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FRSA Flash for 22 March 2012
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Sc h e du l e o f E v en t s
March 22 - 3-6FA Coffee
March 23 - In Her Shoes: Living With Domestic
Violence – Army Community Service
March 23 - Make up BN DONSA
March 24-25 - Maple Days, 1000-1400 @ 45IN
Hill (Water Tower)
March 26 DIVISION DONSA
March 26 - CYSS Child Development Centers
Closed (ALL) All Day @ All Locations
March 28-29 - Bravo Exercise
March 28 - Family Support Huddle, 1000-1130 @
Hays Hall/Eagles Nest
March 28 - Alpha FRG Meeting, 1800 @ BN
Classroom
March 29 - Women’s History Month Observance,
1100-1300 @ The Commons
March 29 -Mountain Remembrance Ceremony,
1630-1700 @ Main Post Chapel
March 30 - Right Arm Night , 1700 @
Commons
March 31—Maple Days , 1000-1400 @ 45 Infan-
try Hill (Water Tower)
APRIL
April 1 - APRIL FOOLS DAY
April 1 - Maple Days , 1000-1400 @ 45 Infantry
Hill (Water Tower)
April 2-5 - Bravo Exercise
April 2-9 - Local Schools Spring Break
April 5 - HHB Change of Command, 11AM @
3-6 Building Area
April 6 - In her Shoes: Living with Domestic Vio-
lence, 0900-1130 @ ACS
April 6-9 - DIVISION DONSA
April 8 - EASTER
April 8 - Easter Sunday Brunch @ Commons
April 10 - Bravo Training
April 10 - Thrift Savings Plan, 1400-1430 @ ACS
April 11 - Kids Korner: What do Peeps Read,
1600-2000 @ McEwen Library
April 13 - Education Fair @ Commons
April 13-15 - Trip to Washington DC, Departs
0700 @ Parks & Recreation
April 15 - TAX DAY
April 16-May 11 - 3-6 Field Training
April 16-20 - Fort Drum Volunteer Appreciation
Week, 0700-1630 @ ACS
April 17 - Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ob-
servance, 1100-1330 @ The Commons
April 19 - Volunteer of the Month Ceremony,
1030-1130 @ The Commons
April 19 - Annual Volunteer, Man & Woman of
the Mountain, 1700-2000 @ The Commons
April 20 - 21st Annual Festival of Food, 1630-2000
@ The Commons
April 21 - Child Safety/Month of the Military
Child Carnival, 1300-1700 @ Youth Center Gym
April 22 - EARTH DAY
April 23 - Budget Management, 0930-Noon @
ACS
April 25 - Family Support Huddle, 1000-1130 @
Hays Hall/Eagles Nest
April 26 - Civilian of the Quarter Ceremony,
1130-1300 @ The Commons
April 27 - PSAT Test and Assistance, 1500-1800
@ Youth Center Gym
22 March 2012
Contents of this newsletter are compiled from multiple Military Family news sources. Material presented does not
represent the views or endorsement of 3-6 Field Artillery or the United States Army. This material is for personal use
of the readers. All readers are encouraged to do further research for all applicable restrictions and guidelines.
6. By Cheryl Pellerin
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 2,
2012 - A proposed new govern-
ance structure will make the
military health system more
effective and produce savings,
and the system's 9.8 million
beneficiaries worldwide will
never miss an appointment,
the Pentagon's top health af-
fairs official said.
In a Feb. 24 interview with
the Pentagon Channel and
American Forces Press ser-
vice, Dr. Jonathan Woodson,
assistant secretary of defense
for health affairs and director
of the TRICARE Management
Activity, discussed three gov-
ernance reforms under way for
the military health system.
Woodson, a vascular surgeon,
said it's been a transformative
decade for the nation and the
Defense Department.
"Our defense health program
budget was about $19 billion
in 2001, [and] this year's
budget is about $53 billion,"
he said. "So we clearly need to
not only focus on accessing
quality care, but [also on] pro-
ducing value for the amount of
money we're spending on
health care."
As the health care budget
grows and the Defense De-
partment's top-line budget
shrinks, Woodson added, "a
natural tension is created in
terms of being able to train,
man and equip the force, yet
provide for quality health
care." He said everything pos-
sible must be done to reduce
costs in the military health
care system before adjusting
fees for medical services.
The effort began in June,
Woodson said, when then-
Deputy Defense Secretary
William J. Lynn III estab-
lished an internal task force to
review the military health sys-
tem's governance. The task
force reported back in Septem-
ber, evaluating health system
governance options as well as
options for the governance of
multiservice medical markets
and of the national capital re-
gion's health system.
Based on the report and on
consultations with the ser-
vices' top civilian and military
leaders, the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and other
senior Defense Department
officials, the current deputy
defense secretary, Ashton B.
Carter, now has directed that
three reforms be instituted in
the military health system.
One involves creating a de-
fense health agency to take on
the functions of the TRICARE
Management Activity and as-
sume responsibility for imple-
menting shared services
across the system. TRICARE
is the civilian care component
of the military health system.
"One of the things we looked
at is whether new MHS gov-
ernance could produce greater
efficiencies and savings,"
Woodson said. The main struc-
ture being proposed, called the
Defense Health Agency, "looks
to do a better job administer-
ing what we call shared ser-
vices," he added.
"Right now we have essen-
tially three administrative
structures -- the Army, Navy
and Air Force -- that run
health services," the Defense
Department's top doctor ex-
plained. "The thought is that
we would combine functions
that are common to the ser-
vices, and thereby produce
savings."
He cited health information
technology as an example, not-
ing that it is extraordinarily
costly and is common to all of
the services. "There [is] no
reason why the services
should develop their own prod-
ucts," Woodson said. "This can
be done in a shared fashion
and produce savings." Other
common areas, he added, are
medical education for physi-
cians, nurses, medics and
pharmacists, and medical lo-
gistics.
Another proposed reform will
establish market managers for
multiservice medical markets,
except for the national capital
region. The managers' en-
hanced authorities will allow
them to create and sustain a
cost-effective, coordinated and
high-quality health care sys-
tem, Woodson said
Changes Aim to Strengthen Military Health System
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7. if approved, probably would
not be instituted until early
next year, Woodson said.
"The whole idea is to look for-
ward," he said,
"understanding that we need
to bend the curve of the health
care budget to look at a gov-
ernance structure that makes
us more effective, more agile
and adds value to the services
and their ability to deliver
high-quality care."
The third reform involves
transferring responsibility for
running military treatment
facilities in and around Wash-
ington, D.C. -- including Wal-
ter Reed National Military
Medical Center in Maryland
and Fort Belvoir Community
Hospital in Virginia -- to a na-
tional capital region director-
ate within the new Defense
Health Agency.
Carter also is establishing a
planning team, Woodson said,
with leadership nominated by
the undersecretary of defense
for personnel and readiness
and Joint Chiefs Chairman
Army Gen. Martin E.
Dempsey, to ensure timely im-
plementation of the govern-
ance plan after it's reviewed --
first by the Government Ac-
countability Office and then
by Congress.
Each organization has more
than 100 days to review the
proposal, so changes in the
medical system's governance,
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The Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) Clinical and Non-
Clinical (Prevention & Drug Testing) services will be relocating
from buildings P-36 & T-2228 to building 10250 on Fourth Ar-
mored Division Dr. All services will closed after 1300 on Friday
23 Mar 12 and reopen at our new location at 0730 on 27 Mar 12.
Operational hours will remained 0730-1600 Monday - Friday ex-
cept holidays.
We apologize for any inconvenience this presents. The move to
10250 will fully integrate both clinical and non-clinical services
of ASAP, which will allow us to efficiently and effectively provide fully integrated compre-
hensive care to the Fort Drum community.
Bldg 10250 is located on Fourth Armored Division Dr. between Euphrates River Valley Rd.
and Tigris River Valley Rd. All points of contact and phone numbers will remain the same.
FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Program
The FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Program gives military spouses the op-
portunity to earn a career-enhancing credential—the Accredited Financial Counselor® cer-
tificate—while providing financial counseling to the military community. The fellowship cov-
ers the costs associated with completing the AFC® training and testing.
Created in 2006, the program is administered in partnership with the Association for Finan-
cial Counseling and Planning Education® (AFCPE®) and the National Military Family Asso-
ciation (NMFA). To date, the FINRA Foundation has awarded nearly 1,200 Military Spouse
Fellowships—and participants have logged more than 279,500 hours of service back to the
military community.
Operation Purple Camp applications are being accepted
now. These are free summer camps for qualifying military
dependents. There are 2 camps available in NY State, Camp
Wabasso locally from July 29, 2012 - August 3, 2012 and Pioneer Camp from July 8, 2012 -
July 13, 2012 in Western NY. There are also camps available in other areas of the country
as well. To find out more about the camps, the qualifications to apply, and to register go to
www.militaryfamily.org
Now Accepting Applications for the 2012 Military Spouse Fellowships
Military spouses have until March 31 to apply. The program helps military spouses foster their own careers
and maintain Financial Readiness in Military Communities, and the fellowship covers the costs associated
with completing training and testing for certification as an Accredited Financial Counselor® (AFC®). Read the
news release.
Apply Online
Visit the National Military Family Association website to submit your application today.
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Kids Corner
“An Alpaca in My Pocket”
Mindy Whitten (3-10 Spouse) will be
selling and signing copies of her first
published book, ―An Alpaca in My
Pocket,‖ from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March
30 and 31 at the Post Exchange.
Whitten also will read her book during
story time at McEwen Library March
23, April 17 and June 12. For more in-
formation or to purchase a book, email
Whitten at AnAlpacaInMy-
Pocket@gmail.com.
