FRA is the leading voice of enlisted Sea Service personnel on Capitol Hill and has been since 1924.
A Congressionally chartered, non-profit organization that represents the interests of the Sea Service community before the U.S. Congress, the Association’s membership is comprised of current and former enlisted members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. FRA was chartered as the Fleet Reserve Association in 1924 and, after more than 80 years, FRA remains dedicated to its primary mission of serving the interests of current and former enlisted Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel.
In addition to its legislative advocacy efforts, FRA assists its members with career problems by maintaining close liaison with the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and other government agencies. FRA continues to educate members of Congress, many of whom have little or no military experience, on the challenges facing career personnel.
FRA presents a strong, unified voice to ensure that enlisted issues are heard by Congress and urges support for legislation to increase pay and benefits.
OUR HISTORY:
Setting forth on an uncharted sea, fewer than 100 shipmates assembled in Philadelphia in October 1922 to organize the Fleet Reserve Association (FRA). The group chose the name because its prospective membership would be largely drawn from the Fleet Naval Reserve component or those eligible for transfer to it. This was the first time in recorded naval history that career enlisted personnel were banding together for mutual loyalty, protection and service.
FRA TODAY:
FRA Today is FRA's monthly membership magazine. The subscription is free for members, $7 for widows or widowers of FRA shipmates, $10 for LA FRA members, and non-members of either association can subscribe for $35 per year. This magazine covers a wide range of topics from the most current news from Capitol Hill to feature articles on topics important to all current and former Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard enlisted personnel.
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Association News and Events
Title
Sequestration Cuts May Get Bigger
Date Event
Sep 6, 2013
Comments
Furloughs for civilian Defense employees were reduced from 11 days to six and commissaries have returned to regular hours of operation, but shipmates are reminded that FY 2013 was only the beginning of the sequestration spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.Provisions of the BCA will be implemented over 10 years and the cuts get bigger with each year.It’s also important to note that 50 percent of the cuts must come from the Defense Department (DoD), despite the fact that DoD makes up only 17 percent of the total budget. This fiscal year’s defense cuts amounted to $37 billion and next year (FY 2014) those reductions may increase to $52 billion, unless alternative spending reductions are authorized. Neither the Administration’s 2014 budget request nor the House and Senate versions of the Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 1960, S. 1197) account for sequestration cuts.
Congress reconvenes next week and FRA and 33 other Military Coalition organizationshave signed a letter being sent to all members of Congress expressing concerns about continued defense cuts and asking lawmakers to work together to “eliminate the harmful effects of sequestration.” The letter warns that such broad-based cuts will compromise our nation’s defenses and “the very viability of the All-Volunteer Total Force.”
Members are strongly urged to use the FRA Action Center to ask their elected officials to eliminate Defense spending from sequestration. To weigh in on this issue, visit http://www.capwiz.com/fra/issues/alert/?alertid=62389731