The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), whose military arm is famously led by Holly Petraeus, this week announced that Navy Federal must pay $28.5 million in fines and restitution for some shady and illegal collection practices conducted between 2013 and 2015.
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“Gulf War syndrome (GWS), also known as Gulf War illness (GWI), is a chronic multi symptom disorder affecting returning military veterans and civilian workers of the 1990–91 Gulf War.”
The VA is seeking to expand the time limit that veterans can claim disability benefits for Gulf War Syndrome by five years.
In a document to be published in the Federal Register on October 17, the VA seeks to expand the time limit that veterans of the Gulf War may claim disability benefits for the chronic multi symptom illness known as Gulf War Syndrome from December 31, 2016 until December 31, 2021. The VA is inviting the public to comment on their plans by December 18, 2016. The document, with instructions for commenting can be found on the Federal Register website.
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The Marine Corps may scrap its iconic recruiting slogan, “The Few. The Proud. The Marines.”
The change is being considered ahead of a national advertising campaign slated to launch next year, according to reports in Marine Times.
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Gerald Junji Yamamoto, age 78 of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard Radar Technician, passed away in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu.
Survived by wife, Joy Masako; son, Daniel; daughters, Susan (Corazon) Barsatan and Joanne (Dean) Kajihiro; grand- children, Monica Barsatan, Ryan Barsatan, Jessica Yamamoto, Matthew Kajihiro, Rei Yamamoto, Christopher Kajihiro and Gabriel Kajihiro.
Service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday October 21, 2016 at Nu‘uanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, East Chapel. Arrangements provided by: Nu‘uanu Memorial Park and Mortuary, LLC
Richard K. Tokairin, 84, of Pearl City, passed away on September 23, 2016. He was born in Wahiawā. Richard was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and retired Airports Supervisor.
He is survived by his wife, Elsie; son, Reed (Jerre) and daughter, Roxanne.
Please join family and friends in celebrating his life on Sunday, October 23 at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Visitation from 10:00 a.m.; service at 11:00 a.m. No flowers. Aloha attire. Arrangements provided By: Hosoi Garden Mortuary, Inc.
If you knew your date of death, retirement planning would be a breeze.
Unfortunately — or maybe fortunately? — you don’t. And that can make planning for retirement extremely difficult. Does your nest egg need to last 20 years? 30 years? 40 years? And what about couples? How should couples go about planning for the likelihood that one spouse — usually the husband — predeceases the other?
Every year from October 15 to December 7, Americans have the opportunity to change their Medicare coverage. Every year, many beneficiaries could save hundreds of dollars by changing plans. But every year, most of them do nothing.
I believe people don’t bother with open enrollment because the information seems overwhelming. To help remedy that, I’d like to offer a few tips that can help you make good decisions:
It takes a community to protect a community. Report suspicious activity – dial 9-1-1.
More than 17 million Americans are the victims of identity theft each year. This summer, the Democratic National Committee’s computer network was hacked, and just last month Yahoo disclosed that hackers stole information from at least 500 million accounts.
But should you worry? And how can you protect yourself?
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability but the vast majority of strokes are preventable, according to a new study.
Researchers discovered that 10 controllable risk factors account for 90 percent of all strokes worldwide. Of these modifiable risk factors, high blood pressure (hypertension) is the most important.
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A Change with Future “Taps” postings
The posting of Guardmember obituaries have been an important part of the Retiree News website. The second post on the website was an obituary – CSM Coling Jacob “Reuben” Mandaquit – on January 22, 2013.
A friend forwarded Retiree News a link to Ian Lind’s blog, iLind. His October 16, 2016 posting said in part:
Long story short: future “Taps” postings will not list family members unless the deceased member’s family bought a “Family placed obituary.”