TREA: The Enlisted Association Blog

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • House Passes Blue Water Navy Bill • Commissaries in the News - Again • Report on Water Contamination at 126 CONUS Military Installations is Out • Congress Works on Defense Funding Bill TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update House Passes Blue Water Navy Bill On Monday of this week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which would partially restore the presumption... Read More

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • Senate Passes FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act • VA IG in Fight With VA Leadership Over Whistleblower Records • TREA Urges Support for 'Complete the MISSION' Amendment • Burn Pits Get a Hearing in Congress • Want to Put Your Uniform Back On? This May Be Your Chance TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update Senate Passes FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act On Monday of this week... Read More

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • Consider Helping the Families of the Fallen This Memorial Day • Troops In Line For Biggest Pay Raise Since 2010 • Senate Passes VA MISSION Act • Over 4,000 Soldiers Just Lost Their BAH • VA Updates Disability Rating Schedule to Better Align with Modern Medicine • Veterans Identification Card Fact Sheet • Veteran ID Card Application Process TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update Consider Helping the Families... Read More

April 18, 2018 Inside this issue TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • TREA: The Enlisted Association Supports Bill to Help Service Members and their Families with Taxes • DoD Once Again Seeks to Make Retirees Pay More • Two Categories of Veterans Not Eligible for New Veterans' ID Card • Maryland Man Convicted of Bribing VA Official • Legislation to Revamp DFAS Introduced in the House TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update TREA: The... Read More

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • President Donald J. Trump Proclaims April 9, 2018, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day • VA Failed to Perform Background Checks for Thousands of Medical Providers • Update About FEDVIP (Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program) for TRICARE Beneficiaries • Two Scams Aimed at Veterans Targeted by U.S. Postal Inspection Service • VA Helps Thousands of Older Veterans Find Alternatives to Potentially Risky Medications TREA:... Read More

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • March 29th is National Vietnam War Veterans Day • Commissaries to Honor Living Vietnam Veterans • The Survival Benefit Plan - (SBP) and Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Offset- The Situation Now • Shock Headline: ZERO Percent of Schools Follow DOD Tuition Assistance Rules TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update March 29th is National Vietnam War Veterans Day Across the Nation, Americans are uniting to thank and honor Vietnam... Read More

TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update • TREA Meets with Head of Commissary Agency • Risks to the GI Bill Come From Education Committees • VA Secretary Shulkin Twists in the Wind • Are The New VA Employee Accountability Measures Being Abused? TREA: The Enlisted Association's Washington Update TREA Meets with Head of Commissary Agency In 2011 the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to combine all base exchanges and commissary operations everywhere into one for-profit... Read More