ROA Advocacy Article Archive
Dive into a comprehensive collection of articles and magazine features chronicling ROA’s advocacy initiatives. This archive provides insight into the issues we’ve championed, the challenges we’ve overcome, and the voices that have driven change for America’s Reserve Components.
Cost Guard
Education Training
Family Support
Health & Dental Care
- 25-25 Ensure TRICARE remains affordable and accessible to support Total Force medical readiness
- 25-01 Fund the TriService Nursing Research Program
- 24-10 In-Theater Destruction of Medical Records
- 23-03 VA Written Informed Consent to Medical Treatment *
- 23-04 DoD Written Informed Consent to Medical Treatment *
- 23-08 In-Flight Injuries to Pilots and Flight Crew Members
- 23-19 Fully Fund the Reserve Components IMA Program
NOAA & USPHS
- 24-01 Protect and Strengthen NOAA Corps Operations
- 23-02 Enact the Parity for U.S. Public Health Service Ready Reserve Act *
- 23-06 Inclusion of USPHS and NOAA Commissioned Corps to the Smithsonian Institute’s National Native American Veterans Memorial
- 23-21 U.S. Public Health Service Retirement Accrual Account
Pay & Allowances
- 25-28 Separation Payment Recoupment
- 25-21 Deduction of Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Training
- 25-09 Uniform Change Policy
- 25-07 ‘Gray-Area’ Interim Reserve Retirement Pay
- 25-06 Continuation of Pay for the Uniformed Services
- 25-05 Eligibility for Reduced Age Retirement Pay Age for Reserve Enlisted Members
- 25-04 Tax Provisions of Reserve Component Servicemembers
- 24-15 Expand Reserve Component Reduced Eligibility Age Retirement
- 24-07 Eligibility for Continuation Pay under the Blended Retirement System (BRS)
- 23-05 Improve the Recruitment and Reenlistment Bonus Structure of the Uniformed Services
- 23-07 Military Technician Eligibility for Incentives
- 23-18 Fund for RC Simulators and Training Devices
Personnel
Procurement & Equipment
- 25-22 Fielding the B-21 Raider to Sustain Air Force Strategic Superiority
- 25-20 Countermeasure Defensive Systems
- 25-19 Precision Engagement Equipment
- 25-18 Procurement of C-40A Aircraft
- 25-16 Resetting and Reconstitution of RC Units
- 25-12 Strengthen the Defense Industrial Base
- 25-02 A-10 Replacement Aircraft
- 24-19 C/KC-130 Modernization
- 24-12 National Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriation (NGREA)*
- 23-11 Defense Innovation Unit
- 23-18 Fund for RC Simulators and Training Devices
Recruiting & Retention
Reserve Component Funding & Organization
- 25-17 Fund RC Mil-Con (general Resolution)
- 25-14 Reserve Component Members as Reserve Chiefs
- 25-10 3-Star Reserve Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 25-03 Space Force Reserve Component(s)
- 24-18 Individual Ready Reserve Funding
- 24-14 Opposition to the Merger of the Reserve and National Guard
- 24-05 Full Funding and Protection for Reserve Component Full-time Support Personnel
- 23-10 Criticality of Funding for the Reserve Components *
- 23-13 Ensure an Adequate Defense Budget *
- 23-20 Retain the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- 25-30 Preserving the U.S. Army’s Dedicated Aeromedical Evacuation Capability
USERRA & SCRA
Veteran Burials & Memorials (NCA)
- N/A: Be the first ROA member to submit a Veteran Burials & Memorials (NCA) resolution today!
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Veteran Compensation, Education, Home Loans, & Insurance
Veteran Health Care (VHA)
- 24-20 Traumatic Brain Injury/Post Traumatic Stress/Blast Overpressure Treatment
- 24-13 Sustain TRICARE Benefits *
- 23-03 VA Written Informed Consent to Medical Treatment *
- 23-08 In-Flight Injuries to Pilots and Flight Crew Members
- 23-16 Preserving Veteran Status and Benefits for Those Who Have Served in Theaters of Operations