Military retirees report issues at airports | Military retiree IDs reportedly flagged by TSA computers

Article Title: Retired Air Force Colonel pens Pentagon over military retiree IDs reportedly flagged by TSA computers

Article Excerpt: "After driver’s licenses and other state-issued forms of ID were required to meet REAL ID standards to fly in May, reports emerged of American military retirees facing additional screening at airports. ...After using official retired military IDs, which lack expiration dates and are labeled ‘indefinite,” retiree ID cards are reportedly interpreted as expired by TSA computers, because they are not recognized as a REAL ID. ...Spencer added, “I don’t recall them [federal officials] sharing any information about it. So, it’s like we have this big unknown that a lot of us over 65 retirees maybe don’t know about.”

While the Department of Homeland Security’s website insists retired military IDs will continue to be accepted at TSA checkpoints"

Reference Source: www.dcnewsnow.com

Military.com | What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief Russell Vought?

Article Title: What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief?

Article Excerpt: "During his confirmation hearing Jan. 21, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins pledged to preserve veterans benefits and not "balance the budgets on the backs of veterans."

But the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought...Vought, confirmed Thursday in a 53-47 Senate vote, spearheaded a 2023 report by the Center for Renewing America think tank that called for reducing VA disability compensation for veterans who reach Social Security retirement age and eliminating unemployability benefits for these veterans as well. ..."

Reference Source: www.military.com

Coroner IDs MS Coast man who died after alleged gas station beating as military veteran

Article Title: Coroner IDs MS Coast man who died after alleged gas station beating as military veteran

Article Excerpt: "...A man who died this month after he was allegedly beaten by a gas station security guard was a 75-year-old U.S. military veteran, authorities said.

Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identified the man as Scott Miller, of Gulfport. He died Jan. 13 after a long stay at Memorial Hospital. Switzer said Miller’s cause of death was not immediately clear but stemmed from a head injury. ...Police are searching for Ellis Townsend, 27, who is wanted on a manslaughter charge. Police said Townsend was working as an on-duty security guard at Dodge’s Southern Style"

Reference Source: www.msn.com

Revenge of the Democratic Party | Tulsi Gabbard Is An American Hero Being Tarred As A Terrorist

Article Title: Tulsi Gabbard Is An American Hero Being Tarred As A Terrorist

Article Excerpt: "...Tulsi Gabbard — a combat veteran who previously served as a Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii...Democrats fought to delay her way forward ...Gabbard, a nearly two-decade veteran, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, and a long-time critic of America’s forever wars is no rookie competing against deep state smear campaigns. Last year, the former Democrat congresswoman was the subject of surveillance under a counterterrorism program within the U.S. Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS). Gabbard came under surveillance just “one day after she criticized the Biden Administration” on Fox News, according to a letter from the whistleblower watchdog group Empower Oversight.

Now the victim of deep state abuses may be given the keys to oversee the deep state"

Reference Source: thefederalist.com

VA employees improperly accessed medical files of Vance and Walz

Article Title: VA employees improperly accessed medical files of Vance and Walz

Article Excerpt: "...Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed the medical files of Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two major party vice presidential nominees, and an investigation is under way.

Two sources familiar with the situation confirmed that VA employees improperly accessed Vance’s medical records...at least a dozen employees accessed the records."

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