News for the military veteran. We cover V.A. health care,veteran benefits, issues such as agent orange, and more
Article Excerpt: "...he Marine Corps family lost one of its own when veteran Steven M. Lipscomb, who had survived a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq, was killed trying to save a crew of coal miners in West Virginia. ..."
Reference Source: www.military.com
Article Excerpt: "...Democrats' call for military personnel to ignore orders from President Donald Trump amounts to "treason." And it needs to be stopped before it gets worse. ...Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax that Democrats trying to prompt military service personnel to ignore orders from President Donald Trump amounts to "treason." ..."This is sedition," said Holt. "This is treason.""
Reference Source: www.newsmax.com
Article Excerpt: "Saudi Arabia is doing its best not to let it happen again, Mohammed bin Salman assured, with the 9/11 survivors being furious over his presence at the Oval Office. ...Trump lashed out at a reporter when asked about Khashoggi's killing as he wooed the Saudi royal at the White House. "He (Salman) knew nothing about it," he defended him. This, despite a US intelligence assessment finding in 2021 that Salman had ordered the hit. Salman described the killing as "painful."..."
Reference Source: www.ndtv.com
Article Excerpt: "...Trump has received criticism for rolling out the red carpet for bin Salman. The crown prince’s visit to Washington is the first time he has been back in the U.S. capital since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The CIA concluded that bin Salman likely ordered his killing.
Saudi Arabia has also been the subject of fierce criticism over human rights issues and has faced questions over whether it played a role in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S. ..."
Reference Source: thehill.com
Article Excerpt: "...Fifteen of the 19 Al Qaeda operatives who carried out the attacks were Saudis, and although the Saudi Arabian government has long denied any direct role in 9/11, some evidence suggests that Saudi Arabia was not only the primary source of funding for the attackers, but that the Saudi regime knew about the plot that killed more than 3,000 people and did nothing to stop it. ..."
Reference Source: www.independent.co.uk
Article Excerpt: "....Elaborating on the amount of time it takes to train workers, the Ford CEO said learning to take a diesel engine out of a Ford Super Duty truck takes at least five years. He attributed the problem to the lack of education and training. The current system is not meeting the standard, he added.
Yet, Farley said it is these mechanical jobs like the ones at Ford that made the US "what it is" and let people such as his grandfather -- who was employee 389 at the company -- to have good lives. “We are not investing in educating a next generation of people like my grandfather who had nothing, who built a middle-class life and a future for his family,” he said..."
Reference Source: www.moneycontrol.com
Reference Source: nypost.com
Article Excerpt: "The naked man “slammed” the veteran [George Karkoc] on the ground, fracturing both of his legs, Castillo said. The veteran opened fire as the attacker approached him, witnesses said. ...He tells the suspect to leave, he told him, ‘I have a gun, I will shoot you,’..."
Reference Source: nypost.com
Reference Source: www.whitehouse.gov
Article Excerpt: "...This week, our Nation observes Anti-Communism Week, a solemn remembrance of the devastation caused by one of history’s most destructive ideologies. Across continents and generations, communism has wrought devastation upon nations and souls. More than 100 million lives have been taken by regimes that sought to erase faith, suppress freedom, and destroy prosperity earned through hard work, violating the God-given rights and dignity of those they oppressed. As we honor their memory, we renew our national promise to stand firm against communism, to uphold the cause of liberty and human worth, and to affirm once more that no system of government can ever replace the will and conscience of a free people.
For more than a century, communism has brought nothing but ruin. Wherever it spreads, it silences dissent, punishes beliefs, and demands that generations kneel before the power of the state instead of standing for freedom. Its story is written in blood and sorrow, a grim reminder that communism is nothing more than another word for servitude. ..."
Reference Source: www.whitehouse.gov
Article Excerpt: "Vannoy says this 150-acre parcel is a half-mile by half-mile - three times larger than the Veterans Cemetery in Spanish Fort and capable of holding 150,000 burial sites eventually, but starting out with 7,000. ...The plots are open to honorably-discharged veterans, their spouses, and dependents free of charge, including those in the National Guard.
A columbarium to entomb cremated remains will also be built, along with a scattering garden, and much more. ..."
Reference Source: www.waff.com
Article Excerpt: "...FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Two airmen at a Wyoming U.S. Air Force base have pleaded guilty to making false statements about the deadly shooting of a third that prompted the suspension of Sig Sauer M18 pistol use at nuclear weapons sites for a month, the Air Force said in a statement Friday. ..."
Reference Source: www.airforcetimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...At a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday in Washington, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questioned whether the Veterans Benefits Administration — the VA arm that manages disability compensation, pensions, education and employment benefits — needs subject matter experts to examine the claims processes and recommend improvements. ...The Government Accountability Office has recommended the VA improve management of compensation programs and update its disability ratings schedule. ..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...They are prioritizing bringing back these retirees and their dependents back to 21 military treatment facilities, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told a Military Officers Association of America conference Oct. 28. ..."
Reference Source: www.marinecorpstimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...The Democrats’ decision to shut down the federal government has forced nearly 37,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees to be furloughed or continue working without pay.
Because VA receives some advance appropriations from Congress, the department’s medical centers, outpatient clinics and Vet Centers remain open and are operating..."
Reference Source: VA.GOV
Article Title: ‘What ever happened to Never Forget?’: 9/11 families blast Trump for warm embrace of Saudi officials Article Excerpt: ...
