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Tom Philpott: Military Update Archives
February 02, 2012: DoD Budget Targets Retiree TRICARE
January 26, 2012: VA Sees 'Paperless' Claims as Critical to Ending Backlog
January 19, 2012: Vets Asked Apply for Disability Review
January 12, 2012: Non-Citizen Recruits Less Likely to Wash Out
January 05, 2012: Housing Crisis Forces Families Apart
December 29, 2011: Lawmakers Waste Billions Fumbling 'Doc-Rate Fix'
December 22, 2011: Iraq Drawdown Ends Benefits Boom
December 15, 2011: BAH to Increase for Most in 2012
December 08, 2011: Guard May Earn Seat on JCS
December 03, 2011: VA Staff Shortages Still Impacting Care
November 24, 2011: Gays Seek Benefit Equality
November 17, 2011: Military of Two Minds Over 'Super Committee' Success
November 10, 2011: Divisive Congress Passes VOW Act
November 03, 2011: Debt Panel: 'Chain' COLA; 'TRICARE Prime' Cut Offered
November 03, 2011: Targeting 'Prime' Retirees
October 28, 2011: Retirement Overhaul Plan Blasted
October 20, 2011: Military Update: TRICARE Fees, Retiree COLA
October 06, 2011: Commissary Boss: Critics Overlook the Efficiencies
September 30, 2011: 'Invisible Injuries' of War
September 23, 2011: TRICARE Fee Hikes in New Debt Deal
September 15, 2011: Congressmen Wrangle Over Vet Job Issues
September 09, 2011: Vets Face Hearing Loss Epidemic
September 02, 2011: $250M to Repair On-Base Public Schools
August 25, 2011: Protecting Commissaries from Budget Cuts
August 18, 2011: Don't Fear Scary Retirement Headlines
August 11, 2011: 84,000 New Agent Orange Claims Paid
August 05, 2011: TRICARE Providers May Get Hard to Find
July 28, 2011: Wartime Cuts a Tough Sell
July 21, 2011: Debt Plan Would Tamp Down COLA
July 15, 2011: Base Shoppers Seen Dodging Cost of Lejeune Vet Care
July 10, 2011: GI Bill Pay Delay Threat Eases
June 30, 2011: Commissary Savings at Risk to Help Ill Lejeune Vets
June 23, 2011: New TRICARE Fees, End to Combat Pay 'Windfalls' Voted
June 16, 2011: Services Split Over Push for Unified Medical Command
June 09, 2011: New 'Unfunded' Bennies Can Hurt Vets
June 02, 2011: Gates Tosses Military Pay, Benefits into Risk Pool
May 26, 2011: Ill Reservists Blame Post-War 'Spray Bird' Missions
May 19, 2011: Steps Eyed to Improve 'BAH'
May 12, 2011: Panel Votes 'Sensible' TRICARE Hike, 'Widows' Tax' Cut
May 05, 2011: Fiscal Crisis Dims Personnel Inititatives
April 28, 2011: TRICARE Young Adult Begins
April 21, 2011: No 'Silver Bullet' to Stop IED Attacks
April 14, 2011: Raising Support for Military Families
April 07, 2011: VA Care End Eyed for 1.3 Million Vets
March 31, 2011: Disability Evaluation Reforms Seen Falling Short
March 24, 2011: Lawmaker Hits Medical Contract
March 17, 2011: Surprise Appointment Intrudes on TRICARE Debate
March 10, 2011: VA Told to Re-shape Caregiver Rules
March 03, 2011: Budget Delays Wasting Billions
February 24, 2011: TRICARE Fees Divide Mil Groups
February 17, 2011: Mild TRICARE Hike, No New 'CR'
February 10, 2011: Cell Regeneration for Burned Warriors
February 02, 2011: Gay Numbers Won't Be Tracked
January 27, 2011: Care Seen Rising Under 'Medical Home' Concept
January 20, 2011: Wilson: Prepare for Tighter Budgets, Force Drawdown
January 13, 2011: 'TRICARE Young Adult' Won't Come Cheap
January 06, 2011: VA: Let's See Where Dollars Went
December 30, 2010: GI Bill Reform Trade-Offs
December 22, 2010: Korea Tensions Don't Weaken 'Family Tour' Support
December 15, 2010: 2011 BAH: Rate Protection Stops Pay Drop for Many
December 09, 2010: Pay Raise: 1.4% Assured; 1.9% Unlikely
December 02, 2010: Gay Benefit Rules Drafted
November 25, 2010: Caring for Veterans Historically
November 18, 2010: New Panel Targets Retirement and TRICARE
November 11, 2010: Debt Panel Eyes TRICARE Hikes, Pay Freeze
November 04, 2010: Paying New AO Claims Complex
October 28, 2010: Top Doc's Focus is Troop Health, Not Higher Fees
October 21, 2010: Military Financially Savvier Than Civilians
October 14, 2010: Recruiting at 'All-Time Highs'
October 07, 2010: Many Vets to be Helped by Benefits Act
September 30, 2010: Hearing Exposes Flaws in AO Law, Studies
September 23, 2010: Services Stung by Surprise Pop in Retirement Costs
September 16, 2010: GI Bill Transfers: Do Too Many Families Qualify?
September 09, 2010: 90,000 'Stop-Loss' Vets Due Money
September 02, 2010: With New 'AO' Rule Out, VA Readies Payments
August 26, 2010: Quality-of-Life Raise for Disabled Vets Fades
August 19, 2010: GI Bill Reforms Gain Ground
August 12, 2010: Higher TRICARE Premiums on Gates' Cost-Cut Agenda
August 05, 2010: Court Orders VA to Publish Final AO Rule
August 05, 2010: Advisory Panels Say Military Benefits Unsustainable
July 29, 2010: 60-Day Countdown Nears for Paying New 'AO' Claims
July 22, 2010: Witnesses Rally Round Post-9/11 GI Bill Reforms
July 15, 2010: Shinseki Removes Key Hurdle for Traumatized Vets
July 08, 2010: Debt Panel Told to Leave Benefits Alone
July 01, 2010: Commissaries See $100 Million at Risk
June 24, 2010: Working Retirees Win TRICARE Option
June 17, 2010: September Agent Orange Hearing Set
June 10, 2010: Shinseki Stopped Hearing on AO Decision
June 03, 2010: Webb: Delay AO Claims, Stop Bigger Raises
May 27, 2010: Government Helps Strapped Military Homeowners
May 20, 2010: Study to Fine-Tune Pay After Nine Years of War
May 13, 2010: House Proposes 1.9% Pay Increase for 2011
May 06, 2010: Era of Big Military Pay Raises Ending?
April 29, 2010: 'Resilient' Military Kids React to Stress Study
April 22, 2010: Congress Votes Help for Vet Caregivers, Women Vets
April 15, 2010: Hill Protects TRICARE
April 08, 2010: SBP-DIC Offset's 'Ludicrous' Remarriage Rule
April 01, 2010: Agent Orange Retro Claims Allowed
March 25, 2010: Health Reform 'Threat' to TRICARE Fading
March 18, 2010: Re-look Board Needs Many More Docs
March 11, 2010: Webb Grabs Reins of Personnel Panel
March 05, 2010: Vets Urged to File 'AO' Claims Now
February 25, 2010: Many Vets Still Unaware of Benefits
February 18, 2010: Combined Pay and Personnel Plan Nixed
February 11, 2010: Retirees Urged to Use "Home Delivery" Drug Plan
February 04, 2010: New Budget: Pay, TRICARE, Concurrent Receipt
January 28, 2010: PTSD Vets Win Retirement Deal
January 21, 2010: No TRICARE Contractor Changes This Year
January 14, 2010: National Health Reform and the Military
January 07, 2010: Those Due 'Stop-Loss' Pay Must Apply
December 31, 2009: Costly Agent Orange-Heart Disease Link Looms
December 24, 2009: Obama Orders New Military Pay Study
December 16, 2009: Housing Rates to Stay Flat for Many
December 10, 2009: Children Stressed By Multiple War Deployments
December 03, 2009: Technology Blocks Some GI Bill Payments
November 25, 2009: Vets Shielded From Health Care Reform
November 19, 2009: Problems Surface in Aetna Tricare Deal
November 12, 2009: Old Vets Scorched By Strain of New Wars
November 05, 2009: Lawmaker Holds on Vets' Caregiver Bill
October 29, 2009: Too Many Retirees Turn Down SBP
October 22, 2009: Weak Economy Draws Middle-Class Recruits
October 15, 2009: VA, Congress Share Blame for GI Bill Payment Delays
October 08, 2009: New TRICARE Fees, 'CR' Plan, Blocked
October 01, 2009: Small Inpatient Fee Hike Is 21 Percent
September 24, 2009: JCF Chief: It's Time Women Served On Subs
September 17, 2009: Wounded, Families Need 'Community' Help
September 10, 2009: Tussle Over New Disability Review Board
September 03, 2009: Troop Support No Echo of Vietnam
August 27, 2009: No Retiree COLA; Widows Win SBP Case
August 20, 2009: Forced To Move To Stay In TRICARE Prime
August 13, 2009: Protests Delay New TRICARE Contracts
August 05, 2009: Obama: Health Plan Won't Hurt Vet Care
July 30, 2009: VA Passes On Lost Quality-Of- Life Pay
July 23, 2009: Vote to End SBP-DIC Offset Unfunded
July 16, 2009: New TRICARE Contractors for Millions
July 10, 2009: Many Guardsmen Left Out Of New GI Bill
July 02, 2009: What Defense Bill Can and Can't Do
June 25, 2009: GI Bill Transfers, Quirks and All
June 18, 2009: House Panel Okays Pay Raise
June 11, 2009: Many Colleges Pass On GI Bill 'Ribbon'
June 04, 2009: Case for Better Reserve Benefits
May 28, 2009: Error Left 39,000 Out Of 'VA Retro Pay'
May 21, 2009: Obama: Hike Pay For 100k Disabled Retirees
May 14, 2009: Key Vet Programs Advance
May 07, 2009: More Disabled To Keep Severance Pay
April 30, 2009: DoD Defines New GI Bill Transfer Rules
April 23, 2009: New E-Record Linked With Access to Care
April 16, 2009: Gates: Retiree TRICARE Fees Should Rise
April 09, 2009: DC Area: Military Medicine's Test Bed
April 02, 2009: House Votes More Widows' Pay
March 26, 2009: Docs: Let Us In On Records Reform
March 19, 2009: Obama Drops Vet Insurance Plan
March 12, 2009: VA Budget: Praise and a Warning
March 05, 2009: Reserve Chiefs Say Improve Retirement
February 26, 2009: New Disability Board Disappoints
February 19, 2009: Redux Bonus Repeal Sought
February 12, 2009: Credit Unions Fight 'Bailout Tax'
February 05, 2009: Shinseki Vows Action to Speed Claims
January 29, 2009: Mullen: Fiscal Crisis Is Security Threat
January 22, 2009: Fiscal Crisis Wrinkles New GI Bill's 'Yellow Ribbon'
January 15, 2009: Reservists Live Longer than Active Duty
January 08, 2009: With Shrug at CBO, VA Enrollment Expands
December 31, 2008: Vets Eyed For Health Cost Cuts
December 23, 2008: TRICARE Deputy Gives MHS Average Grades
December 16, 2008: Most Locations to See BAH Bump in '09
December 11, 2008: Disability Reforms Bring Faster Pay
December 04, 2008: Pay and Benefit 'Stocking Stuffers'
November 26, 2008: DoD, VA Enact Health Record Sharing
November 20, 2008: Vice Chair Criticizes Dream Machines
November 13, 2008: DoD Rethinks 'Personality Disorder' Separations
November 06, 2008: Last Crewman Returns After 64 Years
October 30, 2008: Bonus Reform To Begin With Docs
October 23, 2008: New GI Bill To Start On Time
October 16, 2008: Stock Drops Hit Military Investors
October 09, 2008: Closing Language Skills Gap
October 02, 2008: Lifelong 'FRC' For Severely Wounded
September 25, 2008: New Defense Bill Pros and Cons
September 18, 2008: Spending Bill Drops Military Amendments
September 11, 2008: Repeal Of Widows' Offset Voted
September 04, 2008: Survivor Benefits Still Misunderstood
August 28, 2008: TRICARE Retail Drug Costs Drop
August 21, 2008: VA Health Budget Reform Sought
August 14, 2008: Redux Bonus: Bad Deal Gets Worse
August 07, 2008: Report Calls for Higher TRICARE Fees
July 31, 2008: Bill to Expedite Disability Payments
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 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
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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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