JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas –
While the Joint Base San Antonio Retiree Council has been in existence predating the formation of Joint Base San Antonio, with the creation of JBSA, it changed from an Army-only council to one which now includes all services and all JBSA locations.
The council needs more officers and NCOs who have retired and can devote a small amount of time each month to help other retirees, which in turn, helps active duty members.
The council is also open to surviving spouses and any officer or NCO who has retired from the National Guard or Reserves.
The council’s purpose is to work to identify issues that affect military retirees, then work within the active duty chain of command and try to solve them locally.
Issues that cannot be solved locally are taken through the senior commander and then forwarded to the Retiree Service Office at the Pentagon in Washington.
Once there, along with other issues identified by other councils across the world, are presented to the National Level Retiree Council for action and recommendations to the Chief of Staff of the Army. Issues that come before the Army Chief of Staff’s Retiree Council are primarily the same that would be present for any of the services.
The council also assists the retiree service officer, or RSO, who is uniquely called for in the Army regulation, but in no other service, with their job of assisting pre-retirees and retirees from any service. They also work with the RSO in planning and executing annual Retiree Appreciation Days.
The council is established under an Army regulation, which takes to account the new joint basing requirements and encourages participation of members in all services.
For information on joining the council, call 210-416-0502 or 210-221-9005.