Congress Excludes Aid to Address Military Hunger in NDAA
Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, which did not include the proposed Military Family Basic Needs Allowance.
Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, which did not include the proposed Military Family Basic Needs Allowance.
Military families have plenty of good news in the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act, although the Basic Needs Allowance wasn’t included.
Throughout history, it’s been called soldier’s heart, shell shock, war neurosis, and the ‘thousand-yard-stare.’ Today, it is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While names and descriptions for this condition have changed over the years, one undisputed fact exists among them all: PTSD has long been a consequence of war.
Over the past year, proposed changes to the military retirement system seemed to take center stage.