The Military Retiree Grass Roots Group (MRGRG) is comprised largely of a group of retired military personnel who are displeased greatly by the way the United States Government has not honored Promises Made to the retired military personnel of this country. We have fought with "Sharpies" and letters written on "Brown-Paper bags", sent tons of fax'es and email messages and (occasionally) we've fought in the courts of this great country... to have those "Promises Made" honored. Those who served a minimum of 20 years in the U.S. military during the 1940's and 50's were PROMISED; FREE medical care for life after their retirement... for themselves and their dependents.

Those who retired after 1957 were made similar promises [with conditions]... but were still promised FREE lifetime medical care on a space available basis. This promise was made to all members of the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, the Marines and Coast Guard and continued into the 1990's when it was stopped by the massive BRAC effort of the Clinton Administration.

For the 99% of American Citizens who never served in the U.S. Military... this promised "Lifetime Medical Care" was intended only for members of the U.S. Military who served a full 20 years or longer (to retirement) for this promised care. We served in less than the best conditions for considerably less money than our contemporaties. We served for a REDUCED Salary that was to be made up "After Retirement" by FREE Lifetime Medical Care - only to be denied our PROMISED Medical care when we needed it the most... in our "out years"! This PROMISED Lifetime Medical Care (after retirement) was "intended" to make up for the menial wages we received during those long years... often separated from our husbands or wives and families for months and sometimes years at a time.

The opening line in the paragraph above is NOT intended as a negative statement... rather, it is an acknowledgment of our problem! Only about one percent (1 %) of the actual population of our great nation volunteer and serve in the military. And only a SMALL percentage of those who do enlist actually make a career of the Military. So you see, there are a very few of us who actually take the responsibility for keeping YOU, the other 99% FREE. Don't you think it's time that Congress actually paid us what our Government said that we would be paid? The long term payment was to be a meager monthly "retainer check" (a small percentage of what we were being paid when we retired) and all the medical care we actually needed... until we died! For many military persons, that is not a long time... If you do your research, MANY retirees don't last long! They can't seem to take the stress of peacetime life...



During a campaign speech by George W. Bush, he said (referring to the military) that "Promises Made would be Promises Kept" and he failed to act on that pledge. Obviously he was not concerned about our votes in the Nov '04 election. In the words of an "insider" President Bush intended to honor his pledge... and then someone told him how much it would cost. Obviously he did not feel that we were worth what it would have cost! Those who voted for him either loved Bush or voted against John Kerry! Whatever the reason, Bush was re-elected! So we got busy and start early writing him letters asking him to honor his pledge to us. We were totally ignored. We kept sending letters, faxes and emails. Then the DoD started attacking with all the force they could muster... to take away even more than what we had already lost.

NOTE: If you're currently serving (or know someone who is) please take note that if you are promised something while you are in the service of your country... if it's not in writing and backed up by a LAW passed by Congress and signed by a sitting president of the USA, you just joined the rest of us in being lied to and screwed at the same time!

For an EXHAUSTIVE explanation of our challenges and our attempts to regain those lost benefits, visit: http://mrgrg-ms.org



The next time you hear your Congressman or Senator, or anyone for that matter...
knocking the Military and How Expensive it is to operate... just remember:

"WITHOUT THE U.S. MILITARY--THERE WOULD BE NO FREE AMERICA" where you can whine publicly without being shot!

POSTED JUNE 04, 2003: Government Denied Claims of Retirees

The Supreme Court has, in a shocking decision, refused to hear our case.
CLICK HERE to read the Washington Times piece on the court's decision.

Click HERE to see photographs of the Retirees marching on 12 February 2003
to the Supreme Court and the Capitol.

Also, Click HERE to see more photographs of the Retirees marching on 12 February 2003.

Just always remember:
"If it was NOT for the U.S. Military, there would be NO FREE America as we know it today!"     Our U.S. Congress, and much of the American public, seems to have forgotten that fact!



The next time you see an "Active Duty" military person, in uniform, on the street, Walk-Up and THANK THEM for THEIR SERVICE! You'll see their face Light Up! If you were "Mis-Treated" when you came home from Viet Nam, this is your chance to Make a Difference! Thank our troops for their service! They're getting little else, especially from a majority of the sitting members of Congress!

For all new and current military personnel, our advice to you is to make sure that you have a "REAL" lawyer (not Government provided) with you when YOU re-enlist. Know what you are "getting into" and what YOU are getting out of it! Make sure you have a contract that is Air-Tight so you'll get what you are being "promised" because... our case is Proof Positive that the U.S. Government DOES NOT keep Promises Made to Military Retirees! And, Oh Yes, make sure you put money away TODAY for your medical care after you retire... because the Government Sure as Heck won't do anything for you after you walk out the door as a retiree!

On the MAIN MRGRG website you will find links that will explain the Tricare for Life (TFL) program that congress provided to the retired community as an attempt to replace the lost medical care we were PROMISED and continue to be denied. The initial idea was great until others in Congress stripped it's benefits by tying it to Medicare which is not sufficiently funded and as a result most doctors will not accept TFL patients. To find out more, go to The Military Retiree Grass Roots Group's MAIN WEBSITE at MRGRG-MS.ORG

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