by Mark Wasserbauer | Apr 6, 2022 | Benefits, Deployment, Military, National Guard, Retirement
EANGUS is excited to announce that on February 17, 2022, the Department of Defense published DoDi 1336.01, Certificate of Uniformed Service (DD Form 214/215 Series) This updated DoDi mandates that all National Guard and Reserve Component Service members will be issued...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 6, 2021 | Benefits, Deployment, Finance
The Minnesota Department of Revenue reminds the state’s military service members to take advantage of a refundable military tax credit before it expires. More than 2,300 service members were eligible for the 2017 Form M99, Credit for Service in a Military Combat Zone,...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Aug 28, 2019 | Deployment, Legislative, Medical
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation to ensure that servicemembers and veterans exposed to Occupational Environmental Health (OEH) hazards in the line of duty get the necessary medical care and...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 6, 2019 | Deployment, Legislative
“House lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation to improve tracking of troops’ exposure to toxic chemicals from war zone burn pits, but the real political fight over how to help those ailing veterans is set for later this spring. “A group of...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Nov 5, 2018 | Deployment, Legislative, Military, National Guard, Veterans
Recent story published in Military.com on one of Minnesota’s own National Guard members and the relationship to the Burn Pits service men and women have been exposed to. 4 Nov 2018 Fox News | By Perry Chiaramonte (Amie Muller served two tours of duty at Balad...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Aug 18, 2018 | Deployment, Military, National Guard
On 1 August, DoD issued an update to its “deploy or get out policy” announced in February of this year. Key points of the updated policy are as follows: – All service members are expected to be deployable to ensure our military is ready to fight...