The Retired Military

About the Book

This book was conceived based on true facts about the American Government making promises to its military. The offer from the government has always been, since World War II, that if one enters into the military and stays 20 or more years, he and his spouse will be eligible for and receive full, earned, medical benefits for life.

The law changed in the sixties and that promise is no longer made or valid. However, it turns out that the promise never was valid.

The book looks at the law concerning discrimination of employers to its employees. The Federal Government is the largest employer in the world with both civilian and military employees. The laws on the books, put there by the government, state that employers cannot discriminate concerning areas of pay and retirement, as well as others, however, the others do not address the military and civilian employees.

The civilian government employees have always enjoyed the benefit of receiving both retired pay as well as disability pay. The military retirees have never enjoyed both retired pay and disability pay. That is blatant discrimination. But it exists today.

When a military retiree applies for disability to the Veterans Administration, and that disability is determined to be service-connected by the V.A., the Veterans Administration will determine the value in dollars to be paid to the military retiree. However, that same amount will be deducted from the reiree pay that the military retiree is receiving for having served 20 or more years of service to his country. As it turns out, the military retiree is paying for his service-connected disability and not the government.

The book addresses the above issues and takes a look at how the government spends or gives away its money. The government has always used the excuse that there are not sufficient funds to pay for full medical for all military retirees, but has sufficient funds to send billions of dollars to foreign countries yearly and give many more billions to Fortune 500 companies and others that do not need the funds. There is also tremendous waste, misuse and mishandling of our tax dollars by the government. That is also addressed in the book.

Finally, the book closes with some suggestions for saving American funds so that the government can keep its promises to its heroes and its patriots, many of whom have paid the ultimate price for the freedom we, as Americans, all enjoy.

About the Author

Carlos Zamorano is a decorated Viet Nam Veteran. He retired from the United States Air Force after completing twenty years of active duty. His military career has taken him all over the world.

He has a degree in Healthcare Administration and is a Certified Disability Management Specialist. For the past twenty-two years he has been the owner of a company specializing in rehabilitation for industrially injured workers.

Mr. Zamorano has been married for forty-one years and has two children and five grandchildren. He can be contacted through the publisher or directly at zamorano@concentric.net.