TREA The Enlisted Association You Benefit Now and

TREA: The Enlisted Association You Benefit Now and in the Future Call (800) 338 -9337 or visit our Website at www. trea. org Join Today! UNITED WE STAND

The Men and Women Who Serve… • Sacrificed Much • Had an Implicit Contract… “…the nation would care for the health and welfare of those who serve (and their families) while on duty and afterward. ” UNITED WE STAND

How can they take your benefits away? • Dependent Medical Care Act – 1956 “Medical and dental care in any medical facility of the uniformed services …may be furnished… subject to the availability of space, facilities, and the capabilities of the medical staff, to retired members of the uniformed services. ” • Since then, medical care for retirees has been steadily cut. UNITED WE STAND

In comes TREA… • Founded in 1963 by George Skonce and Dean Sorrell • Until then, no one was working or speaking for the enlisted retiree to maintain those hard-earned benefits and rights and to stop their erosion. • TREA: The Enlisted Association has grown to become one of the most influential organizations working to protect and ensure the health and welfare of all military personnel, especially Enlisted Retirees. UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Cannot Protect Your Rights Alone… We Need You To Join Us and Do Your Part Get Involved… Make a Difference! UNITED WE STAND

Who is Eligible to Join? • Any enlisted person, retired from an active component of the Armed Forces, either for length of service or permanent medical disability • Active duty, Reserve, and National Guard enlisted personnel with 7 or more years retirement creditable service • Honorably Discharged Veterans with 2 or more years of service (DD 214/NGB 22 required) UNITED WE STAND

What’s In It For You? • Lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill to save your earned benefits. • Working to protect the future you were promised and deserve. • We cannot do it alone… we need your help and support! UNITED WE STAND

Your Place in TREA: The Enlisted Association • Chapters established across the country • Affiliate with a chapter in your area • Updates directly to your inbox about pending legislation that affects you from our Legislative Affairs Office in Washington, D. C. through CAPWIZ • Take part in our grass roots lobbying efforts • Becoming a member is a tremendous help in itself UNITED WE STAND

Your Place in TREA: The Enlisted Association In the battle to get attention in the Halls of Congress, and the offices of the White House, just like with most battles, larger numbers count! You can make a difference! UNITED WE STAND

Your Place in TREA: The Enlisted Association As the most powerful voice for enlisted personnel, TREA: The Enlisted Association has the kind of clout no other organization has. This can only continue if retired and active duty men and women like you join TREA, the ONLY all Service all Enlisted Veterans Service Organization. UNITED WE STAND

Excellent and Affordable Insurance Benefits TREA: The Enlisted Association uses its large member base to secure good deals on long-term care: • Medicare and TRICARE supplements • Life and dental insurance • Cancer protection • And many more UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Home Benefits • One-stop comparison shopping among the nation’s leading lenders • Nationwide mortgage counseling • Professional moving and relocation services • Expert real estate assistance at your fingertips! UNITED WE STAND

The Voice Magazine • Quarterly magazine included with membership • Legislative Issues • Interviews with Legislators • VA Information • Meeting, Convention and Chapter news NOTE: E-Mag available on TREA’s website in the months when The Voice is not published UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association National Scholarship Program • One of TREA’s most popular programs • Open to TREA: The Enlisted Association members for their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. UNITED WE STAND

Additional Benefits • • • Weekly Washington Updates by E-Mail Veterans Service Officer Veterans Benefits/Services Representation Voice in Washington, DC Making sure your voice is heard and needs are considered • Eyes and ears on relevant national issues • Information source on Veterans Benefits • Financial benefits through our agreements with USAA UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association… Fighting for you in our Nation’s Capitol For half a century, TREA: The Enlisted Association has been on the frontlines in Washington DC, in the fight to protect and enhance the promised and earned retirement benefits of enlisted personnel who spent their careers in the Armed Forces. TREA: The Enlisted Association believes the nation must keep its promises! We will not quit! UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 1990’s • Stopped $934 access fee for retirees using military hospitals and clinics • Stopped Administration plans to cut Defense Healthcare budget by $3. 6 billion over 5 years • Won battle to restore COLA’s after Congress passed legislation to delay them • Again, won battle to stop delay of COLA’s UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 1990’s • Fought and won battle to establish TRICARE for Life • Won the battle to have Medical subvention demo programs at military hospitals • Secured Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) improvements • Won the fight for the TRICARE Pharmacy Program UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2001 -2005 • Won fight to keep commissary subsidies • Won fight for Combat-Related Special Compensation • Gained concurrent receipt for all military retirees with VA Ratings of 50% or higher • Won major increases in Montgomery GI Bill • Won the fight to end SBP-Social Security offset UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2006 • Stopped imposition of VA health care enrollment fees for Category 7 & 8 veterans • Stopped imposition of TRICARE Standard enrollment fees for military retirees under age 65 • Stopped imposition of TRICARE Prime increase for retirees under age 65 • Stopped the budget of Defense and Veterans Brian Injury Center from being cut in half UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2007 • Torpedoed proposed 2008 increases to enrollment fees and co-pays for TRICARE for retirees (A hard fought battle in which many other groups joined us, and it counts as a major victory for you. ) • Stopped a proposed increase to pharmacy benefits in 2008 for TRICARE retirees. • Convinced Congress to let Chapter 91 retirees qualify for combat related special compensation and still receive VA Disability pay UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2007 • Won the fight to have Congress let National Guard and Reservists enjoy the benefits in the Montgomery GI Bill for up to 10 years after completing their service • Won a $50/month benefit for widows and widowers of military personnel under Survivor Benefit Plan • Stopped increases to enrollment fees and co-pays for retirees and their families and survivors under age 65 UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2008 • Stopped increases to enrollment fees and co-pays for retirees and their families and survivors under age 65 • Stopped increase to TRICARE Pharmacy copayments • Stopped scheduled Medicare (TRICARE) doctors’ payment decreases • Ended meal charges for hospitalized troops • New & Improved education benefits UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2008 • Re-Open enrollment for VA Categories 7 & 8 • Defeated proposals for raising Pharmacy co-pays and creating enrollment fees at VA • More VA Claims adjudicator positions created • Improvements for Survivors • Increase in VA healthcare travel reimbursement rates UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2009 • Successfully lobbied and testified that recommendation by Task Force on the Future of Military Healthcare was unfair and will hurt retirees. • Stopped the idea of increases in TRICARE enrollment fees, co-pays, and deductibles • Stopped the idea of increases in VA health care enrollment fees and co-pays • Stopped a last minute attempt by Do. D to increase the TRICARE Standard inpatient co-pay to $110 per day UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2009 • Won advanced appropriations for VA health care to prevent end-of-year disruptions • Won TRICARE Standard coverage for “Gray Area” Reserve retirees under 60 years old • Won full funding for Do. D health care • Won a VA funding increase of $25 billion over the next five years UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2010 -2011 • Won full funding for Defense health care. • Stopped any TRICARE Standard inpatient copay increase in FY 2011. • Won the fight in the House of Representatives for Chapter 61 retirees (medically retired) with less than 20 years of qualified service a phased-in concurrent receipt provision that was funded for one year. Unfortunately, the Senate refused to go along with this. UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2010 -2011 • Won extension of TRICARE coverage for dependent children to age 26, but it will require payment of a premium to cover the full cost of coverage. • Won 1. 4% military pay raise. • Won improvements to the Yellow Ribbon Guard/Reserve reintegration program (to include authorizing attendance by family members or other designees of a service member). UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2010 -2011 • Won legislation that makes it explicit in law that TRICARE constitutes qualifying coverage for national health reform purposes. • Won legislation that clarifies that the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs constitutes minimum essential coverage as required by the new national health care law. UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2010 -2011 • Won House passage veterans status for Guard/Reserve military retirees who did not serve on active duty long enough. • Won improvements in the new GI Bill, including: • benefits for active duty National Guard members (Title 32) • non-degree training • an upgraded subsistence allowance for disabled veterans using (VRE) program benefits • coverage for multiple licensure and certification tests UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Victories: 2011 - 2012 • Won full funding for Defense Health Care for FY 2012 • Won Passage of VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a bill that provides tax incentives and other measures to increase hiring of veterans. • Won Passage of FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act which included many favorable provisions for veterans including Guard, Reserve, Active Duty, Retirees, and Wounded Warriors. • Won passage in the House of Veteran Status for Guard/Reserve Military Retirees (Defeated in Senate) UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Continues the Fight… • For full concurrent receipt for all VA rated disabled retirees including those with less than 20 years of service. • For elimination of the SBP-DIC offset • For full funding of the FY 2011 & Fy 2012 DOD health care budgets • For lower Guard-Reserve retirement age UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Continues the Fight… • To stop any increases in TRICARE fees or co-pays • To stop any cuts in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs • For inclusion of the Coast Guard under the new GI Bill • To stop annual enrollment fees for Tricare for Life • To stop increased co-pays for prescription drugs UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Continues the Fight… • To stop proposed increases I enrollment fees, co-pays and deductibles for retirees under 65 • To stop any cuts in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs • To stop the scheduled 30% cut in Medicare/Tricare payments to doctors • To stop the amount you must pay in the event of a catastrophic medical issue UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Continues the Fight… • Fight for lower Guard/Reserve retirement age • Fight for full concurrent receipt for all VA related disabled retirees, including those with less than 20 years service Having TREA: The Enlisted Association members supporting us at the grass-roots level is critical to our success. Never has there been a more important time for all enlisted Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, Retirees and Veterans to stick together in order to protect their hard-earned, promised and deserved benefits. UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Goals Retirees Issues: • Expand Concurrent Receipt to include 10% to 40% disabilities • Stop any proposed increase to TRICARE enrollment fees, co-pays and deductibles • Oppose integration of TRICARE and the VA health care system into any of the proposed National Health Care Reforms UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Goals Retirees Issues (cont’d): • Protect Retiree enrollments and closely monitor attempts to degrade any benefits (Commissaries, exchanges, etc. ) Veterans: • Improve VA Disability Claims System • Make sure women Veterans are included in VA support Guard and Reserve: • Improve Reserve retirement benefits UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Goals Survivors: • Repeal the SBP/DIC Offset • Improve DIC Payments • Improve Survivors’ Education Benefits UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Memorial Foundation • Established May 14, 1990 • Support and assist active duty personnel, as well as retired veterans, their families and military widows • 65 Scholarships awarded • Provides financial assistance to families of veterans faced with adversity • Provides assistance to victims of disasters • Armed Forces Aid Campaign (AFAC) to assist wounded warriors from Iraq, Afghanistan, and/or the War on Terror UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association National Auxiliary • Authorized June 26, 1972 • Currently over 20 chapters in the US and Puerto Rico • Purpose to assist TREA: The Enlisted Association in all its purposes and goals, both locally and nationally • Current Programs: • Scholarship Program • Widow/Widower Emergency Fund (WEF) • Benevolent Fund UNITED WE STAND

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) • Affiliate of TREA • Leading non-profit educational and advocacy organization • Over 700, 000 active supporters • Mission: educate seniors about their rights and benefits and to work to protect those rights and benefits. UNITED WE STAND

We will keep on fighting… We’ll continue fighting for the benefits you already have. Remember, nothing is carved in stone. Anything can be taken from you at any time but TREA: The Enlisted Association will always keep diligent watch and FIGHT for you and your family! UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association National Headquarters The Retired Enlisted Association 1111 S. Abilene Court Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 752 -0660 or (800) 338 -9337 (VOICE) (303) 752 -0835 or (888) 882 -0835 (FAX) treahq@trea. org www. trea. org UNITED WE STAND

TREA: The Enlisted Association Legislative Affairs Office TREA: The Enlisted Association Washington Office 1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 102 Alexandria, VA 22314 -1555 (703) 684 -1981 or (800) 554 -8732 (VOICE) (703) 548 -4876 (FAX) treadmin@treadc. org UNITED WE STAND

The Voice of the Enlisted Force! (The only All Service, All Enlisted, All Component Veterans Service Organization) UNITED WE STAND