Monthly premiums for drilling reserve personnel enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select will drop by 44 percent for individual coverage and by 29 percent for families on Jan. 1. TRS premiums for individuals will fall to $47.51 a month, down from $81. Family coverage will be $180.17 instead of $253….More

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Veteran’s Voter Registration Bill Passes House
Hundreds of thousands of veterans would have widespread and direct access to voter registration services through Department of Veterans Affairs offices if the Veterans Voting Support Act passes More
Deal of the Week: $20 off a weekly rental with Avis
Get $20 off a weekly rental when you use coupon MUCA044. Provide [...]

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Exercises for Disabled Vets
Stew Smith has written an article focused on helping disabled veterans and amputees keep in shape. More
Deal of the Week: 20% OFF Suits
JOS. A. Bank is offering all Military.com members 20% OFF Regular Price of Anything In-Stock. More
Veteran GI Bill Users Guide
The GI Bill is currently worth up to $39,636. This [...]

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The Army National Guard and the Department of the Army signed a memorandum of agreement on February 11th which is likely to result in $107 million for dental treatment for all Soldiers who are non-deployable due to dental issues. Currently, only Soldiers whose units have been alerted for mobilization are funded for dental treatment.
55 percent of all [...]

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Nation should ease the plight of America’s scarred warriors
Three trillion dollars - a controversial number expected by one prominent economist to be the low side of the real cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - is a statistic.
One troubled veteran of those wars - such as the one who looked out at us from [...]

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Combat-related Injury and Rehabilitation Pay (CIP) is special compensation paid to servicemembers during rehabilitation from wounds, injuries, and illness incurred in a combat operation or combat zone. CIP provides eligible servicemembers the opportunity to adjust to the future reduction of pay they were getting in the combat zone prior to being evacuated for medical treatment.
CIP [...]

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Battlemind is a term used to describe combat readiness.
The first Battlemind product was a mental health post-deployment briefing. It quickly became a training system supporting Soldiers and families across the seven phases of the deployment cycle.
The Battlemind system includes separate pre-deployment training modules for Soldiers, unit leaders, health-care providers and spouses. Psychological debriefings are given in [...]

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Topics in this Week’s News Include:
1. HEART Act Passes Senate with New Provisions: As previously reported in the Government and You E-News, NMFA has been closely following H.R. 3997, The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2007. The bill unanimously passed the House in November. <<more>>
2. Visual Disturbances Related to TBI a [...]

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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 17, 2007) — When Soldiers are evacuated from a combat zone due to a combat-related injury, they no longer need to wait 30 days to begin receiving their Combat-Related Injury Rehabilitation Pay.
Now, CIP kicks in immediately, ensuring troops continue to receive an additional $430 dollars a month, even while they [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate today authorized three more years of Veterans Affairs health care for Iraq and Afghanistan troops after they’ve been discharged.
The $696 billion defense policy bill contains several benefits for troops and their families as well as funding for military weapons and projects developed or produced in Texas. The House approved the [...]

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