You want to send this to your ping list?
They (Admirals and Generals) don’t give a damn about the people who have served, any more than they care about the enlisted who are serving. Enlisted retirement pay is small enough as it is. I’ve been retired for 12 years and one of the big shocks was when my employer was no longer allowed to provide a Tricare supplement at no cost to me. Runs me about $70.00 a month for my “free” health care promised when I first enlisted. That’s on top of the $300.00 deductible each fiscal year. That’s what Congress did about two years ago instead of raising Tricare rates. Now the butthead officers are pushing to raise the rates.
I still work with the Navy. I see where all the budget cuts are affecting the fleet. Longer, more frequent deployments with less maintenance time, less money, less manpower. Trying to do more with a lot less.
“Runs me about $70.00 a month for my “free” health care promised when I first enlisted. That’s on top of the $300.00 deductible each fiscal year”
Are you seriously complaining about this cost? Seriously?
Your entire years premium + deductible is less than many folks MONTHLY insurance bill.
Why should you get it when the people that actually pay for your and their own healthcare pay far, far more?
I know....somebody “promised”.