As I See It — Low Blow for America’s Heroes
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - December 15, 2010
Fiscal commission puts biggest health care hits on the
wounded.
As I See It — Stop the “Catch-26” for Military Families
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - November 12,
2010
Whatever you think of the broader national health care reform law,
there's been nearly universal applause for one provision that
allows children without access to employer-provided health care
insurance to stay on a parent's policy until age 26.
As I See It — Fighting the Budget Shrug
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - October 15, 2010
A recent article in
Christian Science Monitor on military
health care costs identified, in microcosm, the battle we face in
the coming years in defending the military community's sunk
investment in its future.
As I See It — Stop Bashing Beneficiaries for TRICARE Problems
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - September 9,
2010
Defense leaders continue to propose increases in heath care fees
for military retirees to fix TRICARE's problems.
As I See It — Failed Compensation Plans and Slow Learners
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - August 12, 2010
When it comes to military personnel readiness, history shows we're
a nation of slow learners.
As I See It — “Fit But Unsuitable”: Shameless and Shameful
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - July 10, 2010
Children's sayings about "sticks and stones" not withstanding,
words can be powerful and extremely hurtful - especially in the
hands of bureaucrats who manage to twist them in self-contradictory
ways.
As I See It — When Are We Asking Too Much?
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - June 10, 2010
Service leaders, Congress, and most of the country have done a
great deal of well-justified hand-wringing over the burdens imposed
on troops and their families, as combat units have been deployed to
war zones every other year for nearly a decade.
As I See It — No Sacrifice Too Great — To Forget
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - May 20, 2010
We shouldn't be surprised, I guess, to see Pentagon leaders once
again ratcheting up their complaints about rising military health
care costs, and asserting those costs inhibit funding for weapon
system procurement.
As I See It — Viewing Military Families From an Ivory Tower
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - April 23, 2010
As stress on the force rises, researchers are spending more time
trying to figure out what makes military families tick.
As I See It — “Hearing Footprints” of Returning Threats
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - March 18, 2010
As the rest of the country was absorbed with national health care
reform and other issues of the day, a Feb. 23 Senate Budget
Committee hearing offered a sobering foretaste of major challenges
that lie ahead for the military community.
As I See It — A Fast Track to a Train Wreck
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - February 18, 2010
For the past six months, much of the country has been fixated (for
or against) on national health care reform. However, recently, the
focus has switched to the economy and jobs.
As I See It — Scared Straight on Health Care
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. - Jan. 14, 2009
As we enter the second decade of the new millennium, most Americans
- and most of the military beneficiary population - are scared to
death about the future of health care.