by Melani Harig | May 31, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views
On May 19, 2026, ROA urged the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel to exercise oversight of preparations to implement Section 623 of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and to include the Reserve Forces Travel Fairness Act (H.R. 7593) in its...
by Melani Harig | Apr 29, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views, Reserve Voice Online
ROA announced on April 30, 2026, the launch of an urgent two-week member survey responding to a formal Request for Information (RFI) from Congressman Timothy Kennedy regarding veterans’ access to timely and quality care through the Department of Veterans...
by Melani Harig | Apr 29, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views, Reserve Voice Online
ROA has submitted its Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Appropriations priorities to the professional staff of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense, in conjunction with the Subcommittees’ recent hearings of the Reserve Component Chiefs. The statement...
by Melani Harig | Apr 29, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views, Reserve Voice Online
ROA joined Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and the Veterans Justice Alliance at a press conference on April 15, 2026, in the House Triangle calling on Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act. ROA was represented by...
by Melani Harig | Apr 29, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views, Reserve Voice Online
ROA welcomes the April 20, 2026, announcement by Secretary of the Air Force Troy E. Meink that the A-10 “Warthog” will remain in service through 2030 — a decision that preserves the reserve A-10 squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, home of the 442nd Fighter...
by Melani Harig | Apr 29, 2026 | Advocacy, News and Views, Reserve Voice Online
ROA has submitted its statement on the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for the United States Coast Guard and other components of the Department of Homeland Security to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, in connection with the Subcommittee’s...
