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*Release No. 10-21-04
Oct 31, 2004*
*President signs bill which eliminates SBP offset*
*President George W. Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2005 on Thursday. *
*One of the key provisions of the bill is elimination of the Survivor
Benefit Plan (SBP) age 62 offset over a period of three and a half
years.*
*The offset reduces the SBP annuity from 55 percent to 35 percent when
the annuitant reaches age 62 and becomes eligible for Social Security
based on the retired members work record. *
*Members of the Air Force Retiree Council, retiree councils of other
Services, and numerous military related organizations have long
supported the offset elimination which will be accomplished by
increasing the annuities paid to survivors of military retirees who are
62 and older from 35 percent of retired pay to the following
percentages:*
** for months after September 2005 and before April 2006, 40
percent;*
* * for months after March 2006 and before April 2007, 45
percent;*
* * for months after March 2007 and before April 2008, 50
percent;*
* * for months after March 2008, 55 percent. *
*Details on the bill's other provisions affecting members of the
military retiree community as well as more information on the SBP
portion will be released later.*
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Here is a very important program in the making!! This is one
that will make you proud to participate in with fellow vets. This group
is organizing a program that will provide PDA's to disabled vets that
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From Senator John Kerry:
A letter to all veterans--Democratic and Republican on Veterans
Day. See our Infosheet #20
Since May
2003. Thank you veterans and patriotic Americans!!
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Maybe we'll just do it ourselves, thanks
 William
Gast
USN (ret) DAV
Editor-
Contact at;
editor@wesupportthevets.com
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This week's outstanding
cartoons and quotes
Take a look at
http://www.optruth.com
This is a
new vet web by some vets that decided they wanted to tell the
real story
of what goes on
in the sand pit. Most of the
content is apolitical and
factual
as far as we have seen so far.
One more new website for
veterans that
we believe will
become a very important
activist group --take a look
at
This new site
NEW VETERAN WEB
Veterans Institute for
Security and Democracy
(Click on flag for link)
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mission from Long Beach California
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