Air Force Sergeants Association VOICE OF THE “ENLISTED” YOUR AIR FORCE ENLISTED VOICE FOR OVER 50 YEARS!

Air Force Sergeants Association

VOICE OF THE “ENLISTED”

YOUR AIR FORCE ENLISTED VOICE

FOR OVER 50 YEARS!

AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION

Overview

What is AFSAWhy AFSAHow is AFSA uniquePay/2011-2012 Legislative PlatformAFSA Functional AnalogyLife without AFSAThe Bad NewsThe Good NewsHow Do I Join?


What is AFSA?

Professional Organization of Choice Commenced in 1961, 50+ years

Servicing over 111,000 members to Include Auxiliary 130+ Chapters world wide Airman, NCO, Officer, and Family members eligible

Federally chartered in Washington D.C as a 3c19 Veterans organization

AFSA is authorized to lobby congress (EANGUS/NGAUS is NOT!)

Only organization addressing issues important to AF members past and present wearing the “Stripes”

Proud member of the Military Coalition



SERVEDIN

UNIFORM

CONGRESSLess than 22%

Why AFSA?

112th Congress



How is AFSA Unique

Reason for being: TO REPRESENT YOU! With you for LIFE regardless of rank, time in/of

service, and/or service-retirement locationOwnership: PAID FOR BY YOU, not a corporate

business concernMission: only USAF ENLISTED Q-O-L issuesHierarchy: USAF ENLISTED volunteersLobbyists: all USAF ENLISTEDContacts: CAPITOL HILL, AIR FORCE, AND DOD


A 13-YEAR LOOK AT BASIC PAY RAISES

DOD PLAN FINAL

3.0 % 3.0 %

2.8 % 2.8 %

3.1 % 3.6 %

4.4 % 4.8 %

3.7 % 3.7 %

5.9-9.5 % 6.0-9.5 %

4.1 % 4.1-6.5 %

2.0-6.25 % 3.7-6.25 %

3.5 % 3.5 %

3.1 % 3.1 %

YEAR

1997

1998

1999

2000

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2002

2003

2004

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2006

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NOTE: DOD ALWAYS PROPOSES A PAY

RAISE AT OR BELOW THE

MINIMUM INTENDED BY LAW..

* Some targeting raises added in April 2007 for Warrants and mid-grade enlisted members

3.4 % 3.9 %2009 ECI + 1/2 %


ANNUAL PAY IMPACT OF ASSOCIATIONSFACTORING IN ONLY 1997-2009 EFFECT

GRADE/TIS DOD PLANSACTUAL AS RESULT OF

ASS’N WORKDOLLAR

INCREASEEXTRA $

EACH MONTH

E-1 (0) $ 12,966 $ 16,794 $ 3,828 $319

E-2 (1) $ 14,533 $ 18,825 $ 4,292 $357

E-3 (2) $ 16,255 $ 21,042 $ 4,787 $399

E-4 (3) $ 18,771 $ 24,300 $ 5,529 $460

E-5 (6) $ 23,160 $ 29,998 $ 6,838 $570

E-6 (12) $ 29,895 $ 38,715 $ 8,820 $735

E-7 (15) $ 34,557 $ 44,792 $ 10,235 $853

E-8 (20) $ 41,471 $ 53,697 $ 12,226 $1018

E-9 (24) $ 51,911 $ 67,228 $ 15,377 $1,281

ANNUAL PAY IMPACT OF ASSOCIATIONSFACTORING IN ONLY 1997-2009 EFFECT


This will be used as a “blueprint” for testimony and lobbying efforts, in addition to responses dictated by day‑to‑day events.

2011-2012 AFSA LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM

HEALTHCARE• Oppose TRICARE fee increases• Limit beneficiary costs for TRICARE network/mail order prescription drug• Exempt those military retirees who entered service prior to December 7, 1956, from the

obligation of Medicare Part B payments • Oppose the various recommendations for retirees aged 38-64 to seek healthcare coverage

from somewhere else besides TRICARE• Ensure adequate reimbursement for doctors who accept TRICARE and Medicare patients

("Doc Fix") VETERANS BENEFITS• Limit user fees and prescription co-pay increases at VA medical facilities • Require the VA to accept licensed civilian medical/dental provider prescriptions • Review the veterans’ disability evaluation, benefits claim, and appeals process for

effectiveness and accuracy• Provide Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) for service incurred disabilities • Pursue the VA to have chiropractic care where possible • Where permissible by Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), provide full overseas retiree

exchange/commissary benefits including postal services• Ensure sufficient capacity and full funding at national cemeteries




CARING FOR SURVIVORS• Pursue Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) widows to remarry after age 55 without losing

their entitlement • Permit the full receipt of DIC and Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) without an offset• Permit the member to designate multiple SBP beneficiaries and SBP benefits must be proportionate to

the allocation of retired pay • Allow survivors of retirees to draw the final full month’s retired pay for the month in which retirees die DEBT COMMISSION & MISCELLANEOUS• Make adjustments to the Household Goods (HHG) weight allowances based upon number of family

members• Resist DoD/DECA/AAFES efforts to reduce the benefit, that negatively alter current pricing policies, or

provide the benefit to non-military beneficiaries • Monitor/scrutinize housing privatization efforts to preclude adverse impact on all military members • Oppose the following Debt Commission recommendations to:

1. Freeze federal salaries, bonuses and other comp for 3 years including military non-combat pay.2. Reduce spending on base support and facility maintenance3. Integrate military kids into local schools in the US4. Use highest 5 years for civil svc and military retirement pay5. Reform military retirement system to vest after 10 years and defer collection to age 606. Full 20 + years of military retire pay starts age 57




NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE RESERVE• Reduce the earliest Guard & Reserve retirement compensation age from 60 to 55 • Provide employer and self-employed tax credits and enhance job security• Enhance Selected Reserve Montgomery GI Bill (SR-MGIB) benefits • Award full veterans’ benefit status to Guard & Reserve members who complete 20

qualifying years of service, but do not otherwise qualify as veterans under title 38 EDUCATION• Ensure the Post 9-11 GI Bill remains current and relevant to our servicemembers• Provide military members and their families’ in-state tuition rates at federally supported

state universities and colleges–regardless of residency requirements • Ensure full funding of the Impact Aid Program• Preserve Tuition Assistance Programs• Pursue Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children • Repeal/Modify the Former Spouse Protection Act• Provide a full accounting of POW/MIAs from all past and future military actions, and

promote international compliance in recovery efforts• Protect the American flag from purposeful acts of physical desecration



Life without AFSA and The Military Coalition

75%+ of (non-tech) Air Force moved to the U.S. Army Absence of a Montgomery G.I. Bill or reduced benefits Reduced tuition assistance Commissary and BX benefits would be reduced Health care would be more costly Basic pay would be a fraction of what it currently is Allowances would be quite a bit less or non existent Reimbursement for PCS moves would be less Hazardous duty pay would be much lower or non

existent Dormitory standards would be much poorer

Single Airmen would probably still reside in open bay




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