Branch President’s Corner . March is arrived and with it, spring is just around the corner with St.

Patrick’s Day and busy events here at the FRA. Our FRA Southeast Region

Mid Year meeting in Milton, FL was very informative and busy with the

Regional Americanism/Patriotism Essays where the 1st place winners from

the branches were read and graded for winners at the Regional level.

Branch 269 is proud to announce that we had one 1st place winner from the

essays submitted from Branch 269 and that was Jessica Scannell for 11th

grade from Berkeley Middle College HS. Congratulations to her and all our

branch winners.

Spring also means that come in April and May, we will be having

elections for branch officers. All positions are open and for one year. I will

be posting descriptions in the newsletters starting with March to describe

what each officer duties and responsibilities are per our by-laws. Please

consider running for one of these positions as they are vital in the operation

of the branch, unit and home. These positions must be filled every year in

order to keep the FRA and the branch alive.

RVPSE Laurie Bailey,

FRA Low Country Branch 269, Branch President

BRANCH OFFICERS

President – RVPSE Laurie Bailey Vice-President - Kieth Deliteris

Treasurer - Gerald Korinek Secretary - John Tharp

Jr. Past President – PRPSE Fred Bolz

BRANCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PNP Don Mucheck PRPSE Fred Bolz John Autrey

Tim Bailey Don Barton Cindy Bryan

Skip Chilton Gerald Fraser Ken Hutchson

Ron Lamon Harry Nettles Bobbi Sutton

Chaplain - Bobbi Sutton Ways & Means - Cindy Bryan

Master-at-Arms-Tim Bailey Historian - Mike Sparks

Amer/Pat – John Autrey Youth Activities – Kieth Deliteris

Membership – Cindy Bryan Essay Contest – John Autrey

By-Laws – PNP Don Mucheck Parliamentarian – PNP Don Mucheck

PRelations – John Tharp Legislative Affairs - PRPSE Fred Bolz

VAVS-PRPSE Fred Bolz WEB Master - James Sparks

LOW COUNTRY HOME, INC.

99 Wisteria Road

(843) 569-2692

Home Chairman – Skip Chilton

Admin Secretary-Bobbi Sutton Financial Sec- Gerald Korinek

Director – John Autrey Director – Ken Hutchinson

Special Events – Linda Cox Director - John Lookabill

Director –Trish Chilton Director – John Tharp

Director – Marilyn Tharp Director – Cindy Bryan

Trustees: Tim Bailey- 1st Year

PRPSE Fred Bolz - 2nd Year

Norris Nathan - 3rd Year

Home Manager – PNP Don Mucheck and Larry Pepper

Hours of Operation

Mon-Thur 1000-2200 Fri 1000-2400

Sat 1000- 2400 Sun 1000 – 2000

Happy Hour – 1600 – 1900 Monday - Friday

Fleet Reserve Association, Low Country Branch 269

http://www.fra269.org (Local)

http://www.fra.org (National)

http://facebook.com/groups/frabranch269

Branch 269

Goose Creek

South Carolina

March, 2019

Scuttlebutt

LAFRA UNIT 269 UNIT OFFICERS

President – Linda Cox Vice President – Annie Bain Secretary – Marilyn Tharp Treasurer – RVPSE Gale Nathan

Jr. Past President – PRPSE Gail Bolz

UNIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mary Lopez Trish Chilton Benita Kinlaw Anne Barton Kathy Sorenson NFS Pat Suckow Theresa Milligan

MADAM PREZ’S TIDBIT

Hope everyone is fairing well the winter! Hopefully March will be as mild

as February. Everyone is ready for Spring! At our Feb. meeting we had a visit

from Girl Scout Troop 861. They brought up a very nice certificate signed by

the whole troop, to say thank you for purchasing Girl Scout cookies to send to

the troop overseas. This helps the troop and the troops overseas.

We are still collecting school supplies. The bin is placed in the Low

Country Home and has a list attached of the things they need. Please help us

fill the bin!

The next Golf Tournament is on March 16th.Sign up sheets are at the bar.

You need only to ask a bartender for the application.

We have a quarter auction schedules for April 13th

. We are taking

donations of new or gently used items( excluding clothing.) The last one was a

lot of fun. Come and join us or just make a donation. If you know of anyone

needing help or is ill and need support, please let me or Trish, our chaplain

know, so we can help. Both phone numbers are printed in this newsletter.

In Loyalty, Protection and Service

Linda Cox

Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association

President Unit 269

(C) 843-906-1790

In Loyalty, Protect and Service Linda Cox

Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association, President Unit 269

(C) 843-906-1790

LAFRA UNIT 269

Appointees & Committee Chairs

Chaplain – Trish Chilton Amer/Pat – Benita Kinlaw

Sergeant-at-Arms – VAVS – PRPSE Gail Bolz

Kathy Sorenson Theresa Milligan

Welfare – NFS Pat Suckow Parliamentarian—PRPSE Gail Bolz

Youth Activities—Mary Lopez Merry Widows-Esther Ellisor

PRPSE Gail Bolz

Audit—NFS Pat Suckow Unit Activities—PRPSE Gail Bolz

and Trish Chilton and Mary Lopez

Hospital – Trish Chilton Publicity – Vacant

Ship’s Store - Mary Lopez

LOYALTY -- PROTECTION -- SERVICE

BRANCH & UNIT CHAPLAINS’ PEW

Deepest Sympathy is extended to the family of Cwo4 Fred Aldridge, HMC Lewis E. Steed, RMC Wendall Calloway, PRPSE

Frank Smith, PNP J.C. Eblen Who transferred to the Staff of the Supreme Commander.

Several Shipmates were in the hospital-Jerry Farr, Joe Hayes, Don Mook,

George Scharf, Darlene Hines and Jimmy Kimbrell

Anyone knowing of any illness or death among our Shipmates or Unit

members please contact:

Branch Chaplain Bobbi Sutton @ 879-9473 or

Unit Chaplain Kathy Sorenson @ 568-7668.

Renewal List Ready to Renew by 31 March 2019: Richard Alkire, Donald Barton, Arthur Brown,

Willard Clark, Richard Davies, Frank Davis, Jamaal Goss, Mark Heck, Francis Jones,

Lee Jones, Jr., James Kennedy, Sr., Jake Kirksey, Robert Kosclanski, Ronald

Kozlowski, Pete Martellini, Roy Morrow, Michael Neff, Melody Phillips, Ray

Phillips, Jr., William Pitts, Martin Sessler, Ray Stanfield, Loen Steele, Wayne Stella,

William Stevens, Larry Tarzwell, Adam Treen, Jerome White, Jr., Mel Wright

BRANCH 269’s DINK LIST

Past due: Darryl Allen, Ronald Aycock, Merlin Brignall, Robert Burnett, Timothy

Cox, Donald Garrand, Billy Lyles, Nicole Marie Olgiate, Hubert Pearce, Sr., Perry

Randall, Aaron Robinson, Arlington Sanford, Rowland Singletary, Leslie

Southworth, Garry Wackerhagen

Suspended: George Fuchs, William Parks, Gene Verch

WELCOME ABOARD SHIPMATES

Allen Ferguson Kyle Fitzpatrick James Fricks

Jeffery Stephen Merle Knapp Lorenzo Mailum

Robert Mustain Adam Padgett Walter Scroggs

Rita Stiegelmeyer Todd Walker

UNIT 269 RENEWAL LIST To be Renewed by March 31: Diane Bahr, Kathleen Bourgeouis,

Rebecca Bower, Connie Chinn, Cynthia Clark, Deloris Cox, Michael

Dubay, Theresa Edwards, Martha Fulmer, Erin Giannetto, Kelley

Hall, Linda Harris, Barbara Hathaway, Mary Horton, Karen Hubert,

Mary Johnson, Kathleen Mactier, Marlyn Mucheck, Linda Newey,

Annette Russell, Kimberly Sparkman, Michael Steele, James Vinson,

Jennell Yates, Jerry Yates.

February 28: Lisa Berezny, Michael Berezny, Billy Bradshaw,

Mathilda Greeawalt, Barbara Hayes, Irma Naples, Deborah Rullman,

Lori Ryan, Nancy Vella.

Past Due: Georgia Cathcart, Maria Gulick, Tricia Hughes, Margaret

Miller, Susan Westbury, Bette Garrand, Kenneth Sorenson, Larry

Brodie, Lucinda Johnston, Norma Smith, Brian Whaley, Presilla

Wilbanks, Adela Ferguson, Sandra Hoit.

Suspended: Doris Stuhr.

BRANCH MEMBERSHIP REPORT

New or Reinstated Members – 11

Transferred into Low Country Branch 269 – 2

Transferred from Branch 269 – 2

Ready to renew – 29

Members past due – 15

Suspended members - 3

Transferred to the Staff of the Supreme Commander – 1

TOTAL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING AS OF 3 February, 2019 - 927

BRANCH & UNIT CHAPLAINS’ PEW

Deepest Sympathy is extended to the family of

RMC (SS) Herbert Harden

There are other Shipmates with health issues and they need

our prayers for continued healing: Tim Bailey – started

treatment for throat cancer; Jerome Tenney has cancer

Anyone knowing of any illness or death among our Shipmates

or Unit members please contact:

Branch Chaplain Bobbi Sutton @ 843-879-9473 or

Unit Chaplain Trish Chilton @ 843-793-4896

NEW MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Do you have a son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter who has

decided to join the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard or has completed boot

camp within one year of application? If so, initiate an application to join the

FRA and Branch 269 will pay for their first year’s membership dues. You as

parent or grandparent will get credit for a new member and also be their mentor.

Who better to mentor this new active duty shipmate but his own family

member? You as the mentor will give them information about the FRA and

provide the follow up and reminders to renew their dues at the end of the first

year. Recipients will be sent to Membership Chairman (Branch President Laurie

Bailey) and with the payment of dues, there will be a congratulatory letter and

certificate. The only requirement is that the request to be submitted within one

year of completion of boot camp. Send the application to lbailey009@sc.rr.com

or put application in the pass down log marked for Laurie Bailey.

IMPORTANT - MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDERS

Our National office sends out a renewal notice to all

members one month before their membership expiration date

and you can send that back to National directly or go to our

branch home and drop off your renewal for our secretary, John

Tharp to process.

If you decide to come to the home and drop off your

renewal, please ensure the following things are done.

Your renewal is written down in our pass down log by

one of our managers (if available) or the bartender.

Fill out proper form with all required information

(application form for new members and renewal form

for renewals. These forms are found behind the pool

tables on the bulletin board. We do have your

information on file but sometimes information change

and we don’t get the update any other way.

We will accept cash but prefer a check as it is more

secure.

Place in the envelope marked for John Tharp and seal

envelope. These envelopes will be in the pass down

log. Place the envelope in pass down log and John

will process as soon as he can.

RENEWAL NOTICES – PLEASE READ – IMPORTANT- WE

HAVE 20 RENEWALS THIS MONTH!

If you received a hard copy newsletter this month, this is your

renewal month. The front of your newsletter will have a sticker that

says “***REMINDER – THIS IS YOUR RENEWAL MONTH - PLEASE

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP BEFORE 31 MARCH 2019**. Please

contact our branch secretary, John Tharp for any questions on renewals.

VA HOSPITAL AND CLINICS NEED

VOLUNTEERS The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and the area clinics need

volunteers in all areas of care. If you can spare a few hours a week,

contact Volunteer Services Office at the VA Hospital at 1-843-789-

7230 for more information.

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION FORM Do you know a shipmate, auxiliary member or staff member who you

see going the extra mile or has done a special project around the home that you

want to recognize? We now have a Volunteer Appreciation Form that you can

submit to give that person special recognition. It is attached to this newsletter so

completed forms can be submitted by e-mail to lbailey009@sc.rr.com or put in the

pass down log marked for Laurie Bailey. There will be form blanks on the

bulletin boards behind the pool tables at the home. After submission of the form,

the award will be prepared and presented at the next branch meeting or unit

meeting.

BRANCH TREASURER’S REPORT

Operations $ 7,540.57

Savings $ 4,614.10

Certificate of Deposit $10,443.43

Total $22,598.10

FRA HOME TREASURER’S REPORT Checking Account $10,152.36

Credit Card account $ 4,632.36

Building Fund $43,838.08

WEEKLY DRAWING at THE HOME Names drawn lately: 1/22- Blenda Krous, not signed; 1/27 – Robert Leud Jr., not signed; 2/5 - Dorthy Coggian, not signed; 2/12 - Howard Luper, not signed. You

must be a member of the Branch or Unit in good standing and you must be signed

in the log. You can sign up until 1800 hours, the day of the drawing. The drawing

is held every Tuesday night at 2030 hours.

There is no cap on the Weekly Drawing

Branch Continuous Memberships – March, 2019

Charles Riggs 51 yrs Frank Davis 21 yrs Wayne McDaniel 12 yrs Leo Kelley Sr. 3 yrs

Ronald Vanco 50 yrs Mark Heck 21 yrs William Stevens 12 yrs Crystal Koch 3 yrs

Donald Mucheck 45 yrs Mervin Wilands 21 yrs Donald Wolfe Jr. 12 yrs Roy Morrow 3 yrs

Robert Mustain 44 yrs Robert Moore 20 yrs Pete Martellini 11 yrs Ray Phillips Jr. 3 yrs

Frank Carroll Jr. 44 yrs Larry Pepper 20 yrs John Sabo 11 yrs Sheri Ragan 3 yrs

Joseph Ondo Jr. 44 yrs Donald Tingle 20 yrs Jerome White 11 yrs Donald Barton 2 yrs

Frank Potts 44 yrs Carl Chinn 19 yrs Stephen Nogle 10 yrs William Bryar 2 yrs

Thomas Clark 43 yrs Richard Duprey 19 yrs Keith Schnebel 10 yrs Kenneth Gray 2 yrs

Bell Dempsey 42 yrs David Johnson 19 yrs Ray Stanfield 10 yrs William Mcardle 2 yrs

James Kennedy Sr. 41 yrs Thomas Lawson 19 yrs Michael Sutton 10 yrs Leon Steele 2 yrs

Kenneth Miller 34 yrs Wiliam Pitts 19 yrs Jeannette Gombash 8 yrs Adam Treen 2 yrs

Bruce Garrabrant 33yrs Gary Gardner 18 yrs Michael Neff 8 yrs Ralph Bates 1 yr

Francis Jones 33 yrs Chris Ludwig 18 yrs James Vanderhelden 8 yrs Robert Burris 1 yr

John Aguilera Jr. 31 yrs Michael Welch 18 yrs Charles Woodward 8 yrs Jamaal Goss 1 yr

Robert Koscianski 31 yrs Martin Sessler 17 yrs Wayne Stella 6 yrs Bobby Grassman 1 yr

Willard Clark 30 yrs Charles Day 16 yrs Ronald Walston 6 yrs Lee Jones Jr. 1 yr

Charles Ivey 30 yrs Mel Wright 16 yrs Don Ort 4 yrs Stephen Sumner 1 yr

Richard Alkire 29 yrs Donald Detwiler 14 yrs Melody Phillips 4 yrs William Pilson 1 yr

Robert Hughes 25 yrs Robert Harris 14 yrs Larry Tarzwell 4 yrs Angela Rast 1 yr

James Lewis 24 yrs John Tharp 14 yrs Frank Yeager 4 yrs Nathaniel Shetters 1 yr

Robert Gochnauer 22 yrs Jesse Cumbee Jr. 13 yrs Lawrence Fletes 5 yrs Timothy Thrower 1 yr

Laurie Bailey 21 yrs Paul McHugh 13 yrs Arthur Hance III 5 yrs Andrew Trout 1 yr

Arthur Brown 21 yrs Bryan Wright 13 yrs Howard Hogue 3 yrs Wayne Wallace 1 yr

Douglas Cattell Sr. 21 yrs Ronald Kozlowski 12 yrs Joe Lunn 3 yrs Michael Lamoureux 1 yr

Richard Davies 21 yrs Dennis Lanier 12 yrs

Unit Continuous Memberships - March, 2019

Patricia Wlazlinski 50 yrs Katherine Sparger 15 yrs Madeline Morrin 9 yrs Lisa Berezny 4 yrs

Wilma March 41 yrs Nancy Vella 12 yrs Barbara Hathaway 7 yrs Michael Berezny 4 yrs

Carroll Sandefer 21 yrs Mathilda Greeawalt 10 yrs Kevin Sorenson 7 yrs Billy Bradshaw 2 yrs

Lori Ryan 18 yrs Marilyn Tharp 10 yrs Irma Naples 5 yrs Sierra Hood 2 yrs

Deborah Rullmann 15 yrs Mae Williams 10 yrs

MERRY WIDOWS LUNCHEON Merry Widows will have their monthly lunch on March 12,

2019 beginning at 11:30 at the Home

“THE SUBMARINER”

SEA STORY SUBMITTED BY

MARK HOWELL

Only a submariner realizes to what great extent an entire ship depends on him as an individual. To a landsman this is not understandable and

sometimes it is even difficult for us to comprehend but it is so!

A submarine at sea is a different world in herself, and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of submarine, the Navy must

place responsibility and trust in the hands of those who take such ships to sea.

In each submarine there are men who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea, can turn to each other. These men are ultimately responsible to

themselves and each to the other for all aspects of operation of their submarine. They are the crew. They are the ship.

This is perhaps the most difficult and demanding assignment of the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as a submariner that he can

escape the grasp of responsibility. His privileges in view of his obligations are almost ludicrously small, nevertheless, it is the spur which has given the

Navy its greatest mariners – the men of the Submarine Service.

It is a duty which most richly deserves the proud and time honored title of …. Submariner!

UNIT 269 LUNCHEON The Unit luncheon will be March 19 at Chinatown restaurant in

Summerville. The address is: 1206 North Main Street, Summerville.

Jim Richmond, RPSE (right) presented continuous membership pins

to (left to right) Steven Koch (15 years), Chuck Hines (30 years),

Thomas Beach (30 years), Robert Rose (35 years), Thomas Skorepa (5

years), Peter Cosgrove (10 years) and Felix Cabanting (5 years)

YOU SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY MARCH, 2019!!! If you are a Branch 269 or Unit 269 member, come on in to the Low Country Home on your birthday for a FREE BIRTHDAY LUNCH. It’s your choice

from the lunch specials of the day. If your birthday falls on a weekend, stop by Friday or Monday.

William Ambler 03/01 John Poiter 03/09 Robert Jaeger 03/18 Barbara Dougherty 03/24

Robert Mustain 03/01 Howard Anderson 03/10 Chad Parsons 03/18 Isa Janney 03/24

Hubert Pearce Sr. 03/01 Michael Dellenbach 03/10 Edward Smith Jr. 03/18 Barbara Moyer 03/24

Roger Adams 03/02 Linda Lunn 03/10 Joseph Whinihan 03/18 Martin Sessler 03/24

Millard Driscoll 03/02 Melanie Caraviello 03/11 Jennifer Beilstein 03/19 Patricia Day 03/25

Richard Mabe 03/03 Michael Beezny 03/12 Barbara Hathaway 03/19 Barbara Timmons 03/25

Darlene Hines 03/04 Dennis Bowles 03/12 Frederick Koenig 03/19 Timothy McNally 03/26

Eugene Lemieux 03/06 Stuart Erlandson 03/12 Anne Barton 03/20 Gerald Monnat 03/26

John McKevitt 03/06 Dorothy Grooms 03/12 R Scott Benson 03/20 Thomas Jordan 03/27

John Merrell Jr. 03/06 Jimmy Legg 03/12 Gary Williams 03/20 Eugene Morris 03/27

Phuillip Obie 03/06 Larry Rosselot 03/13 John Pardo 03/21 Richard Morris 03/27

Gordon Sarver 03/06 Connie Chinn 03/14 Sheri Ragan 03/21 Richard Bishop 03/28

Jerry Frohbieter 03/07 Joyce Hilsman 03/15 Velma Sells 03/21 Don Heywood 03/28

Dana Johnson 03/07 William Swiech 03/15 Cynthia Clark 03/22 Betty Hilliard 03/28

Jerry Espiritu 03/08 Kenneth Wallace 03/16 James Griffen 03/22 Michael Black 03/29

Claudia Hucks 03/08 Wayne McDaniel 03/17 Merle Melling 03/22 Mark Thompkins 03/29

Mae Williams 03/08 Donald Tingle 03/17 Marie Schuessier 03/22 George Dale 03/30

Robert Massey 03/09 Kent Davis 03/18 Martha Willcutt 03/22 William Hunnell 03/21

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES Section 401. In accordance with Section 1215, C&BL, FRA, the officers of this Branch shall be: President, Vice President, Secretary,

Treasurer and not less than five Directors plus one additional Director for each one hundred members of the Branch. Collectively, together with the

Junior Past President, they shall constitute the Branch Board of Directors.

Section 402. In accordance with Section 1217, C&BL, FRA, nominations for Branch Officers shall be opened at the regular Branch meeting

in April of each year and shall remain open until the election is held during the regular Branch meeting in May of each year. Nominees must be present

or a letter of acceptance must be in the hands of the President prior to the vote or nominees will be removed from the ballot.

Section 403. Elected Officers and Directors shall be installed no later than the last day of June of each year.

Section 403(a). The manager(s) of the Fleet Reserve Association, Low Country Home, Incorporated, shall not serve as a Branch President or

Vice President of the Fleet Reserve Association, Low Country Branch 269.

Section 404. Branch Officers and Directors who find that due to illness or for other reasons they cannot properly fulfill the duties of their

office, shall resign, in writing to the Board of Directors, for the best interest of the Branch.

Section 405. The Vice President, in the absence of the President, shall perform the duties of that office, and in the event of a vacancy in the

office he/she shall complete the unexpired term.

Section 406. In cases of a vacancy in other Branch offices, the Board of Directors shall appoint a successor who shall complete the unexpired

term of office.

Section 407. Any Officer or Director of the Branch who is absent from two (2) consecutive scheduled meetings, or three (3) scheduled

meetings in one (1) year without legitimate excuse, shall have his/her office declared vacant.

Section 408(a). Duties of the President - The Branch President may appoint the chairman of and maintain the following committees:

(1) Committee on Audit, Budget, and Finance

(2) Committee on Legislative Service and Veterans Service

(3) Committee on Membership and Retention

(4) Committee on Americanism/Patriotism

(5) Committee on Public Relations

(6) Committee on Hospitals, Welfare, and Rehabilitation

(7) Committee on Youth Activities

(8) Committee on Bylaws

Section 408(b). The Branch President may appoint additional committees as needed.

Section 408(c). The Branch President shall be an ex-officio member of all Branch committees.

Section 408(d). The Branch President shall appoint a Parliamentarian, Historian, and a Master-at-Arms who shall perform such duties as the

President may direct, and a Chaplain who shall perform non-sectarian devotional services for the Branch.

Section 408(e). The Branch President shall preside at all meetings of the Branch and at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

HAS YOUR ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGED?

If you have a change in address, phone number(s) or e-mail addresses, please contact our Branch Secretary John Tharp so he can correct our

branch database and contact our National Office. There are also a lot of shipmates who do not have a phone number or e-mail listed on our roster from

National. The majority of the information sent out to our shipmates and auxiliary

From: PNP Don Mucheck

By: Captbhr By: Captain. Kathryn Beasley, USN (Ret) Director of Government Relations, Health Affairs

TRICARE TRICARE is planning to add a new tier of drugs to its three-tier medication formulary - one that's made up of drugs excluded from coverage by TRICARE.

Medications now fall into one of the existing tiers: Generic (Tier 1), Brand Name (Tier 2), and Generic and Brand Name (Tier 3, also known as “ non-

formulary”). The addition of a fourth tier (to be referred to as "Excluded" or "Not Covered"), according to officials who recently briefed MOAA on the

development, “aligns TRICARE's pharmacy benefit with current industry standards among commercial health care plans.”

[RELATED: Tell Congress not to raise TRICARE fees]

The new tier will require beneficiaries to pay the full out-of-pocket cost for the drug.

So, where did this idea come from? Last year's National Defense Authorization Act included a provision allowing the DoD Pharmacy and Therapeutics

(P&T) Committee, which resides in the Defense Health Agency (DHA), to identify the drugs to be excluded from TRICARE coverage. The P&T

Committee may recommend, and the head of the DHA may approve, partial or full exclusion of a drug. The Beneficiary Advisory Panel, an appointed

group of stakeholders to include one member from MOAA and one from The Military Coalition who represent TRICARE beneficiaries, will also have

the opportunity to provide recommendation and comments in this process.

Beneficiaries with a mailed letter from Express Scripts which will notify them of the change 30 to 60 days prior to the implementation, and of what steps

they need to take.

Are there specific drugs ready to be slated for this change? Not at this time: The review process will determine which drugs meet the criteria outlined

above. That process, which begins in February for the first drugs under consideration, can take up to six months from the time a recommendation is made

before changes are implemented and beneficiaries are affected, officials said.

Beneficiaries can find out all drugs TRICARE currently covers by searching the TRICARE Formulary or calling Express Scripts at (877) 363-1303.

While we understand the rationale for establishing a fourth tier as an approach to formulary management, MOAA will remain vigilant and closely

examine the drugs recommended for exclusion. This commitment, and your feedback, will be key to ensuring the leaders of the Defense Health Agency

are aware Specific criteria for placing any drug in the fourth tier will focus on the drug's efficacy, safety, and outcome characteristics. Tier 4 drugs would

include those that:

Offer little to no relative clinical benefit from an effectiveness perspective;

Pose a significant safety risk that may outweigh any potential clinical benefit;

Have available alternatives; and/or

Are considerably more expensive compared with covered alternatives.

TRICARE is developing plans to minimize the impact on beneficiaries by:

Evaluating only a limited number of drugs per quarter for possible exclusion status;

Identifying available alternatives;

Creating an extended implementation period ( to allow for beneficiaries to discuss alternatives with their provider); and

Provide affected of the impact these changes have on their beneficiaries.

GOLFERS

Low Country Coast Guard CPOA Golf Tournament

March 11, 2019

Cap’n Choice Scramble -- 4 Person Teams

Shotgun Start at 12:00 pm

Wescott Golf Club, 5000 Wescott Club Drive, North Charleston

The Branch and Unit sent 100 boxes of Girl

Scout cookies each to the troops overseas.

Girl Scout Troop 861 came to the Unit

meeting to present a certificate that was

signed by all of the troop (Left) and Donald

Barton presented to the Branch (right)

Ray Dean Stanfield received a

Volunteer Appreciation Certificate

for his work in the Fleet fixing

lighting and other repairs

At the February meeting: (From Right to

Left) Youth Activities - Vice President Kieth

Deliteris,-2nd

place; 1st

place Bobbi Sutton –

Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation;

President Laurie Bailey – 1st

place

representing PRPSE Larry Cox for

Americanism/ Patriotism and John Tharp-

1st

place Public Relations

The FRA Essay Contest winners for 1st

place were presented awards: (Right to

Left) James Prutting-7th

grade; Bethany

Driskell-8th

grade; Andrea Fletcher-9th

grade and overall winner; Setene Green -

10th

grade; Jessica Scannell-11th

grade and

1st place winner for 11

th grade of FRA

Southeast Region; Angel Frank – 12th

Andrea Flether (9th

grade) was the First place

winner and the overall winner of the FRA

Essay Contest for the Branch (What Freedom

of Speech Means to Me)

Ken Ealy received a Volunteer

Appreciation Certificate for his

work in the Fleet fixing lighting and

other repairs

President Laurie Bailey presented

continuous membership pins to Thomas

Britton (40 years), Robert Melton (20

years) and Cindy Bryan (5 years)

The FRA Essay Contest winners for 3rd

place

were presented awards. These are: (right to

left) John Mandrell – 8th

grade; Lindsey Swindal

– 11th grade; and Zainab Nathani – 12th

grade

The FRA Essay Contest winners for 2nd

place were

presented awards: (Right to Left) Livingston Dodd –

7th

grade; Maddison Godrey – 8th

grade; Joshua

Ludlum – 10th

grade; Lindsey Phan – 11th

grade;

Kasmin Dorsey – 12th

grade.

Thanks to John Autry for picking up the

Essay Contest and doing an excellent job

arranging the judging and getting a number

of the students to the meeting to receive

their awards.

UP COMING EVENTS

Mark your calendar, watch for details, watch for additions.

Friday nights – 1930 hrs – Scotch Doubles, 8-ball Tournament

Saturday nights – 2000 hrs – In House 8-ball Tournament

March, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Karaoke With

2000-Red Fraley

2

3

Free Pool

4

5 Sons of the

Confederacy

6

LCCC

Meeting

1900

7

Sub Vets

Eboard 1900

8

Karaoke with

Nancy Gentry

9

10

Free Pool

11 VVA Meeting

1800

12

Merry Widows

Lunch 11:30

13

Branch 269

Board of

Directors

Meeting

1700

14 Sub Vets

Mtg -- 1900

15

Karaoke with

2000-Red Fraley

16 Branch 269

Golf

Tournament

St. Patrick

Party with

Salty Dogs

17 Free Pool

St. Patricks Day

18 Home

Committee - 1800

19

Unit 269

Meeting-1830

20

Purple

Heart Meeting

1900

21 Branch 269

Meeting 1900

22

Karaoke with

Nancy Gentry

LCCC Mtg

1200 Noon

23

24

Free

Pool

25

26

Sojourners Meeting

1900

27

28 MCL Mtg 1900

‘WE NEED MORE SEA STORIES - DO YOU HAVE A SEA STORY OR FIELD STORY TO TELL?

Are you enjoying our shipmate’s sea stories we are putting in our newsletter each month? We have had a great response in our request for sea stories but have come to only having a few left to use. Please send in your sea stories (your own experience, a military tale, poem or song) so we can have plenty to use in our future newsletters.

Please send us a story or two of your best memories and we will print them in our newsletter. Write a short paragraph or two and e-mail them to lbailey009@sc.rr.com with the subject line SEA/FIELD STORY FROM (NAME). You can also mail the stories to our home address (FRA Low Country Branch 269, Attn: Laurie Bailey, 99 Wisteria Rd, Goose Creek, SC 29445) or leave in the pass down log at the FRA Home in an envelope marked Attn: Laurie Bailey. These stories are history and we want to honor your memories by preserving them.

Low Country Scuttlebutt

Vol. 23, No. 3, March, 2019

202 Towhee Drive

Summerville, SC 29485

ELECTRONIC SERVICE REQUESTED

WE’VE GONE GREEN!!!!

NEWSLETTERS ARE ONLY MAILED IN APRIL & OCTOBER UNLESS YOU REQUEST YEAR ROUND MAILING Shipmates AND auxiliary members, If you WISH or MUST have the monthly newsletter by “pony express” you MUST request it.

The Branch has voted to cut printing and mailing expenses. Our monthly newsletter is available online at www.fra269.org. If you don’t own a

computer, you obviously cannot see the newsletter online. To receive it via “pony express”, you MUST submit IN WRITING your request to

have it mailed.

What is IN WRITING? Put your name on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at The Home or mail your request to the Branch Secretary.

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Charleston, SC

WE’VE GONE GREEN!!!!

NEWSLETTERS ARE SENT EVERY MONTH Shipmates AND auxiliary members, If you WISH or MUST have the monthly newsletter by “pony express” you MUST request it.

The Branch has voted to cut printing and mailing expenses. If you don’t own a computer, you obviously cannot see the newsletter online. To

receive it via “pony express”, you MUST submit IN WRITING your request to have it mailed.

Put your name on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at The Home or mail your request to the Branch Secretary.