Julie

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

As Congress debates the NDAA, the Major Richard Star Act, and the Love Lives On Act, I think this is a good time to have a different but adjacent conversation that directly affects surviving spouses.

Those are all important discussions, and they all require Congress to act. But there’s another issue affecting Gold Star surviving spouses that may not require legislation at all.

When our service member is killed on active duty, we remain listed in DEERS as Active Duty–Deceased family members. That status never changes. What does change is our status within TRICARE. At the three-year mark, TRICARE reclassifies us under retiree cost-sharing, even though DEERS still recognizes us as Active Duty–Deceased dependents.

That one change increases our annual catastrophic cap from $1,000 to $3,000. To some people, that’s just another number. To others, it’s the difference between filling prescriptions and buying groceries.

I’m medically complex. There are months when I’m choosing between food and medication because that extra $2,000 a year matters. A lot.

The thing is, we’re not asking for a new benefit. We’re asking to keep the healthcare cost protections we already had because our spouses were serving when they made the ultimate sacrifice.

If this can be addressed administratively by the Department of Defense and TRICARE, why aren’t we having that conversation?

For a relatively small but important number of surviving spouses, this would be one of the most meaningful changes that could be made, and it wouldn’t require another years-long legislative fight. Sometimes supporting Gold Star families isn’t about creating another program or passing another bill. Sometimes it’s as simple as fixing a rule that never made sense in the first place.

[United Cajun Navy @Unitedcajunnavy]

Props to our @Unitedcajunnavy TX Chapter who rescued these horses struggling to find their way out of dangerous flood waters. Thankfully our 4-legged 🐎 friends were brought to safety, checked out by a veterinarian, and returned to their owners! 🫡💪🙏 https://t.co/wwNr3PNHbm

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

The flyovers will continue until morale improves.

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@NatPoliceAssoc 💙💙💙💙💙

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@CFC_lova Amazing movie. I was afraid that it would be politicized when I heard HBO made it. It describes the care our soldiers receive on their last trip home.

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@protectingblue 💙💙💙🖤

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@giveashitnature Every day.. A walnut sphinx moth sitting on my door frame this morning.

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@SharrellAnne2 I love that.. it always seems selfish to ask for something that we want.. much easier to pray for others.

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@TPUSA ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

https://t.co/rGrKpkSYKX

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A dragonfly catches 95 out of every 100 things it chases. Lions manage 25 percent. Great white sharks, around 50. The peregrine falcon, the fastest animal alive, hits 47 percent.

One of the most effective predators on Earth is hovering over your garden right now eating mosquitoes, and it's been doing this since before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The earliest fossils of dragonfly ancestors discovered date back as far as 300 to 325 million years ago.

What makes them especially interesting is the way they hunt. They don't chase their prey around your yard. Instead, they calculate where the prey will be and flies to that point. Adults eat up to 100 mosquitoes and other small insects a day.

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@CaptKylePatriot ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@barstoolsports Both of my boys love to sit on the porch and watch the fireworks. Neither are deaf. They started watching as puppies.

[Johnny Cadillac @lippyent]

🇺🇸 Dont let me Down!!

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@LangmanVince 000000000

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@SenMcCormickPA @SenFettermanPA Thank you all! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@PAGOP No Hershey yet. That is amazing

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@SharrellAnne2 @guntotinchick Yes.. ❤️🤍💙

[Gary Sinise @GarySinise]

"Walk Before You Run" is one of my favorite songs among many favorite songs on the new album, Mac Sinise Resurrection & Revival: Part 3.

The message is simple, but powerful: when life feels overwhelming and nothing seems to be going your way, sometimes the answer isn't to move faster, it's to focus on the step right in front of you.

The song began with lyrics Mac wrote during his college years, and a chord pattern he laid down on his guitar. I found it all and asked Dan Myers to help shape those ideas into the beautiful song you hear today. I'm so grateful to Dan and the talented musicians of Stolen Silver for helping bring Mac's words and music to life.

As a proud father, it means so much to see these songs and orchestral compositions finally make their way from Mac's notebooks and recordings into the studio and out into the world. I know he'd be smiling to know people are listening and connecting with his music.

I know you will enjoy "Walk Before You Run."

Listen now: https://t.co/kPsRF0L8Hd

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@GarySinise Love it…💙

[Julie @LibbynKassie]

@SharrellAnne2 @DLoesch We live in a world now where if someone can’t agree with you 100% they disagree with you 100%.
They weed themselves out and in the end, you’re grateful