Attachment 1
Member designated benefits
-service members group life insurance beneficiary
-post Vietnam era veterans assistance program beneficiary
-all volunteer force educational assistance program - active duty death benefit
-death gratuity beneficiary
-final settlement of accounts beneficiary
-wounded warrior designated caregiver
-thrift savings plan beneficiary
-survivor benefit plan beneficiary for retirees
-casualty notification
-escorts for dependents of deceased or missing members...eligibility to be an escort
-designation of persons having interest in status of missin member
-veterans group life insurance beneficiary
-person eligible to receive effects of deceased persons
-travel and transportation allowance...attendance at yellow ribbon reintegration events
-travel and transportation allowance: transportation of designated individuals incident to hospitatlzation of members for treatment of wounds, illness, injury
-designation of persons authorized to direct disposition of remains of members of the armed forces
-presentation of the flag of the united states
-transportation of survivors of deceased member to attend the member’s buria ceremony or memorial service
-hosplital visitation privileges
-membership in family readiness groups
Attachment 2
Additional benefits for Same-Sex Domestic Partners
Eligibility for the following benefits shall be extended to service members, their same-sex domestic partners and, where applicable, childrenof same-sex domestic partners, where the service member and the same-sex domestic partner have signed a declaration attesting to the existence of a committed relationship, a porposed draft of which is in attachment 3:
-dependent ID cards, which will be renewed in accordance with existing policies
-commissary privileges
-exchange privileges
-moral, welfare and recreation programs
-surveys of military families
-quadrennial quality of life review
-emergency leave
-emergency leave of absence
-youth sponsorship program
-youth programs
-family center programs
-sexual assault counseling program
-joint duty assignments
-exemption from hostile fire areas
-transportation ato and from certain places of employment and on military installations
-transportation to and from primary and secondary school for minor dependents
-authority of service secretary to transport remains of a dependent
-disability and death compensation: dependents of members held as captives
-payments to missing persons
-space-available travel on DoD aircraft
-child care
-legal assistance
“-casualty notification”
I couldn’t imagine this...you knock on the door and an Elton John look alike answers...and you have to do the notification.
The educational benefits are the worst in my book. The rest seem to be what the active duty member had in his account, effects, and hospital visitation.
How are these all NOT a violation of DOMA?
Every single one of these is the right given to a spouse.