finished three years later, he said.
Testing has taken place at several locations, including Duke Field at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The helicopters’ radar warning receivers also underwent testing at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California.
Morgan said initial operational capability will likely be declared this year.
The helicopter was named in tribute to the Vietnam-era Sikorsky HH-3E, which was painted green and nicknamed the Jolly Green Giant.
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