TREA: The Enlisted Association Blog

TREA Members, Today is National PTSD Awareness Day, a day we also mark to spread the word about self-screening at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Taking a self-screen can be a good way to start a conversation with your healthcare provider.You can print your results to share with a provider to help them decide whether you should be assessed for PTSD or other conditions. Take the Self-Screen If you think you might have PTSD,... Read More

TREA Members, After months of advocacy, we are proud to report that President Joe Biden signed into law the TREA backed Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2023 ! The bipartisan legislation will increase compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and military survivors under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The COLA Act will also increase certain VA benefits including disability compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children... Read More

TREA Members, After months of advocacy, we are proud to report that President Joe Biden signed into law the TREA backed Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2023 ! The bipartisan legislation will increase compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and military survivors under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The COLA Act will also increase certain VA benefits including disability compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children... Read More

TREA is an active member of The Military Coalition (TMC) and has signed numerous Letters of Support over tha past years. Here is a list of those letters, from 2019 through May 2023. Working together makes us stronger! 2023 May 8, 2023 TMC statement for the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel regarding priorities for the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). April 3, 2023 TMC letter... Read More

TREA Members, On April 14, 2023, Representative Hillary Scholten (Mich.) and Delegate Jennifer González-Colón (PR) introduced the “Pay our Coast Guard Parity Act” (H.R. 2693) a bipartisan bill aimed at ensuring that the U.S. Coast Guard is compensated for their work performed during government shutdowns. In early 2019, the Coast Guard was the only branch of the military that was not compensated while on duty during the government shutdown, which lasted over a month. This... Read More

TREA Members, The Major Richard Star Act (S.344/H.R.1282) was re-introduced in the 118th Congress on February 9, 2023. If passed, the bill would support more than 50,300 combat-injured veterans with concurrent receipt of vested retired pay and VA disability. Currently, these combat-injured (and often seriously disabled) veterans are subject to a “cost-saving” offset where their retirement pay is reduced for every dollar of VA disability received. Retired pay is paid by DoD for completed years... Read More

TREA Members, We hope you had a wonderful weekend in honor of our nation's heroes. In observance of Veterans Day 2022, we are proud to share with you that TREA's National President Deb Oelschig, 1st Vice President Walt Coley, and members of our Executive Staff attended events at The White House, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, and on Capitol Hill last week. TREA was especially honored to lay a wreath at the Tomb of... Read More