Tag: Veterans’ News

RESEARCH ANSWERS FOR GULF WAR VETERANS Sarin Exposure and Late Onset Heart Damage Having tracked the early deaths of Gulf War Veterans in their 30-50's and...

News- Gulf War Veteran-Desert Storm Veteran Deaths-Never To Be Forgotten Recording of 8 more deaths of Desert Storm Veterans(2 from Sept).  Count for October stands...

Veterans Honor Desert Storm Veterans' Deaths I have the files for missing months and will be posting them in memory as I can catch up. ...

Vietnam and Gulf War Veteran Walking Point from Texas to DC Veterans What IS Going On? This was a story I saved from the end of...

My cohort from Canada notified me of a very important video today.  Canada Gulf War Veterans Under Friendly Fire  apparently when you speak out...

Just as mainstream media is finally figuring out that the Global War on Terror has divided the Obama administration on issues surrounding Afghanistan Woodward...

Gulf War agents trigger discrete transcriptional changes in human neuronal cells  Authors: G. C. Kayihana; M. Wooda; B. Mouzona; S. Fergusona; E. Margenthalera; V. Mathuraa;...

Exciting Days for CFS Patients who keep pushing science to answer their questions!  Lessons to be learned by Gulf War Veterans who are ill! WE have 1-4...

I did attend the Salt Lake City conference on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia this past Saturday my recommendation has already been made to the...

 - White House defends Alan Simpson over anti-veteran comments, says Simpson "will continue to serve"  - By Walter Alarkon in The Hill A group of Iraq and Afghanistan...

News on Treatment Potential For XMRV,  Will It Help Ill Gulf War Veterans? News by means of a new abstract on treatment potentials for XMRV...

Gulf War Illness newest study by Dr Haley is hot off the press.  More scientific proof of damage done to gulf war veterans.  The question...

The search for the real story on the scientific paper published on Monday in the PNAS continues.  I have to, must refer all to...

In reviewing obituaries and talking to several widows of Gulf War Veterans that suffered with unknown illnesses or had died of cardiac events or...

Ill Gulf War Veterans Show Sleep Disorder Breathing A new study of Gulf War illness has been reported. The study shows sleep disordered breathing for...

- What's frustrating, Vietnam veteran Frank Tate said, is that the Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't acknowledge cirrhosis as a disease caused by Agent Orange....

By Eric Shinseki For 38 years, I was privileged to serve the men and women entrusted with our nation's security. The character of their service...

* A St. Petersburg Times Editorial * Three months after questions were first raised about the validity of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association,...

A year ago, the children at the Academy of Saints Peter and Paul in Minnesota wrote letters to American troops overseas, including a U.S. sailor stationed in Iraq named Vivian N. Kamara. After receiving the children's letters, Kamara posted her thanks to them in a message on anysoldier.com, a website that connects deployed U.S. troops with Americans who want to send mail or care packages.

From The VA VA’s The American Veteran Wins Two Emmy Awards VA’s video magazine, The American Veteran, recently received two Emmy Awards at the...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Meridith, Vermont, Atlanta, Georgia, Monterey, California, Reading, Pennsylvania, Elmira, New York, Winter Springs, Florida, San Rafael, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, andCharlotte, North Carolina.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced an $80 million competition Monday that asks the private sector to address some of the department's biggest challenges.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Big Spring, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Salem, Oregon, Manatee, Florida, Rome, Georgia, Buffalo, New York, Cape May, New Jersey, Martinsburg, West Virginia, San Francisco, California, and Helena, Montana.

“Where can you find the highest quality health care in the U.S. ? There isn't one single answer, but believe it or not, many studies and independent experts point to the Veterans Health Administration as among the best.” So begins a June 2, 2010, article on MarketWatch, the Dow Jones online daily financial news report. The article quotes Elizabeth McGlynn, associate director of Rand Health, a division of the Rand Corp., in Santa Monica , Calif. , who co-authored a comparative study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2004 that found the VA outperformed its community health-care counterparts by 20 percentage points in preventive care. It also performed significantly better on chronic disease care and in overall quality.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Brunswick, Florida, Sacramento, California, Columbus, Ohio, Houston, Texas, Fishers, Indiana, Syracuse, New York, Roanoke, Virginia, Tucson, Arizona, Castro Valley, California, and Springfield, Missouri.

From The VA Secretary Highlights VA’s Homeless, Suicide Prevention Efforts On Thursday, Secretary Shinseki visited the Canandaigua, NY VA Medical Center in an effort...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Lancaster, Ohio, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Greencastle, Pennsylvania, Billings, Montana, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Stamford, Connecticut, Portland, Maine, Enid, Oklahoma, Sheridan, Wyoming, and LeRoy, Illinois.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Homelake, Colorado, Shreveport, Louisiana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Knoxville,Tennessee, St. Louis, Missouri, Nashville, Tennessee, Houston, Texas, Roseburg, Oregon, New Milford, Connecticut, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), chief architect of the pricey Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefit for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war era, could become a new champion, for taxpayers, against what he perceives as excess spending on military pay and on a new wave of Agent Orange claims.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Brattleboro, Vermont, Emmitsburg, Maryland, San Francisco, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Cleveland, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fort Worth, Texas, Sacramento, California, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Buffalo, New York.

The gulf war veterans have been fighting for help with their illnesses due to their service since Operation Desert Storm, and still today with Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Southwest Asia was and still is one of the most toxic places for a service member on deployment. We have been coming home from the gulf sick, and not getting any real help from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Nine out of 10 Veterans have never been tested for HIV. That’s going to change! Every year, the U.S. marks June 27 as National HIV Testing Day. This year, VA is going one better. We’re having VA HIV Testing Week, June 27–July 3. The week will kick off a sustained effort to increase HIV testing throughout VHA, with a goal of diagnosing those Veterans with HIV and providing them with the care they need.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Springfield, Massachusetts, San Antonio, Texas, Swannanoa, North Carolina, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Williamsburg, Virginia, Scottsdale, Arizona, Union Grove, Wisconsin, Columbus, Georgia, Jackson, Mississippi, The Dalles Oregon, and Canandaigua, New York.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that nearly 8,000 homeless veterans will get permanent housing assistance through a HUD rental assistance program that connects homeless veterans from local Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) with rental assistance vouchers provided by local public housing agencies. HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) will provide local public housing agencies with $58.6 million in funding specifically targeted to assist homeless veterans in their area.

Oncology Nurse Cathy Stinnett at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee , Okla. , feels a passion for what she does and gets a lot of fulfillment from being there to help patients and family members through some of their most trying times. In May, Oncology Nurse Month, Stinnet was featured in a Tulsa World newspaper article about her job and the work she does daily to help patients deal with the serious challenges of cancer.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Churchville, New Jersey, Portland, Oregon, Yankton, South Dakota, Yakima, Washington, San Diego, California, Richmond, Virginia, Canton, Ohio, and Stillwell, Kansas.

Officials of the Social Security Income office in Massachusetts told a veteran who applied for help that he would have to quit his job before they could assess his eligibility for funding, two law school professors say. “But he was afraid to quit because he would have insufficient money to exist,” wrote Michael Coyne and Diane Sullivan of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover in the Lowell, Mass., Sun.

I recently watched Frontline's television documentary called The Wounded Platoon, an investigation that researched the lives of infantrymen after returning home from war in Iraq. The soldiers of Ft. Carson's 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry came home from war with psychiatric disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, known as PTSD. The story was more than troubling — it was heartbreaking.

The 24th National Veterans Golden Age Games wrapped up over the weekend, having set a record for attendance.

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Watch this video to learn how Vet Centers provide free readjustment services for Veterans who served in combat—all in an environment Veterans find comfortable. This includes group and individual counseling, family counseling, and more.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Syracuse, New York, Phoenix, Arizona, Ottawa, Illinois, Salt Lake City, Utah, Rapid City, South Dakota, Huntsville, Alabama, Fresno, California, Washington, DC, Panama City, Florida, and Wilton, Connecticut.