This latest QDR continues the trend of the last 15 years. It is a wartime QDR, prepared by a Department that is focused – understandably and appropria...

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Now may be the best time to join us in the fight to safeguard Navy and Navy Reserve capabilities and focus Congress on the earned benefits and equipme...

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Updates on 2010 War Supplemental, NDAA, TRICARE Reserve Retiree Program, Guard and Reserve Early Retirement Issues, PTSD Claims and more in this AUSN Legislative Update.

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Amid a rising tide of suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, lawmakers are increasingly concerned that the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have failed to do enough to prevent such deaths.

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Action request on implementation plan and date for TRICARE Standard for Gray Area Retirees.

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The fiscal 2010 supplemental appropriations bill including money for military action in Iraq and Afghanistan is likely to remain stuck in a Senate logjam for weeks, a senior Senate appropriator said Tuesday.

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Agent Orange: Navy Ships that Qualify for Presumptive Exposure The Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pension Service has issued 2 lists...

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Mister Chairman and distinguished members of the Committee, the Association of the United States Navy is very grateful to have the opportunity to submit testimony for the record on HR 3787, to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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AUSN Testifies on the Hill RADM Coane testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee – Subcommittee on Defense (SAC-D) last week on increasing ...

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On behalf of Navy Equipment and Navy Reserve Equipment….
“Our current maritime strategy & requirements – requires that our nation must achieve the 313+ Navy Ships, not decrease them, and there should be a balance between personnel end-strengths and equipment.”

• Fund the 9 Navy Ships provided for in the House FY 2011 NDAA.
• Increase Navy Reserve NGREA by $100 million

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