The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS), National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS), and the Reserve Officers Association (ROA), wrote a letter of support to the ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for the inclusion of language to remedy this issue in the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...
"Our associations are pleased to see the Department's (DOD) recognition that a Servicemember who gives their life in the line of duty should be treated equally and fairly regardless of the duty status orders they were serving on at the time of their death."
"Our associations are pleased to see the Department's (DOD) recognition that a Servicemember who gives their life in the line of duty should be treated equally and fairly regardless of the duty status orders they were serving on at the time of their death."
The Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) is a federal advisory committee established to provide the Secretary of Defense with independent advice and recommendations. Accordingly, the board recommended in their formal report...
"The SecDef should support H.R. 1770, or amendments containing similar language, as a primary course of action."
"The SecDef should support H.R. 1770, or amendments containing similar language, as a primary course of action."
The Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) published in June 2012 recommends to...
"Calculate Survivor Benefit Plan benefits for a reservist who dies while performing inactive duty training using the same criteria as for a member who dies on active duty."
"Calculate Survivor Benefit Plan benefits for a reservist who dies while performing inactive duty training using the same criteria as for a member who dies on active duty."
The Military Coalition (33 of the most prominent military, veterans, and uniformed service organizations) formerly adopted this issue into their Survivor Programs Committee Goals for 2013 and also wrote a formal letter of support for H.R. 1770 to Congressman Chaffetz, signed by each of its members. The TMC represents more than 5.5 million current and former service members and their families and survivors. A few of the member organizations include:
- National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS)
- Reserve Officers Association (ROA)
- Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
- National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS)
- Reserve Officers Association (ROA)
- Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
- Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
According to Rear Admiral Norb Ryan, USN (Ret), President, MOAA...
“The Military Officers Association of America strongly endorses Representative Chaffetz’ s legislation which will remedy a long standing inequity in the calculation of survivor annuities of reserve component personnel killed while performing inactive duty training. The calculation should be the same for reserve component members as it is for active duty members; they are performing a military duty at the time of their death. The legislation implements the recommendation from the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation and is the right thing to do for our dedicated men and women."
“The Military Officers Association of America strongly endorses Representative Chaffetz’ s legislation which will remedy a long standing inequity in the calculation of survivor annuities of reserve component personnel killed while performing inactive duty training. The calculation should be the same for reserve component members as it is for active duty members; they are performing a military duty at the time of their death. The legislation implements the recommendation from the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation and is the right thing to do for our dedicated men and women."
According to the National Guard Association of the United States…
“NGAUS strongly supports H.R. 1770. We must correct any inequity in survivor benefits that exists between the active forces and members of the National Guard and Reserve arising from death in the line of military duty. We cannot leave surviving family members of any component bereft of the benefits they deserve.”
“NGAUS strongly supports H.R. 1770. We must correct any inequity in survivor benefits that exists between the active forces and members of the National Guard and Reserve arising from death in the line of military duty. We cannot leave surviving family members of any component bereft of the benefits they deserve.”