2004 VA Medical Care Income/Asset Eligibility Levels and Copayments for Poor Priority 5 Veterans. To get free care (except for a $7 copayment per prescription), a Priority Group 5 veteran can have up to $80,000 in assets, not counting household goods, a lived-in home of any value and one vehicle of any value.
The Significant Role of Navy Chief Petty Officers (CPOs) In Superior Commands. The backbone of the Navy is how one old adage sums up the importance of the chiefs quarters. Superior commands are especially quick to acknowledge the chief petty officer's special role and contribution. The uniqueness of that role is a function both of the position the chief occupies in the organizational structure and of the job qualifications that must be satisfied before the position is attained.
Chief petty officer is also the final cadet rate in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps. Prior to 1958, chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rank in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. This changed on 20 May 1958 with the passage Public Law 85-422, the Military Pay Act of 1958, which established two new pay grades of E-8 and E-9 in all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.