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Army Family Team Building Photography Contest
As an integral part of the Community and Family Support Center, the Army Family Team Building Division is sponsoring a photography contest in honor of Army Family Team Building Day. Additionally, this effort will help establish a collection of photographs that depict our way of life for other AFTB marketing initiatives. The deadline for submission of contest entries is November 1, 1999. The winners will be announced on or about November 15, 1999. All eligible patrons (AR 215-1) of the Active Army, Army National Guard and U. S. Army Reserve (soldiers, family members, civilians, retirees) are eligible to enter.
Contest Rules Entry Form (.htm) Entry Form (.doc)
The U.S. Army Reserve Regional Family Program Academies (FPAs) will continue to be busy in 1999, again offering a full slate of training courses at key locations across the united States.
Information for TPU soldiers on the news dental insurance program (the TRICARE Selected Reserve Dental Insurance Program) is available from Humana Military Healthcare Services.
Maintaining a current and
accurate personnel file is an individual soldier's responsibility and should be taken
very seriously. Outbriefs from recent DA Selection Boards reveal that many files
contain errors and/or had missing or out-dated photos.
Veterans' Education Assistance Program (VEAP)
can Convert to Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB). The Veterans' Benefit Improvement Act,
enacted 9 Oct 96, allows all active duty soldiers with a balance in their VEAP accounts on
that date the opportunity to enroll in the MGIB.
You can take DANTES Subject Standardized Tests
(DSSTs) or the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams FREE if you are the spouse
of an Army Reserve soldier.
The waiving of the
annual deductible for the Civilian Health and Medical Program (CHAMPUS) was continued
for Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who are deployed in support of Operation
JOINT GUARD for more than 31 days. Additionally, in those areas where TRICARE (the
Department of Defense triple-option health care program) is in full operation, Reserve
Component soldiers called to active duty for 179 days or more will continue to have the
option of enrolling their families in TRICARE PRIME.
Operation READY is a
training and information resource which was developed after the Persian Gulf War from
lessons learned in deployment.
For tax information
concerning the extension of Combat Zone tax benefits to soldiers away from home
station and those deployed in support of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR/GUARD/FORGE and other
operations.
Historical Publications
concerning the Army Reserve are available for order by e-mail. The Command Historian
Office has and will continue to produce publications dealing with the history of the USAR
and the USARC. For those interested in the history of the USAR and USARC, we have
listed below the publications available to date.
For Operation JOINT
ENDEAVOR/JOINT GUARD, the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) organization is
prepared to intercede for members who are experiencing problems such as loss of credit in
a schooling program due to the call-up.
Dependents of Deceased
"Gray Area" Retirees Gain Medical Benefits. A change in law makes
dependents of a deceased "gray area" retiree eligible for medical benefits, even
if the retiree did not elect the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP). Eligibility begins on
the date when the retiree would have turned age 60.
Active Duty for Training (ADT) Tours Available. The U.S.
Army Reserve Command is looking for sharp young soldiers (E4 and below) to represent the
Army Reserve on 18 month long Active Duty for Training (ADT) tours with the 4th
Infantry Division (Mechanized), at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Revised: October 6, 1999