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PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF EDUCATION, LOAN
GUARANTY, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
AND EMPLOYMENT, AND VETS PROGRAMS
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
of the
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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MARCH 7, 2007
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Serial No. 110-6
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COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
BOB FILNER, California, Chairman
CORRINE BROWN, Florida STEVE BUYER, Indiana, Ranking
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas CLIFF STEARNS, Florida
MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine DAN BURTON, Indiana
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakota JERRY MORAN, Kansas
HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
JOHN J. HALL, New York HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South
PHIL HARE, Illinois Carolina
MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania JEFF MILLER, Florida
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida
CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
JOE DONNELLY, Indiana BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California
JERRY McNERNEY, California DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida
TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota
Malcom A. Shorter, Staff Director
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Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakota, Chairwoman
JOE DONNELLY, Indiana JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
JERRY McNERNEY, California RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
JOHN J. HALL, New York JERRY MORAN, Kansas
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Performance Review of Education, Loan Guaranty, Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment, and VETS Programs............... 1
OPENING STATEMENTS
Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth,.................................... 1
Prepared statement of Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth........... 32
Hon. John Boozman, Ranking Republican Member,.................... 2
Prepared statement of Congressman Boozman.................... 33
Hon. John J. Hall................................................ 3
Hon. Jerry McNerney.............................................. 4
WITNESSES
U.S. Department of Labor, Hon. Charles S. Ciccolella, Assistant
Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service........ 4
Prepared statement of Mr. Ciccolella......................... 33
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
Keith M. Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration................................................. 7
Prepared statement of Mr. Wilson............................. 39
Bill Borom, Deputy Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment, Veterans Benefits Administration................... 9
Prepared statement of Mr. Borom.............................. 41
Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration................................................. 11
Prepared statement of Mr. Pedigo............................. 44
MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD
July 23, 2007, letter and attachments, from Hon. Charles S.
Ciccolella, responding to several requests for information from
Committee Members during the hearing........................... 47
U.S. Department of Labor's description of their Transition
Training Academy entitled, ``Wounded & Insured Transition, The
Training Academy Model''....................................... 75
PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF EDUCATION, LOAN
GUARANTY, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
AND EMPLOYMENT, AND VETS PROGRAMS
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007
U.S. House of Representatives,
Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity,
Washington, DC.
The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:05 p.m., in
Room 340, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Stephanie Herseth
[Chairwoman of the Subcommittee] presiding.
Present: Representatives Herseth, Hall, Donnelly, McNerney,
Boozman, Moran.
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRWOMAN HERSETH
Ms. Herseth. Good afternoon. The Veterans' Affairs Economic
Opportunity Subcommittee hearing on the Performance, Staffing,
and Services provided by the Education, Loan Guaranty, and
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Programs of the
Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans' Employment and
Training Service of the Department of Labor will come to order.
I would like to thank Ranking Member Boozman for his
leadership as past Chairman of this Subcommittee. I look
forward to again working with you in this Congress in the same
bipartisan and cooperative spirit with which you led us in the
109th Congress.
I also want to welcome the new Members to the Subcommittee,
one of whom is here, and that is Mr. John Hall of New York who
has joined us. We also have representatives Joe Donnelly of
Indiana, Jerry McNerney of California, and Jerry Moran,
although not a new Member to the Congress, is a new Member to
the Subcommittee and he is from Kansas.
I look forward to working with all of these distinguished
gentlemen and the returning Members of the Subcommittee on our
efforts to ensure that our Nation's veterans receive the best
available services as they seek to access the benefits that
they have earned.
Earlier this year, the Subcommittee Membership discussed
the hearing topics to be covered in the 110th Congress. I am
proud to say that we have a very ambitious list that includes
expanding education benefits for the National Guard and
Reserve, examining the funding levels for State Approving
Agencies, reviewing the VA's procurement goals with respect to
veteran-owned and service-disabled small business, and other
important issues.
First and foremost, Ranking Member Boozman, I look forward
to working with you and our colleagues on the Armed Services
Committee to update the Montgomery GI Bill for National Guard
and Reserve servicemembers. These brave servicemen and women
continue to support our military missions in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and elsewhere around the world. Unfortunately, despite their
extensive deployments and even with Chapter 1607 programs,
their education benefits do not reflect their increased service
to our Nation.
Again, I look forward to working with all Members of the
Subcommittee to effectively address this issue and to advance
legislation that better ensures Guard and Reserve
servicemembers essential to our total force military policy,
that they are more equitably treated.
Like many of my colleagues, I have spent the last few days
meeting with constituents who are members of various Veteran
Service Organizations. Those meetings have generated many
questions and concerns, some of which I hope to address here
today.
I am particularly interested in hearing about the VA's
efforts to address the education claims workload and potential
problems associated with the centralization of education claims
service operations, especially if understaffed.
I would like to thank our panelists for being here to
participate in a frank dialogue with Members of the
Subcommittee, and I encourage you to work with us as closely as
you have been so that we all may properly serve our Armed
Forces, our veterans, and their families as they transition
back to civilian life following their honorable service to our
country.
Much progress has been made in education benefits,
vocational rehabilitation services, and VA home loan programs.
However, we must insist on thorough analyses, accurate numbers,
and I think everyone would agree that we must remain vigilant
to protect against any declining benefits or customer service.
Thank you all again for being here. I look forward to
hearing your testimony.
[The prepared statement of Ms. Herseth appears on p. 32.]
Ms. Herseth. And I now recognize our Ranking Member, Mr.
Boozman, for any opening remarks that he may have.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN BOOZMAN
Mr. Boozman. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Again, good afternoon. Thanks to each of our witnesses for
taking the time to be here today. Budget season is certainly
always a busy time, but these sometimes hectic schedules serve
a good purpose in allowing us to better understand and get a
thorough understanding of the budget for the next fiscal year.
Before I begin my remarks, last year at the end of the
year, I thought I was joking in the sense that I alluded to the
fact that Ms. Herseth might be taking over. And sure enough,
she is.
And, you know, certainly I very much have enjoyed working
with you in the past, and, you know, I certainly pledge, as you
were so gracious to me, that we talk a lot about bipartisanship
around here, but truly we will do anything we can to be
supportive and really look forward to a good year.
The President has sent us a budget. It is a good template.
It is certainly not perfect, but it is a good start. Both sides
of the aisle have presented their views and estimates to the
Budget Committee. Now it is up to them to pass a budget
resolution that works.
I believe that we were in agreement with the Majority when
it came to suggesting a thousand additional FTE for VBA. We
also suggested additional funding for IT programs and the need
to conduct significant business process reform because just
piling more FTE every year will not necessarily solve the
structural issues preventing rapid processing of claims of all
types.
The challenges before VA and VETS is to make programs work.
It is clear that people expect not just programs but ones that
actually deliver the goods to the beneficiaries. We need to get
the processing time down for both VR&E and education.
The last session, we mandated a report on streamlining
education processing, and I hope the Department will send us a
legislative proposal to change the way they do business if that
is required.
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service still lacks
sufficient data in many areas, and I look forward to Mr.
Ciccolella's testimony on how they propose to do better in that
area.
One thing I am disappointed in is the flat budget
recommendation for the National Veterans Training Institute in
Denver. As you know, Public Law 109-461 imposed new training
requirements for DVOPs and LVERs. And when the staff visited
NVTI last year, they were told that they probably need an
additional one million to meet the additional throughput. So I
would appreciate if you might address that shortfall here
today.
Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. I yield back.
[The prepared statement of Mr. Boozman appears on p. 33.]
Ms. Herseth. Well, thank you, Mr. Boozman.
I would now like to recognize Mr. Hall from New York for
any opening remarks he may have.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN J. HALL
Mr. Hall. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chair, I suppose
I should say.
In short, I do not want to make many remarks because the
hearing, I think, is for us to hear from you. So I will just
say that I am double-booked with the Water Resources
Subcommittee meeting. So if I dash out in a little while, it is
not a sign of disrespect. I did choose to come here first. And
I am concerned especially in my district with the fact that in
the most affluent district in the State of New York and in the
Westchester County, which is the most affluent county in the
State of New York and one of the five most affluent in the
United States, we still have 20 percent of the homeless
population who are veterans.
And so anything we can do to improve the job training and
transition for them to give them a better shot at staying on
their feet and to prevent them and their families from
teetering over that cliff into bankruptcy and/or homelessness
is something that I will work very hard to do.
Thank you.
Ms. Herseth. Thank you, Mr. Hall.
Mr. McNerney, welcome to the Subcommittee. We are pleased
to have you with us working on important issues that we have
had a chance to discuss more informally, but welcome to the
first hearing of this Subcommittee.
I recognize you for any opening remarks you may have.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JERRY MCNERNEY
Mr. McNerney. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I appreciate
your remarks and, Ranking Member Boozman, thank you for your
remarks.
One thing that I am very interested in after reading your
testimony is how we can improve the opportunities for veterans.
And as I look back over what happened in my father's
generation, the veterans were given a tremendous opportunity
that allowed them to buy houses, to get education, and really
help develop our country.
And nowadays, if we look at what is being offered to
veterans, it is falling far short of that goal. That really did
give our country a boost economically. It helped us develop a
strong middle class and it gave our veterans back some of what
they sacrificed for this country.
And so I think it is incumbent upon us to look at what we
are offering and find a way to increase that so that it does
measure up in some way to what our prior generations offered.
And I yield back.
Ms. Herseth. Well, thank you very much.
Thanks to all of you. Our distinguished panel of witnesses
is well-qualified to highlight the programs of interest today.
Joining us are Mr. Charles Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary
for Veterans' Employment and Training Service of the U.S.
Department of Labor; Mr. Keith Wilson, Director of Education
Service; Mr. Bill Borom--am I pronouncing that correctly?
Mr. Borom. Correct.
Ms. Herseth [continuing]. Deputy Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment; and Mr. Keith Pedigo, Director
of Loan Guaranty Service of the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs respectively.
So, Mr. Ciccolella, let us begin with your testimony if you
might.
STATEMENTS OF HON. CHARLES S. CICCOLELLA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR; KEITH M. WILSON, DIRECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICE,
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; BILL BOROM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
AND EMPLOYMENT, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND KEITH PEDIGO, DIRECTOR,
LOAN GUARANTY SERVICE, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES S. CICCOLELLA
Mr. Ciccolella. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ranking Member Boozman, Congressman McNerney, Congressman
Hall, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the
Committee to testify on the Veterans' Employment and Training
Service.
VETS was created in 1980. We have 240 full-time Federal
staff deployed around the country. The majority of our staff
are not in Washington. They are in the field in the States.
We deliver our programs and services to veterans three
ways, directly to veterans, through the State workforce
agencies, and through competitive grants. To assist us, we have
six regional administrators and we have a Federal Director of
State Veterans' Employment and Training in each one of the
States.
VETS has three missions. First, we provide employment
assistance to veterans in America's publicly-funded workforce
system. Secondly, we provide employment assistance to
transitioning military members while they are still in the
military before they get out. And, finally, we protect
servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights, which, of
course, is so much more important today with the activation of
nearly 600,000 Guard and Reserve since 2001.
My testimony describes our programs in pretty good detail,
so what I will do is just talk about some of the highlights of
our programs.
Our first mission is to provide employment assistance to
veterans through America's publicly-funded workforce system.
The law, as you know, requires that veterans receive priority
in that system. In addition, there are over 2,100 veteran
employment representatives, DVOPs and LVERs who provide
specialized employment services to veterans. Those veteran
employment representatives are provided through the Jobs For
Veterans Grant.
The DVOPs and LVERs, veteran employment representatives are
critical to the process. The majority of them, 99 plus percent,
are veterans.
We have several initiatives including the Key to Career
Success Initiative and our Hire Vets First Campaign that we use
to link transitioning servicemembers to the career one-stop
centers in the public workforce system. As a result of these
services, 611,000 veterans were employed last year through the
workforce system.
I would also like to say that we work closely with the VA
on their Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program. We
have a very effective partnership with VA and that is codified
in a formal agreement.
Both agencies focus on a team effort to place more Chapter
31 veterans into employment. We also forward position veteran
employment specialists at the VETS centers and other VA
locations. Seventy-one of them are forward positioned.
Our second mission is to provide employment assistance for
separating military members. We work in collaboration with the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and we provide a transition assistance employment workshop for
members of the military who are separating.
We focus the TAP Program on helping servicemembers to build
a plan for making the jump from the military into civilian
life. That means we teach the TAP participants how to translate
their skills, education, and experience onto resumes and
actually have a draft resume when they leave the TAP Program.
We teach them interviewing skills and also how to use the one-
stop career system.
We are working very hard with the Department of Defense to
increase participation in the TAP Program. In 2001, we put
100,000 servicemembers through TAP. Last year, we put 150,000
through TAP. As you know, there are about 220,000 who leave the
military each year.
We also offer TAP to the National Guard and Reserve when
they return from their deployments, and we have budgeted
additional money in the President's 2008 budget to handle
increased participation in TAP.
We provide personal face-to-face transition employment
assistance to our wounded and injured servicemembers through
our REALifelines Program, our Recovery Employment Assistance
Lifelines Program.
The program provides on-site job counseling, referral,
training, and assistance while they are still in the military
and then after they leave the military.
We have three Federal staff members out-stationed at the
Department of Defense's Military Seriously Injured Center. We
have six forward positioned staff at the key military major
medical facilities. We have helped 2,800 participants with
employment assistance through our REALifelines Program.
Our third mission is to protect servicemembers' civilian
job rights under the ``Uniform Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act.'' The USERRA law prevents
discrimination against veterans or any member of the service,
and it provides reemployment rights to servicemembers. It is
especially important today with the activation of so many
National Guard and Reservists.
Our Department administers the law. We educate employers
and we conduct investigations of complaints. We also work very
closely with the Department of Defense and the Department of
Justice and the Office of Special Counsel in order to enforce
that law when employers do not understand it or are not
compliant. Today employers understand that law much better
because we have put out very easy to understand rules, and
regulations, which make the law extremely understandable.
As an example, during the first Gulf War, we mobilized
265,000 Guard and Reservists for that war. The 2 years
following, we had 2,500 formal investigations of USERRA
complaints. After 9/11, the complaint rate went up about 1,500
complaints a year. That is about where we are now. I think that
is going to sort of level off.
During the first Gulf War, we had one complaint for every
54 returning Guard and Reservists. Today that is one in 96.
That is still not good enough, but it goes to show the
improvement that we have made.
We also have a responsibility for enforcing veterans'
preference. We conduct the investigations. Of course, OPM has
the responsibility for veterans' preference in Federal hiring.
There are two other programs that I would like to mention.
The first one is that VETS operates a very, very important
program under a competitive grant called the Homeless Veterans
Reintegration Program.
Congressman Hall spoke briefly about the homeless veterans
situation in New York. Approximately 10,000 homeless veterans
will be placed in employment in 2006 and 2007. We plan to put
11,000 homeless veterans into jobs, and not poor-paying jobs,
but into good jobs in 2008.
We also sponsor a highly successful Hire Vets First
Campaign that promotes the skills of veterans and the public
workforce system because that is what employers need to know,
the challenge is to hook up the employer with the veteran.
We promote, sponsor, and brand veteran job fairs. Last
year, we promoted and sponsored 17 veteran job fairs, and we
held a national veterans employment summit right before the end
of the year. This year, we are going to cosponsor over 120
veteran job fairs.
The job fairs are very important. A lot of people do not
think they work. They do work. About 15 percent of the veterans
who attend job fairs actually get jobs. But more importantly,
when you have a veteran-only job fair, what it does is it
brings the veterans, the employers, the press, and workforce
system together and it raises the awareness among that
community or in that community, particularly in the business
community, about the value that veterans bring to the
workforce.
Forty-eight governors to date have signed Hire Vets First
Proclamations and the Hire Vets First Web site gets 35,000
unique visitors every month.
And we look forward to continuing to work with this
Committee to make these programs more successful. I would be
happy to respond to your questions.
[The prepared statement of Mr. Ciccolella appears on p.
33.]
Ms. Herseth. Thank you very much, Mr. Ciccolella.
Mr. Wilson, we will take your testimony, please.
STATEMENT OF KEITH M. WILSON
Mr. Wilson. Thank you.
Good afternoon, Chairwoman Herseth, Ranking Member Boozman,
and Members of the Subcommittee. I appreciate the opportunity
to appear before you today to discuss VA's education programs.
My testimony will highlight workload, staffing, and
services provided under the Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty, the
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve, the Reserve Educational
Assistance Program known as REAP, and the Survivors and
Dependents Educational Assistance Program. I will also discuss
outreach efforts related to the education benefits as well as
automation tools that support our programs.
Chapter 30 and Chapter 1606 MGIB programs provide veterans,
servicemembers, and members of the Guard and Selected Reserve
with educational assistance generally in the form of monthly
benefits to assist them in reaching their educational and
vocational goals.
The Reserve Educational Assistance Program provides an
enhanced benefit for Reservists and those in the National Guard
who are activated for more than 90 days due to an emergency or
contingency operation as defined by the President or Congress.
Together these programs assist in the readjustment to
civilian life, support the Armed Services recruitment and
retention efforts, and enhance the Nation's competitiveness
through the development of more highly-educated and productive
workforce.
The Chapter 35 DEA Program is the only VA educational
assistance program specifically designed for spouses, surviving
spouses, and eligible children of certain veterans. This
program offers up to 45 months of educational benefits.
The educational workload has been steadily increasing. From
2000 until 2006, the number of education claims rose by 46
percent. Total claims for 2007 are expected to be 1.4 million,
which represents a 2 percent increase over 2006.
During the first quarter of 2007, original claims for
educational benefits increased by about 13,000 or almost 20
percent over the same period in fiscal year 2006. We believe
this could be an indicator of continuously increasing usage
rates in our programs.
We have developed a threefold strategy to manage the
pending inventory and improve claims processing timeliness
involving maximization of current resources, increased
staffing, and information technology enhancements.
We initiated a Contact Management Support Center in
September 2006. This has allowed the Education Service to
allocate 60 additional employees, trained employees, to process
and decide education claims.
We have also increased staffing to handle the additional
work claims from 2000 until 2006 direct FTE increase by 22
percent from 591 to 726. In fiscal 2006, additional hiring
resulted in a net increase of 39 additional FTE.
In the long term, we are pursuing IT enhancements and
capabilities that will allow us to further automate claims
processing as well as inquiry resolution.
We are enhancing our current self-service Internet
application known as WAVE. This application used by individuals
to verify attendance and change addresses is being updated to
allow claimants to view their electronic claims folders and
confirm VA receipt of submitted documents.
It is also being expanded to automate changes in direct
deposit information.
The Electronic Certification Processing System known as
ECAP automatically processes enrollment certification submitted
by schools. In fiscal 2006, 9 percent of our incoming
supplemental claims, more than 105,000 claims, were processed
through this electronic method thereby eliminating the need for
human intervention. We are currently pursuing strategies to
update ECAP and increase the percentage of claims processed
automatically.
This year, we are beginning to make progress toward
achievement in our performance goals. Our targets for the end
of fiscal 2006 are to process original claims in 35 days and
process supplemental claims in 15 days. Timeliness has improved
for supplemental claims processing.
Average days to complete has dropped from 20 days in 2006
to 16 days in the first quarter of 2007. Average days pending
for those claims that have not been decided yet has dropped
from 23 days to 15 days. Average days to complete original
claims has increased from 40 to 46 days from 2006 until the
first quarter of 2007. This was the result of being able to
process more older work since we were able to focus more
resources on claims processing due to the Call Center
Initiative.
However, the reduction in average days pending for original
claims from 39 days in 2006 to 32 days in 2007 reflects
improvement in timeliness that will be reflected in improved
average times to complete in our future workload.
Expanded outreach to separating servicemembers has led to
increased benefit usage. We distribute a series of
informational brochures targeting servicemembers at 12 months
following activation on active duty as well as 24 months after
entering active duty and then a third time 6 months prior to
separation.
These brochures and targeted mailings are specifically
tailored toward servicemembers who are eligible for the Chapter
30 MGIB Program. Mailings are sent to approximately 90,000
active-duty members on a quarterly basis. In 2006, VA has
conducted more than 8,500 transitional assistance briefings for
nearly 395,000 attendees.
For REAP, our newest benefit, we have distributed more than
300,000 copies of our REAP brochure to activated Guard and
Reserve units. Soon we will be doing direct mailings to REAP
participants just as we now do for our Chapter 30 program
participants.
Madam Chairman, this concludes my statement. I would be
pleased to answer any questions you or any other Member of the
Subcommittee may have.
[The prepared statement of Mr. Wilson appears on p. 39.]
Ms. Herseth. Thank you very much, Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Borom.
STATEMENT OF BILL BOROM
Mr. Borom. Good afternoon, Madam Chairwoman, Members of the
Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss
the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program (VR&E). My
testimony will provide an overview of the VR&E services and
performance.
The VR&E provides veterans with service-connected
disabilities the necessary services to assist them in preparing
for, finding, and maintaining suitable employment or achieving
maximum independence in their daily living.
The VR&E is an employment program that offers a wide
variety of formal education, on-the-job training,
apprenticeships, and internships to meet veterans' individual
career goals.
The VR&E has implemented several programs and initiatives
to ensure that servicemembers and veterans are informed about
the program and are provided the services necessary to
transition from the military to civilian life.
In 2004, former VA Secretary, Anthony J. Principi,
established a task force to study the VR&E Program. As a result
of their recommendations, VR&E implemented the five-track
employment process. The five-track process standardizes program
practices and places the emphasis on employment up front and
early on.
In 2005, VR&E stationed 72 employment coordinators at
regional offices across the country. Additionally, we
established job resources labs at each regional office and an
online employment Web site called vetssuccess.gov. These
resources provide vital vocational and employment support
leading to successful employment outcomes.
The Disabled Transition Assistance Program is a vital
component of transition assistance for servicemembers with
disabilities. DTAP assists potentially eligible servicemembers
in making an informed decision about VA's Vocational
Rehabilitation Program. In fiscal year 2006, VA conducted over
1,400 DTAP briefings with over 28,000 participants.
VR&E has expanded its outreach to Operation Iraqi Freedom
and Operation Enduring Freedom servicemembers through an early
intervention program known as Coming Home To Work. This program
provides valuable civilian work experience in government
facilities to servicemembers facing medical separation from the
military. Currently the program has 121 participants receiving
these early intervention services.
Priority outreach and case management services are provided
to OIF/OEF servicemembers and veterans who apply for the
program. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment case
coordinators ensure that servicemembers and veterans receive
priority attention through the application, entitlement, and
five-track employment process.
VR&E and the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and
Training Service continue to work together and have adopted a
team approach to job development and placement activities to
improve vocational outcomes for program participants.
Currently 38 VA regional offices have 71 DVOPs or Local
Veterans Employment Representatives collocated at their
stations. Having these resources on-site is a best practice
that enhances the efficiency of teamwork between the two
agencies.
VR&E has significantly improved services to veterans and
servicemembers applying for and participating in VR&E programs.
The rehabilitation rate, which is the number of veterans with
disabilities that achieve their VR&E goals, as compared to the
number that discontinue or leave the program before their
completion, has improved.
In fiscal year 2006, nearly 70 percent of program
participants achieved rehabilitation status. Currently in
fiscal year 2007, that rate has risen to over 74 percent.
We have also seen improvement in the number of days it
takes the veterans to enter the program. One way of measuring
is by the days the veteran spends in applicant status. In
fiscal year 2006, veterans spent an average of 58 days in
applicant status. Currently in fiscal year 2007, the average is
down to 53 days.
Last fiscal year, approximately 9,000 veterans achieved
their rehabilitation employment goals through the program. The
majority of these individuals entered professional, technical,
and managerial careers.
VR&E workload is expected to increase as a result of
individuals returning from OIF/OEF. To meet this need, we plan
to hire additional staff in fiscal year 2007, increasing our
on-board strength by over 100 employees. Additional FTE will
reduce case management workloads by approximately 10 percent
and will improve the timeliness of services provided to program
participants.
Madam Chairwoman, this concludes my statement. I would be
pleased to answer any questions you or any of the Members of
the Subcommittee may have.
[The prepared statement of Mr. Borom appears on p. 41.]
Ms. Herseth. We thank you for your testimony.
Mr. Pedigo, and I hope I am pronouncing that correctly?
Mr. Pedigo. Yes, that is correct.
Ms. Herseth. Okay. Thanks.
STATEMENT OF KEITH PEDIGO
Mr. Pedigo. Madam Chairwoman and Members of the
Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you
today to discuss the VA Home Loan Program. In my testimony, I
will highlight VA's commitment to meeting the housing needs of
our Nation's veterans.
The Loan Guaranty Program serves a clientele that is
diverse in many ways. The only common denominator of this
clientele is service in the Armed Forces of our Nation. We make
it possible for veterans to compete in the marketplace for
credit with persons who were not obliged to forego the pursuit
of gainful occupations by reason of military service.
The Loan Guaranty Program provides a guarantee to private
lenders making loans to veterans. This guarantee enables
veterans to purchase a home without the need to make a
downpayment.
Other important program benefits include making direct
loans to Native-American veterans living on trust lands and
providing specially-adapted housing grants to severely disabled
veterans.
Since the inception of the Loan Guaranty Program in 1944,
VA has guaranteed more than 18 million loans totaling in excess
of $914 billion. We believe that most of these veterans would
not have been able to purchase a home at the time they did
without the assistance of the no downpayment feature of this
program.
In the last 5 years, VA has assisted more than 1.4 million
veterans in obtaining home loan financing totaling almost $197
billion.
While there is no maximum VA loan amount set by law, most
lenders presently limit these loans to $417,000. This limit is
set by the secondary mortgage market which purchases most VA
loans once they are made.
Effective with enactment of Public Law 108-454 in December
of 2004, the maximum VA guarantee was indexed to the
conventional conforming loan limit which is adjusted each
January by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
In practical terms, this means that the maximum VA no
downpayment loan amount will always be the same as the
conventional conforming loan limit. This amount has been set at
$417,000 for calendar year 2007.
Like other homeowners, some veterans experience financial
hardships that affect their ability to make mortgage payments.
When this occurs, we help veterans retain their homes through
supplemental servicing efforts. VA offers financial counseling
and may intervene directly with a lender on the veteran's
behalf to set up a repayment plan.
When VA is successful in establishing a repayment plan that
results in the delinquency being brought current, we call this
a successful intervention.
In fiscal year 2006, VA accomplished more than 8,700
successful interventions which translated into a savings to the
government of $175 million in avoided claim payments.
Madam Chairwoman, we are very honored to be able to
administer the Specially-Adapted Housing Program. Veterans who
have certain service-connected disabilities may be entitled to
a Specially-Adapted Housing Grant or a Special Home Adaptation
Grant depending on the nature of their disability.
Both grants can be used to make adaptations to a home being
constructed or to modify an existing home in order to meet
their specific needs.
The Specially-Adapted Housing Grant is limited to $50,000
and is generally used to create a wheelchair-accessible home.
The Special Home Adaptation Grant is limited to $10,000 and is
generally used to assist veterans who are blind or who have
lost or lost the use of both hands or extremities below the
elbow.
The goal of these grant programs is to provide a barrier-
free living environment which affords the veteran a level of
independent living that he or she may not otherwise enjoy. In
fiscal year 2006, we served 528 veterans through these grant
programs, expending $24.6 million.
Until enactment of Public Law 109-233 in June of 2006,
grant recipients could only receive their grant benefit from VA
one time. Now eligible veterans or active-duty servicemembers
may receive up to a total of three such grants.
In December of 2006, VA mailed letters to more than 16,000
living veterans who have received grants since 1948 notifying
them of the statutory change which might entitle them to
another Specially-Adapted Housing Grant. Primarily as a result
of this outreach effort, we have already received over 2,000
formal inquiries requesting subsequent grant usage.
Historically VA has completed between 400 and 600 grants a
year. Because of the labor-intensive nature of the grant
process, a substantial increase in workload will ensue.
However, we are reallocating resources and streamlining program
requirements to ensure that these veterans receive the high-
quality personalized service that they deserve.
Madam Chairwoman, this concludes my testimony. I greatly
appreciate the opportunity to be here, and look forward to
answering any questions that you or the other Members of the
Committee may have.
[The prepared statement of Mr. Pedigo appears on p. 44.]
Ms. Herseth. Well, thank you very much to all of you.
Mr. Wilson, if I may start with you. During a Subcommittee
hearing last year, February 14th of 2006, this Subcommittee had
a hearing which Mr. Ron Aument, the VA Deputy Under Secretary
for Benefits, stated that the average number of days to
complete original claims for 2005 was 33 days. I believe he
also predicted this number to go down by the end of 2006 to an
average of 27 days.
But today in your testimony, you mentioned that you are
set-
ting a target of 35 days to process original claims for fiscal
year 2007.
My question is, why is the time that it is taking to
process the original claims expected to go up this year?
Mr. Wilson. We saw a higher usage rate in 2006 than we had
anticipated. So we did see more claims coming in than we
anticipated and in order to counter that, we hired additional
staff. We hired about 80 FTE in 2006, claims processors.
It took a while for those individuals to get up to speed.
So in some respects, they were more of a burden than a help in
terms of getting the workload under control. So our pending
inventory did get higher than we anticipated, which meant the
processing time exceeded what we expected to see in 2006.
In order to bring that down to where we wanted to be, one
of the things that we did in addition to the hiring initiative
was create the call center, National Call Center. We have been
able to process in excess of 100,000 additional claims because
of the resources that we were able to free up during that call
center.
And we have seen timeliness improvements. In fact, I just
yesterday received the numbers for February and our processing
time for original claims in February was actually 35 days,
which was a significant improvement.
Although it does not get us back in line with our original
projections of 27 days, it is a significant improvement over
what we saw in 2006. And I believe it positions us to continue
to see that continued improvement in the processing time
limits.
Ms. Herseth. Well, I hope you are right. And I would like
you to, if you would, provide for the Subcommittee a quarterly
analysis----
Mr. Wilson. Sure.
Ms. Herseth [continuing]. Of the time that it is taking. My
hope is that the Budget Committee will review favorably our
request for up to an additional thousand FTEs for VBA which
hopefully would give you some discretion to add more.
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Wilson.]
Education Service: A quarterly analysis of the time it takes to
process an education claim.
For the first quarter of FY07, overall Education claims
processing timeliness is as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Quarter FY07 (average days to
complete) Original Supplemental
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 30 (MGIB-AD) 41.1 15.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 1606 (MGIB-SR) 42.9 18.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 1607 (REAP) 55.4 17.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 35 (DEA) 57.8 21.4
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All Benefits 46.2 16.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ms. Herseth. You know, back when I first joined the
Committee working with Mr. Boozman and former Chairman of the
full Committee, now Ranking Member, Mr. Buyer, I had some
concerns with the Administration's proposal for fiscal year
2006, which actually proposed cutting FTEs for the Education
Service.
We were able to negotiate no cuts. I was hoping we could
add, but at least the Administration anticipated the increased
usage proposed for fiscal year 2007, an increase saying now of,
I think, 14 FTE for fiscal year 2008. I want to monitor this
very closely.
And before I ask you a question about the new customer
service, the contract, because I have a constituent who had a
particular experience that was not good, let me just have you
clarify.
On page six of your written testimony, in the second full
paragraph, it says, ``Average days to complete original claims
increased from 40 days in fiscal year 2006 to 46 for the first
quarter of 2007. However, the reduction in average days pending
for original claims from 39 days in fiscal year 2006 to 32
days.''
What is the difference in average days to complete original
claims and average days pending for original claims?
Mr. Wilson. Sure. When we look at our workload in terms of
how effectively we are meeting our timeliness goals, we look at
it from two perspectives. We look at it from the historical
perspective in terms of how we have been doing and what future
indicators lend us to believe we will be able to do in the
future.
And the two mechanisms we use to measure that are average
days to complete, which means for those decisions that we have
completed and the individual has been paid, that is how long it
took us to process that work.
Ms. Herseth. Okay.
Mr. Wilson. Those things are already completed.
Average days pending is the measurement of the claims that
we have pending that have not yet had decisions rendered on
them.
Ms. Herseth. All right.
Mr. Wilson. So it gives us an indicator of what our future
timeliness is going to be. Ultimately what we try to do is
drive down average days pending as much as possible because
that is our leading indicator of how we are going to be doing
in the future.
Ms. Herseth. Okay. And the average days pending, when does
the clock start ticking?
Mr. Wilson. When it is received in the processing office,
the day it is received in the processing office.
Ms. Herseth. And the day that it is received in the
processing office is the same day it gets entered into the
system? There is no lag time, right, from when----
Mr. Wilson. Correct.
Ms. Herseth. Okay. All right. I will come back for a few
questions during the second round, but I would ask Mr. Boozman
if he has some questions. I am pretty sure he does.
Mr. Boozman. Thank you.
I want to ask all of you. One of our concerns last year,
one of our ongoing concerns, and this is truly a concern of the
Committee's, a concern of Congress, is the unemployment rate
among our veterans. Especially there is a subset in there that
was pretty high and we were kind of scratching our heads trying
to figure out what was causing that.
Can you tell us kind of how that is going and get into some
of the things that you are doing to try and address that? You
mentioned the job fairs and some of the other things along with
the standard things that we have been doing for years.
But I guess my concern is, you know, we are in a situation
now where the country economically is doing well. The economy
is strong. Unemployment is low.
And I think it is great, Mr. Wilson, you mentioned the 20-
percent increase in whatever. So it sounds like people are
using, you know, the opportunity to pursue education, which in
the future is going to help us with those things.
But if you all could just comment real quick on that, I
would appreciate it.
Mr. Ciccolella. The unemployment rate for young veterans 20
to 24 years old has traditionally been higher than the
unemployment rate for nonveterans in the same cohort. For the
past 20 years, the unemployment rate for veterans in general is
about 1 percentage point below the national average. Right now
it is about 3.8 percent. The national average is about 4.7.
It is not a new phenomenon. The unemployment rate for
nonveterans who are 20 to 24 is also up there, but it is not
quite as high.
The difference we think is this. Young people come in the
military about 18 or 19 years old, so they are going to get out
when they are 22, 23, 24. When they get out, they are generally
going to go into their first full-time civilian job.
Now, when they are in the military, they are not writing
resumes and interviewing for jobs. And they do not understand
there is a career workforce system and they are not going to
college. They may take some college and online courses while
they are in the military, but generally do not have college
degrees.
The kids coming in the military today are very smart. They
all have high school educations and they all score well on the
Armed Forces Qualification Test. We have very high-quality
individual servicemembers in the military.
So when they come out of the military, they are slightly
behind their contemporaries in terms of applying for jobs. This
is why transition assistance is so important when they make the
jump from the military to civilian life.
When you look at the barriers for young veterans coming
into the workforce, the first barrier is that they have trouble
translating their skills, experience, and education onto their
resumes. And this is not just true of young veterans who are 20
to 24 years old. This is true of colonels, generals, and
sergeant majors.
And the reason is, and when you look at one of their
resumes, it says that they were the ``CINC'' of JTF, alpha, or
something like that. Nobody can understand that. Employers just
simply do not understand that.
When you are in the military, you do not interview for
jobs. You are usually assigned your jobs, so veterans when they
first come out do not do well on their interviews.
This is why in the Transition Assistance Program we have to
focus it on translating the skills that they have onto resumes
so employers can understand it, and they have to do practice
interview sessions so that they practice looking people in the
eye, having the proper posture, and they can respond to
questions.
Now, this is what we are doing with the Transition
Assistance Program.
There has not been a lot of research done on these young
veterans. The VA, the Department of Labor, and Defense are
working together on this.
VA has got a study now. They are going to look at 2,000
servicemembers, 1,000 who are active duty, 1,000 who are Guard
and Reserve, and they are going to ask them some questions
about when did you get your job, how long did it take, did you
use your military skills, so that we will have a better insight
into them.
I commissioned a study last year with the University of
Chicago. And we took a look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics'
national longitudinal study of youth, and that is 9,000 youth
who were age 12 to 16 in 1997. So they are 22 to 24 years old
now.
What we found was that the first week they get out of the
military, their unemployment rates are very high, about 32
percent. Every month after that, the rates go down. They go
down dramatically. So at the third month, they were at about 24
percent. At the sixth month, they were 11 percent. At the ninth
month, they were consistent with veterans in general.
Now, you have to be careful what sort of conclusions you
draw from that. We have a phase two of that study. We need to
go back to those veterans. They do a 90 minute interview with
them every year so we can find out a lot of stuff from them.
But it suggests to us that veterans take their time, young
veterans take their time when they get out of the military, and
they may not take the first job. It suggests, and the Defense
Department can corroborate this, that they use their
unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers while they are
looking for a job. And that is fine. That is what it is there
for. It provides a cushion.
But it also tells us that some of them may go to school and
go to training or something like that. But it also tells us
that some may take a break because of post-traumatic stress
because of the combat that they have been in. And it may
suggest that some of them do not have the confidence and do not
think that they are highly skilled and can enter the workforce.
So those are the individuals that we have to get into the
career one-stop centers to connect directly with our veteran
employment representatives because our veteran employment
representatives can look those folks in the eye, most of them
are veterans themselves, and they can tell whether they are
touched by post-traumatic stress and they can refer them to the
VA or they can help them with their resumes and help them get
into the workforce that way.
If you have only a high school education and you are in the
combat arms, maybe you do not think you have a lot of skills,
but our veterans today have great skills. They come in. They
are highly qualified. While they are in, they train, they
learn. And when they come out, they are exactly what employers
are looking for.
And we talk to employers all the time, and employers are
looking for not only the hard skills like the medics and the
technical skills, but they are more often looking for people
who come to work on time, who are drug free, who have
initiative, they are success oriented, they have got loyalty,
and they have got integrity. And so employers want to hire
veterans. The issue is connecting them with veterans.
We need more research so we have a better window into the
20- to 24-year-old veterans, but what we really need to do is
we need to get more troops to go through the transition
employment workshop and we need to help those troops translate
their skills on to resumes. We need to practice interviewing
skills and we need to make them aware that there is a workforce
system out there and there are VA services out there and those
services are for them. And we need to connect them to those
services.
Now, the unemployment rate for young veterans in 2004 was
13.6 percent. In 2005, it was nearly 16 percent. Then in 2006,
it has gone down. It is about 10.4 percent. So we think we are
addressing it in the right way, but we have got to get more
troops to the transition employment workshop. We have to make
sure the transition employment workshop has deliverables so
they come out with a resume and they come out having done an
interview so when they go for a job, it is not the first time
they have written a resume and it is not the first time they
have interviewed.
And this is not, you know, rocket science. This is real
easy to figure out. So that is what we are trying to do.
Mr. Boozman. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Go ahead if you would like.
Mr. Borom. Adding from the VR&E side on that, we have had
some similar experiences. I was a field counselor for many
years. And as I have worked with many field counselors, the
experience that Labor has seen with what we refer to as soft
skills, interview skills, ability to write a resume, it does
hamper employment initially.
We do work with the veterans that come into the voc rehab
program, the servicemembers who work with the Labor Department,
on trying to improve their soft skills and improve resumes,
interview skills, do mock interviews, whatever we need to help
them get through that interview process.
Though we work with a smaller set of veterans, you know,
the disabled group as compared to the Labor Department,
oftentimes due to the disabilities that the veteran
servicemember has, they may not be able to go back to the kind
of work they did before. And so we often are looking at
assisting the individual with getting into more suitable work.
We want to capitalize where we can on their skills that
they have had, but oftentimes that may have been of a physical
nature and they perhaps cannot do that kind of work anymore and
additional training may be needed. Hence, they are not moving
into the labor force at that point.
Mr. Boozman. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Herseth. Mr. McNerney, do you have questions for the
panel?
Mr. McNerney. Sure. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
Mr. Borom, listening to your testimony concerning the
Coming Home to Work Program, you mentioned that in fiscal year
2007 through January 31st, and I realize that is a fairly short
timeframe, but the 121 servicemembers participating seemed
extraordinarily low compared to the number of veterans out
there that might need this service.
Is there any explanation why that is such a small number?
Mr. Borom. At this point, it is a small program. It is only
located at we will say seven areas, but really eight sites. It
is a new program, so we are trying to form the partnerships in
the community with other government agencies who work with the
individuals who are in the military treatment facilities. We
see that number is increasing. But at this point, that is as
many that--I want to say as many as has been in the program.
Mr. McNerney. In your opinion, that is a successful
program, it turns out good results?
Mr. Borom. I think it is a successful program. We want to
see more individuals get hooked into the work programs that it
is designed for. As the field counselors are working in that
direction, they are making new contacts. I was recently in
Augusta, Georgia, at Fort Gordon, matter of fact, where they
just opened up a new facility. And while there, what we were
doing was making those community contacts and working with the
military in trying to get, you know, transportation needs met
so we can get individuals to the work sites.
Sometimes what does occur with trying to work through some
of the issues with DoD and the individuals, they may have a lot
of medical appointments and as we try to work through some of
that, it is sort of a dynamic process.
I think it is a successful program. I think it is very
useful for the servicemembers who are on medical hold,
particularly as they are looking at going perhaps back into
civilian employment.
And not all do. Some actually turn back to military
service, active duty, you know, who are in the program. But it
does give them real-life work experiences in that capacity. So,
yes, I do think it is successful.
Mr. McNerney. Mr. Wilson, on the electronic certification
processing, you claim 70 percent of the cases were handled
electronically before human intervention.
One of the things I am interested in is, have you gotten
any feedback from the veterans as to how they like the
interaction with the electronic system and how accurate are
those claims that are being handled electronically?
Mr. Wilson. We have had nothing but positive feedback
concerning the interaction the veterans have had with our IT
systems. It has in many situations replaced what was previously
a paper process for them. So it saves a lot of time for them
and it is certainly a lot easier for them.
On average right now, for instance, when an individual is
required to go in and do their monthly certification that they
actually attended school, it takes less than a minute to
actually do that now. Instead of manually filling out a form,
putting it in an envelope, sticking a stamp on it, mailing it
off to us, they go on line, on to their account, click it, and
that information is transmitted directly to us. So we have had
nothing but positive feedback.
Concerning the accuracy, one of the reasons that we have
what I would consider a smaller percentage of claims processed
electronically than we would like is that the mechanisms we use
to set it up ensured that it had to be 100 percent accuracy. We
would not accept anything where a computer would potentially
generate an incorrect payment. And we are comfortable that that
has not happened. So those payments are 100 percent accurate.
Mr. McNerney. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Ms. Herseth. Thank you.
We have also been joined, as you see, by another new Member
of our Subcommittee, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana. You are
recognized.
Mr. Donnelly. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Mr. Borom, we have seen an increase in vets coming back
with mental disabilities who are struggling and need
counseling. And I was wondering in your particular area what is
being done to meet that need?
Mr. Borom. As a servicemember or veteran who has applied to
the program, and let us say they are in the program just to
make it easier, as we identify people who have mental health
issues, be it stress disorders or depression, whatever that may
be, we would use community resources as available, we would use
VA hospital referrals as available to that person.
And counselors, voc rehab counselors themselves, can do,
you know, counseling. Typically they do it on a more as-needed
basis, brief counseling as needed. If additional services are
needed, as someone is identified as needing more long-term
treatment for stress disorders, then we typically would work
with the VA hospitals to coordinate those services.
You know, part of our goal is to make sure, because it is
important, it is an element that affects their employment or
potential employment or even the potential sometimes to even
get through a rehab program, and so usually up front, we want
to identify that and take proactive measures on it.
Mr. Donnelly. So they are looking for that when someone is
coming in, if someone is discussing that?
Mr. Borom. Yes.
Mr. Donnelly. And then, Mr. Pedigo, in terms of housing,
you know, we have seen a lot of articles about subprime loans
recently and the difficulties that are being encountered in
that area.
And I was wondering if you are providing credit counseling
to veterans to make sure that they do not wind up about 4
months into this purchase of a home looking up and saying,
``what have I gotten into.''
Mr. Pedigo. Congressman, we do not provide individual
credit counseling to veterans. We do not have the capacity to
do that. However, we do tell veterans that they should go
online and take a credit counseling course that was developed
by the Ginny Mae Corporation, which is a government corporation
and part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
However, once a veteran gets a loan, we are very mindful of
the fact that for various reasons, some of them are not able to
continue to make their payments at times. Consequently, we have
a staff at our nine regional loan centers that are very
personally involved in providing counseling to veterans in an
effort to try to set up a repayment plan so that they can avoid
foreclosure.
In my testimony, I mentioned the successful interventions,
which is a situation where our intervention is successful in
helping the veteran bring his or her loan current. Over the
last 5 years, VA accomplished a little over 50,000 successful
interventions, saving the government approximately $985
million.
So while we cannot provide the counseling in depth up
front, we are very active once the veteran gets the loan in
helping that veteran avoid foreclosure.
Mr. Donnelly. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
Ms. Herseth. Well, thank you for your questions, Mr.
Donnelly.
Mr. Boozman, did you have further questions for the panel?
Mr. Boozman. I did actually.
Ms. Herseth. Go ahead. You only got the one in.
Mr. Boozman. Again, I would just like to visit a little bit
about the TAP Program because it does go into and I thought the
discussion that you all had concerning the rate of unemployment
in that age group that we are concerned, I thought that was
very, very good, and I appreciate your efforts.
The TAP Program, and, again, working with Ms. Herseth the
last couple of years we visited several of those facilities.
And just in being around troops, and traveling, all over the
world, I was in Landstuhl a couple of weeks ago, you know,
visiting there. It is a well-received program. It is very, very
good. I know you all have worked hard on it.
Do we have the record-keeping abilities so that we can sit
down and see what DoD installation is doing, and what it is not
doing? And then we can take that information and then we can
decide, you know, what we do with that to see an improvement in
the installations that are not getting it done.
Would that be a difficult thing to do? Is that something
that you could access for us? Does that make sense?
Mr. Ciccolella. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
[The Committee received a follow-up letter from the U.S.
Department of Labor, dated July 23, 2007, from Mr. Ciccolella,
which appears in the Appendix. The response to this query is
included in the response to question 5A.]
Mr. Boozman. And the other side, too, is, I mean, we have--
and we were just visiting--we have got commanders that because
of their force structure are making decisions. Do people go to
TAP class or do we function, you know, so I understand that is
a problem.
But go ahead. Like I say, is there a way to access that
information?
Mr. Ciccolella. We track the participation per transition
employment workshops, so we can provide the number of
participants by workshop.
What we do not do is track the servicemember as they leave
the military. We capture whether they are employed or not
through the wage record information record system, but we do
not take Social Security numbers during transition.
I understand the question. I applaud the question. The
services do, I think, a very good job of trying to get as many
of their servicemembers through the transition employment
workshop, but it does not always work that way. Sometimes
operational requirements of the commanders preclude a
servicemember from attending the TAP Program or they attend on
the first day and then they are taken off and put on a detail
on the second day, that kind of thing.
It is very important in my view, and I made this clear to
the Defense Department, it is very important that we do
everything that we can once a servicemember makes the
determination that they are going to leave the military, not
before that because then you are competing with DoD for that
person, once they have made that decision, and they make that
decision when they do their pre-separation counseling, there is
a check that they make indicating that they want to go to a
transition employment workshop, then it is incumbent on
commanders at all levels to send their servicemembers to TAP.
If we are going to ask these servicemembers to deploy and
fight during two or three deployments, then we ought to be able
to give them a week or three or four days so that they can
transition properly out of the service.
I think the services are trying to increase participation.
It is not moving as fast as it probably should. We are getting
65 percent of the servicemembers through TAP, but we need to
get about 85 percent. Some people do not necessarily want to go
to TAP.
Mr. Boozman. Right. Exactly. I would appreciate it, though,
if you could provide us a graph of the areas where so many
people are rotating out and then, of that group, who received
the TAP Program versus, you know, kind of in areas. If you
could do that, that would be helpful.
Mr. Ciccolella. We can provide to you the number of
servicemembers, Congressman Boozman, who attend the TAP
Program.
[The graphs were previously supplied by the Department of
Labor, and have been included at the end of the July 23, 2007,
U.S. Department of Labor follow-up letter, from Mr.
Ciccollela.]
Mr. Boozman. Can you tell us if it was in Norfolk versus
someplace else?
Mr. Ciccolella. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. What we may not be
able to tell you is that if a unit comes back and it has got
800 people in it, we cannot tell you how many of those
individuals, you know, are leaving the military. What we can
tell you is, you know, how many servicemembers are going to the
transition workshops.
[The Committee received a follow-up letter from the U.S.
Department of Labor, dated July 23, 2007, from Mr. Ciccolella,
which appears in the Appendix. The response to this query is
included in the response to question 5B.]
Mr. Boozman. I would just be interested in declaring if
they are----
Mr. Ciccolella. Yes.
Mr. Boozman. Can I ask one more thing? Would you mind?
Ms. Herseth. Sure.
Mr. Boozman. The only other thing I would like to comment
on and then ask you--I am really concerned about this--you
know, Walter Reed is in the newspaper and all right now, as far
as the facility and stuff. I would really like to see if we
could have those folks who are over there and you, go over and
visit. They do their rehab and then they are back watching
television and stuff.
Is there an opportunity to go ahead and get the
occupational therapist in there very quickly to find out what
they want to do, and then when they are not in rehab, almost
have a situation where, you know, we are getting them to a
community college or college or whatever. See what I am saying,
and start that process right then when they have really got a
lot of time on their hands and things, but almost start some
pilot program where it is pretty inclusive because the numbers
are not that great? I mean, they are great, but they are not
that great.
But try and get those folks where at the end of their
rehab, we are not getting them a job, but we are getting them a
career that being the end goal. And that is something that, you
know, like I say, I would be very interested in.
And I know we will have her comment in a second, but it
does seem like that, not that we are not doing a bad job. I do
not mean that. It is just I think in these situations, we kind
of need to start thinking outside of the box a little bit. It
has always been done that way.
And, again, you know, if you will give me some comments and
feedback, I would be very, you know, very delighted to see if
we could help you with that.
Mr. Ciccolella. Exactly right. When servicemembers come
back and their wounds are taken care of and they are
stabilized, then they go through the process of either being
returned to the force or they go through the process of the
evaluation boards to leave the military.
Regrettably that process takes a long time. The services to
their credit do not want to release servicemembers unless they
are as well as possible. But sometimes it takes 18 months or 24
months, and you hit the nail on the head. What do they do
during that 12 to 18 months.
Here is what we have done at Balboa out in California. We
have got the CISCO people out there with the Department of
Veterans Affairs and Department of Labor people, and they are
offering training, information technology training, so they
will be able to do some certification type training,
information training. So that is a good model right there.
I was in a meeting today and we are looking at what we
might be able to do out at Walter Reed. I agree with you on the
point that once you start a program like that, then the other
medical centers will want to do the same thing.
I think I would like to leave it on this note. We will get
back to you with what we come up with out at Walter Reed. But
we have got a lot of ideas and we have got a lot of good ideas
about what could be done, because you are exactly right. Troops
go to formation in the morning. They go to a medical
appointment and then the rest of the day, they may not have a
lot to do and they are going to be there for a lengthy period
of time. And it is a very difficult situation. And you are
right. It is in the news.
[The following was subsequently received from the
Department of Labor:]
The Department of Labor has provided a description of their
``Transition Training Academy,'' as it outlines the problems
servicemembers face during the rehabilitation process, and more
importantly, it describes what VETS are doing to tackle these
problems. The Transition Training Academy description appears
in the Appendix.
Mr. Boozman. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Herseth. Thank you, Mr. Boozman.
Let me just pick up from there, Mr. Ciccolella, and ask you
about Operation War Fighter. I know that the Department of
Labor is a partner in executing this program that offers
opportunities for active duty who are wounded or injured to be
placed in temporary assignments within different Federal
agencies.
The question may be specifically to the situation we are
facing at Walter Reed. How many of the 140 servicemembers that
have participated in this program have actually been Walter
Reed outpatients? Do you know?
Mr. Ciccolella. I can find that out. I think the majority
have--I think the number is 150. All of them, yeah.
Ms. Herseth. All of them?
Mr. Ciccolella. The number should be 157. That should be
the updated number. Maybe we did not put that in the testimony.
And 50 of those have already been hired by Federal agencies.
[The Committee received a follow-up letter from the U.S.
Department of Labor, dated July 23, 2007, from Mr. Ciccolella,
which appears on p. 47. The response to this query is included
in the response to question 2 on p. 48.]
Mr. Ciccolella. The program, I think, Madam Chair, was
designed as part of the therapy when they are recovering from
their wounds and they intern in a sense with the Federal
agencies. But it has turned out much, much better than that.
And we have got a person who works at the seriously injured
center or severely injured center, who briefs the folks out at
Walter Reed about the opportunities, interviews them, and tries
to match their skills with the requirements from the Federal
agencies.
And it is a pretty good response from the Federal agencies.
And I think there may be a couple of congressional offices that
have also come in on this.
I will tell you it is a very good way to get good
leadership, you know, people with some leadership skills into
the Federal workforce at a time when a lot of people in the
Federal workforce will be leaving just because they will be
aging out of the Federal workforce.
Ms. Herseth. I agree with you. I think that it also, as
some of these young men and women experience some anxiety, at
least that is what has been told to me about this process of
trying to medically retire or medically discharge, so they do
not want that process to proceed so quickly at times, and I
think that this program has a lot of potential.
Do you know what the average time has been to assign these
individuals?
Mr. Ciccolella. I would have to find that out for you, but
we would be happy to do that.
Ms. Herseth. If you would just provide us with some
additional information on how this program is working from your
perspective.
Mr. Ciccolella. Sure. Absolutely.
[The Committee received a follow-up letter from the U.S.
Department of Labor, dated July 23, 2007, from Mr. Ciccolella,
which appears on p. 47. The response to this query is included
in the response to question 4 on p. 48.]
Ms. Herseth. I would appreciate it.
I will have more questions, Mr. Ciccolella, in a minute.
But I want to go back, if I might, to Mr. Wilson.
Tell me about the contract customer service for the 800
number. I see that it was initiated September of 2006, and I am
wondering how much training and what kind of training the
individuals that are fulfilling this contract received and what
types of questions they can and cannot answer when someone
calls in, because, as I previously mentioned, I have got a two-
page, single-spaced letter from a constituent about a really
bad experience. And this unfortunately for him was the first
contact he had with the Education Service, and if you could
provide me a little more detail on how that is working.
Mr. Wilson. Absolutely. I would be glad to. I share some of
the same sort of concerns, I believe, that you have. I would
like to start, if I could, with just a touch of a background
concerning why we created the call center in the first place.
As you have already mentioned, our timeliness was not where
we wanted it to be last year. The number of pending claims was
not where we wanted it to be. The impact of standing up the new
1607 Program was significant for us. There is no question about
it.
We wanted to address the pending inventory as aggressively
as we could with the understanding that we had when we were
developing this initiative the fall enrollment creeping closer
and closer to us, and it was our desire to stand the call
center up as much before the fall enrollment as possible to
allow what I would refer to as a ramp-up time so that people
could learn by OJT in addition to the training, et cetera.
The time line did not match in reality what we were hoping
to achieve and the training was condensed. The individuals on
the phones at the call center received about a week's worth of
training initially.
The mission of the call center was never to take all calls
going into the processing offices. The mission of the call
center was to take what we refer to as tier one calls, which
are your very simple, you can look at a screen or two screens
and answer the question, for instance, what is the status of my
claim, did the school submit my enrollment certification, those
type of things that are very easy to teach people how to answer
those type of questions.
The call center again was designed to allow us to free up
resources to reduce the pending inventory. I believe it was
successful, but I also believe that we did pay a pretty steep
price, quite honestly, concerning the customer service aspect
of things. The call center attendants were provided with
refresher training on a regular basis. We did quality
monitoring as well as the contractor doing quality monitoring.
We are still not satisfied with what we ended up seeing
from a quality perspective. It was much more difficult for us
to manage that than we had anticipated, again taking into
account this is our first time dealing with this type of
arrangement and we have learned a lot of lessons from the call
center experience.
I can tell you that because of the overall experience and
the lessons that we have learned, we have made the decision not
to continue the call center. The call center will be
terminated. The last day of operation for them will be March
16th, which I believe is a Friday. From that point, the calls
will be going back to the regional processing offices.
Having said that, there are a lot of things that we believe
we learned that were good as well. The concept of a call center
served us well in terms of the resources that it made available
and the impact it had on the pending time limits. It did not
have a good result in this instance with what we also were
hoping to do in terms of improving the service we are providing
on the phones.
Ms. Herseth. I appreciate that, Mr. Wilson. I am glad to
hear it is ending March 16th. I understand why you did it.
But given what happened and not staying on the time line
that you would have liked the condensed training, it does raise
the issue of making sure that you have adequate resources, that
you do not have to compromise on the customer service end to
meet the issue of the workload side.
And so I appreciate your testimony and the fact that not
only you, but in sharing that with us, we can learn some
lessons from the experience as well and how call centers may or
may not be the most effective options given what we are faced
with.
Let us see. You mention on page three of your testimony
that we went, from 2000 through 2006, we increased FTEs from
591 to 726.
Do you have any idea how many of the 591 of those that are
still with the Education Service, how many of those individuals
may be retiring within the next 1 to 2 years, how many are
eligible for retirement?
Mr. Wilson. I do not. I would have to research that and
find out.
Ms. Herseth. There is a lingering concern with regard to
the new folks that you are bringing on and how much time they
have to work with these very seasoned and experienced folks. It
would maybe be helpful for us to see that if you could get us
that information.
Mr. Wilson. Absolutely. Sure.
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Wilson:]
Education Service: Provide approximate number of education
service FTEs eligible for retirement.
We estimate the number of retirees eligible in the overall
Education business line to be approximately 200. Historical
data shows that about 8 percent of those eligible to retire do
so, therefore, we would expect approximately 16 FTE to retire
over the course of the current FY. Based on our estimated
number of FTE for FY08, and if previous trends continue, we
would expect 17-18 employees to retire in FY08.
Ms. Herseth. I may be testing Mr. Boozman's patience here
with how long I am taking.
I agree with you, and I know that Mr. McNerney and I think
Mr. Donnelly, too, may have probed this. In terms of your IT
backbone that you want to continue to build on to best serve
all veterans but this younger generation that is particularly
savvy in using IT, what is your timetable?
You say in the future that you plan to add additional
benefit information like payment information, remaining
entitlement, the eliminating date. Do you have a timetable for
when you would like to integrate that and do you have the
resources identified in which to accomplish it as well?
Mr. Wilson. We do. We have got a short-term strategy for IT
as well as a long term. In the short term, what I would refer
to as the quick hit type things in terms of enhancing our
existing IT applications, we are hoping to have those rolled
out before the fall enrollment, because those are relatively
straightforward things that we believe we can leverage
relatively quickly.
Long term, what we are hoping to do, and I will have to
find out the exact time frame, is refresh our entire base of
applications and create more of an integrated tool that we
refer to as TEES, which is simply The Education Expert System,
and that will really fundamentally leapfrog us into a new level
of technology.
Ms. Herseth. I think that will be very helpful because, as
you know, a number of the higher learning institutions that
these young men and women are then utilizing their benefits for
have become very sophisticated in allowing access
electronically to their information. And so we would not want
the Education Service in the minds of these young men and women
to be so far behind, so I am glad we are focused there.
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Wilson:]
Education Service: What is the timetable for full TEES IT
integration?
We anticipate full TEES integration to be completed by
October 2011.
Ms. Herseth. I do want to submit one question for the
record if you could follow up, because I have a few questions
for the other panelists. And it relates to something that has
recently come to my attention. I would prefer additional
information on how it works. It is regarding the so-called
rating system that is used to evaluate employees' ability to
process claims. Is that----
Mr. Wilson. Rating system?
Ms. Herseth. A rating system. Is there some rating system
that exists? And what I will do is--we just heard about this
from a constituent yesterday--we will provide you some
information. Maybe we just need some clarity from his end and
your end as to how that works.
Mr. Wilson. Sure. I would be glad to provide whatever. I am
drawing a blank right now.
Ms. Herseth. Okay.
Mr. Wilson. But obviously we will provide whatever we have.
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Wilson.]
Education Service: Information regarding a rating system, which
addresses an employee's ability to process claims.
The Education Service utilizes a National Performance
Standard to rate an employee's ability to process claims. Each
Regional Processing Office retains the discretion to adjust
those performance standards higher than what the national
average suggests. Elements measured in the performance standard
include per month claim production, quality, and customer
service.
Ms. Herseth. Thanks.
Mr. Ciccolella, I am currently working on legislation that
would eliminate some of the job training service restrictions
currently placed on veterans' spouses.
As you know, a spouse can only receive job training
assistance from veteran employment specialists if a
servicemember died of a service-connected disability, is a POW,
is MIA, or is totally disabled.
And we heard from some veteran employment specialists at
our one-stop career centers that they would like to be able to
offer services to more spouses that are currently restricted
from doing so.
Would you support legislation that would open the door for
more spouses to receive job training services?
Mr. Ciccolella. You mean from the veteran employment
representatives?
Ms. Herseth. From them, yes.
Mr. Ciccolella. Well, we do it for those who are seriously
wounded and injured. We provide assistance to the caregivers,
the families, the parents, and, you know, the spouses. So we do
that.
Ms. Herseth. But that is for----
Mr. Ciccolella. Those are seriously wounded, severely
wounded and injured. So that is part of our REALifelines
Program.
Ms. Herseth. So what is the disability rating requirement,
a hundred percent?
Mr. Ciccolella. No. For example, if a servicemember is
recovering from their wounds or injury, they call the Military
Seriously Injured Center or the Army or the Marine Corps. We
have somebody there. And if it is an employment inquiry, we
will take a look at that.
A lot of times, the servicemember may still be in the
service or may be out of the service, but may not be ready to
go to work. So the caregiver is going to be the spouse. So we
do that. We help that spouse or the parent into employment.
Now, on a larger scale, let us take the example of helping
spouses nationwide or targeting it to spouses of deployed units
or something like that, I think the Department would have to
take a look at that and look at the workload. And we would
probably have to get some feedback from the States.
Is it doable, yes. Would I support it? I would like to get
a more coordinated position on it.
[The Committee received a follow-up letter from the U.S.
Department of Labor, dated July 23, 2007, from Mr. Ciccolella,
which appears on p. 47. The response to this query is included
in the response to question 1.]
Ms. Herseth. I would appreciate it if you would gather more
information with regard to workload and getting feedback from
the States who are partners in your efforts. That would
certainly be helpful to us at the point where we may choose to
have a legislative hearing on that and other legislation during
the 110th Congress.
Mr. Pedigo, I know you have a plane to catch, so I do not
have any specific questions for you. I just wanted to let you
know before you have to leave that I believe, and I need to
talk to Mr. Boozman to have my memory refreshed about some
conversations we had on this in the last Congress as well, we
think that the specially-adapted housing grants have not kept
pace with the increased cost of the construction of adaptive
homes. And so we are reintroducing legislation to increase the
amount of those grants.
And I am also going to be introducing legislation to
correct an oversight with regard to what you referred to in
your testimony about allowing veterans and servicemembers to
receive up to a total of three grants. In the aggregate, they
could meet their maximum amount, but there was an oversight
unfortunately and it was written in a way that excludes the
active-duty component. I wanted to let you know we plan to
introduce legislation to correct that oversight.
Mr. Pedigo. Thank you. And we appreciate that. That is a
very special program, and we want to make sure that those
veterans get everything that they should have coming to them.
Ms. Herseth. Thank you and thank you for your testimony.
Mr. Pedigo. Thank you.
Ms. Herseth. Now, if I might, Mr. Ciccolella, just two
questions regarding some followup from the Subcommittee hearing
that we had May 12, 2005.
Members of the Subcommittee expressed concern regarding the
Department of Labor's lack of a report on VETS' activities as
required by Chapter 41. And I know that since that time, we did
receive an annual report and expect to receive another one
shortly.
Could you give us the status on when we might be seeing
that report?
Mr. Ciccolella. The 2005 report is late. It is done and it
should be out very shortly. And the 2005 report is late by
about a year, and the 2006 report is late almost by a month. We
are working on that now. And I do not have a time line on that.
We also have a Congressional report on USERRA due, the
``Uniform Services Employment Reemployment Rights Act,'' and
that report is in the offing right now.
Ms. Herseth. I appreciate it. I know that there was sort of
a lag time and hopefully we will get on track and go forward
from there as we get ready for the 2007 one, if you can get
those two off your plate.
[The response is included in the July 23, 2007, DOL letter,
from Mr. Ciccollela in response to question number 3, which
appears on p. 48.]
Ms. Herseth. And then also at that same hearing, Veteran
Service Organization representatives raised concerns about
having DVOPs and LVERs perform duties inconsistent with VETS
missions. I think it was actually that they were performing
some nonveteran related work at the one-stop career centers.
Do you have any information in terms of the status of
addressing that concern, if that is a concern that is
lingering, that we might hear the same concern expressed if our
Veteran Service Organization representatives were testifying
today?
Mr. Ciccolella. Madam Chair, the law says that the DVOP and
LVER serve only veterans. It does happen where they serve
nonveterans. Hopefully that is inadvertent and, of course, any
services to nonveterans cannot be charged against the ``Job for
Veterans Act State Grants.'' So it can be done in that context.
It can also be done where you have a half-time DVOP or
LVER. If they are providing a half-time service to veterans,
four hours each day, and then the other four hours they have
another workforce function. But, again, the four hours of
nonveteran service cannot be charged to the grant.
There are some situations where in a highly-devolved system
like the workforce system where you have everyone operating
slightly differently and the boards and the one-stop career
centers each operate a little bit differently, there are
situations where the veteran employment representatives are put
in positions where they serve nonveterans. When we find out
about that, we try to correct that situation.
Ms. Herseth. I would appreciate it if you would continue to
monitor that. And understand that sometimes as the information
is exchanged, especially if they are part time, that there may
be some confusion that is caused there.
One last question. I appreciate the attachment number three
that you included where it showed the number of cases closed on
USERRA.
Do you have an average time that it takes to close a case?
Mr. Ciccolella. Offhand, I do not. I think it is 54 days
for the average case. Now, most cases are resolved almost
immediately. They are within a few days or a week. But the
average time, I think, is over 50 days. And we report that in
our annual report, but we can report what it is currently for
the record.
Ms. Herseth. Thank you.
Just a final couple of questions, Mr. Borom, on your area
of jurisdiction here. I will save that one for last. You
testified that you have started providing one-on-one DTAP
briefings at the polytrauma centers. I am curious as to how
that is going.
I visited the Minneapolis polytrauma center, and I am
wondering how many of these one-on-one briefings you provide
and the timing of them, if they happened within this 90-day
timeframe that I think the polytrauma centers utilize to try to
make substantial progress with the seriously brain-injured
servicemen and women in particular.
Do you have that information?
Mr. Borom. I do not have that at this time, but that is
something we can go back and look forward to getting to you.
Ms. Herseth. If you could, and then maybe break it down by
how many have occurred at each of the four polytrauma centers--
and do they occur just a week prior to them being released from
the polytrauma center or does it occur after they have been
medically retired or discharged?
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Borom:]
Question: Number of one-on-one DTAP briefings being provided
at each of the four polytrauma centers and when do they occur
(while the servicemembers are still on active duty, within 90
days, or when they are discharged)?
Response: The field stations reported a combined total of 97
individual DTAP presentations at the polytrauma centers so far
in FY07. In FY06, a total of 239 individual DTAP briefings were
conducted at the polytrauma centers. Due to the nature and
severity of their disabilities, not every individual at a
polytrauma center is ready for the DTAP briefing.
And then on page six of your testimony, you state in fiscal
year 2006, 9,225 veterans achieved their rehabilitation
employment goals through that time.
Do you know what percentage that constitutes?
Mr. Borom. That is another piece of information I can get
to you.
[The following was subsequently received from Mr. Borom:]
Question: What percentage of the 9,200 veterans that VR&E
claimed has reached their employment goals does this
constitute?
Response: The 9,200 veterans rehabilitated in FY 2006 after
reaching their employment goals is 10.3% of VR&E's total
workload. VR&E's total workload is comprised of 6,352 veterans
in applicant status, 13,737 veterans in evaluation and planning
status, 3,268 veterans participating in extended evaluation
programs to determine their feasibility to achieve employment
at this time, 3,340 veterans participating in Independent
Living plans, 46,667 veterans participating in Rehabilitation
Plans, 6,980 veterans participating in Employment Services, and
8,782 veterans interrupted from their program due to various
issues.
Ms. Herseth. Okay. Thanks.
One last question. Yesterday, we had the legislative
presentation at a joint hearing of the VFW. A concern was
raised that the VR&E needs to look into the future when it
comes to training and educating disabled veterans. This along
the line of where Mr. Boozman has probed previously.
The VFW would like to see veterans find meaningful careers
instead of a quick job, just putting them into a job as opposed
to the longer-term career strategy that I know you and the
folks who work with you try to develop for our service-
connected disabled veterans.
Do you have any response to testimony like that from the
VFW or others who have expressed that concern?
Mr. Borom. I would probably say this. The process of a
servicemember or veteran as they enter the program, there is a
dual relationship between themselves and the counselor that
they are working with.
The approach is that we are trying to work with veterans,
looking at their interests, their aptitudes, abilities, and
where they are wanting to go in life, and the direction of what
would be suitable and sustainable employment, you know, for the
future.
Some veterans come out and their needs are more immediate
employment just given their situation in life, and perhaps
short-term training is what they need at that point. Others may
come out and at that time in their life, they can go for a
little bit longer program, and that is appropriate for them at
the same time.
So due to the individualized nature of each personal
program, it is really looked at individually. VR&E does not go
in with the concept that everyone who walks in the door that we
are going to try to get you into immediate short-term
employment. It is an individual program. It is going to be what
is most appropriate for that veteran at that point in time.
Ms. Herseth. I appreciate it, and I do appreciate your
patience in answering all of the questions that we have had for
you today.
I do want to thank not only our witnesses but the Members
of the Majority and Minority staff of the Committee in
assisting us in preparing for today's hearing and the followup
that we will be pursuing with you. We appreciate your input.
Mr. Boozman, thank you again.
With that, the Subcommittee stands adjourned.
[Whereupon, at 3:40 p.m., the Subcommittee was adjourned.]
A P P E N D I X
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Prepared Statement of Hon. Stephanie Herseth
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Good afternoon. The Veterans' Affairs Economic Opportunity
Subcommittee hearing on the performance, staffing, and services
provided by the Education, Loan Guaranty, and Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment (VR&E) programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the Department
of Labor will come to order.
I would like to thank Ranking Member John Boozman for his
leadership as past Chairman of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee. I
look forward to again working with you. In addition, I would like to
welcome the new Members of the Subcommittee, Representatives Joe
Donnelly of Indiana, Jerry McNerney of California, and John Hall of New
York. I look forward to building upon our strong bipartisan
relationship so that we may provide our Nation's veterans the best
available services they need and deserve.
Earlier this year, Ranking Member Boozman, other Members of this
Subcommittee, and I discussed the hearing topics to be covered during
the 110th Congress. I am proud to say that we have an ambitious list
that includes expanding education benefits for National Guard and
Reservists, examining the funding levels for State Approving Agencies,
reviewing the VA's procurement goals with respect to veteran and
service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and other important
issues.
First and foremost, Ranking Member Boozman, I look forward to
working with you and our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee to
update the Montgomery G.I. Bill for National Guard and Reserve
servicemembers. These brave soldiers continue to support military
missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere around the world.
Unfortunately, although they are being called to duty and mobilized for
an average of 18 months, their educational benefits do not reflect
their increased service to our Nation. When the Montgomery G.I. Bill
was signed into law in 1984, servicemembers of the Guard and Reserve
were rarely mobilized, and that simply is not the reality today. Again,
I look forward to working with you to address this issue, passing
legislation that will better reflect the reality of today's military
and ensure that the enormous contribution and sacrifice of Guard and
Reserve servicemembers are more equitably recognized.
Like many of my colleagues, I have spent the last few days meeting
with veterans from across my state. Those meetings have generated many
questions and concerns that I hope to address here today. I am
particularly interested in hearing about the VA's efforts to address
the education claims workload and problems associated with the
centralization of education claims service operations.
I would like to thank our panelists for being here with us today to
participate in a frank dialogue with Members of this Subcommittee. I
encourage you to continue to work with us, so that we may ensure our
servicemembers, veterans, and their families are properly cared for and
receive the best available services to help them transition back to
civilian life after their honorable service to our country.
Much progress has been made in education benefits, vocational
rehabilitation services, and VA home loans programs. However, I think
everyone would agree that we must remain vigilant to maintain against
any decline in benefits or customer service.
Thank you all again for being here. I look forward to hearing from
you.
I now recognize our Ranking Member, Mr. Boozman for any opening
remarks that he may have.
Prepared Statement of Hon. John Boozman
Ranking Republican Member, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Good afternoon and thanks to each of our witnesses for taking time
to be here today. Budget season is always a busy time around here but
the sometimes hectic schedule serves a good purpose, and that is a more
thorough understanding of the President's budget for the next fiscal
year.
Before I begin my remarks, at our final Subcommittee hearing of the
109th Congress, I mentioned the possibility that Ms. Herseth and I
would be changing roles on the Subcommittee. And darned if that didn't
happen. So Stephanie, congratulations on assuming the chair and as I
stated in November, I will give you the same bipartisan support you so
graciously gave to me. I am confident we will have another productive
session with you at the helm.
As a general rule, the President sent us a good VA budget. Not
perfect, but good and both sides of the aisle have presented our views
and estimates to the Budget Committee. Now it is up to them to pass a
Budget Resolution that works.
I believe that we were in agreement with the Majority when it came
to suggesting 1,000 additional FTE for VBA. We also suggested
additional funding for IT programs and the need to conduct significant
business process reform because just piling more FTE every year will
not solve the structural issues preventing rapid processing of claims
of all types.
The challenge is before VA and VETS to make programs work. It is
clear that the people expect not just programs, but ones that actually
deliver the goods to the beneficiaries. We need to get the processing
times down for both VR&E and education. Last session, we mandated a
report on streamlining education processing and I hope the Department
will send us a legislative proposal to change the way they do business
if that is required.
The Veterans Employment and Training Service still lacks sufficient
data in many areas and I look forward to Mr. Ciccolella's testimony on
how they propose to do better in that area. One thing I am very
disappointed in is the flat budget recommendation for the National
Veterans Training Institute in Denver. As you know, P.L. 109-461
imposed new training requirements for DVOPs and LVERs and when the
staff visited NVTI last year, they were told that NVTI would probably
need an additional $1 million to meet the additional throughput, so you
might want to address that shortfall here today.
Madam Chairwoman, congratulations once again and I yield back.
Statement of Hon. Charles S. Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans' Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor
Madam Chairwoman and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee:
I am pleased to appear before you today to give you an overview of
the programs administered by the Veterans' Employment and Training
Service (VETS).
VETS has 240 full time Federal staff, the majority of which are
deployed in the states. We deliver our programs and services to the
states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, through 6
Regional Administrators and 52 State Directors.
Our principal programs and services focus on three areas:
Employment assistance for veterans in America's publicly
funded Workforce Investment System (One Stop Career Services)
Employment assistance for separating military members
Protecting servicemembers' employment rights
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THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM
Employment assistance for veterans through the workforce investment
system is accomplished through four programs: One Stop Career Services,
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Grants, Veterans Workforce
Investment Program Grants, and the HireVetsFirst Campaign.
One Stop Career Services are provided through the Jobs for Veterans
Act State Grants. These are formula based grants awarded on an annual
basis to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
These grants provide funding to support Local Veterans Employment
Representatives (LVER) and Disabled Veteran Outreach Program (DVOP)
specialists located in over 3,200 One Stop Career Centers throughout
the country.
These veteran employment specialists help veterans find good jobs,
they conduct employer outreach, and they facilitate transition
assistance workshops in the continental United States. The specialists
also help veterans navigate the public workforce investment system and
connect veterans to an array of workforce preparation--including
training--services available at the One Stop Career Centers. In
accordance with the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002 (JVA), Public Law
107-288, we ensure that veterans accessing services in the One Stop
Career Centers receive priority of service.
The difference between duties of the veteran employment specialists
is that DVOPs provide outreach services and intensive employment
services to meet the employment needs of eligible veterans, with
priority to disabled veterans and special emphasis placed on those
veterans most in need. LVERs conduct outreach to local employers to
develop employment opportunities for veterans, and facilitate
employment, training and placement services to veterans. In particular,
many LVERs are the facilitators for the Transition Assistance Program
employment workshops.
The JVA, as amended, gave the states flexibility to employ full- or
half-time DVOP and LVER staff as the state determines necessary to
carry out their veteran services plans. The JVA also changed the
funding formula. The funding now made available is based upon the total
number of veterans residing in the state that are seeking employment as
a ratio of the total number of veterans seeking employment in all
states, taking into consideration civilian labor force data.
In support of these DVOP/LVER positions, VETS will continue to
provide an operational framework to facilitate the optimum delivery of
services to assist states in their mission of leading veterans toward
appropriate employment.
The FY 2008 request for State Grants is $161,894,000. This level of
funding is expected to support 2,100 DVOP and LVER positions. We
anticipate that this program will serve nearly 700,000 participants.
The Jobs for Veterans State Grant program received the second
highest rating (moderately effective) based on the Administration's
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) review in FY 2005. Two of the
PART recommendations call for performance management improvements,
which have been implemented for PY 2006 and will continue to be refined
in future years. The third PART recommendation calls for an independent
evaluation, which is in progress and will be completed by the end of FY
2007. Since the program was restructured in FY 2003 by the Jobs for
Veterans Act, this program has exceeded our national goals.
During Program Year (PY) 2004, which ended on June 30, 2005, the
Entered Employment Rate was 60% for veterans (exceeded goal by 2%) and
56% for disabled veterans (exceeded goal by 2%). At the end of PY 2005,
outcomes for veterans and disabled veterans showed an increase of 1%
for all veterans and maintained the same rate for disabled veterans.
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E). Since much of the
interface with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) service is through the workforce
investment system, at this point I would like to briefly discuss that
relationship. VR&E and VETS continue to work in partnership, along with
State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), on behalf of VR&E job ready veterans
who are referred to and registered with the State Workforce Agencies
for intensive employment services.
Our partnership to increase the employment opportunities and
placement in suitable employment of service-disabled Chapter 31
veterans is defined in a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), and the
results continue to improve. That positive working relationship has
also carried over into other initiatives and strengthened cooperation
and coordination with VETS' state partners.
Of particular note is the establishment of three working groups
under the MOA. The goal of each work group is to improve the quality of
employment services and suitable job placements for veterans with
disabilities enrolled in the VR&E program. Each work group has an
established list of roles and responsibilities directing their efforts.
The work groups are:
Performance Measures for Assessment of Partnership
Program Results
National Veterans' Training Institute (NVTI): Curriculum
Design
Joint Data Collection, Analysis, and Reports
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) is a competitive
grant program. Grants are awarded to states or other public entities
and non-profits, including faith-based organizations, to operate
employment programs that reach out to homeless veterans and help them
become gainfully employed.
The purpose of the HVRP is to provide services to assist in
reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the
labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service
delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing
veterans. HVRP is the only nationwide program focused on assisting
homeless veterans to reintegrate into the workforce.
VETS is requesting a total of $23,620,000 for this activity in FY
2008, an increase of $1,840,000 over FY 2007, enabling 15,095 homeless
veterans to participate.
The HVRP program is a highly successful grant program. It has
recently received the second highest rating on the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) in FY 2006. One recommendation from the PART review
is to strengthen accountability by applying common measures. In
response, VETS has begun applying common measures to this program,
beginning with PY 2006. Another PART recommendation calls for conduct
of a rigorous evaluation, to begin in 2007. In response, the Department
has allocated FY 2007 funds for that purpose and VETS currently is
developing a statement of work for a competitive award to a contractor
during FY 2007. During FY 2006, HVRP had an entered employment rate of
72.8%, which exceeded the goal by over 4%.
Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) grants support efforts
to ensure veterans' lifelong learning and skills development in
programs designed to serve the most-at-risk veterans, especially those
with service-connected disabilities, those with significant barriers to
employment, and recently separated veterans. The goal is to provide an
effective mix of interventions, including training, retraining, and
support services, that lead to long term, higher wage and career
potential jobs.
Services provided by grantees also include employment assistance
and case management by DVOP and LVER staff. An important emphasis in
this activity is on recently separated veterans in support of the
Secretary's goal of a Competitive Workforce. Through the VWIP grants,
VETS will continue to promote initiatives in high demand occupational
areas, such as health care.
VETS requests $7,351,000 in FY 2008 to serve 4,390 veterans. In FY
2006, VWIP had a 75% entered employment rate.
HireVetsFirst Campaign (www.hirevetsfirst.gov) began in support of
the President's National Hire Veterans Committee established by the
JVA. It has been a successful campaign, and the Web site has been
averaging 35,000 unique visitors each month. So far, 46 Governors have
signed proclamations indicating their support for hiring veterans by
designating Hire Veterans First months. Last year, we hosted the first
National Veterans Employment Summit and 17 veteran job fairs in
partnership with media, veteran and military organizations. This year,
over 120 veteran job fairs will be co-sponsored or co-branded by the
Hire Vets First Campaign.
TRANSITION SERVICES
Transition services include the Transition Assistance Program
Employment Workshops, REALifelines program, and Operation War Fighter.
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Employment Workshops are
provided to transitioning servicemembers at most military installations
in the United States as well as in eight overseas locations. The TAP
employment workshop is a Department of Labor-facilitated employment
session which is conducted in partnership with the Department of
Defense (DoD) and the VA. The two and one-half day employment workshops
help servicemembers prepare a plan for obtaining meaningful civilian
employment when they leave the military. The workshop focuses on skills
assessment, resume writing, job counseling and assistance, interviewing
and networking skills, labor market information, and familiarization
with America's workforce investment system.
Studies have shown that servicemembers who participate in TAP
employment workshops find their first civilian jobs 3 weeks earlier
than veterans who do not participate in TAP. VETS estimates that about
65% of servicemembers leaving active duty do attend a TAP workshop. We
are working with DoD to increase participation. VETS continually
updates the TAP workshop curriculum to reflect current hiring
practices, and to include online content. Agency partners, such as the
Employment and Training Administration, also provide feedback on TAP
workshop content. For example, we are working to ensure that every TAP
participant leaves the session with a draft resume, a practice
interview session, and having visited their state job board.
VETS also works with National Guard and Reserve component
commanders in the states to provide TAP employment workshops for
Reserve and National Guard members when they return from their
deployments. In addition, electronic resources and tools to assist
transitioning servicemembers are being developed in collaboration with
DoD.
Attachments 1 and 2 to this statement summarize the TAP
participation levels and workshops for the past several years.
REALifelines. Jointly established in 2004 by the Veterans'
Employment & Training Service and the Department's Office of Disability
Employment Policy, REALifelines provides severely wounded and injured
servicemembers and their families with personal, one-on-one employment
assistance while they are recovering at military medical treatment
facilities. REALifelines staff operate at the Military Severely Injured
Center (MSIC) and are forward positioned at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center; National Naval Medical Center (Bethesda); Brooke Army Medical
Center; Fort Carson, Colorado; Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis
Washington; Naval Medical Center at Balboa; and Tripler Army Hospital,
Hawaii. We are exploring additional forward positioning of REALifelines
representatives located with the Army and the Marine Corps. Thus far,
the REALifelines program has provided employment related assistance to
over 2,700 severely injured servicemembers. Over 150 servicemembers
have been employed through the program. We also posted useful
information regarding the REALifelines program on the Department's Web
site on ``Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses''
(elaws), which can be found at www.dol.gov/elaws/realifelines.htm.
Operation War Fighter (OWF) is a DoD program that allows active
duty wounded and injured individuals to be placed in temporary
assignments with Federal agencies in concert with an agency's needs and
the individual's interests. DOL is proud to assist with the execution
of this program.
Many of the severely wounded and injured have little or no civilian
labor experience. OWF provides opportunities to these servicemembers
who may be in medical-hold pending a Physical Evaluation Board (PEB).
Before a servicemember can enter into such an employment arrangement,
the treating physician must approve it. The work schedule has to
revolve around the patients' medical and rehabilitation needs. Over 140
servicemembers have been able to participate in OWF, with 50 currently
assigned and 20 awaiting assignments.
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
Employment rights programs include the Uniformed Services
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Veterans' Preference, and the
Disabled Veterans Hiring Initiative.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA) protects the civilian job rights and benefits of veterans and
members of the armed forces, including National Guard and Reserve
members. USERRA also prohibits employer discrimination due to military
obligations and provides reemployment rights to returning
servicemembers. VETS administers this law, conducts outreach and
education, and investigates complaints by servicemembers.
Since September 11, 2001, nearly 600,000 National Guard and Reserve
members have been activated for military duty. During this same period,
DOL/VETS has provided USERRA assistance to over 410,000 employers and
servicemembers. Since most complaints result from a misunderstanding of
the USERRA obligations and rights, we have made the law easier to
understand through clear regulations and an interactive USERRA Advisor
that includes an online complaint filing capability. The Advisor is
available any time at www.dol.gov/elaws/userra.htm. We conduct
continuous USERRA outreach and education. We aggressively investigate
when employers do not comply with the law and we make every effort to
bring them into compliance. We are constantly improving our USERRA
investigative program.
After 9/11, USERRA complaints rose from approximately 900 per year,
to over 1,500 per year. Complaints have leveled off at around 1,500 per
year. However, the rate of complaints, as compared with the last
significant mobilization (First Gulf War) has been dramatically
reduced. VETS works closely with DoD's Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Reserve Affairs and the National Committee for Employer
Support of the Guard and Reserve to ensure that servicemembers are
briefed on their USERRA rights before and after they are mobilized.
Attachment 3 summarizes our USERRA caseload.
Veterans' Preference is authorized by the Veterans' Preference Act
of 1944. The Veterans' Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
extended certain rights and remedies to recently separated veterans.
VETS was given the responsibility to investigate complaints filed by
veterans who believe their Veterans' Preference rights have been
violated.
VETS is responsible for investigating and attempting to resolve
Veterans' Preference complaints against Federal agencies filed under
the VEOA. The VEOA provides that a veteran or other preference eligible
person who believes that his or her rights under any law or regulation
related to veterans' preference have been violated, may file a written
complaint with VETS. We carry out our responsibility under the VEOA
through the use of trained investigators in each of our state offices.
In addition to our investigative responsibility, VETS conducts an
extensive compliance assistance program. This outreach is focused on
educating potential veterans' preference eligibles and Federal agencies
with regard to Veterans' Preference rights and responsibilities. VETS
developed an interactive Veterans' Preference Advisor that allows
Veterans' Preference claimants to officially submit using an electronic
version of Forms 1010 (E-1010).
The Disabled Veterans Hiring Initiative was started in 2002 and is
designed to educate Federal agency Human Resource and hiring
authorities on the benefits of hiring veterans and how they can be
easily brought into Federal jobs for which they qualify using special
noncompetitive hiring authorities.
Two specific authorities have been available for many years--the
Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA) and the special authority for
veterans rated 30% disabled or more by their military service branch or
the VA.
The VRA allows a Federal agency to appoint noncompetitively an
eligible veteran to a position to which the veteran is qualified up to
and including GS-11. Disabled veterans have preference over non-
disabled veterans.
The 30% or more appointment authority is similar, but is available
at any grade level including GS-15.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
The VETS' Federal staff provides program management and delivery of
the previously discussed programs and services.
The field staff of approximately 75 serve as grant officer
technical representatives for both the formula Jobs for Veterans State
Grants and the competitive HVRP and VWIP grants. Over 100 of the field
staff are trained investigators who conducted investigations for USERRA
and Veterans' Preference cases. In addition, field staff conduct
extensive compliance assistance outreach services to employers and
servicemembers.
For Fiscal Year 2008, a total of $33,282,000 is requested for this
activity, an increase of about $3.1 million over funding for this
activity in FY 2007. This includes 244 FTEs, an increase of 4 FTE above
the FY 2007 level.
The National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute
(NVTI) was established to ensure a high level of proficiency and
training for staff who provide veterans employment services.
NVTI provides training to Federal and state government employment
service providers in competency based training courses. The primary
objective is to increase the service providers' productivity through
increased knowledge. The NVTI effort ensures universality of training
services for veterans and all direct client service providers.
The total request for FY 2008 is for $1,949,000. The request
addresses our requirement to train nearly 2,000 veteran service
providers.
Thank you again for the opportunity to appear today before the
Subcommittee. This concludes my remarks, and I would be happy to
respond to any questions.
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USERRA CASES CLOSED
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Statement of Keith M. Wilson, Director, Education Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Good afternoon Chairwoman Herseth, Ranking Member Boozman, and
Members of the Subcommittee. I appreciate the opportunity to appear
before you today to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
education benefit programs. My testimony will highlight workload,
staffing, and services provided under the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)--
Active Duty (chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code), the
Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve (chapter 1606 of title 10, United
States Code), the Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
(chapter 1607 of title 10, United States Code), the Post-Vietnam Era
Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) (chapter 32 of title
38, United States Code), and the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational
Assistance Program (DEA) (chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code).
I will also discuss outreach efforts related to the education benefits
and automation tools that support these programs.
The Chapter 30 and Chapter 1606 MGIB programs provide veterans,
servicemembers, and members of the National Guard and Selected Reserve
with educational assistance, generally in the form of monthly benefits,
to assist them in reaching their educational or vocational goals. The
Reserve Educational Assistance Program provides an enhanced benefit for
reservists and those in the National Guard who are activated for more
than 90 days due to an emergency or contingency as defined by the
President or Congress. Chapter 32 VEAP was the first GI Bill program
that required a contribution by the servicemember. VEAP provides
matching contributions for educational programs of participating
veterans who first entered on active duty after December 31, 1976, and
before July 1, 1985. Together, these programs assist in the
readjustment to civilian life, support the armed services' recruitment
and retention efforts, and enhance the Nation's competitiveness through
the development of a more highly educated and productive workforce.
The Chapter 35 DEA is the only VA educational assistance program
designed for spouses, surviving spouses and eligible children of
certain veterans. The program offers up to 45 months of education
benefits. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate
programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. Remedial,
deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain
circumstances.
Through the end of fiscal year 2006, VA has provided education
benefits to more than three million individuals and paid over $27
billion in benefits through the programs that are the subject of this
testimony.
Workload Trends
The education workload has been steadily increasing. From 2000
through 2006, the number of education claims rose by 430,549, a
cumulative increase of 46 percent. Total claims for 2007 are projected
to be 1.4 million, an increase of over 2 percent from 2006. During the
first quarter FY 2007, original claims increased by more than 13,000,
or almost 20 percent, over the same period in FY 2006. We believe this
could be an indicator of continuingly increasing usage rates.
Workload Strategy
We have implemented a three-fold strategy to manage the pending
inventory and improve claims timeliness involving maximization of
current resources, increased staffing, and information technology
enhancements.
We initiated a Contract Management Support Center (CMSC) in
September 2006. CMSC is staffed with contract customer service
representatives who handle education calls that are received through
the toll-free number, 1-888-GIBILL1. This has allowed the Education
Service to allocate 60 additional FTE to processing and deciding
education claims.
We are also increasing staffing levels to handle the additional
claims work. From 2000 through 2006, direct FTE increased by 22
percent, from 591 to 726. In FY 2006, additional hiring resulted in a
net increase of 39 direct FTE. Production has increased substantially
and will continue to increase as new staff become more experienced. We
expect the 758 direct FTE for FY 2007 to handle the anticipated
workload increase and continue to improve performance indicators. We
expect to process 1,432,447 education claims in 2008, a 2.4-percent
increase over 2007. We believe that the 772 direct FTE requested in the
FY 2008 budget can process the workload and also reverse some of the
timeliness deterioration experienced from 2004 through 2006.
In the longer term, we are pursuing IT enhancements and
capabilities that will allow us to further automate claims processing
and inquiry resolution. We have developed Internet applications to
provide functional support to claims processing and customer service
activities. These tools have helped to improve performance and reduce
the waiting time for many claimants. We are enhancing one of our
current self-service Internet applications, Web Automated Verification
of Enrollment (WAVE). The application, used by individuals to verify
attendance and change addresses, is being updated to allow claimants to
view their electronic claims folders and confirm VA's receipt of a
submitted document. It is also being expanded to automate changes in
direct deposit information. In the future, we plan to add additional
benefit information, such as payment information, remaining
entitlement, and delimiting date. Displaying more information for each
individual should reduce the number of inquiries that we receive each
year.
VA also uses the RightNowWeb (RNW) inquiry response system to
answer general questions submitted electronically without requiring a
person to intervene. RNW is able to respond to basic questions
automatically in 95 percent of the inquiries. In cases where RNW is
unable to automatically respond, a person is available to provide
assistance in a timely manner.
VA-ONCE, an application that allows school certifying officials to
transmit enrollment data electronically to VA, has been in use since FY
2003 and has been well received. Using data from VA-ONCE, the
Electronic Certification Processing (ECAP) system automatically
processes enrollment certifications. In FY 2006, 9 percent of our
incoming claims, more than 105,000, were processed using these
electronic methods. Seventy-three percent of cases had some processing
completed before being worked by a VBA employee. Of the incoming
chapter 30 claims, 16 percent were processed automatically. We are
currently pursuing strategies to update ECAP and increase the
percentage of automatically processed claims.
The attainment of Education Service's strategic goals is dependent
upon the successful migration from the Benefits Delivery Network (BDN)
to the new VBA corporate environment. The Education Expert System
(TEES) will replace current BDN claim and payment processing support.
Additionally, when fully deployed, TEES will receive application and
enrollment information and process that information electronically,
reducing the need for human intervention.
Performance
This year we are making progress toward achievement of our
performance goals. To date in FY 2007, we have reduced the average age
of pending original claims by 30 percent and the average age of
supplemental claims by 39 percent from our peak enrollment period in
October 2006. Our targets for the end of FY2007 are to process original
claims in 35 days and to process supplemental claims in 15 days.
Timeliness has improved for supplemental claims processing. Average
days to complete dropped from 20 days in FY 2006 to 16 days for the
first quarter of FY 2007. Average days pending dropped from 23 days in
FY 2006 to 15 days for the first quarter of FY 2007.
Average days to complete original claims increased from 40 days in
FY 2006 to 46 days for the first quarter of FY 2007. However, the
reduction in average days pending for original claims from 39 days in
FY 2006 to 32 days for the first quarter of FY 2007 reflects
improvements in timeliness that will be reflected in lower average days
to complete in the future.
Outreach
Expanded outreach to separating servicemembers has led to increased
benefit usage. We distribute a series of informational brochures
targeting servicemembers after 12 and 24 months of active duty and
again 6 months prior to separation from service. The brochures are
specifically tailored toward servicemembers who are eligible for the
Chapter 30 MGIB, and designed to enhance their awareness and
understanding of the education benefit. Mailings are sent to
approximately 90,000 active duty members on a quarterly basis. In 2006,
VA also conducted more than 8,500 transition assistance briefings for
nearly 393,000 attendees.
For REAP, our newest benefit, we have distributed more than 300,000
copies of our new REAP brochure to activated Guard and Reserve units
nationwide.
More than 46,000 REAP informational DVD discs are being produced,
along with almost 65,000 informational discs on both the Chapter 30 and
Chapter 1606 MGIB programs. The goal is to have the informational discs
distributed to all military installations by the end of March 2007.
Additionally, we will soon begin direct mailing of REAP informational
material to activated Guard and Reserve members as we now do for
Chapter 30-eligible servicemembers.
Education Service will continue to enhance current outreach efforts
to better serve the informational needs of servicemembers, veterans,
reservists, and dependents potentially eligible for or currently using
VA education benefits. We will develop and disseminate informational
materials and promotional items to both active duty members and
veterans.
Madam Chairwoman, this concludes my statement. I would be pleased
to answer any questions you or any of the other Members of the
Subcommittee may have.
Statement of Bill Borom, Deputy Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs
Good afternoon Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee.
Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the Vocational
Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) Program administered by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). My testimony will provide an
overview of VR&E program services and performance.
Program Overview
The VR&E program provides veterans with service-connected
disabilities the necessary services to assist them in preparing for,
finding, and maintaining suitable employment, or achieving maximum
independence in their daily living. The VR&E program is an employment-
driven program that utilizes education and apprenticeship training in
support of a participant's vocational goal. Veterans with disabilities
participate in a wide variety of formal education, on-the-job training,
apprenticeships, and internships to meet their individual career goals.
Special Programs and Initiatives
VA's VR&E Service has implemented several programs and initiatives
to ensure that servicemembers and veterans are informed about the VR&E
program and are provided the services necessary to transition from
military service to civilian life.
Five Track Employment Process
In 2004, former VA Secretary Anthony J. Principi established a Task
Force to study the VR&E Program. As a result of the Task Force
recommendations and to advance employment opportunities for veterans
with service-connected disabilities, VR&E Service implemented the Five
Track Employment Process. The Five Track Process standardizes program
orientation practices; integrates veterans, counselors and employment
professionals through a comprehensive triage (evaluation) phase; and
places the emphasis on employment up front and early on in the
rehabilitation process. The Five Track Process empowers veterans with
informed choice through one of five employment options:
Re-employment with their previous employer.
Rapid Access to Employment through job-readiness
preparation and incidental training opportunities.
Self-employment for the most seriously disabled veterans.
Employment Through Long-Term Services that include formal
training and education programs leading to a suitable employment goal.
Independent Living Services that maximize independence in
daily living for veterans who are currently unable to work.
In 2005, the VR&E Service stationed 72 Employment Coordinators
(ECs) at regional offices across the country. The primary function of
the EC is to provide veterans with disabilities any necessary job-
readiness skills in addition to job referral/placement services. The
ECs also support the Five Track Process.
Additionally, the VR&E Service established Job Resource Labs within
each regional office and VetSuccess.gov, an online employment resource.
These resources provide vital vocational and employment support to
program participants, enabling them to make positive training and
employment decisions leading to successful employment outcomes. The
VR&E Service has developed working partnerships and signed Memoranda of
Understanding (MOU) with Federal, State, and private-sector employers
who have agreed to train and hire veterans participating in the VR&E
Program. The VR&E Service has also expanded its relationship with
faith-based and community-based organizations for careers in a host of
not-for-profit employment areas.
Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP)
DTAP is an integral component of transition assistance for
servicemembers who may be released because of disability or who believe
they have a disability qualifying them for vocational rehabilitation
and employment benefits and services. The goal of DTAP is to encourage
and assist potentially eligible servicemembers in making an informed
decision about VA's vocational rehabilitation program. It is also
intended to facilitate the expeditious delivery of vocational
rehabilitation services to eligible persons by assisting them in filing
an application for vocational rehabilitation benefits. To ensure that
the widest possible military audience receives DTAP briefings,
responsibility for providing DTAP presentations is the shared
responsibility of members of the Public Contact Team of the Veterans
Service Center and members of the Vocational Rehabilitation &
Employment Division at each VA regional office. Recent improvements to
the DTAP program include:
Standardized PowerPoint presentations and a standardized
video that provide information on the VR&E Program and introduces the
Five Track Process. The DTAP presentation is available online at
www.vetsucess.gov.
QuickSeries booklet on VR&E benefits and services
distributed during DTAP briefings.
80,000 DTAP CDs distributed to Military Transition
Centers in FY 2006.
DTAP oversight visits for quality assurance and best
practices.
One-on-one DTAP briefings provided to servicemembers
receiving treatment at the Polytrauma SCI Centers.
An updated MOU signed on September 19, 2006 between VA,
DOL, DoD and DHS.
In FY 2006, VA conducted 1,462 DTAP briefings with 28,941
participants. This fiscal year through the end of January 2007, 493
DTAP briefings have been conducted with 9,407 participants.
Coming Home to Work (CHTW) Program
The VR&E Service has expanded its outreach to Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) servicemembers and
veterans through early intervention and seamless transition
initiatives, to include the Coming Home to Work (CHTW) program. CHTW
provides valuable civilian job skills, exposure to employment
opportunities, and work experience to servicemembers facing medical
separation from the military and uncertain futures. Participants work
with a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor to obtain work experience in
a Government facility that supports their career goals. In FY 2007
through the end of January:
16 servicemembers are participating in active work
experience programs with Federal agencies while awaiting discharge or
return to duty orders.
121 servicemembers are receiving early intervention
services in preparation for work experience programs, including
vocational counseling, testing, and administrative support necessary
for successful placement in a work experience program.
24 servicemembers have returned to active duty following
early intervention services.
108 veterans participating in the CHTW program at a
military treatment facility were referred to their local Regional
Office for continuation of VR&E services.
Seven veterans have been hired directly by their work
experience employers upon discharge from active duty.
Priority OIF/OEF Processing
Priority outreach and case management services are provided to OIF/
OEF servicemembers and veterans who apply to the VR&E program. Regional
offices recently designated specific individual(s) to serve as the
Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Case Coordinators (VRECC). These
case coordinators ensure that servicemembers and veterans receive
priority attention through the application, entitlement, and Five Track
Employment Process. The case coordinators also participate in VR&E
early intervention and outreach activities, including the Coming Home
to Work Program.
Partnership with the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (DOL-VETS)
The VR&E Service and the Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans'
Employment and Training Service (VETS) continue to work together to
provide employment services through our MOU signed in October of 2005.
VETS and VR&E have adopted a team approach to job development and
placement activities to improve vocational outcomes for program
participants. All veterans entering a program of vocational
rehabilitation are informed of the employment assistance available
through the VETS Program and are encouraged to register with the State
Workforce Agency.
Combining the services of DOL's Disabled Veterans Outreach Program
(DVOP) Specialists and Local Veteran's Employment Representatives
(LVER), who are part of the public workforce investment system and its
network of over 3,200 One-Stop Career Centers throughout the country,
with VA's VR&E staff maximizes the employment services available to
veterans and increases the opportunities for successful placements.
Both agencies are committed to working together to improve successful
employment outcomes to our Nation's veterans. Currently 38 VA Regional
Offices have a co-located DVOP Specialist or LVER. There are 71 DVOP
Specialists or LVERs at these 38 stations. Having the DVOP Specialist
or LVER on-site is a best practice that enhances the efficiency of
teamwork between the two agencies.
VR&E Performance
The VR&E Service has significantly improved services to
servicemembers and veterans accessing and participating in VR&E
programs.
The rehabilitation rate has improved. The rehabilitation rate is
the number of veterans with disabilities that achieve their VR&E goals
and are declared rehabilitated compared to the number that discontinue
or leave the program before achieving these goals. In FY 2006, nearly
73% of program participants achieved rehabilitation. In FY 2007 to
date, the rate has risen to over 74%.
We have also seen improvement in the number of days it takes
veterans to begin a program of services leading toward suitable
employment. This is measured by the days a veteran spends in applicant
status. In FY 2006, veterans spent an average of 54 days in applicant
status. Currently in FY 2007 the average is 53 days.
In FY 2006, 9,225 veterans achieved their rehabilitation employment
goals through the program. The top five occupational categories were:
Professional, Technical, and Managerial careers (6,732).
Clerical careers (660).
Services careers (439).
Machine trades (349).
Building trades (226).
VR&E workload is expected to increase due to our expanded outreach
efforts to separating servicemembers and veterans and increasing
disability claims workload; OIF/OEF, resulting in more seriously
injured veterans; and the focus on employment and VR&E's Five Track
Process. To ensure we provide the level of service expected by the
American people, we plan to hire additional staff in FY 2007,
increasing our on-board strength by over 100 employees. Additional FTE
will reduce the number of cases assigned to counseling staff, resulting
in a reduction of the case management workload by approximately 10%.
This will also increase the timeliness of services provided to program
participants.
Madam Chairwoman, this concludes my statement. I would be pleased
to answer any questions you or any of the other Members of the
Subcommittee may have.
Statement of Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans
Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Madame Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the
opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the VA Loan Guaranty
Program. In my testimony, I will highlight VA's commitment to meeting
the housing needs of our Nation's veterans.
VA Home Loan Program
The Loan Guaranty Program serves a clientele that is diverse in
many ways. The only common denominator of this clientele is service in
the Armed Forces of the Nation. Since the inception of this program,
the objective has been to assist eligible veterans to become
homeowners. We make it possible for veterans to compete in the
marketplace for credit with persons who were not obliged to forego the
pursuit of gainful occupations by reason of military service.
The Loan Guaranty Program provides a guaranty to private lenders
making loans to veterans to purchase homes. This guaranty enables
veterans to purchase a home without the need to make a downpayment.
Other important program benefits include making direct loans to Native
American veterans living on trust lands, and providing Specially
Adapted Housing (SAH) grants to severely disabled veterans.
Additionally, services and assistance are provided in coordination with
the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program for
disabled veterans who are eligible for both Independent Living Services
and SAH benefits.
Background
Since the home loan program was enacted as part of the original
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill), VA has guaranteed
more than 18 million home loans totaling nearly $914 billion for
veterans to purchase or construct a home, or refinance another home
loan on more favorable terms. We believe that most of these veterans
would not have been able to purchase a home at the time they did
without the assistance of the no-downpayment feature of the VA home
loan program.
In the last 5 years, VA has assisted more than 1.4 million veterans
in obtaining home loan financing totaling almost $197 billion. About
half of these loans, just over 730,000, were to assist veterans to
obtain a lower interest rate on an existing VA guaranteed home loan
through VA's Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan Program.
Delivery of the Loan Guaranty
VA guaranteed loans are made by private lenders, such as banks,
savings and loans, or mortgage companies to eligible veterans for the
purchase of a home which must be for their own personal occupancy. To
get a loan, a veteran must apply to a lender. After the lender makes
the loan, VA issues a guaranty that protects the lender against loss up
to the amount of the guaranty. The guaranty serves as a substitute for
the downpayment that a mortgage borrower would typically be required to
come up with in order to finance the purchase of a home.
A veteran's basic loan guaranty entitlement is $36,000, or 25
percent for loans over $144,000 up to a maximum guaranty amount of
$104,250. For no-downpayment loans, lenders will generally lend up to
four times a veteran's available entitlement, provided the veteran
qualifies based on income and credit and the property appraises for the
asking price.
While there is no maximum VA loan amount set by law, most lenders
presently limit these loans to $417,000. This limit is set by the
secondary mortgage market, which purchases most VA loans once they are
made. Effective with enactment of P.L. 108-454 in December 2004, the
maximum VA guaranty was indexed to the conventional conforming loan
limitations as adjusted each January by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac). In practical terms, this means that the
maximum VA no-downpayment loan amount will always be the same as the
Freddie Mac conventional conforming loan limit. This amount has been
set at $417,000 for calendar year 2007. For loans up to this amount, it
is usually possible for qualified veterans to obtain no-downpayment
financing.
Currently, eligible veterans and service personnel may obtain loans
to:
buy or build a home
buy a residential unit in a condominium project
repair, alter or improve a home
refinance an existing home loan
buy a new or used manufactured home and/or lot
buy and improve a manufactured home lot on which to place
a unit owned and occupied by the veteran
improve a home through installation of a solar heating
and/or cooling system or other energy-efficient improvements
refinance a loan currently guaranteed, insured or made by
VA for the purpose of lowering the interest rate
refinance a manufactured home in order to purchase the
lot on which the home is or will be placed
purchase stock or membership in a cooperative housing
development corporation
Loan Servicing
Like other homeowners, some veterans experience financial hardships
that affect their ability to make mortgage payments. When this occurs,
we help veterans retain their homes through supplemental loan servicing
efforts. VA offers financial counseling and may intervene directly with
the lender on behalf of the veteran to negotiate a repayment plan. In
limited circumstances, we buy the loan from the holder and allow the
veteran to make payments directly to VA at a reduced interest rate. In
the event of foreclosure, VA usually acquires the property from the
mortgage loan holder and the property is then transferred to a private
contractor to be sold on VA's behalf.
A ``successful intervention'' occurs when VA's intervention with
the lender results in the veteran's loan payments being brought
current. Successful interventions not only help veterans keep their
homes, but they also save substantial amounts of money by avoiding the
payment of a guaranty claim. In 2006, VA accomplished more than 8,700
successful interventions, which translated into a savings to the
Government of $175 million in claims avoided. In those cases where
intervention is not possible, loans may end up in foreclosure. While
this might be unavoidable in certain circumstances, the foreclosure
rate on VA guaranteed home loans is substantially less than that of
similar Government lending programs. The Mortgage Bankers Association's
most recent National Delinquency Survey indicates that, through the
third quarter of 2006, VA's delinquency rates fell from 6.93% to 6.58%.
In contrast, FHA and sub-prime delinquency rates rose from 12.23% to
12.80%, and 10.76% to 12.56% respectively.
To further automate our program requirements and delegate some of
their administrative activities to the mortgage banking industry, we
currently have a contract for services to develop the VA Loan
Electronic Reporting Interface, or VALERI. When operational, VALERI
will enable VA to delegate much of its supplemental loan servicing
efforts to the mortgage servicing industry by using a leading edge
automated system. This will reduce reporting and record-keeping burdens
on the servicing industry, as well as costs to the Government, while
ensuring that our Nation's veterans are afforded the most technically
advanced supplemental benefits available.
Specially Adapted Housing Grants
Veterans who have certain service-connected disabilities may be
entitled to a Special Home Adaptation (SHA) or a Specially Adapted
Housing (SAH) grant for the purpose of constructing an adapted home or
modifying an existing home to meet their specific needs. The SHA grant
is limited to $10,000 and is generally used to assist veterans with
mobility throughout their homes. The SAH grant is limited to $50,000
and is generally used to create a wheelchair-accessible home. The goal
of these grant programs is to provide a barrier-free living
environment, which affords the veteran a level of independent living
that he or she may not have otherwise enjoyed. In FY 2006, we served a
total of 528 veterans through these grant programs, expending $24.6
million.
VA offers priority processing of SHA and SAH claims. If eligibility
has been established, the veteran is contacted within 30 days to
discuss the benefit. If not yet ready to use the SAH benefit, we
contact the veteran again within a year to determine if he or she is
ready to begin the home adaptation process.
Until the enactment of Public Law 109-233 in June 2006, grant
recipients could only receive their grant benefit from VA one time,
regardless of the grant amount used. Now, eligible veterans or active
duty servicemembers may receive up to a total of three such grants,
with the aggregate amount limited to the maximum amounts allowable by
law. The new law also established a new grant program called Temporary
Residence Adaptation (TRA). Unlike the other grant programs, this grant
assists veterans in adapting a family member's home to meet the
veteran's special needs. Veterans eligible for a TRA grant are now
permitted to use up to $2,000 of the maximum grant amount for an SHA
grant or up to $14,000 for an SAH grant. In December 2006, we mailed
individual letters to more than 16,000 veterans who may be eligible for
additional grants.
These grant programs provide a critical service to a special group
of veterans. We provide personalized service to grant recipients
throughout the process of constructing or modifying their homes. The
labor-intensive nature of this program, coupled with the law changes,
has created a growing workload. In the past 2 months, we have received
formal inquiries for subsequent grant usage from nearly 2,000 veterans.
Since we have historically completed between 400 and 600 grants per
year, early indicators suggest a substantial increase in workload.
However, we are reallocating resources and streamlining our program
requirements to ensure these veterans continue to receive the high
quality, personalized service that they deserve.
Madame Chairwoman, this concludes my testimony. I greatly
appreciate being here today and look forward to answering any questions
you and the Subcommittee Members may have.
RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS IN THE HEARING TRANSCRIPT
July 23, 2007, Letter and Attachments, from Hon. Charles S. Ciccolella,
Responding to Several Requests for Information from Committee Members
During the Hearing
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20210
July 23, 2007
The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
U.S. House of Representatives
331 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairwoman Herseth Sandlin:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the House Veterans'
Affairs Committee's Economic Opportunity Subcommittee on March 7, 2007
to testify on the programs and initiatives of the U.S. Department of
Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS). Subsequent to
the oversight hearing, the Committee forwarded some questions for the
record to the Department of Labor, which have been provided to the
Committee under separate cover.
In addition to those questions for the record, the questions listed
below arose during the hearing. Responses to these questions are
enclosed.
1. You asked what would be necessary for VETS-funded programs to
serve military spouses.
2. You requested details on Operation Warfighter.
3. You asked us to advise you on the status of required VETS'
reports to Congress.
4. You requested details on Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) cases.
5. Mr. Boozman requested the following data:
a.
Details on number of Transition Assistance Program
employment workshop participants, by site.
b.
Department of Defense data on active duty military
separations, by site.
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee and
for your continued support of employment services for America's
veterans.
Sincerely,
Charles S. Ciccolella
Assistant Secretary for Veteran's Employment and Training
Enclosures
1. Would you support legislation that would open the door for more
spouses to receive job training services [from the veteran employment
representatives]? [. . .] I would appreciate it if you would gather
more information with regard to workload and getting feedback from the
states who are partners in your efforts. (Herseth Sandlin)
Response: Title 38 establishes the Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (VETS) and its service structure. The statute and
related laws allow for VETS-funded staff to provide services not only
to veterans but also to ``eligible persons.'' However, the definition
of ``eligible person'' is narrow, encompassing only the spouse of one
who: died of a service-connected disability; is missing in action, is
captured or is detained in the line of duty; or has a total and
permanent service-connected disability or died with such a disability.
Spouses of separating military personnel may participate in the
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) under 10 U.S.C. 1144. Spouses of
individuals not separating are not eligible for TAP services.
Statutory changes would be necessary in order to expand VETS-funded
services to spouses of military members. Furthermore, to avoid diluting
the services provided to veterans, additional resources would be
required commensurate with the expanded eligible population. VETS would
be happy to work with the Committee and the Department of Defense (DoD)
to determine the resource and policy implications of a program
expansion for military spouses.
2. How many of the 140 servicemembers that have participated in
[Operation War Fighter] have actually been Walter Reed outpatients? [.
. .] Do you know what the average time has been to assign these
individuals? [. . .] If you would just provide us with some additional
information on how this program is working from your perspective.
(Herseth Sandlin)
Response: Operation War Fighter is a DoD Program through which over
25 Federal agencies have offered wounded or injured servicemembers
short-term placement opportunities since November 2005. All
participants have been Walter Reed outpatients. Once an individual has
chosen an assignment in which he/she is interested, the assignment
begins in approximately two weeks. The average assignment is for six
months. There are no restrictions, and some servicemembers request new
assignments for various reasons. An assignment cannot last beyond a
person's active duty status.
3. Could you give us the status on when we might be seeing [DOL's
report on VETS' activities as required by Chapter 41]? (Herseth
Sandlin)
Response:
2005 Annual Report to Congress--Transmitted March 27,
2007
2006 Annual Report to Congress--Anticipate transmittal by
September 30, 2007
2006 Annual USERRA Report to Congress--Anticipate
transmittal by August 30, 2007
4. Do you have an average time that it takes to close a [USERRA]
case?
Response: Please see attached documents entitled, ``USERRA Fact
Sheet'' and ``Description of Issues Listed in USERRA Fact Sheet.''
USERRA Fact Sheet
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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Total Cases Opened 895 1,195 1,315 1,465 1,241 1,246
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Total Cases Closed 843 1,135 1,257 1,440 1,246 1,386
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Average Processing Time (Days) 45 44 45 53 59 54
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Issues Alleged (Definitions attached. Note that a case may have more than one issue, therefore sum of the issues
columns will not add up to the total cases closed.)
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Reasonable Accommodations/Retraining for
Disabled 10 20 9 23 22 23
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Other Non-Seniority Benefits 33 54 68 55 54 124
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Military Obligations Discrimination 372 523 493 509 426 459
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Discrimination as Retaliation for any Action 59 88 86 82 65 79
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Initial Hiring Discrimination 39 48 84 52 51 47
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Special Protected Period Discharge 7 4 22 41 35 34
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Health Benefits 17 33 39 31 42 26
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Layoff 36 65 76 61 57 43
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Pay Rate 44 62 70 122 113 85
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Other 112 125 147 161 170 159
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Pension 54 80 75 63 67 61
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Reinstatement 214 298 356 440 310 331
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Seniority 48 90 74 103 90 73
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Promotion 49 57 72 119 101 100
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Vacation 44 50 52 59 46 84
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Reasonable Accommodations/Retraining for
Non-Qualified/Non-Disabled 4 3 5 6 8 4
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Status 60 84 101 139 103 90
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Note: Data includes VETS' USERRA cases only. Data does not include USERRA Demonstration Project cases for FY
2005 and FY 2006 opened and closed by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) USERRA Unit.
Description of Issues Listed in USERRA Fact Sheet:
Reasonable Accommodations/Retraining for Disabled Servicemembers:
Failure to make reasonable efforts by the employer to qualify returning
disabled servicemembers, or to offer another position in the employ of
the employer providing the closest approximation possible to the pre-
service position which the disabled servicemember is qualified to
perform. Violates Sec. 4313(a)(3).
Other Non-Seniority Benefits: Failure to provide non-seniority
fringe benefits to which the servicemember may be entitled while on
military duty to the extent other employees on nonmilitary leaves of
absence receive these benefits. Violates Sec. 4316(b)(1)(B).
Military Obligations Discrimination: Discriminating against a
protected servicemember because of military obligations. Violates Sec.
4311.
Discrimination as Retaliation for any Action: Discrimination or
retaliation against any person who has taken any action to enforce the
protections of USERRA. Violates Sec. 4311.
Initial Hiring Discrimination: Discrimination against a protected
servicemember by failing to hire him or her because of military
obligations past, present, or future. Violates Sec. 4311.
Special Protected Period Discharge: Discharging a protected
servicemember during the period of special protection from discharge
without cause following reinstatement. USERRA provides that a
reemployed individual may not be discharged, except for cause: (a) For
1 year if service is more than 180 days; or (b) For 180 days if service
is more than 30 days but less than 181 days. Violates Sec.
4316(c)(1)&(2).
Health Benefits: Failure to provide health benefits to
servicemembers in a manner consistent with USERRA. Violates Sec.
4317(a)(1)(A).
Layoff: Layoff of a protected servicemember from employment,
because of military obligations past, present, or future. Violates Sec.
4313(a).
Pay Rate: Failure to meet the statutory requirement that the
servicemember be restored to a position (or a like position) that
provides the same rate of pay as would have been paid had the
servicemember not been absent for military service. Violates Sec. 4313.
Other: Any other violation of USERRA not covered by specified issue
codes.
Pension: Failure to provide credit for military service for vesting
and/or benefit accrual in employee benefit pension plans. Violates Sec.
4318.
Reinstatement: Failure to reinstate at all an eligible person to
his or her job. Violates Sec. 4311, 4312.
Seniority: Failure to restore the servicemember to the position
with the seniority, including perquisites of seniority, the
servicemember would have had if he or she had not been absent for
military service. Such rank or standing may be defined by a collective
bargaining agreement or by employer practices, and the escalator
principle applies. Violates Sec. 4313(a).
Promotion: Failure to promote the servicemember to a position that
the servicemember would have been promoted to if he/she had not been
absent for military service or training duty. Violates Sec. 4313(a).
Vacation: Failure to treat the rate at which a servicemember earns
vacation as a perquisite of seniority or failure to extend benefits to
a servicemember in situations where vacation benefits are not
considered short-term compensation for services rendered. Additionally,
requiring the use of vacation for time needed to perform training duty.
Violates Sec. 4316.
Reasonable Accommodation/Retraining for Nonqualified/Nondisabled
Servicemembers: Failure to make reasonable efforts by the employer to
qualify returning nondisabled servicemembers, or offer another position
in the employ of the employer which the person is qualified to perform.
Violates Sec. 4313(a)(4).
Status: Failure to reinstate in such a manner that certain
attributes of the former (or escalator, if appropriate) position are
met, such as working conditions, opportunities for advancement, job
location, shift assignment, rank or responsibility. Violates Sec.
4313(a).
5.[a.] Do we have the record-keeping abilities so that we can sit
down and see what DoD installation is doing [TAP workshops] and what it
is not doing? [. . .] Is that something that you could access for us?
[b.] I would appreciate it if you could provide us with a graph of
the areas where so many people are rotating out, and then, of that
group, they received the TAP program [. . .] kind of in areas? [. . .]
Can you tell us if it was in Norfolk versus someplace else? (Boozman)
Response:
a. Please see attached chart entitled, ``TAP Participation by
Site.''
b. Please see attached chart entitled, ``Active Duty Separations by
Site.''
RESPONSE TO QUESTION 5a
TAP Participants by Site--FY 2006
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Active
Duty Spouses NG/RC Total
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AK Eielson AFB 189 2 0 191
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AK Elmendorf AFB 398 14 0 412
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AK Fort Richardson 139 0 0 139
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AK Fort Wainwright 194 6 0 200
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AK Ketchikan Coast Guard 23 0 0 23
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AL Fort Rucker (ACAP) 433 20 39 492
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AL Maxwell AFB 431 24 0 455
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AL Red Stone Arsenal 210 22 0 232
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AR Lit 389 AF 14 1 404
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AZ Davis Monthan AFB 674 11 2 687
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AZ Fort Huachuca 609 9 0 618
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AZ Luk 383 4 0 387
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AZ Marine Corps Air Station 740 13 0 753
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CA 29 Palms 2,441 22 0 2,463
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CA Alameda Coast Guard 93 1 0 94
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CA Beale AFB 378 18 2 398
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CA Camp Pendleton 10,503 39 13 10,555
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CA China Lak 111 0 0 111
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CA Edwards AFB 259 6 0 265
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CA Fort Irwin 1,080 8 0 1,088
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CA Los 16s R 1 Base 430 447
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CA Los 252 AF 7 0 259
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CA Marine Corps Log 23ase 0 0 23
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CA MCAS Miramar 2,053 14 0 2,067
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CA MCRD 285 4 0 289
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CA Monterey 77 5 0 82
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CA NAS Lemo 1,045 16 0 1,061
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CA Naval Air Station North Island 2,271 30 0 2,301
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CA NAVSTA 4,746 22 2 4,770
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CA Petaluma Coast Guard 94 0 21 115
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CA Point Mugu/Port Hueneme 818 7 2 827
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CA Pt Loma 1,442Sub 25 Base 0 1,467
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CA San Diego Coast Guard 35 1 0 36
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CA San Pedro Coast Guard 20 0 0 20
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CA Travis AFB 949 10 2 961
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CA Vandenberg AFB 422 13 0 435
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CO Aurora CO (Buckley ANG Base) 307 4 0 311
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CO Fort Carson 2,724 6 0 2,730
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CO Peterson AFB 473 18 0 491
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CO Schriver AFB 127 2 0 129
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CO USAFA 330 5 0 335
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CT Groton Naval Submarine Base 986 29 0 1,015
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DC Bolling AFB 754 10 0 764
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DC Naval Family Service Center 821 35 0 856
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DC Walter Reed Medical Center 363 5 83 451
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DE Dover AFB 377 23 0 400
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FL Eglin AFB 669 0 0 669
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FL Hulbert Field 564 7 0 571
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FL Jacksonville NAS 1,284 22 0 1,306
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FL Key West Naval Air Station 25 1 0 26
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FL MacDill AFB 444 21 0 465
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FL Mayport Naval Station 1,259 9 0 1,268
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FL Miami U.S. Southern Command 86 2 0 88
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FL Patrick AFB 291 21 0 312
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FL Pensacola NAS 942 3 0 945
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FL Tyndall AFB 298 1 0 299
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GA Albany MCLB 105 3 0 108
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GA Fort Benning 2,014 14 0 2,028
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GA Fort Gordon 844 8 0 852
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GA Fort McPherson 633 19 0 652
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GA Fort Stewart 2,446 31 1 2,478
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GA Hunter AFB 409 2 0 411
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GA Kings Bay Naval Base 542 3 0 545
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GA Moody AFB 301 7 0 308
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GA Robins AFB 497 5 0 502
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HI Coast Guard Base, Hawaii 50 1 0 51
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HI Hickam AFB 380 19 3 402
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HI Kaneohe Marine Corps Base 1,445 5 0 1,450
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HI Pearl Harbor 1,404 63 0 1,467
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HI Schofield Barracks 610 12 0 622
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID Mountain Home AFB 394 4 0 398
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL Great Lak 622 52 1 675
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IL Scott AFB 745 21 0 766
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KS Fort Lea 271 12 11 294
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KS Fort Riley (Job Assistance Center) 1,821 16 34 1,871
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KS Fort Riley Kansas (McConnell AFB) 190 9 11 210
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KY Fort Knox Kentucky 972 21 110 1,103
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LA Barksdale AFB 469 5 0 474
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LA Fort Polk 815 9 0 824
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LA Naval Support Activity 232 3 0 235
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MA ACAP/TAP Fort Devens 62 10 38 110
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MA Hanscom AFB 352 20 26 398
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Aberdeen Proving Ground 258 14 23 295
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Andrews AFB 534 2 0 536
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Annapolis U.S. Naval Academy 302 12 0 314
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Bethesda Naval Medical Center 480 3 0 483
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Fort Detrick 255 5 0 260
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Fort Mead ACAP Center 580 4 5 589
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Fort Meade--Navy 691 10 0 701
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MD Patuxent River Navy FSC 343 12 0 355
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ME Brunswick Naval Air Station 613 89 8 710
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MI Selfridge ANG 55 0 1 56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MI STARC Hdqts. (Lan 34 11 0 45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MN Camp Ripley--NG/Res 0 0 12 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MN Fort Snelling--NG/Res 14 0 33 47
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MO Fort Leo 650d A 47se 14 711
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MO Richards GeBaur AFB 51 0 0 51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MO Whiteman AFB 285 4 0 289
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MS Columbus AFB 110 5 0 115
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MS Gulfport 426 4 0 430
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MS Keesler AFB 253 3 0 256
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MS Meridian NAS 66 6 0 72
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MS Pascagoula Naval Station 68 2 0 70
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MT Malstrom AFB 332 27 0 359
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC Cherry Point Marine Corp Base 1,679 12 0 1,691
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC Fort Bragg XVIII Airborne Corps 3,179 19 0 3,198
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC Pope AFB 452 17 0 469
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC Seymore Johnson AFB 353 9 0 362
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC USMC Camp Leje 7,410e 76 0 7,486
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NC USMC New River Air Station 969 14 0 983
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ND Grand Forks AFB 334 19 0 353
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ND Minot AFB 321 8 0 329
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NE Offutt AFB 613 0 2 615
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NH Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 161 4 0 165
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NJ Cape May Coast Guard 17 1 0 18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NJ Fort Mommouth Comm/Electronics 200 5 0 205
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NJ McGuire AFB 632 9 1 642
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NJ Naval Air Engineering/Lak 94 0 0 94
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NJ Naval Weapons Station Earle 67 0 0 67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM Cannon AFB 264 8 0 272
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM Holloman AFB 480 6 0 486
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM Kirtland AFB 412 15 0 427
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NV NAS Fallon 189 3 0 192
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NV Nellis AFB 591 10 0 601
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NY Fort Drum HQ--10th Mountain Div 1,346 12 41 1,399
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NY Fort Hamilton 172 5 15 192
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NY Saratoga Naval Admin 159 19 19 197
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NY West Point Army Academy 123 2 1 126
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OH Wright Patterson AFB 689 8 13 710
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK Altus AFB 168 2 0 170
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK Fort Sill Army Base 1,165 10 0 1,175
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK Tinker AFB 641 29 5 675
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK Vance AFB 93 9 0 102
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OR Salem-Anderson Readiness Cntr 4 0 0 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PA Carlisle Army War College 155 11 35 201
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PA Willow Grove USNAS 274 15 11 300
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PR Fort Buchanan Guaynabo 61 8 12 81
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RI Newport Naval Base 366 22 0 388
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC Charleston AFB 445 9 0 454
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC Charleston Naval Weapons 343 9 0 352
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC Fort Jackson Army Educ. Center 350 13 15 378
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC Marine Corp Air Station 644 1 0 645
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC Shaw AFB 349 2 0 351
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SC USMC Parris Island Depot 256 1 0 257
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SD Ellsworth AFB 308 4 9 321
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TN Fort Campbell (Kentucky) 1,804 25 23 1,852
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TN Millington Naval Support Activity 329 13 4 346
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Brooks AFB 33 0 0 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Corpus Christi FSC 435 1 0 436
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Dyess AFB 355 10 0 365
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Fort Bliss 1,672 68 0 1,740
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Fort Hood 2,600 18 0 2,618
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Fort Sam Houston 845 20 0 865
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Fort Worth 347 14 0 361
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Goodfellow AFB 171 7 0 178
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Ingleside Texas FSC 399 12 0 411
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Lac 907B 14 0 921
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Lau 95B 3 0 98
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Randolph Air Force Base 411 14 0 425
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX Sheppard AFB 309 25 0 334
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UT Hill AFB 830 9 18 857
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Dahlgren Navy Base 154 6 0 160
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Fort Belvoir, ACAP Center 563 9 0 572
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Fort Eustis 880 9 0 889
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Fort Lee 434 8 0 442
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Fort Meyer 712 10 0 722
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Henderson Hall, HQCN, HQMC 600 9 0 609
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Lan 685 7 0 692
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Norfolk Naval Air Station 9,890 442 0 10,332
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Portsmouth Naval Hospital 320 0 0 320
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VA Quantico Marine Base 1,022 6 0 1,028
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Bangor NAS 1,038 42 1 1,081
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Everett Naval Station 688 29 7 724
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Fairchild AFB 313 3 3 319
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Fort Lewi 2,562 65 104 2,731
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA McChord AFB 451 19 12 482
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Puget Sound Navy Shipyard 993 32 2 1,027
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Seattle Coast Guard 74 11 0 85
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WA Whidbey Island NAS 1,187 56 0 1,243
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WI Fort McCoy 137 50 18 205
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WY FE Warren AFB 305 16 10 331
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Continental US 133,452 2,754 1,309 137,515
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAP Participants Overseas--FY 2006
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active
Duty Spouses NG/RC Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benelux Brussels 11 2 0 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benelux Schinnen 14 1 0 15
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benelux Shape 49 9 0 58
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Ansbach 192 5 0 197
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Bamberg 199 5 4 208
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Baumholder 168 12 0 180
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Darmstabt 134 2 0 136
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Geilenkirchen 57 3 0 60
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Giessen 72 4 0 76
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Hanau 208 6 0 214
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Heidelberg 266 14 11 291
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Hohenfels 89 3 0 92
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Kaiserslautern 337 10 1 348
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Kitzingen 271 6 0 277
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Mannheim 273 7 0 280
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Ramstein 540 15 2 557
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Schweinfurt 297 2 0 299
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Spangdahlem 247 23 0 270
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Stuttgart 106 9 3 118
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Vilseck 262 6 0 268
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Wiesbaden 259 4 0 263
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany Wuerzburg 34 0 0 34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guam Anderson AFB 79 4 0 83
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guam COMNAVMAR 317 10 7 334
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Italy Aviano 268 27 0 295
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Italy LaM 30 4 0 34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Italy Naples 224 15 0 239
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Italy Vicenza 183 5 0 188
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Atsugi 268 5 0 273
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Camp Fuji 19 0 0 19
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Iwakuni 282 4 0 286
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Misawa 242 7 0 249
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Sasebo 271 11 0 282
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Yokosuka 732 12 1 745
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Japan Yokota 203 10 0 213
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Camp Henry 233 6 0 239
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Camp Humphreys 442 2 1 445
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Camp Mobile 716 2 0 718
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Camp Stanley 16 0 0 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Kunsan 154 1 0 155
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Osan 269 0 0 269
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea Yongsan 481 3 0 484
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okinawa Camp Foster 606 5 0 611
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okinawa Camp Hansen 264 1 0 265
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okinawa Camp Schwab 165 0 0 165
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okinawa Kadena 331 8 0 339
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okinawa Kinser 197 1 0 198
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Alconbury 120 4 0 124
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Croughton 11 1 0 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Lak 148 2 0 150
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Lon 54 6 0 60
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Menwith Hill 44 0 0 44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom Mildenhall 199 7 0 206
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Kingdom St Mawgan 26 1 0 27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Overseas 11,679 312 30 12,021
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Continental US & Overseas 145,131 3,066 1,339 149,536
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESPONSE TO QUESTION 5b--SEPARATIONS BY SITE
Active Duty Retirements and Separations by State/Country and Base (Includes Homeported Ships and Coast Guard)--
FY 2006
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enlisted Officer Total
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rets Seps Total Rets Seps Total Rets Seps Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALABAMA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOTHAN AG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT RUCKER 89 794 883 87 80 167 176 874 1,050
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAXWELL AFB (INCL. GUNTER) 135 388 523 79 48 127 214 436 650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVMARCORESCEN MOBILE 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 4 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REDSTONE ARSENAL 52 53 105 36 4 40 88 57 145
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 42 87 129 7 6 13 49 93 142
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG DAUPHINE ISLAND 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 320 1,330 1,650 209 138 347 529 1,468 1,997
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALASKA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALASKA COAST GUARD 2 1 3 1 2 3 3 3 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EIELSON AFB 41 171 212 6 24 30 47 195 242
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELMENDORF AFB 118 352 470 32 50 82 150 402 552
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT 34 277 311 8 18 26 42 295 337
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT RICHARDSON 27 276 303 7 4 11 34 280 314
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 3 10 13 3 1 4 6 11 17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 225 1,087 1,312 57 99 156 282 1,186 1,468
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARIZONA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB 210 440 650 48 61 109 258 501 759
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT HUACHUCA 186 627 813 47 34 81 233 661 894
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LUKE AFB 165 436 601 19 46 65 184 482 666
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHOENIX AGS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TUCSON IAP AGS 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 22 161 183 4 12 16 26 173 199
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YUMA MCAS 48 538 586 11 16 27 59 554 613
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YUMA PROVING GROUND 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 633 2,202 2,835 133 170 303 766 2,372 3,138
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARKANSAS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST LITTLE ROCK AR 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LITTLE ROCK AFB 152 329 481 10 42 52 162 371 533
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MTA CAMP ROBINSON 1 4 5 0 1 1 1 5 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PINE BLUFF ARSENAL 0 7 7 0 2 2 0 9 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 8 17 25 1 1 2 9 18 27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 163 357 520 11 46 57 174 403 577
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALIFORNIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALAMEDA NAS 4 2 6 1 4 5 5 6 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BARSTOW MCLB 6 26 32 5 5 10 11 31 42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEALE AFB 93 285 378 24 40 64 117 325 442
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP PARKS 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP PENDLETON MCAS 486 6,361 6,847 87 158 245 573 6,519 7,092
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP ROBERTS 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHINA LAKE NAVWEAPCEN 34 89 123 12 5 17 46 94 140
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONCORD NAVWEAPSTA 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CORONADO NAV AMPHIB BASE 275 1,271 1,546 52 58 110 327 1,329 1,656
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDWARDS AFB 102 249 351 25 39 64 127 288 415
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EL CENTRO NAF 8 39 47 1 1 2 9 40 49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EL TORO MCAS 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEET ASW TRNG CTR PACIFIC 51 97 148 19 12 31 70 109 179
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLT CMBT TRNG CTR PACIFIC 4 0 4 2 2 4 6 2 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT IRWIN 102 955 1,057 11 63 74 113 1,018 1,131
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MACARTHUR 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT ORD/DOD CENTER 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FRESNO AIR TERM AGS 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEORGE AFB (INCL. NORTON) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAMILTON FIELD 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEMOORE NAS 119 466 585 16 30 46 135 496 631
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOS ALAMITOS AFRC 3 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOS ANGELES AFB 37 58 95 49 132 181 86 190 276
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MARCH AFB 5 4 9 1 0 1 6 4 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCAS MIRAMAR 137 1,414 1,551 27 58 85 164 1,472 1,636
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCCLELLAN AFB 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOFFETT FIELD NAS/ANG 5 4 9 2 2 4 7 6 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL MEDICAL CTR SAN 75 350 425 46 51 97 121 401 522
DIEGO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCH 11 20 31 20 23 43 31 43 74
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTH ISLAND NAS 289 851 1,140 34 33 67 323 884 1,207
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTH ISLAND NV AVIATION 1 3 4 1 2 3 2 5 7
DEP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ONIZUKA AFB 4 2 6 3 3 6 7 5 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PORT HUENEME NCBC 64 205 269 8 9 17 72 214 286
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY 28 220 248 11 7 18 39 227 266
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PT MUGU NAS 50 128 178 7 10 17 57 138 195
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN DIEGO MC RECRUIT DEPOT 54 1,470 1,524 7 18 25 61 1,488 1,549
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN DIEGO NAVSTA 724 3,565 4,289 64 123 187 788 3,688 4,476
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN DIEGO NAVSUBBASE 68 205 273 23 12 35 91 217 308
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN DIEGO NSC 12 56 68 7 2 9 19 58 77
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN PEDRO COAST GUARD 0 13 13 0 1 1 0 14 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEAL BEACH NAVWEAPSTA 9 20 29 2 1 3 11 21 32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHARPE ARMY DEPOT 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRAVIS AFB 194 507 701 29 110 139 223 617 840
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TREASURE ISLAND NAVSTA 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 6 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 208 1,616 1,824 34 70 104 242 1,686 1,928
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG TRACEN PETALUMA 0 11 11 1 3 4 1 14 15
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USMC MOUNTAIN WARFARE
TRNG C 4 16 20 0 1 1 4 17 21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VANDENBERG AFB 89 191 280 9 49 58 98 240 338
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 PALMS MC AIR/GRD CMBT 81 1,146 1,227 17 29 46 98 1,175 1,273
CTR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 3,442 21,936 25,378 662 1,169 1,831 4,104 23,105 27,209
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLORADO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUCKLEY AGB 59 124 183 1 16 17 60 140 200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT CARSON 268 2,806 3,074 40 127 167 308 2,933 3,241
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOWRY AFB 18 22 40 4 7 11 22 29 51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PETERSON AFB 181 177 358 107 78 185 288 255 543
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHRIEVER AFB 74 122 196 16 32 48 90 154 244
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 45 176 221 8 12 20 53 188 241
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USAF ACADEMY 46 270 316 72 60 132 118 330 448
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 691 3,697 4,388 248 332 580 939 4,029 4,968
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONNECTICUT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COAST GUARD ACADEMY 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT NATHAN HALE 1 5 6 0 1 1 1 6 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW LONDON NAVSUBBASE 181 635 816 21 52 73 202 687 889
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 27 222 249 1 4 5 28 226 254
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 209 884 1,093 22 57 79 231 941 1,172
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELAWARE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOVER AFB 135 342 477 12 30 42 147 372 519
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 4 7 11 1 1 2 5 8 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 139 349 488 13 31 44 152 380 532
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARMY ATTACHE DEPT OF STATE 3 4 7 24 3 27 27 7 34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOLLING AFB 90 129 219 37 34 71 127 163 290
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LESLIE J MCNAIR 6 6 12 18 3 21 24 9 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MARINE BARRACKS, WASH D.C. 48 114 162 73 19 92 121 133 254
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL SECURITY STATION 39 64 103 92 77 169 131 141 272
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 23 32 55 20 22 42 43 54 97
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WALTER REED ARMY MED CTR 151 275 426 58 62 120 209 337 546
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON NAVDIST HQ 131 1,532 1,663 129 99 228 260 1,631 1,891
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 491 2,156 2,647 451 319 770 942 2,475 3,417
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORIDA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP BLANDING 10 1 11 0 2 2 10 3 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CECIL FIELD NAS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CORRY STATION NTTC 39 76 115 2 1 3 41 77 118
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EGLIN AFB 309 500 809 84 90 174 393 590 983
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOMESTEAD AFB 9 5 14 0 1 1 9 6 15
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HQ STRICOM, ORLANDO 4 0 4 2 0 2 6 0 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HURLBURT FIELD 290 471 761 62 56 118 352 527 879
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JACKSONVILLE AFS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JACKSONVILLE NAS 331 810 1,141 64 55 119 395 865 1,260
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JACKSONVILLE NAV AVIATION 3 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 5
DE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEY WEST COAST GUARD 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEY WEST NAS 36 82 118 11 10 21 47 92 139
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MACDILL AFB 216 290 506 112 50 162 328 340 668
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAYPORT NAVSTA 346 1,138 1,484 38 34 72 384 1,172 1,556
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIAMI COAST GUARD 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAV COASTAL SYSTEMS CTR 21 33 54 2 0 2 23 33 56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAV ED & TRN PGM MGMT SPT 26 1 27 0 2 2 26 3 29
AC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL PENSACOLA 25 60 85 18 21 39 43 81 124
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL TRAINING CTR ORLANDO 19 20 39 8 4 12 27 24 51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PATRICK AFB 98 79 177 30 28 58 128 107 235
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PENSACOLA NAS 188 472 660 65 110 175 253 582 835
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTHERN COMMAND 10 20 30 17 8 25 27 28 55
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TYNDALL AFB 140 261 401 28 37 65 168 298 466
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 131 389 520 38 22 60 169 411 580
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHITING FIELD NAS 17 30 47 11 44 55 28 74 102
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2,271 4,743 7,014 593 578 1,171 2,864 5,321 8,185
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEORGIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALBANY MCLB 26 68 94 4 9 13 30 77 107
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATLANTA NAS 21 66 87 1 7 8 22 73 95
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOBBINS ARB 5 4 9 1 1 2 6 5 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT BENNING 329 3,761 4,090 34 111 145 363 3,872 4,235
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT GILLEM 33 16 49 19 4 23 52 20 72
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT GORDON 300 976 1,276 47 59 106 347 1,035 1,382
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MCPHERSON 95 97 192 93 26 119 188 123 311
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT STEWART 447 3,359 3,806 60 198 258 507 3,557 4,064
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KINGS BAY NAVSUBBASE 160 314 474 19 20 39 179 334 513
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOODY AFB 98 250 348 12 54 66 110 304 414
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVY RECRUITING AREA THREE 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NV SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL 1 8 9 4 7 11 5 15 20
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBINS AFB 229 338 567 48 53 101 277 391 668
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAVANNAH AFS 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 50 119 169 9 10 19 59 129 188
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1,796 9,378 11,174 351 563 914 2,147 9,941 12,088
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAWAII
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BARBERS POINT NAS 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP H. M. SMITH 29 40 69 47 8 55 76 48 124
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT SHAFTER 23 82 105 16 12 28 39 94 133
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HICKAM AFB 89 210 299 63 52 115 152 262 414
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KUMA DEF COMM CTR 1 21 22 0 0 0 1 21 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCBH KANEOHE BAY 70 708 778 7 21 28 77 729 806
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL BASE, PEARL HARBOR 86 502 588 34 32 66 120 534 654
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVCAMS E. PACIFIC 20 43 63 2 1 3 22 44 66
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL 122 448 570 24 31 55 146 479 625
SHIPYARD
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAND ISLAND COAST GUARD 0 9 9 0 3 3 0 12 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS 162 1,606 1,768 23 68 91 185 1,674 1,859
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL 23 73 96 30 37 67 53 110 163
CENTER
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 42 165 207 5 11 16 47 176 223
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 668 3,908 4,576 251 277 528 919 4,185 5,104
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IDAHO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GOWEN FIELD 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOUNTAIN HOME AFB 111 375 486 13 27 40 124 402 526
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 8 52 60 2 5 7 10 57 67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 119 429 548 15 32 47 134 461 595
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ILLINOIS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT SHERIDAN 15 30 45 0 1 1 15 31 46
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREAT LAKES NTC 219 4,642 4,861 22 44 66 241 4,686 4,927
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JOLIET AAP/AFRC 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT 34 95 129 12 18 30 46 113 159
LAKES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OHARE IAP ARS 3 0 3 4 0 4 7 0 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCOTT AFB 277 197 474 127 79 206 404 276 680
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 26 182 208 8 11 19 34 193 227
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 575 5,151 5,726 176 153 329 751 5,304 6,055
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INDIANA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CRANE NAVWEAPSUPPCEN 4 3 7 1 0 1 5 3 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DFAS INDIANAPOLIS CENTER 26 18 44 2 0 2 28 18 46
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON 7 1 8 2 4 6 9 5 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRISSOM AFB 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HULMAN REG ARPT-AGS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 27 91 118 4 7 11 31 98 129
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 65 117 182 9 11 20 74 128 202
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IOWA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DES MOINES 3 4 7 0 0 0 3 4 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DODGE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 10 41 51 0 3 3 10 44 54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 14 45 59 0 3 3 14 48 62
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KANSAS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LEAVENWORTH 67 95 162 94 15 109 161 110 271
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT RILEY 225 1,734 1,959 15 98 113 240 1,832 2,072
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCCONNELL AFB 72 218 290 5 30 35 77 248 325
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 657 1,480 2,137 411 80 491 1,068 1,560 2,628
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9TH MARINE CORPS DISTRICT 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1,022 3,527 4,549 525 223 748 1,547 3,750 5,297
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KENTUCKY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT CAMPBELL 318 2,025 2,343 67 62 129 385 2,087 2,472
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT KNOX 314 1,786 2,100 72 46 118 386 1,832 2,218
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS DEPOT 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOUISVILLE ARMY RES KY 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 40 138 178 3 3 6 43 141 184
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 673 3,950 4,623 142 113 255 815 4,063 4,878
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOUISIANA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BARKSDALE AFB 138 472 610 36 49 85 174 521 695
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT POLK 173 1,000 1,173 17 49 66 190 1,049 1,239
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAMMOND AGS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW ORLEANS MIL OC. 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4
TERMINAL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW ORLEANS NAS JRB 31 90 121 13 8 21 44 98 142
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW ORLEANS NSA 18 32 50 7 7 14 25 39 64
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SLIDELL RADAR SITE 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 10 74 84 7 7 14 17 81 98
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 372 1,671 2,043 81 120 201 453 1,791 2,244
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAINE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRUNSWICK NAS 65 163 228 9 17 26 74 180 254
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S. PORTLAND AGS 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 32 141 173 2 11 13 34 152 186
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 97 311 408 11 28 39 108 339 447
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MARYLAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND 99 427 526 26 6 32 125 433 558
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADELPHI LAB CENTER 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANDREWS AFB 196 267 463 82 91 173 278 358 636
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANNAPOLIS NS (INCL. USNA) 28 299 327 27 45 72 55 344 399
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BALTIMORE ENDIST/CIV 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
PERSONN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CURTIS BAY COAST GUARD 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DETRICK 21 107 128 12 9 21 33 116 149
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE 312 735 1,047 98 64 162 410 799 1,209
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT RITCHIE 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INDIAN HEAD NAV ORD STA 21 96 117 6 5 11 27 101 128
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NESEC ST. INGOES 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NNMC BETHESDA 84 252 336 68 54 122 152 306 458
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PATUXENT RIVER NAS 146 158 304 73 19 92 219 177 396
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 45 122 167 21 23 44 66 145 211
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHITE OAK NSWC DAHLGREN 12 10 22 7 3 10 19 13 32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 966 2,483 3,449 422 320 742 1,388 2,803 4,191
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MASSACHUSETTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP EDWARDS--NG 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DEVENS 1 7 8 3 1 4 4 8 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HANSCOM AFB 27 51 78 27 91 118 54 142 196
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAV WPNS INDUS RSV PLANT 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVMAR RESCEN WORCHESTER
MA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVPRO STRAT SYS, 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
PITTSFIELD
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OTIS AGB 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAS 12 14 26 1 2 3 13 16 29
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 9 90 99 9 12 21 18 102 120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USA NATICK RSCH & DEV CTR 5 9 14 2 3 5 7 12 19
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WESTOVER ARB AFB 3 4 7 0 0 0 3 4 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 59 176 235 43 110 153 102 286 388
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MICHIGAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DETROIT ARSENAL 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL AIR FACILITY, 4 4 8 1 1 2 5 5 10
DETROIT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SELFRIDGE ANG BASE 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 35 169 204 6 9 15 41 178 219
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
W.K. KELLOGG REG ARPT AGS 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 40 177 217 10 10 20 50 187 237
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINNESOTA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT SNELLING 3 6 9 1 1 2 4 7 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINN/ST PAUL IAP ARS 11 6 17 1 0 1 12 6 18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 8 58 66 2 4 6 10 62 72
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 22 70 92 4 5 9 26 75 101
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MISSISSIPPI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALLEN C THOMPSON FIELD-AGS 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP SHELBY 18 37 55 2 3 5 20 40 60
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLUMBUS AFB 18 61 79 8 64 72 26 125 151
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GULFPORT NCBC 70 171 241 1 1 2 71 172 243
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEESLER AFB 134 398 532 28 48 76 162 446 608
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MERIDIAN NAS 18 97 115 9 22 31 27 119 146
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PASCAGOULA NAVSTA 45 115 160 9 3 12 54 118 172
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 18 109 127 2 3 5 20 112 132
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VICKSBURG ENDIST 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 323 988 1,311 60 145 205 383 1,133 1,516
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MISSOURI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DFAS KANSAS CITY CENTER 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LEONARD WOOD 230 1,196 1,426 25 57 82 255 1,253 1,508
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCSA KANSAS CITY MO 11 26 37 2 2 4 13 28 41
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVRESCEN ST LOUIS MO 23 25 48 1 1 2 24 26 50
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ST LOUIS ARMY RESERVE 2 4 6 1 0 1 3 4 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ST LOUIS COAST GUARD 2 8 10 0 0 0 2 8 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ST LOUIS ENDIST 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 26 101 127 4 7 11 30 108 138
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHITEMAN AFB 97 246 343 11 25 36 108 271 379
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 392 1,608 2,000 45 93 138 437 1,701 2,138
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MONTANA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MALMSTROM AFB 89 339 428 3 50 53 92 389 481
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 8 26 34 3 2 5 11 28 39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 97 365 462 6 52 58 103 417 520
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEBRASKA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST OMAHA NE 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFUTT AFB 238 435 673 92 60 152 330 495 825
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 7 32 39 1 4 5 8 36 44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG ELIZABETH CITY NC 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 249 469 718 93 64 157 342 533 875
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEVADA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FALLON NAS 44 95 139 11 9 20 55 104 159
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAWTHORNE ARMY AMMO PLANT 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NELLIS AFB 288 657 945 42 87 129 330 744 1,074
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 9 45 54 1 3 4 10 48 58
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 341 797 1,138 55 99 154 396 896 1,292
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW HAMPSHIRE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PEASE AFB/AGB 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PEASE AGB 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PORTSMOUTH NAV SHIPYD 14 59 73 7 2 9 21 61 82
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 4 26 30 2 2 4 6 28 34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 19 85 104 10 5 15 29 90 119
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW JERSEY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EARLE NAVWEAPSTA 13 32 45 1 0 1 14 32 46
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DIX 30 71 101 8 11 19 38 82 120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT HAMILTON 1 17 18 2 2 4 3 19 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MONMOUTH 57 47 104 23 5 28 80 52 132
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAKEHURST NAV AIR ENGR CTR 13 39 52 2 2 4 15 41 56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCGUIRE AFB 163 351 514 23 55 78 186 406 592
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PICATINNY ARSENAL 0 4 4 1 0 1 1 4 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TETERBORO MAP 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 14 100 114 2 8 10 16 108 124
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 291 661 952 63 83 146 354 744 1,098
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW MEXICO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANNON AFB 117 284 401 8 21 29 125 305 430
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEF NUCLEAR AGCY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOLLOMAN AFB 113 337 450 6 33 39 119 370 489
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KIRTLAND AFB 132 219 351 79 70 149 211 289 500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 5 38 43 2 3 5 7 41 48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE 8 38 46 3 0 3 11 38 49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 375 916 1,291 98 128 226 473 1,044 1,517
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW YORK
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST BUFFALO NY 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT DRUM 154 1,563 1,717 26 73 99 180 1,636 1,816
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRIFFISS NOAD ANG 3 0 3 2 5 7 5 5 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HANCOCK FIELD AGS 2 4 6 0 0 0 2 4 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCKPORT AFS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION STATEN 0 33 33 0 2 2 0 35 35
ISLAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PFC ROBERT J. MANVILLE 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4
USARC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLATTSBURGH AFB 2 14 16 1 0 1 3 14 17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHENECTADY ARPT-AGS 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCOTIA NAVAL ADM BALLSTON 6 39 45 1 5 6 7 44 51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEWART NEWBURGH USARC 1 52 53 3 0 3 4 52 56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 54 263 317 10 18 28 64 281 345
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG NIAGARA NY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WATERVLIET ARSENAL 1 4 5 0 1 1 1 5 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WEST POINT MILRES 28 70 98 46 27 73 74 97 171
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1ST MARINE CORPS DISTRICT 7 21 28 1 4 5 8 25 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 259 2,068 2,327 94 136 230 353 2,204 2,557
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTH CAROLINA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP LEJEUNE MCB 473 6,615 7,088 103 162 265 576 6,777 7,353
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHERRY POINT MCAS 92 733 825 33 20 53 125 753 878
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHERRY POINT NAVAL 10 30 40 0 4 4 10 34 44
AVIATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT BRAGG 810 4,778 5,588 134 215 349 944 4,993 5,937
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW RIVER MCAS 80 837 917 19 16 35 99 853 952
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POPE AFB 159 375 534 8 63 71 167 438 605
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB 156 322 478 15 39 54 171 361 532
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TARHEEL ARMY MISSILE PLANT 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 66 478 544 14 23 37 80 501 581
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1,846 14,169 16,015 326 542 868 2,172 14,711 16,883
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTH DAKOTA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FARGO/HECTOR FIELD 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAND FORKS AFB 95 203 298 4 23 27 99 226 325
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINOT AFB 138 414 552 10 44 54 148 458 606
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 4 11 15 1 0 1 5 11 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 238 628 866 16 67 83 254 695 949
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OHIO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BROOKLYN USARC 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 6 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLUMBUS DEF DEPOT 10 13 23 3 0 3 13 13 26
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DFAS COLUMBUS CENTER 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIMA ARMY TANK CTR 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVMAR RESCEN YOUNGSTOWN
OH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVY FINANCE CENTER 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVY RECRUITING AREA 4,
COLUMB 3 5 8 0 1 1 3 6 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PORT CLINTON IND PARK 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 5 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICKENBACKER IAP 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SP FLD-BECKLEY MAP AGS 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 53 163 216 15 6 21 68 169 237
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB 189 176 365 141 152 293 330 328 658
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 262 372 634 162 163 325 424 535 959
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OKLAHOMA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALTUS AFB 46 127 173 6 24 30 52 151 203
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST TULSA OK 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT SILL 188 1,837 2,025 30 73 103 218 1,910 2,128
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCALESTER ARMY AMMO PLANT 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TINKER AFB 226 546 772 43 86 129 269 632 901
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 11 65 76 3 2 5 14 67 81
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VANCE AFB 15 29 44 11 31 42 26 60 86
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 487 2,604 3,091 93 217 310 580 2,821 3,401
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OREGON
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PORTLAND IAP AGS 16 10 26 0 1 1 16 11 27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UMATILLA DEPOT 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 17 99 116 3 6 9 20 105 125
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 34 112 146 3 7 10 37 119 156
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PENNSYLVANIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CARLISLE BARRACKS 16 13 29 34 7 41 50 20 70
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARLES KELLY SPT FACILITY 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFENSE DIST DEPOT
SUSQUEHAN 29 18 47 5 4 9 34 22 56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFENSE SUPPLY CTR PHILA 16 15 31 8 0 8 24 15 39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GR. PITTS IAP-AGS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAV SHIPS PARTS CTRL CTR 9 3 12 5 1 6 14 4 18
ICP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL BASE, PHILADELPHIA 8 1 9 1 0 1 9 1 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PITTSBURGH MEPS/ENDIST 22 29 51 3 3 6 25 32 57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 34 248 282 8 33 41 42 281 323
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILLOW GROVE NAS 18 52 70 3 8 11 21 60 81
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WYOMING VALLEY ANG CTR 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 152 385 537 68 56 124 220 441 661
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RHODE ISLAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWPORT NAVEDTRACEN 48 123 171 45 40 85 93 163 256
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROVIDENCE PRT 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 3 19 22 0 0 0 3 19 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 51 142 193 45 41 86 96 183 279
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH CAROLINA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEAUFORT MCAS 61 548 609 26 21 47 87 569 656
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARLESTON AFB 130 285 415 10 30 40 140 315 455
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARLESTON NAVSTA 15 67 82 1 1 2 16 68 84
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT JACKSON 197 1,529 1,726 38 43 81 235 1,572 1,807
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL, CHARLESTON 14 30 44 12 6 18 26 36 62
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NV WEAPONS STATION 50 184 234 11 40 51 61 224 285
CHARLEST
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PARRIS ISLAND MCRD 19 1,700 1,719 6 10 16 25 1,710 1,735
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHAW AFB 173 371 544 29 62 91 202 433 635
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE CITADEL 0 23 23 0 2 2 0 25 25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 19 82 101 8 4 12 27 86 113
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 678 4,819 5,497 141 219 360 819 5,038 5,857
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH DAKOTA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELLSWORTH AFB 81 268 349 6 21 27 87 289 376
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIOUX FALLS CTR 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 12 13 0 1 1 1 13 14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 85 280 365 6 22 28 91 302 393
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TENNESSEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARNOLD AFB 4 2 6 3 1 4 7 3 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEMPHIS IAP AGS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEMPHIS NAS 52 27 79 9 6 15 61 33 94
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 102 108 210 30 23 53 132 131 263
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 159 137 296 42 30 72 201 167 368
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEXAS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BROOKS AFB 37 27 64 27 29 56 64 56 120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CARSWELL AFB 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CORPUS CHRISTI COAST GUARD 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS 71 155 226 20 80 100 91 235 326
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DYESS AFB 139 410 549 15 30 45 154 440 594
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST FORT WORTH TX 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST GALVESTON TX 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT BLISS 284 1,470 1,754 45 96 141 329 1,566 1,895
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT HOOD 895 4,736 5,631 110 253 363 1,005 4,989 5,994
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT SAM HOUSTON 221 649 870 120 64 184 341 713 1,054
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT WORTH USARC 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GALVESTON COAST GUARD 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GOODFELLOW AFB 53 197 250 3 10 13 56 207 263
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KELLY AFB 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KINGSVILLE NAS 68 116 184 9 13 22 77 129 206
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LACKLAND AFB 400 3,459 3,859 119 166 285 519 3,625 4,144
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAUGHLIN AFB 22 49 71 5 24 29 27 73 100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE 0 1 1 5 1 6 5 2 7
CTR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAS JRB FT WORTH TX 35 86 121 7 4 11 42 90 132
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVY RECRUITING AREA 7, 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4
DALLA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RANDOLPH AFB 192 64 256 128 85 213 320 149 469
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RED RIVER DEPOT 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHEPPARD AFB 120 416 536 20 49 69 140 465 605
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 135 491 626 22 30 52 157 521 678
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2,677 12,342 15,019 661 937 1,598 3,338 13,279 16,617
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UTAH
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HILL AFB 188 421 609 18 50 68 206 471 677
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOOELE ARMY DEPOT 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 10 55 65 2 4 6 12 59 71
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 199 483 682 20 54 74 219 537 756
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERMONT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BURLINGTON IAP-AGS 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 13 14 2 0 2 3 13 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 15 16 3 0 3 4 15 19
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VIRGINIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMERON STATION 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAM NECK TRNG CTR ATLANTIC 93 196 289 23 10 33 116 206 322
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT A.P. HILL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT BELVOIR 115 188 303 120 34 154 235 222 457
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT EUSTIS 170 552 722 40 34 74 210 586 796
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LEE 119 438 557 47 20 67 166 458 624
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MONROE 39 27 66 48 1 49 87 28 115
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MYER 172 354 526 207 33 240 379 387 766
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT STORY 20 120 140 2 3 5 22 123 145
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HQTRS MARCORPS 58 971 1,029 93 18 111 151 989 1,140
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANGLEY AFB 398 491 889 138 108 246 536 599 1,135
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LITTLE CREEK NAV AMPHIB 309 677 986 70 32 102 379 709 1,088
BASE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCCDC QUANTICO VA 121 916 1,037 115 72 187 236 988 1,224
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL MEDICAL CTR
PORTSMOUTH 80 239 319 44 64 108 124 303 427
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVSURFWEAPCEN DAHLGREN 25 46 71 12 6 18 37 52 89
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORFOLK ENDIST 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 7 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORFOLK NAV SHIPYD 4 1 5 3 0 3 7 1 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORFOLK NAVAL BASE 1,713 7,473 9,186 279 256 535 1,992 7,729 9,721
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORFOLK NSC 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NSGA NORTHWEST 10 32 42 1 2 3 11 34 45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OCEANA NAS 141 423 564 12 14 26 153 437 590
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PENTAGON--AIR FORCE 96 21 117 205 28 233 301 49 350
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PENTAGON--ARMY 25 31 56 133 11 144 158 42 200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PENTAGON--NAVY 17 16 33 74 25 99 91 41 132
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICHMOND DEF DEPOT 8 3 11 9 1 10 17 4 21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 210 386 596 115 62 177 325 448 773
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG ALEXANDRIA VA 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG HAMPTON ROADS VA 0 8 8 2 2 4 2 10 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCG YORKTOWN VA 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YORKTOWN NAVWEAPSTA 46 106 152 10 6 16 56 112 168
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 3,991 13,729 17,720 1,802 844 2,646 5,793 14,573 20,366
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BANGOR NAVSUBBASE 162 261 423 11 29 40 173 290 463
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST SEATTLE WA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDIST WALLA WALLA WA 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAIRCHILD AFB 111 230 341 15 31 46 126 261 387
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LAWTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT LEWIS 423 3,263 3,686 81 193 274 504 3,456 3,960
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MCCHORD AFB 120 258 378 9 30 39 129 288 417
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL BREMERTON 29 97 126 12 28 40 41 125 166
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION EVERETT 113 516 629 10 18 28 123 534 657
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NS BREMERTON 327 2,075 2,402 42 44 86 369 2,119 2,488
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPOKANE IAP AGS 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 86 570 656 6 17 23 92 587 679
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHIDBEY ISLAND NAS 153 514 667 18 22 40 171 536 707
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1,527 7,784 9,311 205 413 618 1,732 8,197 9,929
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WEST VIRGINIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAV SEC GROUP DET, SUGAR
GROV 12 28 40 0 0 0 12 28 40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 13 25 38 0 1 1 13 26 39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 25 53 78 0 1 1 25 54 79
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WISCONSIN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FORT MCCOY 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 6 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEN BILLY MITCHELL FIELD 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 4 5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRUAX FIELD ANG STA 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 16 63 79 4 5 9 20 68 88
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 16 72 88 5 10 15 21 82 103
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WYOMING
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FRANCIS E WARREN AFB 91 289 380 6 32 38 97 321 418
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 2 14 16 1 0 1 3 14 17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 93 303 396 7 32 39 100 335 435
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conus Total 29,939 136,520 166,459 8,568 9,367 17,935 38,507 145,887 184,394
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active Duty Retirements and Separations by State/Country and Base (Includes Homeported Ships and Coast Guard)--
FY 2006
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enlisted Officer Total
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rets Seps Total Rets Seps Total Rets Seps Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AFGHANISTAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 5 6 1 0 1 2 5 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 5 6 1 0 1 2 5 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AMERICAN SAMOA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AUSTRALIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANBERRA A.C.T. 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 4 5 1 0 1 2 4 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AUSTRIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAHRAIN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 2 4 6 1 0 1 3 4 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2 4 6 1 0 1 3 4 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BELGIUM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRUSSELS, NATO 2 3 5 8 0 8 10 3 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHIEVRES AS BELGIUM 6 11 17 0 0 0 6 11 17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KLEINE BORGEL 20 37 57 15 2 17 35 39 74
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 28 54 82 24 2 26 52 56 108
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BERMUDA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAS BERMUDA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BURUNDI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANADA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARGENTIA NEWFOUNDLAND 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHINA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CUBA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GUANTANAMO BAY NS 1 10 11 0 0 0 1 10 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 5 6 0 1 1 1 6 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2 15 17 0 1 1 2 16 18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DJIBOUTI
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 6 6 0 2 2 0 8 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 6 6 0 2 2 0 8 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EGYPT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAIRO MED UNIT 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EL GORAH, EGYPT 3 23 26 0 0 0 3 23 26
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 6 26 32 0 0 0 6 26 32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EL SALVADOR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEORGIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GERMANY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANSBACH, BARTON BARRACKS 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BABENBAUSEN KASERNE 3 92 95 0 0 0 3 92 95
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAD AIBLING FIELD STATION 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAD GODESBERG, AMER. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
EMBASSY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAD KREUZNACH GERMANY 5 10 15 1 0 1 6 10 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAD KREUZNACH, ROSE 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 25 25
BARRACKS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAMBERG WARNER BARRACKS 29 280 309 1 12 13 30 292 322
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BAUMHOLDER, H.D. SMITH 7 281 288 2 17 19 9 298 307
BRCKS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BITBURG AB F 0 5 5 0 8 8 0 13 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOBLINGEN PANZER KASERNE 6 16 22 1 2 3 7 18 25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUCHEL AB 1 9 10 0 0 0 1 9 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUEDINGEN ARMSTRONG
BARRACKS 1 83 84 0 3 3 1 86 87
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DARMSTADT GERMANY 15 188 203 6 8 14 21 196 217
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEXHEIM MILITARY COMMUNITY 1 42 43 0 1 1 1 43 44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FRANKFURT, GERMANY 3 4 7 0 3 3 3 7 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FRIEDBERG 7 174 181 1 1 2 8 175 183
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GARMISCH 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEILENKIRCHEN 7 19 26 2 4 6 9 23 32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GIEBELSTADT 7 133 140 3 13 16 10 146 156
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GIESSEN GERMANY 2 23 25 0 0 0 2 23 25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAFENWOHR GERMANY 14 81 95 3 13 16 17 94 111
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HANAU GERMANY 21 279 300 7 15 22 28 294 322
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEIDELBERG 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEIDELBERG PATTON BARRACKS 24 111 135 9 11 20 33 122 155
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEIDELBERG, CAMPBELL
BARRACK 9 26 35 14 8 22 23 34 57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOHENFELS GERMANY 19 120 139 3 7 10 22 127 149
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ILLESHEIM GERMANY 6 66 72 2 5 7 8 71 79
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAAPAUN AS 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAEFERTAL GERMANY 9 141 150 3 13 16 12 154 166
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAISERSLAUTERN 20 136 156 4 7 11 24 143 167
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KATTERBACH KASERNE
(ANSBACH) 15 113 128 0 7 7 15 120 135
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KIRCHGOENS 6 40 46 0 1 1 6 41 47
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KITZINGEN, HARVEY BARRACKS 8 52 60 4 10 14 12 62 74
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KITZINGEN, LARSON BARRACKS 8 257 265 0 11 11 8 268 276
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANDSTUHL MEDICAL CENTER 15 111 126 10 21 31 25 132 157
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAIN-KASTEL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAINZ/MCCULLY BARRACKS GM 4 32 36 0 1 1 4 33 37
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MANNHEIM 12 168 180 0 2 2 12 170 182
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIESAU ARMY DEPOT 4 61 65 1 4 5 5 65 70
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MOHRINGEN, KELLEY BARRACKS 1 8 9 2 0 2 3 8 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MUNICH 1 4 5 3 3 6 4 7 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PIRMASENS 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RAMSTEIN, FRG 102 327 429 39 43 82 141 370 511
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RHEIN MAIN AB 2 8 10 0 0 0 2 8 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SANDHOFEN 5 18 23 0 1 1 5 19 24
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHWEINFURT CONN
BARRACKS 8 109 117 2 2 4 10 111 121
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHWEINFURT LEDWARD
BARRACKS 10 211 221 1 13 14 11 224 235
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHWETZINGEN 4 19 23 1 0 1 5 19 24
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHWETZINGEN, TOMPKIN
BARRACK 1 7 8 1 0 1 2 7 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SECKENHEIM 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEMBACH, FRG 9 27 36 1 7 8 10 34 44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHIPTON KASERNE, ANSBACH 6 49 55 0 0 0 6 49 55
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPANGDAHLEM AB 41 199 240 2 17 19 43 216 259
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STUTTGART GERMANY 14 15 29 17 5 22 31 20 51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VAIHINGEN--PATCH BARRACKS 9 43 52 1 0 1 10 43 53
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VISECK 27 406 433 2 11 13 29 417 446
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WIESBADEN GERMANY 13 143 156 5 27 32 18 170 188
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WORMS 12 58 70 3 2 5 15 60 75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WUERZBERG 35 216 251 6 13 19 41 229 270
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 594 5,082 5,676 165 353 518 759 5,435 6,194
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GIBRALTAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREECE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUDA BAY, CRETE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREENLAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THULE AFB 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GUAM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANDERSON AFB GUAM 24 99 123 3 18 21 27 117 144
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL GUAM 3 22 25 1 10 11 4 32 36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION GUAM 17 40 57 0 6 6 17 46 63
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 5 4 9 0 0 0 5 4 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 49 165 214 4 34 38 53 199 252
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GUATEMALA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ICELAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEFLAVIK ICELAND 9 28 37 1 3 4 10 31 41
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KEFLAVIL NAS, ICELAND 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 10 29 39 1 5 6 11 34 45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IRAQ
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 4 248 252 5 8 13 9 256 265
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 4 248 252 5 8 13 9 256 265
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISRAEL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TEL AVIV 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ITALY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AVIANO AB 32 169 201 6 24 30 38 193 231
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP DARBY LIVORNO 5 36 41 0 2 2 5 38 43
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GAETA NAVAL SUPPORT 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
ACTVITY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LA MADDALENA SARDINIA 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAPLES FMC 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAPLES U.S. NAVCAMSMED 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAPLES, NAVAL SUPP ACT 6 6 12 6 0 6 12 6 18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAS SIGONELLA, SICILY 5 15 20 0 1 1 5 16 21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VICENZA ITALY 23 475 498 5 14 19 28 489 517
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 71 710 781 19 42 61 90 752 842
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JAPAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP ZAMA TOKYO 3 65 68 2 11 13 5 76 81
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEET ACTIVITIES, SASEBO 11 24 35 0 3 3 11 27 38
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IWAKUNI MCAS 6 16 22 0 0 0 6 16 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KADENA AB 62 280 342 4 34 38 66 314 380
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KADENA FLEET ACTIVITY 2 3 5 1 0 1 3 3 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAMI SEYA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAKIMINATO, OKINAWA CP
BUTLER 9 29 38 1 1 2 10 30 40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MISAWA AB 35 145 180 3 21 24 38 166 204
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MUTUAL DEF ASST OFF, TOKYO 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL AIR FACILITY, ATSUGI 9 10 19 0 0 0 9 10 19
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL HOSPITAL OKINAWA 2 6 8 0 1 1 2 7 9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NSD YOKOSUKA, JAPAN 32 55 87 9 9 18 41 64 105
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OKINAWA TORII STATION 10 34 44 0 1 1 10 35 45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 15 66 81 0 1 1 15 67 82
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YOKOTA AB 47 118 165 14 28 42 61 146 207
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 244 851 1,095 35 110 145 279 961 1,240
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KOREA (SOUTH)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BUPYEONG CAMP MARKET 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP CASEY TONGDUCHON 43 387 430 10 19 29 53 406 459
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMP RED CLOUD UIJONBU, 47 244 291 3 14 17 50 258 308
KOR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHINHAE FLEET ACTIVITY 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KUNSAN AB 26 82 108 2 15 17 28 97 125
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OSAN AIR BASE 57 153 210 7 30 37 64 183 247
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OSAN, KOREA 8 37 45 0 0 0 8 37 45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEOUL, KOREA 12 59 71 1 9 10 13 68 81
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUWON 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 6 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAEGU, CAMP HENRY, 19 SPT 16 24 40 0 2 2 16 26 42
CM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WONGJU KANGWON-BO CAMP
LONG 2 13 15 0 1 1 2 14 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YONGSAN, KOREA 107 320 427 26 45 71 133 365 498
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20TH ASG TAEGU, KOREA 16 63 79 4 6 10 20 69 89
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23D ASG CAMP HUMPHREYS 37 209 246 5 7 12 42 216 258
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34TH ASG PUSAN, KOREA 3 16 19 0 0 0 3 16 19
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 378 1,627 2,005 58 149 207 436 1,776 2,212
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KUWAIT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KUWAIT CITY, COMBAT 1 6 7 3 1 4 4 7 11
SUPPORT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 7 8 3 1 4 4 8 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MALAYSIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEXICO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NETHERLANDS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCHINNEN NETHERLANDS 9 51 60 4 2 6 13 53 66
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 9 52 61 4 2 6 13 54 67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORWAY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STAVANGER 4 6 10 1 0 1 5 6 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 4 6 10 1 0 1 5 6 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PANAMA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALBROOK AFS 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 0 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 10 0 10 10 0 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHILIPPINES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PORTUGAL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LISBON AMERICAN EMBASSY 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TERCEIRA AZORES 7 26 33 1 7 8 8 33 41
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 7 26 33 2 7 9 9 33 42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PUERTO RICO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION, ROOSEVELT 4 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 6
ROA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN JUAN, FORT BUCHANAN 5 11 16 9 3 12 14 14 28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 2 10 12 0 3 3 2 13 15
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 11 23 34 9 6 15 20 29 49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
QATAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROMANIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RUSSIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAUDI ARABIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DHAHRAN, DET. 1, 9 AIRPS 1 10 11 0 0 0 1 10 11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA 2 2 4 2 0 2 4 2 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 3 13 16 2 0 2 5 13 18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHIPS AFLOAT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 385 2,404 2,789 45 95 140 430 2,499 2,929
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 385 2,404 2,789 45 95 140 430 2,499 2,929
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH AFRICA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPAIN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MADRID AMERICAN EMBASSY 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MORON AB 4 6 10 0 0 0 4 6 10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAVAL STATION, ROTA, SPAIN 5 26 31 0 2 2 5 28 33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROTA NS 3 5 8 0 0 0 3 5 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 12 38 50 1 4 5 13 42 55
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THAILAND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TURKEY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANKARA AS 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INCURLIK AB ADANA, TURKEY 14 50 64 3 16 19 17 66 83
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISTANBUL AMT 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 16 55 71 4 16 20 20 71 91
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TURKMENISTAN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNITED KINGDOM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALCONBURY, UK RAF
MOLESWORTH 9 40 49 2 6 8 11 46 57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CROUGTON RAF CROUGHTON 1 10 11 0 1 1 1 11 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAIRFORD, RAF FAIRFORD 7 10 17 1 2 3 8 12 20
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JMF ST. MAWGAN, UK 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAKENHEATH, UK RAF 37 149 186 3 41 44 40 190 230
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LONDON, ENGLAND 1 6 7 3 2 5 4 8 12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MENWITH HILL RAF 4 13 17 1 2 3 5 15 20
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWBURY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RAF MILDENHALL 38 149 187 6 24 30 44 173 217
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 99 380 479 16 79 95 115 459 574
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VENEZUELA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CARACAS, AM. EMBASSY 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
VENZUEL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VIRGIN ISLANDS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YUGOSLAVIA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNKNOWN/RESERVE BASE 85 1,602 1,687 264 336 600 349 1,938 2,287
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 85 1,602 1,687 264 336 600 349 1,938 2,287
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overseas Total 2,029 13,454 15,483 683 1,254 1,937 2,712 14,708 17,420
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 31,968 149,974 181,942 9,251 10,621 19,872 41,219 160,595 201,814
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__________
After the hearing, the U.S. Department of Labor subsequently provided
charts showing the number of TAP classes offered, the average number of
attendees, and the average class size. They provided these charts
before the July 23rd letter.
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Wounded & Injured Transition
The Transition Training Academy Model
Overview
While serving in the armed forces of the United States, many
wounded and injured servicemembers must confront new and difficult
challenges during their rehabilitation in military treatment facilities
(MTF) before they are able to transition back to civilian lives and
families. Some of these servicemembers will encounter significant
challenges as they enter or reenter the workforce. A key part of the
rehabilitation process relates directly to their jobs and long term
career aspirations. In other words, there is a need to assist these
wounded and injured servicemembers in obtaining new skills or enhancing
current skills so that they find suitable and rewarding employment upon
leaving the medical facility and exiting active duty service in the
armed forces.
This career and skill transition can be a powerful win-win for
rehabilitating servicemembers, their family, and prospective employers.
By identifying desired and needed skills in the civilian workforce, and
tailoring rehabilitation and training programs to meet those needs,
employers gain access to a pool of skilled employees and the
transitioning servicemembers are empowered to pursue their American
dream.
Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans Employment Training Service
(VETS) is doing this by working with servicemembers to help them
improve their skills and by reaching out to employers to find out the
types of jobs they are looking to fill.
Present Status
Presently, a number of programs exist to support the transition to
employment of wounded & injured servicemembers, including tuition
assistance, distance learning opportunities, and work experience
programs. At some locations, such as at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
(WRAMC), servicemembers have access to a wide range of education and
degree programs, and can access these services in specialized and
accommodated settings provided by Department of Defense's (DoD)
Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP).
Since the launch of DOL's Recovery & Employment Assistance
Lifelines (REALifelines) program in 2004, VETS focused specific
attention on wounded and injured transition as it relates to the
following:
1. Wounded & Injured Servicemember employment, reemployment, and
transition.
2. Servicemember access to pre-discharge career-focused learning
opportunities.
3. Servicemember usage of skill-development opportunities.
4. Barriers to employment or reemployment for wounded & injured
servicemembers.
5. Employment needs of primary caregivers. VETS launched an
initial demonstration program called REALifelines at Walter Reed and
the National Naval Medical Center (Bethesda, MD) in conjunction with
DOL's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), and the Job
Accommodation Network. The demonstration project ran from October 2004
to June 2005, and was succeeded by the implementation and rapid
expansion of personalized services to wounded & injured servicemembers
and their families under the unified REALifelines program.
These initial efforts focused on three areas of service delivery:
Pre-discharge services (training, assessment, internships, etc.);
Transition Services (Referral, reemployment, accommodation, placement,
etc.); and Follow-up.
Several additional demonstration programs were launched throughout
2005
and 2006, culminating in the National Summit on Wounded & Injured
Veterans: Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Employment. Further information
on the findings of the summit, as well as full Summit content videos
can be found online at www.HireVetsFirst.gov/realifelines.
Among the programs and initiatives developed under the REALifelines
program were efforts that now exist in different forms. For instance,
REALifelines initially launched a call-center operation through the Job
Accommodation Network to address referral issues and act as a central
point of operations. That effort was phased out as DoD started the
Military Severely Injured Center (MSIC), and DOL staff were placed on
site at the MSIC to continue the coordination function in concert with
other efforts and agencies. Additionally, an early Federal work
opportunity program launched as part of REALifelines was combined with
DoD's Operation War Fighter. A third program targeting the delivery of
occupation-specific training is scheduled for formal launch in April
2007 after 2 years of development. This project, the Transition
Training Academy, is described below:
Project Summary
The Transition Training Academy will provide introductory
technology training for rehabilitating servicemembers as part of their
rehabilitation plan prior to medical discharge from the armed services.
Courses will be conducted in a modified classroom setting, with
individual accommodations provided for class participants. These
introductory courses include networking, computer and software support,
and Small Office Home Office (SOHO) support. The purpose of the project
is to provide individuals with an opportunity to determine if they have
a further interest in pursuing a career in one of these fields, with
particular emphasis on the Cisco Networking Academy programs.
A demonstration project is being launched at the Naval Medical
Center in San Diego, California as a joint effort of Cisco Foundation,
Teachers Without Borders, the Naval Medical Center San Diego, the
California Education and Development Department, the Job Accommodation
Network, and DOL's VETS and ODEP.
Servicemembers, and their primary caregivers, who are being
processed for medical discharge from the armed services due to wounds
or injuries sustained on active duty, will be provided with the
opportunity to take a series of 3 hour sessions in a variety of topics
in the networking, computer and software support and SOHO support
fields. On-site instruction, as well as access to online extended
instruction, will be provided. The instruction will be geared to
individual levels of experience with technology from beginners to more
advanced users.
The schedule of classes will be flexible to accommodate a patient's
medical and work schedules. The follow-up to classroom instruction will
include Web-based exercises for continued learning and online support
via e-mail and chat rooms. Additional support beyond the sessions will
be provided to assist the disabled vet in obtaining the training needed
to pursue a career in one of these fields.
The long-range objective of the pilot project is to develop a
replicable model which could be implemented in multiple facilities
across the United States.
Project Benefits
Increased patient morale
Enhance their ability to perform military duties
Reduced transition time after medical recovery by
matching veterans to available jobs in IT more rapidly and effectively
Reduced costs for post recovery training and agency-
related manpower involvement and costs
Build a pipeline of skilled, motivated employees
Increased ability to serve a growing MTF population with
quality employment services at no projected increase in current MTF
management and service staff
Project Deliverables
Creation of a replicable, scalable program that can be
implemented at low cost in multiple facilities across the nation.
Development of a modular content format, which will
accommodate each veteran's medical and work schedule.
Individual portfolio of materials reviewed, course
content completed, suggested professional development plan and referral
to appropriate sites, including the closest Networking Academy, for
certification training completion. This will be available to them in a
specially adapted version of the TWB tool set.
A detailed template for replication in other sites.
Current Status
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been developed
and agreed to by VETS and the Naval Medical Center San Diego (Balboa)
to establish a career-training and outreach center onsite.
VETS has assigned 2 full time employees to development of
the program, and contracted through the Job Accommodation Network to
assure a full analysis and review of the demonstration.
Cisco Public Benefit Giving staff have identified
potential partners to assist in the development of training platforms
and the redevelopment of underutilized materials.
Due to the demands of rehabilitation, medical protocols
and variations of each wounded serviceperson's needs and abilities
while in the facility, a ``traditional'' Networking Academy format was
not feasible. Portions of the Cisco Academy curricula are being
excerpted for use in ``sampler'' course modules that better fit the
skill level and time constraints of servicemembers attached to the
Medical Holding Companies and undergoing treatment and other
rehabilitative services.
Course Rationale/Description
Patients in the medical holding facility are subject to
duty assignments in addition to medical appointments and procedures
relating to their recovery and readiness for transition to civilian
life and careers. Some patients may be permitted to attend classes as a
component of their duty assignment, however, the vast majority of them
require significant flexibility in the course delivery timeframes to
accommodate their medical appointments. These factors require that the
courses and course content be fully customized in order to meet the
requirements of the participants.
Courses will be designed to be delivered in 3 hour
sessions with Web-based follow-up exercises and online support via
email and chat. The online exercises and assessments will be a required
component of the course for the participant to receive a certificate of
completion. Total required time for course completion including
classroom time and online will average 6 to 7 hours.
Each of the courses will consist of three 1-hour segments
that are inclusive of single or multiple topics and reflect increasing
levels of knowledge (beginner, intermediate, and advanced). This design
will allow participants to attend 1 or 2 hours of a session and pick up
the remaining hours at an alternate session thereby accommodating the
majority of potential scheduling conflicts. Initial plans call for
classes to be held on alternating Thursdays at 0900 to 1200, 1300-1600,
and Friday 0800-1100.