By Kathleen Gilberd The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021, passed on January 1 over President Trump’s veto, contains a number of important military personnel provisions, including those summarized below. The Act can be found at: Text – H.R.6395 – 116th…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)[1], which was signed into law on December 20, 2019, contains a large number of provisions affecting military personnel and veterans. This article describes some of the provisions for military personnel and families,…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Privacy and confidentiality of military medical records and information have long been of concern to servicemembers and those who assist them. For decades, records of medical evaluation and treatment were easily available to commanding officers and others in a…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Recent memoranda from the Department of Defense have provided helpful guidance to the services’ review boards, raising the possibility of better outcomes for veterans with less than honorable discharges. Two of these, the Hagel and Kurta memos, were discussed…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Counselors and attorneys hear many accounts about denial of military medical care and inadequate care—soldiers whose serious health problems are never evaluated, incorrectly diagnosed, or mistreated. Servicemembers generally feel they have little recourse when denied care or given inadequate…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD On May 2, 2019 the Department of Defense (DoD) released its congressionally-mandated report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2018. The executive summary and introduction are available at nlgmltf.org/military–law/2019/military–annual–report–sexual–assault/. While the report praised existing…Read More »
By Rena Guay I have a rather inconvenient habit of thinking up great ideas that require a lot of work to implement. OK, I think they are great, and sometimes I get corroboration. One such recent idea, which came to me early in July of 2017, was listing On…Read More »
A new MLTF memo on Military Transgender Policy is now available. Written by Kathleen Gilberd, the memo will likely need regular updating during a period when this policy set is undergoing review. On July 1, new policy on recruitment was set to…Read More »