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Forum Hot Topic: Virtual Posts

Posted at 07:11 PM on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by post7611

Thanks to your support the VFW WebCOM Network Membership Forum now has 10382 Posts in 3099 Topics by 1604 Members!

The hot topic as of late has been the discussion around the pros/cons of establishing a
"Virtual Post" as a means of connecting with younger Veterans. Stop by and share your
 thoughts:

http://www.vfwwebcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3260.0.html

Also the VFW WebCOM Network has established a Facebook page. Drop in a "Fan" us up.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/VFW-WebCOM-Network/25570084434

October Survey

Posted at 08:29 AM on Monday, October 6, 2008 by post7611

The American Veteran - October Edition

Posted at 12:09 PM on Sunday, October 5, 2008 by post7611

(via The Pentagon Channel)

TRICARE Reserve and Guard Family Benefit Now Permanent

Posted at 12:04 AM on Sunday, October 5, 2008 by post7611

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Eligible families of activated National Guard and Reserve members will continue to save up to $300 in annual deductibles now that a TRICARE "demonstration" program is a permanent benefit.
 
Eligible family members of Guard and Reserve personnel activated for more than 30 days under federal orders in support of a contingency operation are made eligible for TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra, which have annual deductibles.  While they may be eligible to enroll into TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty Family Members, which have no deductibles, many may choose to stay with TRICARE Standard or Extra.
 
Introduced as one of the first TRICARE healthcare enhancements after Sept. 11, 2001 to assist the increasing number of National Guard and Reserve service members activated to support the Global War on Terrorism, the benefit waiving annual deductibles has been a demonstration project for over seven years.
 
"The demonstration has worked well and the benefit is not changing," said the Deputy Director of TRICARE Management Activity, Maj. Gen. Elder Granger. "We simply want to make sure our Guard and Reserve families know this is a permanent benefit now that final federal regulation has been published."

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2008 Veterans Day Teacher Resource Guide

Posted at 07:04 PM on Friday, October 3, 2008 by post7611

The 2008 Veterans Day Teacher Resource Guide is now online. Parents and educators can download the guide as a PDF file from the VA Web site:

The guide includes: suggested activities for Veterans Day (such as a school assembly, musical performance, or flag-raising ceremony); information on how to contact veterans service organizations and staff at VA medical centers, benefits offices, and National Cemeteries; information for older students including handouts on the origins of Veterans Day, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, statistics on America’s wars, and scholarships; and subjects for younger students such as a Veterans Day maze and coloring pages. The guide, along with a Veterans Day poster, is being distributed on CD-ROM to principals at 118,000 schools nationwide. America’s veterans have shaped our history. Let’s share their example of courage and sacrifice with future generations.

Click on image to download .pdf file.

Source: VFW WebCOM Membership Forum

NEW LAW HELPS TROOPS AVOID UNFAIR CELL PHONE FEES

Posted at 05:30 PM on Friday, October 3, 2008 by post7611

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that Congress has passed legislation based on a provision he authored allowing servicemembers deployed overseas to terminate cell phone contracts free of penalties. Feingold introduced the Servicemembers’ Cellular Phone Contract Fairness Act in 2006 after learning Wisconsin servicemembers were being forced to pay early termination fees or pay for a service they could not use when they were transferred overseas. The Feingold measure, which passed as part of the Veterans’ Benefits Enhancement Act, will expand the rights servicemembers already have to terminate similar contracts like residential and automobile leases without penalty. The measure now heads to the President for his signature.

VA News - Week of September 29, 2008

Posted at 10:08 AM on Thursday, October 2, 2008 by post7611

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