We are a non-profit Professional Organization who represent the interest of the Enlisted personnel of the Idaho Army and Air National Guard.  We work with the Congress of Idaho in Boise, as well as with Congress in Washington DC.

We have worked and achieved such results as increased Dental care, Tri Care for traditional guardsmen’s and this last year got tri care to reduced the rates. 

Free Guard license plates.  Instate tuition fees for all Idaho Guardsmen with a home of recorded outside of Idaho as long as they are within good standings with their unit.

Accomplishments

 

2008 EANGUS Accomplishments:

Pay raise of 3.9%, 0.5% over what the President asked
New GI Bill with better financial benefits, still have MGIB
Tuition assistance for spouses for portable careers
Increased full time support positions
Recalculation (lowering) of TRICARE Reserve Select fees
No TRICARE fee or pharmacy increases(3^rd year in a row)
Waiver of copayments for preventive health services for those under 65
Expanded medical and dental readiness with onus on services not individual
Health risk management demonstration project
Smoking cessation programs with Rx at no cost and 24 hr quit line
Presumption of service connection for retirement eligibility (medical issues)

2007 EANGUS Accomplishments:

Pay raise of 3.5%
Raise creditable retirement points from 90 to 130 per year
Early retirement provisions -- 90 days off age 60 for 90 aggregate days deployed
Use of MGIB REAP benefits for 10 years after discharge
IDT travel cost reimbursement in limited situations
National Guard Empowerment Act provisions (except no seat on JCS or procurement authority)
Repeal Insurrection Act changes
No TRICARE fee or pharmacy increases
Retain Mil Techs as non-dual status if combat injured and discharged
Salute the flag when not in uniform
Extend VA health care from 2 years to 5 years post-deployment
Retain JCA program with Army and not transfer to Air Force
Obtain funding for more C-17 aircraft

2006 EANGUS Accomplishments:  

TRICARE for all reservists at only ONE rate (28%) and not three rates 
Maintained end strengths of Army and Air Guard against DOD push for reductions
Federal retirement credit for Guard members in four New Jersey counties who performed state active duty on 9/11/2001
Restricting pay day lenders to maximum interest rate of 36%
Stopped DOD attempts to increase TRICARE fees for under-65 retirees
Stopped DOD attempts to charge enrollment fees and higher deductibles for TRICARE Standard
Stopped DOD from attempting to increase pharmacy co-pays and mandatory use of TMOP
Full funding of full time support ramp despite DOD attempt to curtail it

2005 EANGUS Accomplishments:

Reenlistment bonus eligibility extended from 16 to 20 years service
Modification of MGIB benefits for those who are mobilized or served on full time National Guard duty for national emergencies for more than 90 days
Use of MGIB for mobilized members use in securing licenses and certifications
Military retirement credit for those in NY and VA who served on state active duty after 9/11/2001
TRICARE for all reservists (TRS)
BAH II all but eliminated; moved threshold from 139 days of active duty to less than 30 days
Extension of recruiting and retention authorities
Continuance of Full Time Support ramp
Another pay raise above the ECI, 3.5% pay increase (no targeted raises for senior enlisted this year)
Flexible payment of assignment incentive pays