News for the military veteran. We cover V.A. health care,veteran benefits, issues such as agent orange, and more
Snippet of Article: "...The lawsuit says between 1953 and 1987 nearly one million Marines, sailors, civilian employees and family members unknowingly "drank, cooked with, and bathed in contaminated water" at Camp Lejeune ..."
Article Source: abcnews.go.comSnippet of Article: "... As an active-duty service member or Department of Defense government civilian, the Transportation Security Administration wants you to know they are grateful for your service to our country. That’s why TSA is offering free expedited screening to those who qualify..."
Article Source: www.dodlive.milSnippet of Article: "...The latest GM Military Discount program features an invoice cost for the model and options (less than the MSRP) plus destination fees and a $150 program fee for eligible vehicles. In most cases the discount can be combined with current incentives – including bonus cash, consumer cash, GM Card and any trade-in allowance ..."
Article Source: www.autocreditexpress.comSnippet of Article: "...A Vietnam Veteran had one of his wishes come true when Amherst Town council unanimously approved his request to construct a memorial for his fallen brethren. John Mason from VFW Post 9877 says much of his life has been spent honoring the past ..."
Article Source: wset.comSnippet of Article: www.today.com "... 'It pulled at my heartstrings, to say goodbye, though having never actually left home before I didn't realize the importance of giving proper goodbyes,' she said. ..."
Article Source:Snippet of Article: "...In 2001, while working for American Airlines, a co-worker of Pugh alerted the FBI that Pugh "sympathized with Osama bin Laden, felt that the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies overseas was justified and expressed anti-American sentiment," according to his criminal complaint. ..."
Article Source: www.cnn.comSnippet of Article: "...mission in Benghazi, Libya. She said at Wednesday's debate that her shifting explanations for the crisis in the early hours were because of changing dynamics..."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...It’s important veterans understand what a “well-grounded claim” for disability compensation or other VA benefits means. Simply, it means you’ve provided needed evidence to successfully support your claim. If your claim isn’t well-grounded, it will be denied. For a service-connected disability compensation claim, you must ..."
Article Source: www.theleafchronicle.comSnippet of Article: "...As with other VA hospitals, whistleblowers had claimed supervisors told employees to violate scheduling rules while hiding delays in seeing patients. But Lerner said the IG tried to “discredit the whistleblowers by focusing on the word ‘secret,’ rather than reviewing the access to care issues identified by the whistleblowers … OIG also denied OSC's request to review a copy of the complete investigation reports, undermining our ability to properly assess the VA's resolution of these issues.” ..."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...Sgt. First Class Charles Martland, a Green Beret with an 11-year Special Forces career, was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011 when the boy's mother came to him and said she'd been beaten and her son raped by a local police commander. Martland and another soldier summoned the police official and, when the man laughed at them, threw him off the base. Martland and Daniel Quinn were both disciplined for their actions ..."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...Some vets think they can’t do things like that again, but they can. That hike specifically, through Yosemite National Park, was completed by several disabled vets through an adventure organization called Paradox Sports, which offers backpacking, mountaineering, ice climbing and other pretty extreme trips to any disabled person up for the challenge. For vets, it helps them regain their sense of self and brotherhood ..."
Article Source: www.dodlive.milSnippet of Article: "...Marquez said he believes the attack was racially motivated. He remembers being accosted at the McDonald's in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood by five people between 16 and 21 years old. Most were men or boys. One may have been female. “The kids were asking me if I think that black lives mattered,” Marquez said ..."
Article Source: www.wkyc.comSnippet of Article: "...for some military veterans, the sight of U.S. sailors with their hands behind their heads, saying sorry for intruding on Iranian water, along with Iranian officials on an American navy craft, was just too much. Many vets took to Twitter railing against what they said was Washington’s submission to Tehran ..."
Article Source: www.vocativ.comSnippet of Article: "...Our Mission at Guardian Of Valor LLC, is to out those who falsely claim Military service and/or claim unauthorized medals or tabs. It may be your First Amendment right to lie about service to this country, and medals earned, but it is our First Amendment right to show the world your lies. Our admins are a group of Active and Veteran service members that want to protect the Uniforms of the services and the Valor, Integrity and Honor that comes with that. We value our service, our veterans, and the fallen, and will do whatever is needed to protect them. The public should be aware of any and all persons that would lie about service or unearned medals or tabs. ..."
Article Source: guardianofvalor.comSnippet of Article: "...United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco ruled that Mr. Swisher, who was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1957, had the right to wear the medals, including the Purple Heart and the Silver Star, even though he had not been awarded them ..."
Article Source: www.nytimes.comSnippet of Article: "...Crews searched for 12 Marines missing at sea Friday after two CH-53 helicopters apparently collided during an overnight training flight off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, authorities said. ..."
Article Source: www.cnn.comSnippet of Article: "...'I think there potentially is a new age coming about with Iran,' Hertling said. 'This is going to improve military-military relationships.' ..."
Article Source: www.cnn.comSnippet of Article: "...Islamic Revolutionary Guards had confiscated GPS equipment ... the end of December Iran conducted rocket tests in the Strait of Hormuz, about 1,500 yards away from a U.S. aircraft carrier...There are currently four Americans known to be held in Iran ..."
Article Source: newrepublic.comSnippet of Article: "... As he set foot on the beach, Bowling saw dead American troops scattered everywhere. 'I was scared to death. Everybody was, I think. You worried about it, but there was not much you could do.'..."
Article Source: www.tulsaworld.comSnippet of Article: "...the majority of Americans oppose more gun-control. Now he is doing what he always does when he doesn't get his way, which is defy the will of the people and issue an executive order," NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker said ..."
Article Source: www.al.comSnippet of Article: "...Military Museum of North Florida is located at the corner of State Road 16 and Bunker Avenue in East Green Cove Springs, just a short distance from the Shands Bridge. The museum’s collections are housed in a 4,000-square-foot, climate-controlled, WWII-era Quonset hut, ..."
Article Source: staugustine.comSnippet of Article: "...A Taliban attack killed six U.S. service members near Kabul on Monday, U.S. officials said, in the latest sign of deepening violence across Afghanistan and the risks facing President Obama’s plan to leave the most intense fighting to local forces ..."
Article Source: www.washingtonpost.comSnippet of Article: "...In the recent elderly veteran beating death of Charles Johnson, VA paid a paltry $215k to evade higher payout in a possible lawsuit ..."
Article Source: www.disabledveterans.orgSnippet of Article: "...new study indicates that PTSD can suddenly spike five years after a person leaves the battlefield, even when PTSD levels had declined to normal, according to a Reuters report ..."
Article Source: www.babwnews.comSnippet of Article: "... On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack crippled the US Pacific fleet and killed approximately 2,400 service members, including 1,177 aboard the USS Arizona..."
Article Source: whnt.comSnippet of Article: "...wants to fill over a hundred jobs across the state and they want to do it with military veterans. AT&T is partnering with the USO of North Carolina to fill 150 retail and technician jobs, this week they’re visiting the USO in Jacksonville ..."
Article Source: wnct.comSnippet of Article: "... Obama said. 'On his very worst day, he managed to summon his very best," he said. "That's the nature of courage — not being unafraid, but confronting fear and danger, and performing in a selfless fashion. He showed his guts, he showed his training, how he would put it all on the line for his teammates. That's an American we can all be grateful for.'..."
Article Source: www.armytimes.comHere is an informative article from OPM if you are a federal employee seeking to increase your time toward federal retirement by adding your military service. The article details the eligibility requirements, what service is applicable, FERS and CSRS answers, deposit/redeposit for service, procedures for paying a deposit or redeposit, procedures for paying, and Military under USERRA.
Article Source: www.opm.govSnippet of Article: "...The new law provides the employees with 104 hours of what Lynch calls "Wounded Warrior leave" during their first year in the federal workforce so that they can seek medical treatment for service-connected disabilities without being forced to take unpaid leave or forego their appointments ..."
Article Source: www.militarytimes.comSnippet of Article: "...PTSD service dog Honor lies by the casket of Wade Baker at the Wells Funeral Home in Waynesville, N.C. When he saw his master lying in the flag-draped casket, the Labrador pushed through the clutch of weeping family members, reared up, placed his paws on the edge and tried to climb in. Unable to comfort Baker, he curled up underneath ..."
Article Source: www.airforcetimes.comSnippet of Article: "... they're moving medical equipment from the Huntsville Clinic on Governor’s Drive over the weekend, and on Tuesday, November 10, they'll begin accepting all patients from Madison and Morgan counties. Lockett said, veterans will still have to travel to the Birmingham V.A. hospital for diagnostic, specialty and invasive procedures, but the new facility offers more medical services...Madison and Decatur patients should call (256) 535-3100 or 1(800)-872-0328 to make an appointment and (205) 939-4580 or 1(888)-250-3510 for automated refills..."
Article Source: www.waff.comSnippet of Article: "... On the phone, a representative told Moore that he would receive $5,000 for selling part of his pension. In exchange, Moore would have to pay the company $510 a month for five years. If it were a typical loan, that would amount to $25,600 in interest — a rate of 512 percent. ..."
Article Source: www.stripes.comSnippet of Article: "...'This was an opportunity to give something to somebody who finished their life on the fringe of society," said Tom Lennon, 17, a senior at the University of Detroit Jesuit School. "These veterans were men I have never met, but they helped make the country I live in safer and stronger. No matter who they were or what they did on earth, every person deserves a proper burial.' ..."
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Article Source: www.geeksvip.comSnippet of Article: "...Police said Stone was stabbed multiple times in the torso after a fight near some popular bars in downtown Sacramento, according to NBC affiliate KCRA ..."
Article Source: www.nbcnews.comArticle Title: DAV condemns congressional proposal to cut disability benefits for 1.5 million veterans Article Excerpt: " Congressma...
