Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1972 Page: 2 of 24
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"LTC" MARTHA RAYE the popu
lar commedaenne and favorite of people
everywhere came to Ft. Hood Monday
to visit with the members of Co. A
75th Ranger 1st Cav. Div. Capt. Don
K. Clark commanding officer of Co. A.
presented Maggie with the Ranger
black beret and unit crest. They later
Recent editorial in
terpretations by some news
media has caused much con
cern with the vice chief of
staff of the Army about the
re ha in a
training.
He said some newspapers
•have "seized upon the Basic
Combat Training (BCT)
changes which is only four
per cent of the Army and
generalized from the changes
that the 'Old Army' is taking
over again and that many
if not all of the Modern
Volunteer Army (MVA) pro
grams are on the way out."
"This" he continued "is en-
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in placing his qualified
children in state supported
colleges and universities
otherwise he and his children
will be faced with paying
much higher non-resident tui
on I a
availability of state services
such as the kind provided
for the disabled or mentally
re a a re
determined by state residence.
Many states have bonuses for
Vietnam service for military
members of their states. One
of the clearest evidences of
residency is payment of state
income taxes.
It is also strongly recom
mended that all military
personnel inquire about their
respective city and county
taxes since many cities and
counties within the various
states are imposing taxes.
The Soldiers and Sailors
Relief Act in some instances
will exempt the serviceman's
service pay but not necessari
ly all his income. For ex
ample the law does not ex
empt retired pay the separate
income of a spouse or other
members of the family in
come from off-duty employ
ment business investments
rents savings deposits and
other sources.
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tirely wrong and it is im
portant that members of the
Army know this."
The vice chief of staff also
noted that commanders must
correct any misun
derstandings concerning cur
rent Army programs by in
forming the soldiers in their
commands that:
—recent news stories relate
to basic training only
—basic training will be
made more interesting more
challenging and tougher in
order to prepare men for their
subsequent responsibilities. He
noted that several
changes resulted from a sug
gestion by BCT soldiers.
—the remaining 96 per cent
of the Army the Army into
a
trainees graduate will con
tinue to benefit from those
programs which have been
validated by VOLAR tests and
enunciated under the MVA
philosophy.
"The 'Army will continue
first and foremost to em
6 East 43rd St.
attended a dinner held by the newly
formed Special Forces Association
whose membership is open to all pres
ent and former members of the unit.
During her stay Maggie also visited
Darnall Army Hospital and the Vete
rans Administration Hospital in Tem
ple. (U.S. Army Photo)
phasize professionalism across
the board" the vice chief of
staff said. "This will be done
through improved personnel
procedures educational pro
am am a in in
higher standards of discipline
and leadership and more
challenging duty.
"The Army is committed to
improve the environment in
which men live and work to
include better barracks better
quarters better food better
facilities the elimination of
unneccessary irritants and the
elimination of make-work and
non-military duties wherever
possible' he said.
The vice chief of staff
emphasized "there has been
no step backward. BCT has
been revised toughened and
strengthened and the Army
as a whole continues fully
committed to the wide range
of forward-looking programs
approved and enunciated by
the chief of staff William C.
Westmoreland in the past two
years."
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Texas every Friday by the Community Enterprises Inc. Temple Texas.
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those of the Department of the Army. Advertisements in this publication do not
constitute an endorsement by the Department of Defense of the products or serv
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WASHINGTON The biggest
headache connected with going
to schoool under the GI bill is
checks arriving late or not at
all especially during the first
couple months of the school
year. So the VA is gearing up
to cut red tape in hopes of
reducing the problem.
The VA is especially con
cerned because the delay in
some cases means the veteran
can't pay his tuition or rent
or even buy food.
A study of 1000 complaints
found 25 per cent relating to
the school not filling out the
enrollment certificate properly
or getting it to the VA late.
Another 20 per cent involved
he no in
certificates of attendance sent
to the VA at the end of the
school year so his checks could
a in a a in
automatically when school re
opened. And 34 per cent of the
errors were the VA's fault.
The VA can get a Certificate
of Eligibility or a missing check
to a veteran in a hurry when
he complains but a recent study
showed that most veterans wait
patiently until they are in finan
cial trouble. "Then they come
to us" says H. Stein who con
ducted the study. Many wait
until the last minute to apply
for a Certificate of Eligibility.
So what the VA is doing is
to a it a
Assistance Discharge System to
a sophisticated computerized in
dex system being developed in
the next few months. It's called
"BIRLS" "Beneficiary Iden
tification and Record Locator
System."
The discharge system is part
of the "Outreach Program1
where the VA sends advisers
to it a os to
servicemen before they are
is ha ha a
benefits they are entitled to and
give tham a chance to apply
for them. This includes not only
education but compensation for
disabilities employment in
surance home loans and
medical and dental treatment.
Now when a veteran is
discharged the information from
his discharge papers is fed into
a computer in Austin Tex.
within a couple weeks after he
gets out. If it indicates he needs
schooling he is sent information
and applications for this. If a
man has a Purple Heart for
wounds he is sent forms to &pply
for compensation. And they are
given other information such as
how to convert I insurance.
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automatically identifies records
of servicemen and veterans who
previously filed claims with the
VA. But it will be expanded
to immediately assign control
claim-numbers for those leav
ing service.
No longer will the veteran
have to apply for a Certificate
of Eligibility for GI education.
The plan is still not tied down
but probably he will shortly
after leaving service be sent
a Certificate of Entitlement an
open certificate to pursue a
course of study at any qualified
institution. The name for the
certificate is still being tossed
around. There will be an ex
planation of the limitations and
other information the ex-GI
re
certificate to his school and it
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sends the certificate to the VA
and payments start. But the
school will still have to act pro
mptly for checks to start on
time.
How to solve the problem of
the Certificate of Attendance
to make sure a veteran did go
to school during the year he
was paid for is still being
an is
payments started again when
school reopens unless he has
sent back the certificate he gets
with his final check of the school
year. Some throw it away as
of no importance or forget to
return it.
When a veteran is in the class
the computer flags him as
delinquent instead of processing
his first month's check of the
next school year. So the VA
is now thinking about having
each regional office immediately
send such a veteran a second
Certificate of Attendance card
phrased "if we had received
your Certificate of Attendance
this would have been your
check."
Along with the bills before
on re to in re as
payments for GI educationthere
are also bills to give a veteran
his first two months' checks at
the start of the school year to
ease the financial pinch. This
would be a big problem solver.
And there are also proposals
to provide up to $1000 in tuition
and book grants each year but
this seems too costly to get ap
proved.
MEDICAL CHANGE In
some states the Defense Depart
ment no longer requires some
dependents of military personnel
who get care from civilian
hospitals to get a certificate
saying military medical care is
not available in order to get
Uncle Sam to pay the bill.
This includes dependents liv
ing with their active duty
sponsors in Iowa Minnesota
Oregon Vermont West Virginia
and Wisconsin. Also dependents
in other areas who live more
than 30 miles from a uniformed
service hospital.
JOB PICTURE The latest
Labor Department report shows
the employment situation among
Vietnam era veterans un
changed in the fourth quarter
of 1971 compared with the third
quarter. But unemployment in
both quarters is down from the
first half of the year.
The jobless rate for veterans
aged 20 to 29 in the last two
quarters was 7.8 per cent still
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much higher than for non-
veterans.
There was an average of 3.9
million veterans in the age
group 3.6 million employed
an 3 0 0 0 0 0
Employment increased by half
a million over the year with
unemployment up by 35000.
But employment for Negro
and other minority races con
tinued to be higher than for
white veterans. In the fourth
quarter it was 13.8 per cent
for blacks age 20-29 a bit higher
than the 11.9 per cent for Negro
non veterans.
In 1971 the steady flow of
veterans from the armed forces
raised the total of Vietnam era
veterans of all ages to 5.6
million. Since 80 per cent are
in their 20s their youth and lack
of recent civilian job experience
were mentioned as important
factors in interpreting their
unemployment problems.
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months and nearly 200000 to
be enrolled in job training pro
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enrolled in manpower training
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