Black Border – David E Wiltse Brother of Brig. Gen. (CT-Ret.) John T Wiltse
For details go to: David Wiltse Obituary (2021) – Southington, CT – The Record-Journal (legacy.com)
Lamont: National Guard ready if state workers miss vaccination deadline – The CT Mirror
The CT Mirror
Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he has directed state agency heads and the National Guard to prepare for the absence of employees who fail to comply next week …
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont tells National Guard to plan on replacing workers who defy … – Fox Business
Connecticut Gov. Lamont will activate National Guard to replace unvaccinated state employees – Hartford Courant
DoD to Beneficiaries With Expired ID Cards: Renew Now
27 Sep 2021
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
Military family members whose identification cards expired during the pandemic should make appointments to renew their IDs now, the Pentagon is advising.
Roughly a half-million DoD ID card holders — mainly family members of active-duty, Reserve and National Guard members, as well as retirees and their dependents under age 65 — were allowed to use expired IDs through much of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…..
After a harrowing year, the National Guard takes stock of its mental health – Military Times
Military Times
In a year that stretched the limits of the human ability to handle stress and fear, the National Guard had a challenging set of variables to confront: How …
The September 2021 issue of the quarterly Retiree Newsletter is now available online. We have a downloadable PDF of the newsletter you can share with other retirees. https://www.dfas.mil/retireenews
Military Retirees, Disabled Veterans to See Largest Pay Raise in Decades for 2022
A note from Doug Schobel
Delta Dental FEDVIP Enhancements and Open Season Resources
I wanted to share some exciting Delta Dental program enhancements that we have made for 2022!
- New! No orthodontic waiting period in either the Delta Dental Standard Plan or the High Plan!
- New! Unlimited annual in-network maximum in the High Plan!
- New! Our Standard Plan out of network annual maximum increased by 66% and is now
$1,000!
- Expanded access to exclusive member discounts for your health and wellness
- Members have access to dentists nationwide through more than 372,000 in-network access points
To ensure that the military retirees can easily learn about these and more, Delta Dental will be doing the following this Open Season.
Can you please share these resources and links via your email distribution lists? Thank you!!
- We’re hosting Delta Dental webinars every Tuesday at 11 am EST from October 19 – December
Register at https://feds.deltadentalins.com/fedvip/webinars/
- We’re participating in all of the Virtual Benefits Fairs being held on com.
Register at https://www.benefeds.com/education-support
- We’re participating in Virtual Fairs that are being set up and hosted by the various agencies – if your Agency is having a Virtual Open Season event, please send me the details right away and I’ll build it into my calendar
- Providing our fact sheet, as well as a link to our short program video and Member Discounts Flyer.
If you need hard copies of the fact sheets or if there is anything that I can do for you, please let me know.
Thanks, my friends.
2021 Calendar of Events: (New events are in BOLD)
Retiree Breakfast 30 Sep 21 Middletown *
Senior NCO Dining In – 7 Oct 21 Aqua Turf, Southington
Retiree Breakfast 28 Oct 21 Milford **
Officer’s Dining In – 4 Nov 21 in Southington, Aqua Turf, Southington
Retiree Breakfast 18 Nov 21 Middletown *
Retiree Breakfast 27 Jan 22 Middletown *
Retiree Breakfast 24 Feb 22 Milford **
Retiree Breakfast 31 Mar 22 Middletown *
*Athenian Diner, 864 Washington St, Middletown. Starts at 0900
**Pop’s Family Restaurant, 134 Old Gate Ln, Milford. Starts at 0900
21-18 Newsletter in PDF format.
