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
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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 [email protected]
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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.