Tag: Veterans

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.

It is estimated that there are 2 million World War II veterans left alive.  Many that served in World War II also served in...

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

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from

In a means to remember history, teach history, to honor veterans I took a bit more time and did some research on recent Deaths...

History is living and remembering. So often in searching and tracking Desert Storm Veterans I find other examples of history being forgotten and not...

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.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Salem, Oregon, White Haven, Pennsylvania, Timonium, Maryland, Mattapan, Massachusetts, San Rafael, California, San Jose, California, Prescott, Arizona, Woodbury, Minnesota, Birmingham, Alabama, and Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Detroit, Michigan, Jacksonville, Florida, Bay City, Michigan, Knoxville, Tennessee, Kinston, North Carolina, San Mateo, California, Austin, Texas, Belleville, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.

NETWORK INSULTS VIETNAM VETERANS GENERAL PETRAEUS HOSTS VIET VET INSULT AD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Would any TV network, even one on cable be so...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Newtown, Pennsylvania, Rock Island, Illinois, Watertown, Wisconsin, Helena, Montana, Silver City, New Mexico, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Knoxville, Tennessee, Phoenix, Arizona, and Moultrie, Georgia.

President Barack Obama will deliver the Memorial Day address at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery’s 11th Annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 31, 2010.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Molalla, Oregon, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Goshen, Indiana, Menifee, California, Madison, Wisconsin, Atlanta, Georgia, Leavenworth, Kansas, White Plains, New YorkJacksonville, Florida, Wilmington, and North Carolina.

National Veterans Golden Age Games Kick Off Vets from around the nation are in Des Moines, IA to compete in the 24th National Veterans Golden Age Games, the largest annual sports competition of its kind. On Tuesday, VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich (left) thanked sponsors and medical center staff.Learn more

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Saratoga Springs, New York, Cleveland, Wisconsin, Des Moines, Iowa, Lansing, Michigan, Gainesville, Florida, Bristol, Virginia, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Atascadero Lake, CaliforniaTampa, Florida, Brewton, Alabama, Deptford, New Jersey, Austin, Texas, Asheville, North Carolina, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Plainville, Connecticut, and San Diego, California.

Secretary Shinseki Addresses Veteran Homelessness On Thursday, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan appeared before the U.S. Senate to talk about Veteran homelessness. Secretary Shinseki also addressed the issue recently in this short video.

From The VA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. ...

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Tehachapi, California, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Oak Lawn, Illinois, North Canton, Ohio, Knoxville, Tennessee, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Riverside, California, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

In 2005, I went from fighting in the streets of Fallujah to studying in the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School in a span of seven months. I arrived as an active-duty Marine Corps captain and transitioned from the infantry to the judge advocate general's corps. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only active-duty service member to have received a JD from Harvard during the deanship of Elena Kagan.

It Is Starting, America Is Being Called To Account Phony War, Forgotten Troops And Abused Veterans By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor After 9/11 it started.  We...

At a sun-splashed commencement ceremony on the University Green before a crowd of more than 10,000, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki told the largest and most diverse graduating class in the history of the University of Vermont that what the world needs most is for them to make caring for others a personal devotion on a level that goes well beyond the traditional definition of volunteerism.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Ashland, Nebraska, Saratoga Springs, New York, Spokane, Washington, Broken Bow, Nebraska, Fort Wayne, Indiana, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sacramento, California, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Holmes, Pennsylvania.

The number and percentage of women in the military service has grown, and the number of women veterans has grown accordingly. For more than 200 years, women have made tremendous sacrifices and overcome enormous odds to serve their county bravely, and they've quietly gone home, but things are starting to change.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Boulder, Colorado, Lillington, North Carolina, Cold Spring, Minnesota, Laconia, New Hampshire, Rancho, Cucamonga, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Pharr, Texas, Billings, Montana, Martinsburg, and West Virginia.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Oceanside, California, Omaha, Nebraska, Parkersburg, Iowa, Redding, California, Washiongton, DC, Dover, Wisconsin, Somers Point, New Jersey, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Medford, Oregon.

TRIBAL LEADERS SEEING MATURITY AND CHANGE IN KARZAI US DRUG POLICY, SPENDING AND CORRUPTION STILL MAJOR FAILURES By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor "Gordon, Karzai finally quite...

Did you know “old is the new green”? Re-using historic buildings is a sustainable practice – in fact, it’s the ultimate in recycling. As good stewards of its resources, both man-made and natural, the Office of Asset Enterprise Management has successfully “recycled” a number of historic buildings the VA no longer needs. Through Enhanced Use Leases (EUL), VA transfers underutilized space and maintenance responsibilities to public or private-sector entities, saving both money and energy.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Jackson, Mississippi, El Paso, Texas, Bayonne, New Jersey, Roanoke, Virginia, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Emmanok, Alaska, Arlington, Texas, Trenton, New Jersey, and Racine, Wisconsin.

It looks like U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) got some pretty speedy action from the Veterans Administration in response to a letter he sent yesterday questioning the continued listing of the nonprofit U.S. Navy Veterans Association in an online directory maintained by the agency of Veterans Service Organizations.

Springfield, Missouri, Shreveport, Louisiana, Seattle, Washington, Kenmore, New York, Council Bluffs, Iowa, San Bernardino, California, Wrightstown, New Jersey, Hartford, Connecticut, Missoula, Montana, and San Francisco, California.

VA’s 2010 VA Energy Champion is Rick Hart, energy manager for the VA North Texas Health Care System based in Dallas, Texas. Rick leads an energy management team that has significantly reduced VA’s energy intensity, environmental impact, system vulnerability, and annual energy costs.

As Memorial Day approaches, thousands will make the pilgrimage to pay honor to loved ones lost to war. Some do not have to travel far. Others will make it an honorable effort to visit many cemeteries that bear the names and are home to our fallen military men and women.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Bellevue, Nebraska, Portland, Oregon, New York City, New York, Green, Ohio, Tyler, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Oakland, California, Newton, Massachusetts, Green, Ohio, and Madison, Wisconsin.

VA was ranked as one of the top five of 30 agencies responding in the 2010 DiversityInc Top Federal Agencies for Diversity! VA ranked second among agencies with more than 100,000 employees. The results were unveiled March 10 at a two-day event in Washington, DC by DiversityInc, recognized as the leading publication on diversity and business. This is the second year that Federal agencies were asked to participate and the first time VA applied. DiversityInc’s Federal-agency survey was sent to more than 500 agencies and focused on four key areas: Leadership Commitment, Human Capital, Communications and Supplier Diversity.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Fresno, California, Gadsden, Alabama, Trenton, New Jersey, Richmond, Virginia, Charlotte, North Carolina, Allouez, Wisconsin, Hartford, Connecticut, Bremerton, Washington, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Roanoke Times piece centered on $67500 in political donations to Republican office holders and seekers given during 2009 by USNVA "director" "LtCmdr" Bobby Thompson. The money appears to me to have been donated to Virginia pols including the State's Attorney General with the possible intent to influence legislation favorable to USNVA being allowed to raise funds in Va. without formal registration. In fairness I must say that $1000 dollars of that money went to the Democrat who introduced the legislation in question.

This past week, Secretary Shinseki spoke to National Public Radio about the obligation VA has to Veterans. He touched on topics ranging from wait times for claims to the GI Bill.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Corinth, New York, Nipton, California, Manville, New Jersey, Seattle, Washington, Dayton, Ohio, Taunton, Massachusetts, Dearborn, Michigan, Brownsville, Texas, Burns, Oregon, and Meridian, Idaho.

The mysterious director of a Navy veterans fundraising group that's under investigation in three states contributed $67,500 to the 2009 campaigns of key state officials. Starting July 1, that group can resume soliciting money in Virginia under a state law that Gov. Bob McDonnell signed April 12, despite an unusual last-minute plea from its sponsor, Sen. Patsy Ticer, that he veto it. Her office requested a veto after Ticer, D-Alexandria, became suspicious of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association and its former director Bobby Thompson.