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fee increased from $460 to $538 — an increase of 17 percent, or more than four times what MOAA claims the fee should have been allowed to increase. What gives? —Cmdr. T.P. Jones, USN-Ret. via email
Editor’s note: On Oct. 1, 2011, the TRICARE Prime enrollment fee increased from $460/$230 to $520/$260 for families and individu- als. But the increased fees were only charged to new enrollees — if you en- rolled in TRICARE Prime before Oct. 1, 2011, you were excluded from that rate increase. The most recent increase for FY
2013 is 3.6 percent higher than the 2012 rate. However, your one-year exemption to last year’s baseline enrollment fee increase also expired Sept. 30, 2012. Visit
www.tricare.mil/ mybenefit/home/overview/Enroll ment/Prime/fees to learn more.
Breaking Ground I was moved and inspired by your September 2012 Pages of History coverage of Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, who re- cently passed away. Also pictured in your accompa-
nying photo, I found it extremely apropos that then-Capt. Bruce Grooms, the first African-American commandant of the U.S. Naval Acad- emy, was there to help Lieutenant Commander Brown turn the first shovel at the site of the Wesley Brown Field House. This was truly a “ground-breaking moment,” in the larger sense, for all concerned. —Col. Bill Malec, USAF-Ret. O’Fallon, Ill.
For submission information, see page 6. 20 MILITARY OFFICER NOVEMBER 2012
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