by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative, Politics
ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN RELEASED Projected defense spending in President Obama’s $4 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, which was released on Monday, is nearly $35 billion over topline levels established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 ($499 billion). Another $58...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative
H.R. 203 “Clay Hunt SAV Act” passed. On 3 February, the Senate passed H.R. 203, the “Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act,” by a vote of 99 to 0. This bill provides for an independent, annual evaluation of the DoD and VA...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Veterans
Alex Heigl / People: Feb. 8, 2015 “I’ve had a good life, so I can’t complain at all,” Bob Karlstrand tells Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE 11. Karlstrand’s positive attitude comes in spite of his circumstance: The 65-year-old Vietnam War veteran has battled colon...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | National Guard
Good Samaritan Saves Man From Burning Car In New Brighton MSgt Robert Renning, First Sergeant assigned to the 133rd Airlift Wing in Minneapolis, Minnesota was recognized for his act of heroism during the 43rd annual EANGUS Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on 13 August...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | Politics
This week, the President’s proposed budget for FY16 was released. Unless there are startling surprises from what the White House been talking about and the leaks we have been hearing the DoD budget is expected to look a great deal like the Administration’s proposed...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | Legislative, Politics
Last week, the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its long-awaited report to Congress. The Commission established by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013 to provide the President of the United States and the...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
Representative Tim Walz (D-MN) will be presented with the EANGUS G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Eagle Award at the EANGUS Legislative Reception. Rep. Walz has been a strong supporter of the Minnesota National Guard, and retired 34ID ‘Red Bull’...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 1, 2015 | Legislative
Great new tool for contacting your National CODEL on issues. Give this a try: Text the word “Veteran” to 52886. You will get a text message with a link. Click the link and follow the instructions to submit the latest EANGUS point paper to your Senators...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 27, 2015 | Legislative
From Press Release: Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) and Rep. Walz (MN-01) introduced H.R. 353, Veterans Access to Healthy Hearing Act, which will provide much needed options for hearing impaired Veterans. According to the Department of...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 27, 2015 | Benefits, Retirement, Veterans
With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, TRICARE beneficiaries may have questions about how it would affect them. The ACA and TRICARE are very different, governed by two different pieces of legislation so changes in one...
