As I See It
By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret

Past columns:

Picking MOAA's Priorities  —   Fall 2007 Print

Fear the Peace Dividend  —   July 2007 Online

Stop Death-Debt Recoupments  —   June 2007 Online

What’s Our Concurrent Receipt Goal?  —    Summer 2007 Print

Maintaining Perspective on Military Health Care —   April 2007 Online

We’re Not Making This Up —   March 2007 Online

Means-Testing Means Trouble  —  Spring 2007 Print

Education Extortion  —  January 2007 Online

Standard Enrollment Plan: A Loser For Beneficiaries  —  December 2006 Online

TRICARE Built for Bureaucracy, Not Efficiency  —  Winter 2006 Print

It's the Principle  —  October 2006 Online

Why Whack the Wounded?  —  September 2006 Online

When Enough Consituents Write, Congress Listens —  Fall 2006

TFL Funding Fix: Obey the Law —  July 2006 Online

It’s a Security Issue  — June 2006 Online

Who’s Paying What Premium? — April 2006 Online

Broken Thinking —  March 2006 Online

Dump the Disabled Retiree “Back Tax” — Spring 2006 Print

Losing the Bubble on Health Care — January 2006 Online

How Medicare Affects You-December 2005 Online

High SBP Open Season Fees Punish Survivors —Winter 2005 Print

Counting to Ten — Again — on GAO— October 2005 Online

Reserves Deserve Permanent Health Coverage — Fall 2005 Print

All Disability Retirees Earned Concurrent Receipt—July 2005 Online

Death Benefits Debate Long Overdue—Summer 2005 Print

Health Coverage at What Price?—June 2005 Online

Divisive Budget Rhetoric Is Counterproductive—Spring 2005 Print

History Predicts ‘Entitlements’ Threats—April 2005 Online

Time to Revisit the 20-Year Threshold—January 2005 Online

End-of-Year Frustrations—December 2004 Online

Thankful for Small COLAs?-Winter 2004 Print

Mulling Medical Manpower Transformation—October 2004 Online

Missing the Point on Guard/Reserve Health Care—September 2004 Online

Don’t You Know There’s a War On?—June 2004 Online

The Secret New Military Pay Standard—Summer 2004 Print

Where's the Money Coming From? —Fall 2004 Print

Persistence, Priorities, "People Power" Pay Off —July 2004 Online

Don’t You Know There’s a War On? —June 2004 Online

The Secret New Military Pay Standard —May 2004 Online

Complaining About the Price of Freedom—April 2004 Online

Treating Guard & Reserve Troop Like Temps "There Oughta Be a Law"—March 2004 Online

Dealing with Reality—Spring 2004 Print

Cheap Talk on Commissaries—January 2004 Online

Reduce the Reserve Retirement Age—December 2003Online

Fix that Pretax Picture—Winter 2003 Print

No Reconciling Active vs. Retired Pay Adjustments—October 2003 Online

Restore the Pay Comparability Standard—September 2003 Online

Reserve Retirement at Crossroads—Fall 2003 Print

Rethinking Concurrent Receipt —July 2003 Online

Fix the Pay Cap Law—June 2003 Online

Health Care and Trust Funds—Summer 2003 Print

No Progress Without Tough Choices—April 2003 Online

New Tack Needed to Change Former Spouse Law—March 2003 Online

Who's Fighting Your Battles?—Spring 2003 Print

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