TRICARE Online

     TRICARE Online.com is the Department of Defense Internet medical portal that provides TRICARE beneficiaries with secure, interactive, one-stop-shopping access to a host of unique and exciting services, tools and resources. Why a dotcom? Only a dotcom can provide unconstrained, universal access from any computer or laptop in the world - dot.mil may not always be accessible because of geographic and security restrictions. For more information, beneficiaries may visit the TRICARE website at www.tricareonline.com or call stateside customer service at 1-800-600-9332 or (210) 767-5250 (direct). Agents are available 24 hours a day to assist beneficiaries.

Women Veterans

National Women's History Project at (707) 838-6000, or visit their Web site at http://www.nwhp.org
Facts on women in the Navy and women in the military can be found at
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/people/women/wintop.html and
http://www.wrei.org

The GI Bill Application
Process

     If you haven't used your benefits yet, you may be put off by the application process. Fear not - if you follow the 4 easy steps, you'll find that the process is simple and painless. Step 1: Find and apply to a college or university that is approved for VA training or education. Step 2: Complete VA Form 22-1990, Application for Education Benefits. Your school's registrar's office usually has copies of the form on hand. Step 3: If you have not found a school yet, apply for your VA Eligibility Determination by mailing your completed VA Form 22-1990 to your VA Regional Office. Step 4: Once you have begun to receive your benefit checks (Direct Deposit) you will have to complete the Vas Web Automated Verification of Eligibility (WAVE) each month to continue to receive your monthly benefits payments. For a detailed description of the process, read "The GI Bill Application Process" at Military.com.
     To learn about GI Bill benefits and military-friendly schools, request free information today.

Vietnam, It's Time to Move!

To: Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien
Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
1233 - 20th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

     When the United States lifted the trade embargo and normalized diplomatic relations, your officials promised great improvements in accounting for missing Americans. The United States has invested heavily in your country, provided significant levels of aid, bilaterally and multi-laterally, supported your counter-narcotics efforts, helped your government fight against AIDS, assisted in removing unexploded ordnance, provided information from US archives on Vietnamese casualties, even allowing Vietnamese officials to conduct research in US archives. Yet, Vietnam has closed several central provinces to our field recovery teams, delayed agreement for a US Navy ship to recover remains of Americans along your country's coastline, continued to withhold relevant documents, and denied US researchers access to your government's archives to help account for our POW/MIAs in your country and along border areas of Laos and Cambodia.

     We, the undersigned Americans - concerned citizens, family members and veterans - implore you to move beyond incremental agreements and implement concrete programs now to take the steps defined by President Bush to achieve the fullest possible accounting. To do less will jeopardize our improved bilateral relationship and is not in the interest of the people of Vietnam.

AMERICA RAISED THEM�...
AMERICA SENT THEM��.
AMERICA WANTS THEM BACK

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