MOAA Supports the
Legislation: MOAA’s government relations team staunchly has urged that Guard and Reserve pay and benefits keep pace with their expanded operational role. MOAA won inclusion of Title 32 Guard service for new Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility and is pushing to count all qualifying active duty service performed year-over- year for early Guard/Reserve retirement purposes.
Health care: MOAA fought successfully for TRICARE coverage for gray-area reserve retirees. MOAA spon- sors insurance supplements under its MEDIPLUS® program, which works with the TRICARE Retired Re- serve (TRR) program. MOAA is pressing to expand Space-Available travel benefits for gray-area reservists and surviving military spouses.
Family support: MOAA offers family-specific publica- tions like Focus on You: A Career Handbook for Military Spouses and Family Matters: A Personal Inventory for Peace of Mind. Visit
www.moaa.org/infoexchange or call MOAA’s Member Service Center at (800) 234- MOAA (6622) for copies. MOAA’s legislative team has pushed hard and won additional funding for family- support programs and inclusion of families in Yellow Ribbon reintegration initiatives. Check out MOAA’s Military Family Legislative Action Guide at
www.moaa
Guard & Reserve
.org/legisactionguide. Spouses can read about military family-related news and offerings on MOAA’s Web Base at
www.moaa.org/spouse. MOAA also includes reserve component spouses on its Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council.
Benefits: MOAA headquarters staff travel across the country to speak to guardmembers and reservists about their military benefits, including changes with activation/deactivation, military health care, personnel issues, and other military or VA programs including the GI bill, TRICARE Reserve Select, and TRR. MOAA representatives are available to counsel guardmembers and reservists through significant life events such as reserve retirement and aging into the receipt of pay and benefits. MOAA also exhibits at Guard conferences to help attendees with benefit issues.
To learn more: MOAA’s Member Service Center helps resolve problems with military health care, insurance, military pay, and other military or VA programs. Mem- ber service representatives can connect members to MOAA staff who can give more in-depth information on any of the issues listed above. Call (800) 234-MOAA (6622) Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Eastern time.
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