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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
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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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