Thanks for your service but... VA will delay, not ‘expunge,’ debt repayment for pensioners

Article Title: VA will delay, not ‘expunge,’ debt repayment for pensioners

Article Excerpt: "...There are still many outstanding questions. When did the VA leaders first realize there were overpayments? When are the debts going to be erased?” asked Rosendale, who noted he has introduced legislation — the VA Watching Over Electronics Act — to improve automated monitoring of the VA benefits system. Kurt DelBene, assistant VA secretary for information and technology, and other VA officials who testified said the agency is still going through thousands of records to identify and assess all the overpayments. ..."

Reference Source: www.stripes.com

Concerns grow over military response to Iran proxy attacks: 'We are not taking this seriously'

Article Title: Concerns grow over military response to Iran proxy attacks: 'We are not taking this seriously'

Article Excerpt: "...A handful of former United States military leaders have argued in recent days that the Department of Defense has not adequately responded to a series of attacks against U.S. forces carried out by groups with Iran's backing. U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked dozens of times by Iranian proxies since the middle of October. Houthi rebels in Yemen are the most likely culprit in a series of attacks against commercial vessels in nearby waterways, with the most significant incident occurring just days ago. Retired Vice Adm. John Miller, the former commander of U.S. 5th Fleet, said, “We are not taking this seriously,” according to Politico, adding, “We’re not deterring anybody right now." He also said the attacks in Iraq and Syria “have gone largely unanswered.” Three commercial vessels were attacked four times Sunday in the southern Red Sea by forces that originated from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. ..."

Reference Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com

Unable to Travel? Ride along with youtuber 'RVerTV' and travel the country

Article Title: Unable to Travel? Ride along with youtuber 'RVerTV' and travel the country

While searching for articles that might be of interest to retirees, we ran across RVerTV on youtube. This gentleman travels the country and keeps the camera on while doing so. The videos give great insight to places you might want to visit in your retirement travels. Additionally, economically or physically, you may not be able to travel, if that is the case, go to youtube and ride along for beautiful views of America.

Reference Source: RVerTV

Why this ex-collections agent wants to forgive US veterans’ medical debt

Article Title: Why this ex-collections agent wants to forgive US veterans’ medical debt

Article Excerpt: "...Now, Ashton said he hopes to convince the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to forgive the debts of veterans, much of which is accumulated from medical services and overpaid benefits. His new non-profit, End Veteran Debt (EVD), is expected to launch on Friday. ..."

Reference Source: www.theguardian.com

Eligibility requirements for VA home loan programs

Article Title: Eligibility requirements for VA home loan programs

Article Excerpt: "...Learn about VA home loan eligibility requirements for a VA direct or VA-backed loan. Find out how to request a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to show your lender that you qualify based on your service history and duty status. Keep in mind that for a VA-backed home loan, you’ll also need to meet your lender’s credit and income loan requirements to receive financing. Can I get a Certificate of Eligibility for a VA direct or VA-backed home loan? You may be able to get a COE if you didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge and you meet the minimum active-duty service requirement based on when you served. ..."

Reference Source: va.gov

The PACT Act and your VA benefits

Article Title: The PACT Act and your VA benefits

Article Excerpt: "The PACT Act is a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. The PACT Act adds to the list of health conditions that we assume (or “presume”) are caused by exposure to these substances. ..."

Reference Source: www.va.gov

Elderly Veterans | V.A. Benefits Available

Article Title: Elderly Veterans | V.A. Benefits Available

Article Excerpt: "Elderly Veterans may be eligible for a wide-variety of benefits available to all U.S. military Veterans. VA benefits include disability compensation, pension, education and training, health care, home loans, insurance, Veteran Readiness and Employment, and burial. See our Veterans page for an overview of the benefits available to all Veterans. ..."

Reference Source: www.benefits.va.gov

Leftists Have Ideologically Captured The U.S. Military

Article Title: Biden Air Force Nominee’s ‘Pride’ Antics Prove Leftists Have Ideologically Captured The Military

Article Excerpt: "...Nominated by Biden to serve as major general earlier this month, Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven J. Butow was among several U.S. service members to participate in the 2022 Silicon Valley Pride Parade. Butow currently serves as commander of the California Air National Guard. ..."

Reference Source: thefederalist.com

U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum (Photos) | Huntsville Alabama

Article Title: U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum (Photos) | Huntsville Alabama

Article Excerpt: "...The Huntsville Alabama U.S. Veterans Memorial Military Museum displaying memorabilia, weapons & vehicles from the American Revolution to present. ..."

Reference Source: Google Maps

We Need a President That Will Utilize the U.S. Military to Protect the U.S. on U.S. Soil

Article Title: Trump Hints at Expanded Role for the Military Within the US. A Legacy Law Gives Him Few Guardrails

Article Excerpt: "...Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Calling New York City and Chicago “crime dens,” the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, “The next time, I’m not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we’re going to show how bad a job they do,” he said. “Well, we did that. We don’t have to wait any longer.”..."

Reference Source: www.military.com

Ex-Navy SEAL Says How To Prepare for Terror Attack (opinion)

Article Title: Ex-Navy SEAL Says How To Prepare for Terror Attack (opinion)

Article Excerpt: "Jonathan Gilliam, a retired Navy SEAL and former FBI agent, has advised Americans to prepare for the possibility of a terror attack by thinking like an attacker and assessing vulnerabilities in their daily lives. ..."

Reference Source: www.analyzingamerica.org

Can a veteran get a job at the FBI?

Article Title: How to Join the FBI With a Military Background

Article Excerpt: "A background in the military can be an asset for those seeking careers in fields such as military intelligence, certain technical fields and law enforcement. For the FBI, the fact that an applicant has military experience is considered only as part of his overall package. It is not typically in and of itself a significant determinant of whether an applicant is accepted by the bureau. As with any previous job experience, however..."

Reference Source: chron.com

An Army veteran created app to rate dorms, barracks, and DFACS

Article Title: Got Complaints About the Barracks or Dining Hall? Now There's an App for That

Article Excerpt: "...a new app that allows service members to review their living situations on base.

The app, called "Hots&Cots" and available on Apple devices, was created by former Army reservist Robert Evans and allows users to post pictures of their barracks and DFAC, or dining hall, meals. They can give a rating of one to five stars. ..."

Reference Source: yahoo.com

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FBI deems agents who served in military as ‘disloyal'

Article Title: FBI accused of targeting Trump types; agents who served in military deemed ‘disloyal’

Article Excerpt: "...More whistleblowers have stepped forward to tell Congress that high-ranking FBI officials are targeting agents, specifically former military members, for their political beliefs and trying to force them out of the bureau.

A Marine and other military veterans at the FBI have been accused of disloyalty to the U.S. because they fit the profile of a supporter of former President Donald Trump, according to two disclosures sent to lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee. ..."

Reference Source: www.washingtontimes.com

Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: US Institutions Must Be Taken Back From Left

Article Title: Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: US Institutions Must Be Taken Back From Left

Article Excerpt: "...American institutions must be taken back from the hold of the left, otherwise "We're gonna lose our country," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax Wednesday.

"The world has gone crazy. We are seeing ... what we're seeing in Washington. It's more extreme. It's more radical than it's ever been," Cruz told "Greg Kelly Reports...

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Reference Source: www.newsmax.com

Comrade Gov. Gavin Newsom Lines San Francisco Streets with Chinese Flags for Communist Dictator Xi

Calif. streets lined with Chinese flags for Chinese Communist president

Snippet of Article: "...San Fransisco, controversial video footage was posted on social media, showing the city celebrating Xi’s arrival with countless Chinese flags. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, The Post Millennial’s investigative reporter, Katie Daviscourt, shared a video of the Chinese flags along the streets of San Francisco, saying, “Oh look, San Francisco turned into China for President Xi’s arrival. Finally revealing its true colors.”..."

Source: americanmilitarynews.com

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Which Republicans Prevented Impeachment of 'Open Border' Alejandro Mayorkas (Department of Homeland Security Secretary)

Leftist Republicans Block Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impeachment resolution against DHS chief Mayorkas

House blocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impeachment resolution against DHS chief Mayorkas

Snippet of Article: "Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in the 209-201 vote...Voting against the impeachment effort were Republican Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), John Duarte (R-Calif.), Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio). ..."

Source: nypost.com

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Why are illegal immigrants treated better than our own veterans?

Article Title: Why are illegal immigrants treated better than our own veterans?

Article Excerpt: "There are more than 67,000 homeless veterans in the United States at any given time. ...The complete mismanagement of the Afghanistan withdrawal was hard to watch for civilians, and even more so for those who served. I had a Vietnam veteran tell me that watching the withdrawal felt like coming home from Vietnam — thanklessly and painfully — all over again. This operational failure left civilian contractors abandoned. People in the region whom we asked to help us and supply our forces, with the expectation and trust that we would help them if it all fell apart, were left helpless. ..."

Reference Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com

U.S. Army veteran wins lottery again

Racetrax Lottery game delivers big win to retired postal worker from Hagerstown

From the article: "...The retired U.S. Postal Service employee and U.S. Army veteran has visited Lottery headquarters several times with winning tickets over the years, but those past wins pale in comparison to the better than $100,000 he just won, according to a news release from the Lottery. ..."

Article Reference: yahoo.com
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Guard, Reserve Members Up to 20% Less Likely to Get VA Disability Applications Approved, Watchdog Finds

Article Title: Guard, Reserve Members Up to 20% Less Likely to Get VA Disability Applications Approved, Watchdog Finds

Article Excerpt: "...By analyzing data provided by the VA and interviewing researchers, veterans service representatives and organizations, GAO auditors found that the department approved lower percentages of initial disability and pension claims from 2012 to 2021 for reserve members compared with active-duty troops, even as some had "similarly severe service-connected disabilities," albeit at lower numbers.

"Differences in approval rates for disability compensation appeared each year and persisted across service members' military service factors such as service branch and rank, as well as demographic factors such as race and ethnicity and sex," according to the report. ..."

Reference Source: www.military.com

How About Disabled Veterans Joe? Biden Backed UAW Workers 25% Pay Increases While Veterans and Social Security Recipients Struggle to Survive

Article Title: Biden speaks with UAW head after tentative deals struck with Big Three

Article Excerpt: "Biden, who had appeared with striking autoworkers in Michigan in September, called it a “hard-fought agreement” that was reached after weeks of “good faith” negotiations. ...members, would include a 25 percent general pay increase over the course of a four-year contract, increased retirement benefits and more paid leave. ..."

Reference Source: www.valleycentral.com

Local veterans organizations make care packages for military personnel

Article Title: Local veterans organizations make care packages for military personnel

Article Excerpt: "...Veterans United Home Loans and Operation Gratitude are giving care packages to people actively serving in the military, in time for Veterans Day on Nov. 11. They hosted a care packaging event on Thursday, Oct. 26 in Columbia. Veterans in the area were invited, along with around 350 VU employees to pack about 1000 care packages. Operation Gratitude partners with volunteers to provide care packages to first responders and military personnel. Vicki Johnson is the director of national voluntarism. ..."

Reference Source: www.kbia.org

Veterans patrolling the wall and catching smugglers as migrant crossings continue to surge

Article Title: Veterans patrolling the wall and catching smugglers as migrant crossings continue to surge
Snippet of Article: "...The men have no authority to make arrests, but for years they have patrolled a network of trails around what they call 'Baby's Head Gap.' The other side of the hill is run by the Sinaloa dug cartel, which uses gaps in the border wall to send migrants and drugs on to American soil. If they spot someone crossing the border illegally, Foley's men will chase them down and stay with them until Border Patrol can arrive. ..."

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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900 US troops deployed to the Middle East as attacks on American forces rise

Article Title: 900 US troops deployed to the Middle East as attacks on American forces rise

Article Excerpt: "“These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders, and which are deploying from the continental United States,” press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. ...The units are meant to accompany and operate a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and Patriot battalions that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier this week ordered to be spread across the region. The THAAD battery will come from Fort Bliss, Texas. Patriot batteries will come from Fort Sill, Okla., additional Patriot and Avenger batteries will ship from Fort Liberty, N.C. Associated air defense headquarters elements will be sent from Fort Bliss and Fort Cavazos, Texas, Ryder noted. He added that the forces would not be going to Israel and are “intended to support regional deterrence efforts...responsibility [for attacking Americans], other than to say we know that these groups are affiliated with Iran,” Ryder said. "

Reference Source: thehill.com

World War II veteran reflects on military service

Article Title: World War II veteran reflects on military service

Article Excerpt: "...He was only 17 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1943, ready to fight in WWII in the Pacific Ocean “I was in many battles, 9 of them, 10 of them.” “Iwo Jima was one of the worst,” I was a boat coxswain. They put a Jeep in my boat and 18 Marines.”..."

Reference Source: www.wsav.com

US Forces Attacked 7 Times in Past 48 Hours, Biden Never Mentions It

Article Title: US Forces Attacked 7 Times in Past 48 Hours, Biden Never Mentions It

Article Excerpt: "..."U.S. Troops have been Attacked in Iraq and Syria over 7 Times in the last 48 Hours and the President of the United States just made absolutely Zero Mention of the Attacks or a Response in his Address to the Nation," OSINTdefender X account posted Thursday night. With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel on Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. ..."

Reference Source: www.newsmax.com

Incompetent White House Posts Photos of 'Army's Elite Counter Terrorism Unit' Members, Blowing Their Cover

Article Title: White House posts – then deletes – photo outing special operators working to free Hamas hostages

Article Excerpt: "...The Biden administration admitted Thursday that it had accidentally outed the identities of several US special operators working to help Israel find and rescue hostages taken by Hamas terrorists. In one of the more egregious examples of the old adage, “loose lips sink ships,” the White House posted a photo to its official Instagram account of President Biden shaking the hand of a member of the Army’s elite counter terrorism unit. ..."

Reference Source: nypost.com

US troops attacked/Injured in Iraq and Syria as EU warns of ‘spillover’ from Israel conflict

Article Title: US troops attacked in Iraq and Syria as EU warns of ‘spillover’ from Israel conflict

Article Excerpt: "...On Wednesday, a drone hit US forces in Syria resulting in minor injuries, while another one was brought down. ..."

Reference Source: www.theguardian.com

U.S. embassy is set on fire in Beirut by Palestine Flag Waving Attackers | No U.S. Soldiers Seen in Area

Article Title: U.S. embassy is set on fire in Beirut by Palestine Flag Waving Attackers

Article Excerpt: "...Family members of US government personnel and non-essential embassy staff were allowed to leave Lebanon after the embassy in Beirut was targeted...Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the US embassy in Beirut, waving Palestinian flags..."

Reference Source: www.independent.co.uk

America in Danger: Hamas and Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Are Here

Article Title: America in Danger: Hamas and Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Are Here

Article Excerpt: "While the exact number of Hamas and Hezbollah sleeper cells operating within the United States is not known, a comprehensive study by George Washington University last year found the most Hezbollah activity in Michigan, New York, North Carolina, and California. ..."

Reference Source: www2.cbn.com

Will Biden Ababandon These Troops Like Afghanistan Fail? Biden's Pentagon | "Prepare-to-Deploy Orders to 2,000 U.S. Troops" as Israel looks to be readying Hamas assault

Article Title: Biden's Pentagon issues "Prepare-to-Deploy Orders to 2,000 U.S. Troops" as Israel looks to be readying Hamas assault

Article Excerpt: "...The troops would cover a variety of support roles, such as additional medical support or explosive ordnance support, such as providing additional security at gate crossings, one of the officials said. ..."

Reference Source: www.marketwatch.com

Amazon | VA Claims Success: The Ultimate Guide to Securing Your VA Disability Compensation Benefits | Includes Secrets & Insider Tips from a Veteran and Retired VA Rater Paperback – September 19, 2023

Article Title: Amazon | VA Claims Success: The Ultimate Guide to Securing Your VA Disability Compensation Benefits | Includes Secrets & Insider Tips from a Veteran and Retired VA Rater Paperback – September 19, 2023

Article Excerpt: "...STOP Getting Denied! Unlock the VA Disability Claims Vault with Proven Strategies and Insider Tips—Your Bulletproof Guide to Making the System SERVE YOU!..."

Reference Source: AMAZON

Hamas leader calls for 'global day of jihad' on Friday, and asks Muslims to 'take to the streets' in protest against Israel: 'We are asking for your blood and souls to be sacrificed for Palestine'

Article Title: Hamas leader calls for 'global day of jihad' on Friday, and asks Muslims to 'take to the streets' in protest against Israel: 'We are asking for your blood and souls to be sacrificed for Palestine'

Article Excerpt: "Meshaal's call for a Friday 13th uprising was reiterated by Hamas itself...'We declare next Friday, ''The Friday of the Al-Aqsa Flood,'' as a day of general mobilization in our Arab and Islamic world and among the free people of the world,' Meshaal's statement said, which was sent to Reuters news agency. ..."

Reference Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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Columbus Day is a national holiday

'...Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. ...'

Reference: wikipedia.org
Tags: Columbus Day

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American Military Veterans Forced to Give Up Hotel Rooms to Migrants

Article Title: American Military Veterans Forced to Give Up Hotel Rooms to Migrants

Article Excerpt: "...President Joe Biden’s border crisis is now striking in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, home of the 2023 Army-Navy game. Thanks to a surge of migrants and an insane “right to shelter” law, attendees of the game are finding out their hotel rooms have been given away. To who? Well, migrants, of course! What a nasty surprise for those who booked rooms for the game. ..."

Reference Source: www.fairus.org