‘Slap On The Wrist” For VA Employees Caught Sleeping,
Having Sex At Work
Study Finds PTSD May Not Be Cured By Trauma-Focused
Therapies
VA Caught Using Inferior RBANS To Screw TBI Veterans
Pearl Harbor Day: Instructor: Students today don't
understand impact of 1941 attack
Veterans share memories of the attack on Pearl Harbor
This Day in History… December 7, 1941, “A date which will
live in infamy”
Sneak attack by payday lenders
Forgotten war veterans laid to rest in South Florida
Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops
Operation Gratitude is collecting donated items at Army
Navy Football Game – see wish list
Medal of Honor Recipient Tibor Rubin Passes Away at 86
Tibor Rubin dies at 86; Holocaust survivor received Medal
of Honor for Korean War heroism
Medal of Honor Recipients Seek Citizen Heroes for
National Award
Fewer Veterans In Prison And Jail In 2011-12 Than 2004
Inside the New Mission to Identify Pearl Harbor's Fallen,
74 Years Later
What is the Choice Program?
VA Makes Enhancements to the Veterans Choice Program
New Rules for Eligibility
https://lvmac.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/veterans-choice-program-eligibility-01dec2015-modified.pdf
Details on the Unusual or Excessive Burden Eligiblity
Criteria
the future of good: Katie Prior
Wounded Warrior Project: Padding Their Own Pockets or
Helping Vets?
President Obama wins one for a soldier's best friend
Inappropriate Behaviour and Punishment in the Nam
Early in her college career, Amy Cuddy suffered a severe
head injury in a car accident. Today,
Cuddy is a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School, where she
studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgments affect people from the
classroom to the boardroom.
My Second Hand Life - Danielle Green
Women vets place wreaths on Delaware County Veterans
Memorial
EVERYDAY HEROES STORIES OF VALOR
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
AMRA eNews Monday Morning Digest December 14 2015
Veterans have 9/11-linked diseases, advocacy groups say
Choice Program Needs $421 Million Fix Says VA Exec
New Website coming to simplify the online search for
services
PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Veterans officials don't know what 'accountability' means
Groups demand
information on Camp Lejeune disability claims
Forward Observer — Not There Yet, Almost … VA Preparing
to Allow Compensation for Camp LeJeune Water Contamination
VA Plans to Propose Expanded Disability Benefits
Eligibility for Veterans Exposed to Contaminated Water at Camp Lejeune
Vietnam Veterans Still Have PTSD 40 Years After War
Some Veterans Affairs Workers Keep Jobs Despite Severe
Misconduct, Including Sleeping or Having Sex on the Job
House VA Health Subcommittee Hearing On Tuesday 120815
House VA Hearing on Accountability on Wednesday 120915
Senate VA Committee Advances Key Bills on Wednesday
120915
The Veterans
Homeless Programs, Caregiver Services and Other Improvements Act of 2015
(S. 425)
The Increasing
the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act of
2015 (S. 290)
COLA Relief Bills Introduced: Senator Elizabeth
Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) have introduced S.
2251 and H.R. 4144, the Seniors and Veterans Emergency (SAVE) Benefits Act,
which would provide a one-time payment of $581 to VA and Social Security
beneficiaries.
To find your legislators to
request their support of these important bills, click here:
VA Expands A/O Navy Ship List. VA pays disability compensation to veterans
or survivors for 14 medical conditions associated with Agent Orange exposure.
Learn more at: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/shiplist/index.asp
POW MIA Updates
VA Employee Charged With Beating Elderly Patient To Death
Still Employed At VA
Will Tricare Reforms Improve Access, Raise Fees or Both?
[Editor comment: So, has McCain sold out the military
retirees so that more money can be given to the defense contractors? I wonder
who finances his campaigns. Isn't this what will happen to VA Care after it is
privatized - with more and more of the costs being shifted to the veteran?]
Defying Stereotypes, Number Of Incarcerated Veterans In
U.S. Drops
One Time Special Offer: August 1 – December 31, 2015, VVA
Life Membership Dues $100.00
Veteran Jumps to His Death at VA Hospital
Agent Orange Newsletter
Moving Forward can help you stay on track and manage your
stress levels. For more information, visit: http://www.veterantraining.va.gov/movingforward/
VA has created a video
called "Managing Stress: Good for Your Health" with helpful
information: https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/anonymous.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfto=false&_pageLabel=spotlightArchive&contentPage=spotlight/December%202015/spotlight_how_can_you_manage_stress.html
VISN 4
Leadership Changes
Altoona – Until Dr. Adelman begins his service as the new
VISN 4 director on January 11, Mr. Mills will serve dually as the interim
network director as well as the Altoona VA director. Pittsburgh – Dr. Tim Burke
is currently serving as the interim director. Karin McGraw, the current
director of the Beckley, West Virginia, VA, will become Pittsburgh's new
director on January 11.
VISN – Dr.
David Macpherson, chief medical officer, and James Baker, chief financial
officer, are both retiring at the end of this month. Their leadership and
guidance will be greatly missed.
DAV Veterans Pulse Survey Confirms Suspicions
Are We Ready For The Decline Of Veteran And Military
Nonprofits?
Phoenix Veterans Affairs Sociopath Retaliates Against
Blind Whistleblower, Gets $200k Paid Leave Over 18 Months
VA Healthcare-VISN 4
We're looking for pictures of your hometown veterans
memorials
Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting in Lehigh Valley
Military Veterans Advocacy
VVA Lehigh Valley Chapter 415 Newsletter December 2015
VA inspectors reject blame for delayed disciplining of
Phoenix executives
Stand Down to assist homeless vets back for 5th year at
Seattle Central
Donors Should Research Veterans Charities Before Giving
Money, Experts Say
The Semper Fi Fund Celebrates 10 Inspiring Years of
Service
PA Veterans Encouraged to Connect with DMVA for
Assistance With Obtaining Benefits and Services
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh on Dec. 17
presented Silver Stars to retired CMSgt. Ronald Brodeur and retired Sgt. Eric
Roberts II for their actions in a Feb. 20, 1969, mission that rescued Army
Special Forces patrol in Duc Lap.
[Source: Brian Everstine in Air Force Magazine Online Daily Report
December 18 2015]
JWV Newsletter December 18 2015
Scans Show Many Injured U.S. Vets May Have Brain
'Scarring'
VAs own internal probe finds impunity of agency leaders at
scandalridden hospital
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Holds Field
Hearing in Phoenix on Monday, 12/14/2015
Independent Budget (IB) Framework for Veterans
Healthcare Reform Briefing On Monday, 12/14/2015 to the Commission on Care
Congress introduced an Omnibus Budget Bill for 2016 on
Wednesday, 12/16/2015, which includes several key provisions for the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
[Source: VFW Action Corps Weekly December 18 2015]
Read the 2,009-page Omnibus bill at:
VA commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War
Psychologist says Headway made on treatments for PTSD
When PTSD Is Contagious
VA official pushes back against lawmakers, saying ‘You
can’t fire your way to excellence’
POW MIA Updates December 15, 2015
Vietnam veterans make good life for themselves in
Cambodia
COMIC: The Legendary Story Of The 1914 Christmas Truce
Claims Corner tips for filing your VA compensation claim
David Chasteen Returns to IAVA to Lead West Coast
Expansion
The Dynamics Of Defeat: The Vietnam War In Hau Nghia
Province
Regional Forces Operation in Hau Nghia, Vietnam
EVOLUTION OF A VIETNAMESE VILLAGE — PART I: THE PRESENT,
AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF PACIFICATION
Leonard “Doc” Brooks, the Medic!
History from the Voices of Veterans
Found the name of Leonard Brooks twice here:
Never Alone Video
New Members Appointed to VA Advisory Committee on
Minority Veterans
New Members Appointed to VA Advisory Committee on
Minority Veterans
http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2744
Veterans Affairs Hires Surgeons Accused Of Incompetence
VA agrees to pay for robotic legs
Homelessness 'effectively ended' for Phila. vets
H Keith Mosley 91 Temple official decorated WWII veteran
VA Policy Changes Dead, Non-Dead Veteran Processing
4 Things You Need to Know about VA Sleep Apnea Disability
Claims
Pabst Blue Ribbon Presents: The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Living History: Battle of the Bulge - Part 1
Living History: Battle of the Bulge - Part 2
Living History: Battle of the Bulge – Part 3
Living History: Battle of the Bulge – Part 4
Prosecutors say No charges for Phila VA director
South Dakota Man Plots to Bomb Veterans’ Hospitals, But
Ends Up in One After Blowing Himself Up
Video: Jerry Yellin, World War II Veteran Interview
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