AFSA Chapter 985

AFSA Chapter 985 members, here is your weekly newsletter for 10 October from HQ.

The House may be adjourned until January, but our lobbyists and Intl.  president are still busy fighting for our quality of life.  President Bush is scheduled to sign the 2009 NDAA at 1035 on Tuesday morning, including a 3.9% pay raise and many other benefits for Air Force enlisted members.  Once again, your membership is more than paid for by the time you get your mid-month check in January!   We are also protected again from Tricare increases for retirees under 65 years of age. [Read more →]

A huge thank you is in order for both MSgt Lance Turner and SMSgt (ret) Mike Devenitch for producing our first legislative report since April!  A lot has been going on for a lot of people, and the legislative report has been taking the back-burner for a while.

Thank you guys!

Chapter 985 members, here is the October 3 AFSA newsletter.  Also the September General Membership and October Executive Council meeting minutes are available for your review.

Great news!!!  We have received approval for the holiday gift wrap fundraiser at the BX again this year.  Of course that means we will be asking for volunteers from the membership again and we hope you will continue to support us as much as you have in the past.  We continue to get more and more requests from different organizations for our money, so it continues to be important for this single fundraising opportunity to help us be able to support them.  Be watching for a schedule to be posted on the website soon, and a POC for you to contact to sign up. [Read more →]

How did your elected officials vote (X = No vote, Y = Yes, N = No)? [Read more →]

You can access the weekly Military Report here.  You may find a number of the links very interesting.  One in particular that you may be interested in is the story on changing nuke generals.  As you read the article, many names may sound familiar because they previously held leadership positions at the ALC.  Also, a good head-to-head comparison of the GI Bill and the new enhanced education benefits as well as changing bonus information. [Read more →]