http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/retired/ en-us Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:42:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031721/posts What would you say if tomorrow Medicare changed it's rules and told you that they would only pay 20% of your doctor's bills? You would be responsible to pay the doctor the remaining 80% of the bill. And what if Medicare also said that you must pay a co-pay of 25% of the 20% that Medicare will pay? And all of this was being done without the express consent of Congress. You would be rightly angry and probably would immediately call your Senators and Congressman or Congresswoman to insist they take action to stop this injustice. Well, this is exactly... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031721/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:42:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982763/posts BAGHDAD - Iraq's elusive Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has decided to drop out of politics for the time being because his disillusionment with the political scene in Iraq has left him sick and anxious, he said in an unusually personal letter to his followers released Friday. In a written response to a query from a group of followers asking why he hadn't been seen in public for so long, Sadr said he had decided to devote himself to a period of study, reflection and prayer after failing in his core mission to rid Iraq of the U.S. occupation or to... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982763/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 06:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948994/posts The Dixie Chicks are partners in name only - the multi-platinum- selling trio is all but broken up, according to a source close to the group.Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison made just a handful of appearances together in 2007 - and now they rarely even talk, the source reveals. "The girls have gone their separate ways," the source close to the Texas-raised country musicians told The ENQUIRER. "They were not getting along when they toured together during 2006, but they managed to stay civil. Now when they're not forced to be together, the girls don't even... National Enquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948994/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856644/posts NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile , Research) on Tuesday named retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, the former head of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, to its board. The appointment is the latest in a line of retired senior armed forces and Pentagon leaders joining defense contractors, underscoring the tight relationship between U.S. arms makers and buyers. Boeing, which is the No. 2 U.S. defense contractor behind Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT.N: Quote, Profile , Research), said Jones' appointment was effective immediately. Jones, 63, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran with a 40-year military... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856644/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831125/posts CONCORD, N.H. - Three retired generals challenged a dozen members of Congress in a new ad campaign Wednesday, saying the politicians can't expect to win re-election if they support President Bush's policies in Iraq. "I am outraged, as are the majority of Americans. I'm a lifelong Republican, but it's past time for change," retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste told reporters. "Our strategy in Iraq today is more of the same, a slow grind to nowhere which totally ignores the reality of Iraq and the lessons of history," Batiste said. "Our president ignores sound military advice and surrounds himself with like-minded... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831125/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 04:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797742/posts 2007 United States Military Handbook The United States Military Handbook is designed to help all active duty U.S. Military personnel by giving them the most accurate and complete information available anywhere on pay, allowances, taxes, health care and TRICARE benefits, Veterans and Social Security Benefits, travel, transportation, SBP, retirement, Spac-A, installation listings, statistical data, and much, much more! Click here to request your Handbook. 2007 U.S. Military Retired Handbook The United States Military Retired Handbook is designed to help all U.S. Military personnel who have retired - or who are planning to retire. This unique guide covers everything from... MilitaryHandbooks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797742/posts#comment Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789750/posts SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said. A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789750/posts#comment Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767460/posts WASHINGTON — The federal government is targeting millions of retiring to replace the estimated one-half of their colleagues eligible to retire from federal service in the next few years, according to the Partnership for Public Service, an advocacy organization for federal careers. Maryland retirees, in particular, are prime candidates for the second career push because of their proximity to the many federal agencies with homes in both Washington and Maryland. FOXNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767460/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:47:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759398/posts Divorce and lost earning time could put living standards in a free fall late in life. We traveled where we wanted," she said. "He bought me furs and jewelry. We stayed at the best hotels." Then the marriage fell apart. Now 51, Tucker Emerson scrambles to pay the bills and wonders how she will get by in retirement. ...I don't know anyone who can afford to retire, and they're all people my age," said Leslie Clark, 64, a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines Inc. who lives in El Segundo. "Most of the people I know will have to find... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759398/posts#comment Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:07:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755451/posts 12/17/2006 - LOS ANGELES (AFPN) -- Retired Lt. Col. Roy White picked up the phone and on the other end was an opportunity to contribute to the military again. The phone call was from Michael Kerr, the founder of Snowball Express, and he wanted to get every military family who had a lost a loved one in the war on terror to California for a magical weekend. To make that possible he needed a lot of airplane tickets. Colonel White, now a captain with Southwest Airlines, was in a position to help. The colonel said he found gathering support for... Air Force Links http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755451/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:27:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1721850/posts Do you think control of Congress will change hands after the 2006 elections? No, Republicans will keep both the House and Senate Yes, the House will go to the Democrats, but not the Senate Yes, the Senate will go to the Democrats, but not the House Yes, both the House and Senate will go to the Democrats retiredamericans.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1721850/posts#comment Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667601/posts SAN DIEGO - A former military intelligence officer was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for helping a convicted arms trafficker export parts for jet fighters and other aircraft that were ultimately destined for Iran. George Charles Budenz II, a retired Navy commander, pleaded guilty in November to three counts of illegally exporting engine parts for F-5 fighters, T-38 military trainers and Chinook helicopters to Malaysia and Belgium on behalf of Pakistani arms dealer Arif Ali Durrani. In court, Budenz called Durrani a "lying snake" who took advantage of him at a time of personal and financial distress.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667601/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:50:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654133/posts TORONTO (CP) - It could take half a century or more for someone infected with prions - the cause of mad cow-like diseases - to start showing symptoms, say researchers, who drew that conclusion after studying a similar illness among Papua New Guinean people who once feasted on their dead. Their findings suggest that the number of human cases of variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (vCJD) could end up being much larger than originally suspected, say the researchers, whose study is published in Friday's edition of The Lancet. With 160 cases, the United Kingdom has the highest number of recorded cases in... Canada.com (The Canadian Press) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654133/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650828/posts WASHINGTON, June 16, 2006 – Most military members end their careers by the time they are half his age, but one Army doctor says he would rather come out of retirement to help the troops than watch from the sidelines. Col. William Bernhard, an Army surgeon, stands in front of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Forward Operating Base Lima, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2005. Bernhard, 75, is about to deploy to Kabul, Afghanistan, reportedly as the oldest deployed member of America's armed forces. Courtesy photo   Tomorrow, retired Army Reserve Col. William Bernhard, a 75-year-old surgeon, will start a journey... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650828/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:38:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634151/posts President Bush says he’ll send the National Guard to the southern border, 24 hours after the announcement the Border Patrol has yet to comment, but News 4 tracked down a former Tucson Sector chief for his opinion of the President’s plan. In a move to reform America ’s current immigration system, President Bush announced the deployment of up to 6,000 National Guard Troops to the U.S. Mexico Border. Bush stated, “The United States is not going to militarize the southern border.” Bush said that the Border Patrol will remain in the lead using support from the troops in roles like... KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634151/posts#comment Thu, 18 May 2006 03:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628430/posts Hollywood stars and business moguls alike are paying retired jurists to quietly handle their civil disputes outside the glare of public courthouses, a practice some warn is creating a secret justice system for the rich and famous. Under California law, the parties to a lawsuit can agree to hire a private judge who, unlike those paid to act as mediators or arbitrators, issue rulings that can be appealed. Such cases are still subject to the same public access requirements of trials held in court, but often many of them prove difficult to track. Proceedings are held in private offices and... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628430/posts#comment Mon, 8 May 2006 04:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616740/posts WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 – Recent criticism voiced by a half dozen retired generals over Iraq war planning does not reflect the mainstream views of the officer corps, a senior Defense Department official told Pentagon reporters today. "There are a handful of officers that have exercised their right to speak their mind, and certainly that's their right to do that," DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Brushing aside a reporter's suggestion there's widespread disagreement among senior officers over Iraq war planning, Whitman said there are thousands of active duty, reserve component and retired general officers from all of the armed services.... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616740/posts#comment Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:41:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610395/posts WASHINGTON - Never will Katrina be so little missed. Nor Dennis, Rita, Stan and Wilma - four other hurricane names from last year's devastating storms that have now been officially retired. Normally six lists of names are used in rotation for storms in the Atlantic-Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico region, but names of particularly destructive storms are retired. The decision to retire these five names was made by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization meeting in Puerto Rico, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. They were part of a record 27 named storms and 15 hurricanes that occurred in... ap wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610395/posts#comment Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:29:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603034/posts Rosemary Roberts: Close book on Black History MonthFriday, March 24, 2006 From time to time, this column focuses on local topics, so herewith are some observations: Let's start with Leonard Pitts Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose syndicated column appears in this newspaper. I'm a huge Leonard Pitts fan because he writes well, thinks deeply and gores sacred cows. Pitts was in Greensboro this week speaking to a sold-out audience at the UNCG Friends of the Libraries Annual Dinner. His topic, "Bearing Witness," pertained to racial issues. Pitts, who is African American, made a statement that made me want to... News & Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603034/posts#comment Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575669/posts 2/9/2006 - BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFPN) -- When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast it destroyed more than just property and possessions -- it destroyed memories. Six months later, surrounded by her late son’s fellow warriors, Denise Godbolt cried and hugged Susan Jarrett as the Jarrett family presented Mrs. Godbolt with two new shadow boxes Feb. 8, replacing ones damaged during Hurricane Katrina. Retired Tech. Sgt. Mike Jarrett and his wife, Susan, decided to replace the damaged shadow boxes for Mrs. Godbolt after seeing her on a Veterans Day newscast on their local television station. “My wife... Air Force Links http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575669/posts#comment Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466935/posts SHREVEPORT, La. - William Lawson looked every bit the retired Marine general this summer as he stood before a crowd of 200 people, demanding that a cemetery properly dispose of the American flags placed at the graves of veterans. He had on khakis, the Marines’ summer service uniform, complete with a general’s stars and row after row of medals, including the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Good Conduct Medal. He even wore an eyepatch. It turns out, however, that Lawson wasn’t a general at all — or even a World War II combat veteran. His 19 months in... http://msnbc.msn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466935/posts#comment Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458387/posts The FTS program provides Soldiers with a means to recognize their supporters: spouses, parents, and employers of National Guard and Reserve Soldiers. Honorably discharged veterans may likewise nominate themselves for recognition under this program. Nominees will receive an Army lapel pin, an Army decal, a certificate and letter signed by the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army thanking them for their support. FREEDOM TEAM SALUTE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458387/posts#comment Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450392/posts WASHINGTON, July 24, 2005 – A group based here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here has stepped forward to help families of wounded servicemembers with expenses to stay in the area while their loved ones recover in this high-cost area. Out of concern for the overwhelming number of family members of war-wounded servicemembers showing up at the hospital's doorstep needing financial assistance, the Walter Reed command asked the Walter Reed Society to help. "So on March 19, 2004, we created the Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Family Support Fund," said retired Army Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Bullis, the society's... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450392/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:53:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1445676/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) - A retired FBI agent who pleaded guilty to lying about his affair with a suspected Chinese double agent was sentenced Monday to probation and fined $10,000 after apologizing for his behavior. "I have nobody but myself to blame for being here today," James J. Smith said. "I stand before you ashamed and humiliated by my actions, and all I can do is apologize." Standing before Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, Smith added, "I apologize to your honor, to the court and to the citizens of the United States." Smith, 61, at one time faced up to five years... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1445676/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:02:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1433263/posts Former Fort Hood Officer Stabbed To Death Retired Army general John Bard, 76, who once commanded a brigade at Fort Hood, was stabbed to death in an attack at a home in an upscale Richmond, Va. neighborhood, police said. A woman, Courtney Cash Martin, 58, was seriously wounded in the attack and was in critical condition Wednesday. The woman’s 18-year-old son, who police say is suspected in the attack, was also injured. The woman was stabbed at her home Tuesday morning and a short time later Bard was attacked with a butcher knife, police said. He staggered into the street... KWTX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1433263/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:19:12 GMT