'Fat troops' fallout continues as some Texas Guardsmen sent home over fitness concerns

ThatOwlWoman said:
And you're not a spinster but happily married to a Black man so it's okay to tell racist jokes. You live in a large home in a neighborhood filled with wealthy Jews so you're not antisemitic. Except that there's never been any husband. No Jews live in that decaying urban region. You're really, really a teacher as you tell us every single day, despite the absence of evidence, i.e., credentials. And to sum up, you're one of the "better people" here, and you never toke, never drink, cuss, chase after married men like Hawkeye10, and are positively NOT a bigot or racist. And you're nice!

How'd I do? lol
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That hovel is a step down from a trailer in a trailer park, tire propped on the shack , door falling off in the back stains all over the outside , yea real upscale :doh::grindlife:
 
Dutch Uncle said:
I'm not certain, but believe their health insurance is only covered when on active duty. I was in the Reserves, not the Guard, but that's how it worked with us.
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The current system is Tricare. If you are in the National Guard, and have orders to active duty for more than 30 days, even if you are never in active duty, you get Tricare Prime, which is free. If you are in the National Guard, but do not have orders to active duty, you get Tricare Reserve Select. Tricare Reserve Select is not free, but is heavily subsidies. Many states will chip in on the subsidies to make it completely free.

So let's say there is a 300 pounds of pure fat Texas National Guardsman who gets orders to active duty, his health coverage just became free. But even before that, living in Texas, and not having a full time job, his health coverage was probably completely free.

Dutch Uncle said:
Also, I'm not certain Abbott sent the finest Texas Guardsmen to Chicago for two months. I suspect they were volunteers, which means only those who needed the money because their day jobs sucked ass and were either single or in the middle of a divorce. In short, Abbott sent Chicago his NG Losers.
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That is about the sum of it all.
 
Walt said:
The current system is Tricare. If you are in the National Guard, and have orders to active duty for more than 30 days, even if you are never in active duty, you get Tricare Prime, which is free. If you are in the National Guard, but do not have orders to active duty, you get Tricare Reserve Select. Tricare Reserve Select is not free, but is heavily subsidies. Many states will chip in on the subsidies to make it completely free.

So let's say there is a 300 pounds of pure fat Texas National Guardsman who gets orders to active duty, his health coverage just became free. But even before that, living in Texas, and not having a full time job, his health coverage was probably completely free.


That is about the sum of it all.
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That's my understanding. They don't get Tricare 24/7/365, only when they have orders for active duty. Once they return home and back to their day jobs, they go back to their regular coverage...if any.

Texas supply free healthcare? LOL
 
Walt said:
The current system is Tricare. If you are in the National Guard, and have orders to active duty for more than 30 days, even if you are never in active duty, you get Tricare Prime, which is free. If you are in the National Guard, but do not have orders to active duty, you get Tricare Reserve Select. Tricare Reserve Select is not free, but is heavily subsidies. Many states will chip in on the subsidies to make it completely free.

So let's say there is a 300 pounds of pure fat Texas National Guardsman who gets orders to active duty, his health coverage just became free. But even before that, living in Texas, and not having a full time job, his health coverage was probably completely free.


That is about the sum of it all.
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Did you serve, WWW (Wrong Walter)?

Are you fat?
 
Dutch Uncle said:
They don't get Tricare 24/7/365, only when they have orders for active duty.
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The Tri in Tricare refers to the three different programs in Tricare. One is a much reduced healthcare insurance for non-active duty called Tricare Reserve Select. There is no requirement to any active duty to get it.

Tricare Reserve Select is a premium-based health plan that active status qualified National Guard and Reserve members may purchase. The classification is sometimes referred to as Tricare Reserve Component (RC). It requires a monthly premium and offers coverage similar to Tricare Standard and Extra for the military member and eligible family members. It has a partial premium cost sharing arrangement with DoD similar to civilian private or public sector employer plans, although typically at a lower cost than civilian plans.
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en.wikipedia.org

Tricare - Wikipedia

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So much of the premium is paid for by the DOD, but there is part of the premium that has to be paid for by either the Guardsman or the state government... In states like Texas, low income Guardsmen get the health coverage for free.
 
Walt said:
The Tri in Tricare refers to the three different programs in Tricare. One is a much reduced healthcare insurance for non-active duty called Tricare Reserve Select. There is no requirement to any active duty to get it.


en.wikipedia.org

Tricare - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

So much of the premium is paid for by the DOD, but there is part of the premium that has to be paid for by either the Guardsman or the state government... In states like Texas, low income Guardsmen get the health coverage for free.
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I'm a military retiree on Tricare for Life.
 
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