Tricare is undergoing huge changes right now. It’s transitioning from three regions to two, and Tricare Standard and Tricare Extra will merge into one plan, Tricare Select, all by Jan. 1.
In the face of so much disruption, it is absolutely crucial that military health officials, and the companies that provide services to millions of military beneficiaries, get things right. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case.
Humana Military, the contractor that will administer the new Tricare East region, acknowledges it “mistakenly” sent a letter Nov. 28 to military retirees demanding bank account or credit card information and threatened an “interruption” in benefits if they did not provide it.
But these retirees already pay for their benefit by having the Defense Finance and Accounting Service take payments directly from their retirement checks.
A Humana spokesman apologized and said the mistake is being corrected.
Such incidents cause unnecessary heartburn, but they also damage beneficiaries’ trust in institutions that have important financial information and provide critical services. They cannot reoccur.
The crew of the Research Vessel Petrel, led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is on a roll.
The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
The other services should pay attention.
The daggers flew this weekend when a disparaging military rant by a California high school teacher went viral.
A technical sergeant from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada came under fire recently after she shared a racially-charged, expletive-laced rant to Facebook.
The VA currently does not offer the procedure or counseling to patients seeking to get an abortion.
Biden announced the permanent basing of a U.S. military garrison in Poland. He also said the U.S. is sending two additional F-35 fighter jet squadrons to the U.K. and more air defense and other capabilities to Germany and Italy.
Military hospitals performed fewer than 100 abortions between 2016 and 2021.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held nonaligned status and apply to join NATO. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had blocked the move, insisting the Nordic pair change their stance on Kurdish rebel groups that Turkey considers terrorists.
The ship is named after Medal of Honor recipient Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley.
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