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Consider these questions and answers to help you determine your rights under DA’s Qualitative Management Program. The Questions answered are as follows: What is a bar to reenlistment? What is the difference between local bars and DA bars? What is …Read More

Consider these questions and answers to help you determine the procedures for requesting a compassionate reassignment, deletion, or deferral from orders. The Questions answered are as follows: What is a compassionate action? What are the criteria for compassionate actions? What …Read More

This is an example Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Contract for Cellular Service Legal Cancelation and Suspension of Cellular Phone Contract Without Fees or Penalties Example Letters.  You can use this as a guide to write a letter of cancelation or …Read More

AR 635-200 (Active Duty Enlisted Administrative Separations) sets forth the policies and procedures for the Army’s retention/reenlistment programs. There are two forms of retention/reenlistment bars: (1) local bars, or (2) Department of the Army imposed bars that are part of …Read More

The questions covered in this document are as follows: What is the main purpose of federal bankruptcy law? What are the different types of bankruptcies? What is a chapter 7 bankruptcy? What is a chapter 13 bankruptcy? Who is eligible …Read More

In 1996, Congress passed the Lautenberg Amendment to prevent domestic violence shooting deaths. The Lautenberg Amendment works the same way as the felon-in-possession law: any individual who has previously been convicted of a qualifying predicate crime is prohibited from possessing …Read More

The key words in Article 139 are “willfully damaged” or “wrongfully taken,” meaning, generally, vandalism or theft. Willful damage is damage inflicted intentionally, knowingly, and purposefully without a justifiable excuse. Willful damage is not damage caused inadvertently or thoughtlessly in …Read More

This publication covers the special tax situations of active members of the U.S. Armed Forces. It does not cover military pensions or veterans’ benefits or give the basic tax rules that apply to all taxpayers. If you need the basic …Read More

This document discusses both a Living Will and a Health Care Power of Attorney.  It has questions for you to answer to determine what you should have and what kind of treatments should be included in them. A Living Will …Read More

This is Administrative Reprimands Questions and Answers. It answers questions as to what administrative reprimands can mean to you and your career and what you can do about them. Questions covered are: What is an administrative reprimand? Why is the …Read More

This is a electronic fillable form version of IRS Form 2848 Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative. It can be filled out, then printed with your entries still filled in.  It allows you to quickly and easily create a …Read More

Topics covered in this handbook are as follows: Post-Mortem Care (Process Used to Declare a Person Dead; Changes That Occur in the Body after Death; Death Certificate; Organ Donation and Autopsy; Responsibility in Preparing the Body; Role in Caring for …Read More