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Tom Philpott: Military Update Archives

July 24, 2008: 'VA Retro Pay' Review Set

July 17, 2008: Recruit Quality Expected To Jump

July 10, 2008: Law To Help Vets Also Slowed Claims

July 03, 2008: GI Bill: VA On How It Impacts You

June 26, 2008: Webb GI Bill Sails To Enactment

June 19, 2008: Disabled Sent Back To War

June 12, 2008: War Casualties Under Reported?

June 05, 2008: Help For Vets in Mortgage Mess

May 29, 2008: Sailors' Agent Orange Win Reversed

May 22, 2008: Senate Approves Post-9/11 GI Bill

May 15, 2008: Better Pay and Benefits for '09

May 08, 2008: 3 Weeks' Extra Leave for New Dads

May 01, 2008: Webb GI Bill Still Rules

April 24, 2008: Commissaries Come to You

April 17, 2008: Bush Backs Bigger GI Bill

April 11, 2008: SECDEF Stung By On-Base Rent

April 10, 2008: Expanding Reserve Early Retirement

April 03, 2008: TSP: A Benefit for Life

March 27, 2008: Retired Pay Differences Rise

March 20, 2008: Military Health Budget Underfunded

March 13, 2008: DoD Reports Pay Gap Closed

March 06, 2008: DoD Sweats Webb GI Bill

February 29, 2008: Whistling Past the Strains Of War

February 21, 2008: Military Voters Engaged

February 15, 2008: Widows Sue Over SBP

February 07, 2008: Higher TRICARE Fees, Better GI Bill

February 01, 2008: Reforms for 'Operational Reserve'

January 24, 2008: Severance Pay Shield Not Retroactive

January 17, 2008: Reservists Sidelined On Retirement

January 10, 2008: Protecting Troops in 'Bonus Limbo'

January 03, 2008: Helping Wounded Gain Injury Pay

December 27, 2007: Higher TRICARE Fees: No Slam Dunk

December 20, 2007: Raising Retiree TRICARE Fees

December 17, 2007: TRICARE for Life Enrollment Fee

December 13, 2007: 2008 'BAH' Rates Set

December 06, 2007: Both Chambers Finalize Defense Act

November 30, 2007: VA Retro Pay: A Deadline Missed

November 21, 2007: Money Tap for Vets Turns On

November 15, 2007: Marine Recruits on Why They Join

November 09, 2007: A Look at Air Force Drawdown

November 02, 2007: Plan To Overhaul Health System Hit

October 26, 2007: Marine Black Recruits Up 40 Percent

October 19, 2007: Disability Pay Upgrade for New Vets

October 18, 2007: Retiree Cola Set

October 12, 2007: DoD to Lose Power to Rate Disabilities

October 05, 2007: Hefty Pay Gains Urged for Disabled Vets

September 28, 2007: Employer-Paid TRICARE Plans to End

September 21, 2007: TRICARE for Any Vet Found 'Unfit'

September 14, 2007: Dole-Shalala: Who's Eligible?

September 06, 2007: 'Defense Health Agency' Unveiled

August 31, 2007: VA Retro Pay: $150 Million and Climbing

August 24, 2007: Better Pay for Combat-Related Disabilities?

August 17, 2007: TRICARE Eyes Fewer 'Prime' Networks

August 10, 2007: Filner-Buyer Feud Shifts to Vet Pay

August 03, 2007: More Officers to be 'Joint Qualified'

July 28, 2007: VA-DoD Disability Reforms

July 21, 2007: Proof America Supports You

July 13, 2007: Bigger Military Raise, Better Benefits Hit

July 06, 2007: Critics of Ex-Spouse Law Turn to Congress

June 29, 2007: Panel Approves VA Care for All Vets

June 22, 2007: Medical Fight Over 'Group 8' Vets

June 15, 2007: War Wounded Underpaid

June 08, 2007: Defense Health Chief Interview

June 01, 2007: 3.5% Raise a Lock for '08?

May 25, 2007: Higher TRICARE Fees Endorsed

May 17, 2007: White House Hits Pay Plans

May 11, 2007: Services Clash Over Joint Bases

May 03, 2007: Military Gets Bigger Pay Raise

April 27, 2007: More Days Off for Repeat War Tours

April 20, 2007: Policy Shift Cut Disability Retirements

April 14, 2007: VA Retro Pay Slowdown

April 06, 2007: Behind Drop in Black Enlistees

March 30, 2007: Medical Budget Cuts Hit

March 22, 2007: More Help for War Wounded

March 15, 2007: General Says 'We Let Them Down'

March 09, 2007: No Help on TRICARE Hikes

March 02, 2007: Widows Fight SBP-DIC Offset

February 23, 2007: First Step in GI Bill Reform

February 16, 2007: $1.9 Billion Retiree Health Fee Hike

February 08, 2007: Retail Rx Use Targeted

February 02, 2007: $ Behind 40-Year Pay Table

January 27, 2007: Mobilizations - Round Two

January 19, 2007: Higher TRICARE Fees Sought

January 12, 2007: Roadside Bomb Responders

January 05, 2007: Firebrand in Vet Panel Chair

December 27, 2006: Sandbox Sailors

December 20, 2006: 2007 BAH Rates

December 16, 2006: Rejected Medical Command

December 08, 2006: What's Behind Drop in Valor Medals?

December 01, 2006: VA 'Retro Pay' Update

November 22, 2006: Army Signs More Dropouts

November 17, 2006: Two Services See Promotion Gains

November 10, 2006: Skelton Vows More Oversight

November 03, 2006: Fully Paid Household Claims

October 27, 2006: No Lump-Sum Disabled Pay

October 20, 2006: Ex-Spouse Law/Retiree Cola

October 13, 2006: Drug Discounts Blocked

October 06, 2006: Star-Rank Retired Pay Jumps

September 29, 2006: Fight Over Reserve MGIB

September 22, 2006: Injury Insurance Surprise

September 15, 2006: VA 'Retro Pay' Begins

September 08, 2006: Unified Medical Command Gains

September 01, 2006: Vets Fight Over Lawyers

August 25, 2006: Health Data Bottleneck

August 18, 2006: Four Months More in Iraq

August 11, 2006: Preserving Commissaries

August 03, 2006: Disabled Retirees' Pay

July 28, 2006: Up-Front Medical Bills

July 21, 2006: Fighting Drug Rebates

July 14, 2006: Retirees Due Back Pay

July 07, 2006: Medical Recruiting Falls

June 30, 2006: Congress Finalizes Pay

June 23, 2006: Heartburn Over Pay Gains

June 16, 2006: Basic Pay Table Redesign

June 09, 2006: End to Promotion Limbo

June 02, 2006: VA Hit for Oversight

May 26, 2006: Ex-Spouse 10-yr Rule Hit

May 19, 2006: Reorganizing Health Care

May 12, 2006: Panels Differ on Pay

May 05, 2006: New Health Plan Voted

April 28, 2006: TRICARE Hikes Blocked

April 21, 2006: Modifying Reserve MGIB

April 14, 2006: Fighting Over TRICARE

April 07, 2006: Patient Access Drops

March 30, 2006: TRICARE Hotly Debated

March 23, 2006: TRICARE Urges Shift

March 17, 2006: TRICARE Fees Run Aground

March 10, 2006: Study to Revamp Reserve

March 03, 2006: New Option for Retiring

February 23, 2006: GI Bill Change Endorsed

February 17, 2006: End to Pay Disparity

February 10, 2006: TRICARE Plan Finalized

February 02, 2006: The End of Paper Claims

January 26, 2006: Vets See Flaws in Shift

January 19, 2006: Tax Relief for Warriors

January 12, 2006: TRICARE 'Extremely Rich'

December 22, 2005: Congress Adds New Tools

December 21, 2005: BAH Set To Increase

December 16, 2005: Health Cost & Retirees

December 08, 2005: TRICARE Fee Increase

December 01, 2005: The Horror of IEDs

November 23, 2005: Military Medicine

November 17, 2005: New Benefits, Missing Funds

November 10, 2005: Rise in Survival Rate

November 03, 2005: Reed's 'Miracle Room'

October 27, 2005: TRICARE Near Cost Crisis?

October 21, 2005: Genetics Issue

October 13, 2005: 3.1% Pay Raise

October 06, 2005: TSP Money

September 29, 2005: PTSD Case Review

September 22, 2005: Coast Guard Saved Thousands

September 15, 2005: Katrina Victims Helped

September 08, 2005: Lottery Tickets on Base

September 01, 2005: Coalition Warns Pay Panel

August 25, 2005: Benefits Won't Come Cheap

August 18, 2005: Vet Stress Might Rise

August 11, 2005: Graham Vows Fight

August 04, 2005: Recruiting Challenge

July 28, 2005: Military is Well Paid

July 21, 2005: Past War's Unpopularity

July 14, 2005: Review of Ex-Spouse Law

July 06, 2005: Death Benefit Sting

June 29, 2005: BRAC to Cut On-Base Inpatients 6%

June 22, 2005: Retirement Changes

June 15, 2005: Increase TRICARE Fees?

June 08, 2005: Military Pay Shifts Studied

June 01, 2005: Initiatives for Severely Wounded

May 26, 2005: House Sets 3.1% Raise

May 19, 2005: TRICARE Reserve Select

May 12, 2005: Rise in Veterans Rated 'Unemployable'

May 05, 2005: This BRAC Round Could Spark Smaller Retiree Migration

April 30, 2005: Smoking Survey

April 28, 2005: Career 'Revolution'

April 21, 2005: Smokers and Washouts

April 14, 2005: Death Benefits, Guard Bonus

April 08, 2005: TRICARE Reserve Upgrade?

April 01, 2005: Drugs Targeted for Higher Co-Pays



Tom Philpott: Military Forum Archives

 
About Tom Philpott

Tom Philpott has been breaking news for and about military people since 1977. After service in the Coast Guard, and 17 years as a reporter and senior editor with Army Times Publishing Company, Tom launched "Military Update," his syndicated weekly news column, in 1994. "Military Update" features timely news and analysis on issues affecting active duty members, reservists, retirees and their families. Tom also edits a reader reaction column, "Military Forum." The online "home" for both features is Military.com.

Tom's freelance articles have appeared in numerous magazines including The New Yorker, Reader's Digest and Washingtonian. His critically-acclaimed book, Glory Denied, on the extraordinary ordeal and heroism of Col. Floyd "Jim" Thompson, the longest-held prisoner of war in American history, is available in hardcover and paperback.

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