http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/us/28finn.html?src=me
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Here is the application for the Mekenna Room volunteer
Click here:
Mekenna Room Application
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Check out these pictures from MOH recipients John Finn and Francis Curry's visit to the Slater at
FINN and CURRY
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Here are some updated links to some good web sites, Thanks John!
Space-A Topics-Pepperd.com
http://www.pepperd.com/cgi-bin/spacea/discus.cgi
Space-A FAQ
Space-A Sign Up
Captain John McKenna Military Courtesy Room
http://www.jmckennamilitarycourtesyroom.org
NSU Saratoga Commissary
NSU Saratoga MWR
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Saratoga/MWR/index.htm
Fleet Reserve Association
Watervliet Arsenal Retirement Services Office
To locate the nearest ID card facility visit the Defense Manpower Data Center web site at http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl
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Anyone interested in the annual trip to visit the USS Constitution, contact Charlie Mach at;
cmach@nycap.rr.com, check out the pics Senior sent in on the About Us/ Pics page.
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ALCON,
Please share this with anyone who's had active duty service prior to January 2002 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it boils down to this: You qualify for a higher social security payment because of your military service, for active duty any time from 1940 through 2001 (the program was done away with in January 2002). Up to $1200 per year of earnings credit credited at time of application - which can make a substantial difference in social security monthly payments upon your retirement. You must bring your DD-214 to the Social Security Office - and you must ask for this benefit to receive it! Soc Sec website:
http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/military.htm
<http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/military.htm
This is something to put in your files for when you apply for Social Security down the road. It is NOT just for retirees, BUT anyone who has served on active duty prior to January 2002. FYI - this benefit is not automatic, you must ask for it!
Effective Jan. 1, 2009, TRICARE will reduce the rates for TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS). Monthly premiums for TRS individual coverage will drop 44 percent from $81 to $47.51, and TRS family coverage will drop 29 percent from $253 to $180. TRS is a premium-based health plan for National Guard and Reserve personnel available for purchase by members of the Selected Reserve who are not eligible for or enrolled in Federal Employee Health Benefit plans. Read the full article on Military.com.
Here are a few links that may be helpful;
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Every thought about Space "A" travel? Here are a few links that may help, thanks John.
Space "A"
DOD Lodging
Armed Forces Rec Centers
Coast Guard lodging
Here's an interesting note about space "A" that I didn't know about, Straton AFB in Scotia has flights. This is a copied text that John handed me;
The NYANG Airlift Wing at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia, NY has a new Space "A" flight information phone line at 518-344-2310, option 3
The space A travel office has a representative available Monday through Friday from 0700 to 1130 and 1230 to 1530
POC: Msgt McCauley 518-244-2343
Go to this web site for all the info;
website: http://www.109aw.ang.af.mil/
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