Kerry's Miliatary Plan..a bill of rights....
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Kerry's Miliatary Plan..a bill of rights....
thought I'd pass this on... Since it it applys to everyone here...
Also wonder if you're planning on voting, and if so, for whom?
KERRY LAUNCHES A MILITARY FAMILY BILL OF RIGHTS
I. RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY
Increase The Size Of The Military. The American military was designed to fight with coalition partners. Lacking those partners due to a failed policy of unilateralism, our Army is stressed to the breaking-point. John Kerry will temporarily increase the size of the active-duty Army by 40,000 troops so that we have the force structure for the challenges we face.
Reinvigorate American diplomacy to better meet the needs of America’s security. Our military has a right to expect that when they go into conflict on a mission of international security they will have maximum support from troops of other nations affected. Because of the Bush Administration’s disregard for allies and other potential partners, our troops make 82% of the military forces dealing with the insurgency operation in Iraq today, and have suffered 85% of the fatalities. [SOURCE: http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...raq_orbat.htm; http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/ira...s/casualties/]
II. COMPETITIVE PAY
Assure Sufficient Imminent Danger Pay And Family Separation Allowances. Military families, particularly when the service member is deployed to a combat zone, are entitled to our full support and full respect. Unlike the Bush Administration, John Kerry will never attempt to reduce special compensations such as family separation allowance and hazardous duty pay. [SOURCE: Edward Epstein, “Troops in Iraq face pay cut; Pentagon says tough duty bonuses are budget-buster,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2003.]
III. QUALITY HOUSING
Bring Up Standards Of All Family Housing Units. Military families should live in housing that is adequate to their needs and meets American standards. Unfortunately, military housing has been grossly inadequate for several decades. [Source: Telegraph Herald, “Military Housing Inadequate,” 10/28/01] John Kerry will accelerate the construction of new military housing by providing incentives for private developers to build new housing on or near military bases and lease it to military families at a rate consistent with their housing allowances.
IV. QUALITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE
Ensure Service Members and Families Receive Adequate Health Care. Military families should have full access to quality health and dental care, whether stationed at home or abroad. John Kerry will fight to make permanent the extension of TRICARE to unemployed or uninsured reservists.
V. QUALITY EDUCATION
Defend Impact Aid from Bush Administration Cuts. Military children, along with their parents, sacrifice much in terms of educational and other opportunities by frequently moving to new, different schools. Children of service members deserve educational opportunities equal to the best in our country, and whether at home or abroad, John Kerry will ensure they get the quality education they deserve. The Bush Administration has proposed cutting the Impact Aid program, which provides funding for our nation’s Department of Defense schools. [SOURCE: Brian Faler, “Educators Angry Over Proposed Cut in Aid; Many Children in Military Families Would Feel Impact,” Washington Post, March 19, 2003.]
VI. FIRST-RATE TRAINING, ARMS, AND EQUIPMENT
Reimburse Families Forced To Purchase Body Armor. No military family should ever have to bake cakes or wash cars to raise the funds to provide their service member adequate personal equipment such as body armor when on a deployment. The Bush administration deployed troops to Iraq without the latest body armor. John Kerry will reimburse families that were forced to provide for themselves. [Source: Vernon Loeb and Theola Labbe, “Body Armor Saves Lives in Iraq; Pentagon Criticized for Undersupply of Protective Vests,” Washington Post, December 4, 2003.]
First-Rate Training And Equipment. No soldier, sailor, airman or Marine will ever go into harm’s way untrained, when the best training is available, and poorly or incompletely equipped when we have the best equipment available. Our service members and families deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing that all that can be done to ensure a quick and safe return from a combat theater has been done, and John Kerry will ensure military families have that peace of mind.
VII. UP-TO-DATE, ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT DEPLOYMENTS
Ensure Families Know When Their Loved Ones Leaving and Coming Home. By their very nature, emergency deployments are unpredictable. But routine rotations to sustain on-going operations are reasonably predictable. Our families deserve the best, most current information about the timing and duration of deployments. John Kerry will make every effort to ensure they know that and much more.
VIII. HELP FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS
Penalty-Free Withdrawls from IRA Expenses Associated With Deployments. Our service members and families deserve more consideration and assistance when on operational deployments, and John Kerry will ensure they get that consideration and assistance, including penalty-free withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts for expenses associated with deployments.
Make Family Separation Allowance Permanent. The Bush administration tried to cut family separation allowance. John Kerry would make it permanent and index it to inflation.
IX. ASSISTANCE WHEN A SERVICE MEMBER HAS BEEN KILLED
Increase The Death Gratuity. When a service member is injured or killed in the line of duty, military families deserve full, complete, and timely notification. No other moment in life will ever carry such pain, and the nation owes surviving family its highest respect and best efforts. Kerry will work to have a $250,000 gratuity added to the Service Members Group Life Insurance if a service member is killed in a combat zone.
One Year of Military Housing for Families of Deceased Service Members. Our service members and families deserve full assistance that matches their sacrifice. Kerry will extend from 180 days to one year the amount of time that a family of a service member killed in action can live in military housing so that children can finish the school year and families can plan for the future.
X. RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY
After military service ends, a new commitment from the nation begins to assist and recognize those who have served, and who often bear the wounds of battle. All agencies of government that can help our veterans must help our veterans with service that is complete and compassionate
John Kerry will fight for quality access to healthcare for all military retirees, provide for full concurrent receipt; and reverse the Bush administration’s Department of Labor inclusion of military training in the criteria for employees who may be exempted from over-time pay.
Also wonder if you're planning on voting, and if so, for whom?
KERRY LAUNCHES A MILITARY FAMILY BILL OF RIGHTS
I. RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY
Increase The Size Of The Military. The American military was designed to fight with coalition partners. Lacking those partners due to a failed policy of unilateralism, our Army is stressed to the breaking-point. John Kerry will temporarily increase the size of the active-duty Army by 40,000 troops so that we have the force structure for the challenges we face.
Reinvigorate American diplomacy to better meet the needs of America’s security. Our military has a right to expect that when they go into conflict on a mission of international security they will have maximum support from troops of other nations affected. Because of the Bush Administration’s disregard for allies and other potential partners, our troops make 82% of the military forces dealing with the insurgency operation in Iraq today, and have suffered 85% of the fatalities. [SOURCE: http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...raq_orbat.htm; http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/ira...s/casualties/]
II. COMPETITIVE PAY
Assure Sufficient Imminent Danger Pay And Family Separation Allowances. Military families, particularly when the service member is deployed to a combat zone, are entitled to our full support and full respect. Unlike the Bush Administration, John Kerry will never attempt to reduce special compensations such as family separation allowance and hazardous duty pay. [SOURCE: Edward Epstein, “Troops in Iraq face pay cut; Pentagon says tough duty bonuses are budget-buster,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2003.]
III. QUALITY HOUSING
Bring Up Standards Of All Family Housing Units. Military families should live in housing that is adequate to their needs and meets American standards. Unfortunately, military housing has been grossly inadequate for several decades. [Source: Telegraph Herald, “Military Housing Inadequate,” 10/28/01] John Kerry will accelerate the construction of new military housing by providing incentives for private developers to build new housing on or near military bases and lease it to military families at a rate consistent with their housing allowances.
IV. QUALITY HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE
Ensure Service Members and Families Receive Adequate Health Care. Military families should have full access to quality health and dental care, whether stationed at home or abroad. John Kerry will fight to make permanent the extension of TRICARE to unemployed or uninsured reservists.
V. QUALITY EDUCATION
Defend Impact Aid from Bush Administration Cuts. Military children, along with their parents, sacrifice much in terms of educational and other opportunities by frequently moving to new, different schools. Children of service members deserve educational opportunities equal to the best in our country, and whether at home or abroad, John Kerry will ensure they get the quality education they deserve. The Bush Administration has proposed cutting the Impact Aid program, which provides funding for our nation’s Department of Defense schools. [SOURCE: Brian Faler, “Educators Angry Over Proposed Cut in Aid; Many Children in Military Families Would Feel Impact,” Washington Post, March 19, 2003.]
VI. FIRST-RATE TRAINING, ARMS, AND EQUIPMENT
Reimburse Families Forced To Purchase Body Armor. No military family should ever have to bake cakes or wash cars to raise the funds to provide their service member adequate personal equipment such as body armor when on a deployment. The Bush administration deployed troops to Iraq without the latest body armor. John Kerry will reimburse families that were forced to provide for themselves. [Source: Vernon Loeb and Theola Labbe, “Body Armor Saves Lives in Iraq; Pentagon Criticized for Undersupply of Protective Vests,” Washington Post, December 4, 2003.]
First-Rate Training And Equipment. No soldier, sailor, airman or Marine will ever go into harm’s way untrained, when the best training is available, and poorly or incompletely equipped when we have the best equipment available. Our service members and families deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing that all that can be done to ensure a quick and safe return from a combat theater has been done, and John Kerry will ensure military families have that peace of mind.
VII. UP-TO-DATE, ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT DEPLOYMENTS
Ensure Families Know When Their Loved Ones Leaving and Coming Home. By their very nature, emergency deployments are unpredictable. But routine rotations to sustain on-going operations are reasonably predictable. Our families deserve the best, most current information about the timing and duration of deployments. John Kerry will make every effort to ensure they know that and much more.
VIII. HELP FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS
Penalty-Free Withdrawls from IRA Expenses Associated With Deployments. Our service members and families deserve more consideration and assistance when on operational deployments, and John Kerry will ensure they get that consideration and assistance, including penalty-free withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts for expenses associated with deployments.
Make Family Separation Allowance Permanent. The Bush administration tried to cut family separation allowance. John Kerry would make it permanent and index it to inflation.
IX. ASSISTANCE WHEN A SERVICE MEMBER HAS BEEN KILLED
Increase The Death Gratuity. When a service member is injured or killed in the line of duty, military families deserve full, complete, and timely notification. No other moment in life will ever carry such pain, and the nation owes surviving family its highest respect and best efforts. Kerry will work to have a $250,000 gratuity added to the Service Members Group Life Insurance if a service member is killed in a combat zone.
One Year of Military Housing for Families of Deceased Service Members. Our service members and families deserve full assistance that matches their sacrifice. Kerry will extend from 180 days to one year the amount of time that a family of a service member killed in action can live in military housing so that children can finish the school year and families can plan for the future.
X. RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY
After military service ends, a new commitment from the nation begins to assist and recognize those who have served, and who often bear the wounds of battle. All agencies of government that can help our veterans must help our veterans with service that is complete and compassionate
John Kerry will fight for quality access to healthcare for all military retirees, provide for full concurrent receipt; and reverse the Bush administration’s Department of Labor inclusion of military training in the criteria for employees who may be exempted from over-time pay.
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Re: Kerry's Miliatary Plan..a bill of rights....
Originally Posted by Angel Of Death
Talk is cheap.
They both want to take my Glock away. This is bad for me.
They both want to take my Glock away. This is bad for me.
just wondering.. protection? target shooting?
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Re: Kerry's Miliatary Plan..a bill of rights....
Originally Posted by N-Ish
sorry bro...I don't know what to tell ya.. why do you need a gun anyways..??
just wondering.. protection? target shooting?
just wondering.. protection? target shooting?
Ruger Mini-14 and Browning Auto-5 (12 gauge) for hunting season
Working on getting my CCW right now
damn People's Republic of Mass
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They can take my Kimber.... When they pry it from my bloody hands!
I'm definitly against them taking my gun away, I would support stricter approvals though, maybe a interview to get a permit or something.
People with children should be required to have 3 points of safety, gun lock, locked case and locked away in gun cabinet, defeats the purpose of instant protection but more kids are killed than burgulars stoped.
I'm not voting for Bush, this is my first year being able to vote and I wasn't planning on it but I think I might have to vote for Kerry.
I still havn't seen anything good Bush has done for this country.
I'm definitly against them taking my gun away, I would support stricter approvals though, maybe a interview to get a permit or something.
People with children should be required to have 3 points of safety, gun lock, locked case and locked away in gun cabinet, defeats the purpose of instant protection but more kids are killed than burgulars stoped.
I'm not voting for Bush, this is my first year being able to vote and I wasn't planning on it but I think I might have to vote for Kerry.
I still havn't seen anything good Bush has done for this country.
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Originally Posted by forcefed6
your a gun owner voting for a idiotic anti-gun liberal? i find tha disgusting!!!
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i don't believe for one second that Kerry truely feels that way and that he intends to do this. also i would like to know where he is going to find the money to fund it as well. It is a bunch of politcal crap he is handing us to make it look like he supports our troops and the military.
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they are both bullshit artists, kerry is the king of it... he changes his story everytime something else comes up, just to make himself look better, and ohhhh just happens we are at war, lets make sure we play on the sympathy of the soldiers, you think he would give two ***** if we werent at war?
like angel said, talk is cheap
everything still has to go through congress
like angel said, talk is cheap
everything still has to go through congress
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July 12th, 2004 1:07 pm
Veterans' Workers Thank Michael Moore for Highlighting Funding Shortage
WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National VA Council applauds Michael Moore, for focusing attention on the failure of the Bush Administration to provide adequate funding for veterans' care, in his popular documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. The film depicts disabled veterans who served in Iraq receiving physical therapy for their injuries and discusses the need for more funding for veterans' programs.
"It's a disgrace, that during a time of war, our president has failed to adequately fund programs for veterans," said Alma Lee, president of AFGE's National VA Council, which represents health care professionals in the Department of Veterans Affairs. "Those who care for veterans every day are heartened by the attention Michael Moore brings to the need to allocate more federal money to veterans' programs."
"Plans for veterans requiring long-term care remain a mystery," said AFGE national president John Gage. "While the VA touts a projected decline in the veteran population, it fails to account for the fact that vets, like the rest of us, are living longer, and will require more intensive services and nursing home beds as they move into old age. Current projections also fail to take into account the needs of the future veterans now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan."
According to the VA, more than 18,000 veterans a month are refused access to VA health care because of an inadequate budget. This situation can only be expected to worsen as soldiers return from Afghanistan and Iraq. Already, around 20,000 soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have requested either services or benefits from the VA.
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The American Federation of Government Employees is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
Veterans' Workers Thank Michael Moore for Highlighting Funding Shortage
WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National VA Council applauds Michael Moore, for focusing attention on the failure of the Bush Administration to provide adequate funding for veterans' care, in his popular documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. The film depicts disabled veterans who served in Iraq receiving physical therapy for their injuries and discusses the need for more funding for veterans' programs.
"It's a disgrace, that during a time of war, our president has failed to adequately fund programs for veterans," said Alma Lee, president of AFGE's National VA Council, which represents health care professionals in the Department of Veterans Affairs. "Those who care for veterans every day are heartened by the attention Michael Moore brings to the need to allocate more federal money to veterans' programs."
"Plans for veterans requiring long-term care remain a mystery," said AFGE national president John Gage. "While the VA touts a projected decline in the veteran population, it fails to account for the fact that vets, like the rest of us, are living longer, and will require more intensive services and nursing home beds as they move into old age. Current projections also fail to take into account the needs of the future veterans now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan."
According to the VA, more than 18,000 veterans a month are refused access to VA health care because of an inadequate budget. This situation can only be expected to worsen as soldiers return from Afghanistan and Iraq. Already, around 20,000 soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have requested either services or benefits from the VA.
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The American Federation of Government Employees is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
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