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Orders to Nowhere: The Book!
Coming soon! The launch date is expected by be no later than November 10th, but hopefully sooner. I’ll post a note as soon as it goes live. Written over the two years of navigating the often...
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Here it comes: the big drawdown
It seems that every day brings news about the future of the military, and today was certainly no exception. The Army, according to a Thomas Ricks’ post in Foreign Policy, is about to start separating...
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What’s next for military pay and benefits?
My last post was about the impending — and expected — drawdown of the military. The United States is following the path of many other western nations as they shed soldiers and sailors in an effort to...
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It’s here! Orders to Nowhere is now a book!
It’s finally here! The first edition of Orders to Nowhere is available in print. It will be six to eight weeks before it shows up in bookstores, and a week or so before it hits Amazon.com. If you...
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Military retirement benefits and budget cuts
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced this past weekend that the service chiefs have agreed to a plan that would reign in the unprecedented expansion in servicemember’s benefits. Not...
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Good news for Guard and reserve members about retirement
Here is a good news story about Guard and reserve retirement from the Army Times: Senators take new crack at expanding reserve retirement credit Good stuff. Not all the news about military pay and...
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Great information about military health care benefits at transition
This is a repost from Jim Carman’s great synopsis of military health care availability for those going through transition (originally posted on the MOAA Linkedin group page): Jim Carman Career and...
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A truly insightful look into the 1st, 2d, and 3d order effects of breaking...
This is a repost of Tony Carr’s exceptional piece on the effects, both intended and unintended, of breaking the nation’s commitment to its military retirees. The implications of changing the COLA for...
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A Perspective on the VA
As a veteran, I have been observing the ongoing events at the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than a passing interest. Secret lists, overwhelmed medical facilities, a seemingly impenetrable...
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MedTech and BioTech Veterans Program (MVP) and Cyberonics Announce Veteran...
Continuing the successful series of nationwide recareering workshops, the MedTech and BioTech Veterans Program (www.mvpvets.org) is announcing the seventh Veteran and Transitioning Military...
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