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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 09:51 AM
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The 'Fuck a Vet' program is going very nicely, thank you.....
Gray-area reservists’ Tricare wait
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jul 17, 2010 9:51:58 EDT

The promise of Tricare health benefits for so-called “gray area” reserve retirees remains illusive, with signs the Defense Department won’t keep a promised Oct. 1 start date.

Aimed at National Guard and reserve component members who have earned retirement benefits but are not yet eligible for health care or retired pay because they have not reached retirement age, the Tricare Retired Reserve Program was authorized by Congress last October.

Once implemented, retirees will be allowed to sign up for Tricare Standard health insurance benefits, either individual or family coverage. Premiums for coverage, not yet announced, would not be subsidized by the government, making this program unlike other Tricare benefits.

Defense and Tricare officials have been telling reservists and Congress that they expected retired reserve enrollments to begin about Oct. 1, but that date is now in doubt, said retired Navy Capt. Marshall Hanson, legislative director for Reserve Officers Association.

By Hanson’s estimate, the new benefit may not be implemented until February or March.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 10:08 AM
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1. Kick to the pants of the corporate greedheads who've hijacked America.
Rec for the heroes who've kept us free.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 10:11 AM
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2. Actually, I thought this was about a female patient of mine..
she loves the 'uniform'.
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 10:45 AM
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3. shock.
the opinion of these guys is use 'em then fuck-em.I'm getting more pissed off by the day.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 10:47 AM
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4. Me too, Sister, me too. n/t
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 11:27 AM
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5. I saw the subject line and thought this was a program to bestow
sexual favors on ex-servicemembers or people with D.V.M. degrees.
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 12:07 PM
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7. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill...
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 02:34 PM
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9. I looked at your profile, I was hoping you were a D.V.M. I have
some questions about our cat....
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 02:35 PM
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10. Yeah, sorry; I'm the used-to-blow-things-up kind of vet
And I'm allergic to cats.

Hmm... what do DVMs do if they are allergic to animals?
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 04:45 PM
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12. Change their major? n/t
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 03:27 PM
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11. I've heard of a group that does something like that...
Geared more toward active military personnel though.

Hey, support the troops!
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 12:07 PM
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6. IIRC unsubsidized Tricare would be wicked expensive
Proving, once again, that Guard and Reserve component members are the tampons of the military :mad:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-17-10 12:23 PM
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8. As an aside..."illusive"? Army Times editor fail.
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