Joint Base Andrews

 

Retiree Activities Office column: week of Feb.25 - Mar. 4

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. --
People invited to 'Ask the Chairman'


The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is getting ready to launch his third installment of "Ask the Chairman: A Virtual Town Hall," and he needs your support.

Over the next few weeks, he will be seeking and collecting questions on any topic you want to raise. This is a great opportunity for troops past and present, their families, and other concerned citizens, to get to him directly and in an interactive manner.

For servicemembers, and retirees, especially those who have served abroad, this is your chance to address the decisions that are made in the Pentagon that affect you on a day-to-day basis. Let him know what's working, and what's not. Let him help explain something that may seem confusing to you now.

But, as he says, "Ask the Chairman" is not limited to our troops. He hopes to hear from family members, other concerned Americans, and citizens of the world as well, because in these critical times, there are challenges across the globe which demand our attention and our steady focus. Retirees: This is you!

To participate, just send your question via YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, or any other medium from now until the end of the month. He will answer those questions in the next and future segments of "Ask the Chairman." Send your questions today. He is waiting to hear from you.

Biographies: Admiral Mike Mullen
http://www.jcs.mil/biography.aspx?ID=9

Related Sites:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EC6B9257769B13D0
http://www.facebook.com/admiralmikemullen
http://twitter.com/thejointstaff#
http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/category/chairmans-corner/
Extracted from: For more retiree news and information, please visit www.retirees.af.mil.


TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery


People are always looking for opportunities to save time and spend less money, and TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery allows beneficiaries to do this by delivering maintenance medications safely and securely to their home through the U.S. mail.

"Home delivery can be to any U.S. postal address and overseas Army Post Offices (APO), Fleet Post Offices (FPO) and in some cases, U.S. Embassies." Beneficiaries have convenient and secure Internet access to their plan information and can manage their prescriptions online."

TRICARE retail network pharmacies fill prescriptions with a 30-day supply. Home delivery fills prescriptions for the same co-payment, but for 90 days. Home delivery costs beneficiaries $3 for a 90-day supply of generic formulary medications and $9 for a 90-day supply of formulary brand-name medications.

To sign up for pharmacy home delivery or to learn more about the program, go to www.tricare.mil/homedelivery or call the Member Choice Center toll free at 877-363-1343. (Courtesy of TRICARE)


For more retiree news and information, please visit www.retirees.af.mil.
The Retiree Activities Office is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may visit our office in room A-200A, 1535 Command Dr., call us at 301-981-2726, your voice mail message will be answered, or you can e-mail us at rao@andrews.af.mil.
We recommend you call the office prior to visiting us to ensure someone is on duty. We have a Web site at http://www.andrews.af.mil click on ''Retirees" on the right side of the page. There you will find a wealth of information that is of interest to you.
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