Saturday, February 23, 2019

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Richard Garman obituary

SC town honors black WWII vet 7 decades after brutal beating

Obituary: Beverly Kreger / World War II Women's Army Corps veteran and generous volunteer

At a Vermont Brain Bank, Researchers Wrap Their Heads Around PTSD

Help Your Veteran Get Needed Care

Understanding PTSD: A Guide for Family and Friends

Blue Water Navy Veterans Must Receive VA Healthcare, Court Rules

New House Armed Services Chairman Pledges to Keep ‘Bipartisan Tradition’

VA Announces Access Standards Based on Drive Times, Wait Times

VA Misleads Veterans on Non-VA Emergency Care, Lawsuit Contends

VA Wants Your Input on How to Implement Free Urgent Care Benefit

‘There Is No Such Thing as a Nonracist’: An Interview with Ibram X. Kendi

The Will to Kill, in Black and White: Race has played a heavy hand in the fates of soldiers facing death sentences in the U.S. military.

House passes Owlett bill requiring better care of veterans’ graves

VA national, local programs believed to help reduce VA wait times for new appointments

Trump Administration Issues Guidelines to 'Revolutionize' Private Sector Role in Veterans Health Care

Veterans Memorial of America

QPR INSTRUCTOR TRAINING.  LOCATION: 2300 LINGLESTOWN ROAD, HARRISBURG, PA 17110

You’ve Served Your Country: Now Let Us Serve You. Transition Assistance Advisors can connect you to Veterans Affairs benefits, healthcare, and more, walking you through the system to get you the services you deserve.

SFL - TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP)

Embattled VA Health Care System Looks to Team With Pentagon (2)

Tester Demands Answers from VA on Access Standards Announcement: 12 Senators Send 24 Questions on MISSION Act Implementation

Marine awarded Silver Star for heroics, ordering troops to fix bayonets, 51 years ago in Vietnam

Vets Plead with Panel for Thorough Review of Malaria Drugs

These volunteers spent 21 years comforting dying veterans, now the VA is evicting them: The nonprofit Twilight Brigade is one of many groups ordered to vacate

Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office Websites

San Diego VA study testing cannabidiol—a compound derived from cannabis—for PTSD

VA announces mortality data collaboration with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

19TH BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION

Tell Congress: NO to Privatizing the VA!

House Passes Bill to Provide Free Child Care During VA Health Appointments
COLA Watch

New VA Rules on Access to Outside Care Leave Many Unknowns

VA Now Has Shorter Wait Times Than Private Clinics, AMA Study Claims

Q-and-A: Artist Brings Portrait Series Spotlighting Post-Traumatic Stress to Army and Navy Club

Soldier’s Heart: Restoring the Heart and Soul Wounds of War

Supporters Push for Blue Water Navy Bill After Court Ruling

House panel opens investigation into Trump’s VA ‘shadow rulers’

Military caregivers file lawsuit against the VA

The Veteran Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 became law on August 23, 2017 (Pub L. 115-55). It is also known as the Appeals Modernization Act.

New VA health care rules: Trump overreach or more choice for vets?

Three Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Roles in VA Program Bribery Schemes


H.R.303 - Retired Pay Restoration Act

Veterans are committing suicide in VA parking lots: report

West Los Angeles VA may finally be on track to help homeless veterans

Alaska Veterans Memorial Anchorage Alaska

The American Legion's agenda for Congress

7 things to know about the new VA modernization act

Cherokee County (Ga.) veterans dedicate the nation's first homeless veteran statue in ceremony

VFW Action Corps Weekly

The Veteran Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 became law on August 23, 2017 (Pub L. 115-55). It is also known as the Appeals Modernization Act. You can read the law in full on Congress.gov

The Independent Budget for VA for FY 2020 and 2021

Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC)

Fisher House Program

Army Pvt. Winfred L. Reynolds was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors. 

Army Cpl. Carlos E. Ferguson was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Army Master Sgt. Charlie J. Mares was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Army Sgt. George R. Schipani was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Army Cpl. James C. Rix was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Alfred R. Sandini was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Navy Electrician's Mate 3rd Class William A. Klasing was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Edward J. Shelden was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Kirby R. Stapleton was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Seaman 1st Class John A. Karli was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Kenneth H. Sampson was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.


Marine Corps Pvt. Waldean Black was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and will be returning home with full military honors.

Wilson Douglas Watson (February 16, 1922 – December 19, 1994) was a United States Marine Corps private who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. He single-handedly killed 90 enemy soldiers, thus enabling his platoon to advance, earning him the name "One-Man Regiment" of Iwo Jima. After World War II, Watson continued his military service in the United States Army. At the time he retired, he held the rank of Staff Sergeant.

Army of strangers show up to honor Air Force veteran at his funeral

Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner (née Bryant; formerly Conatser; April 2, 1953 – January 24, 2019) was an American aviator and one of the first six women to earn their wings as a United States Naval Aviator in 1974. She was the first female military aviator to fly a tactical jet and the first to achieve command of an operational aviation squadron.

Ruth Wheeler of Florence, nation’s longest-serving VA volunteer, dies at 88

Sidney Shachnow (November 23, 1934 – September 27, 2018) was a Jewish American Holocaust survivor who attained the rank of Major General in United States Army. He retired in 1994, after 39 years of active service.  He died September 27, 2018.

For more information about the USCC Hiring Our Heroes Program, Military Spouse Program, Transition Assistance, GE Employment Workshops, Resume Engine, etc. refer to the Hiring Our Heroes website http://www.hiringourheroes.org/hiringourheroes/events

Listings of upcoming Vet Job Fairs nationwide providing location, times, events, and registration info if required can be found at the following websites.  You will need to review each site below to locate Job Fairs in your location:
             https://events.recruitmilitary.com 
             https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/events/hiringfairs   
             https://www.legion.org/careers/jobfairs

The current Military Retirees & Veterans Events Schedule is available in the following three formats. After connecting to the website, click on the appropriate state, territory or country to check for events scheduled for your area.

H.R.450 - Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019

H.R.840 - Veterans' Access to Child Care Act

S.91 — Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act of 2019

H.R. 303 - Retired Pay Restoration Act

H.R.1078 - To prohibit the removal from the United States of certain veterans, to expedite their naturalization, and for other purposes.

Community Briefs: ‘Remember the 27 Crusaders’ coming to Vinyl Revival in Lansdowne

Local crew works on film about 27 Father Judge High School grads killed in Vietnam

Combat! (TV series)

Robert Pirosh

Sailor kissing woman in iconic V-J Day photo at Times Square dies at 95

George Mendonsa, sailor pictured in iconic Times Square VJ Day kiss photo, dies aged 95

The Story behind the Famous Kiss

Proposed Rules Would Give Veterans Greater Access to Private Health Care: VA plans to make it easier for patients to go outside its system

Print Out Your VA Welcome Kit

Join Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on RallyPoint

VETERANS RALLY POINT IS A PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM funding FREE LIFE CHANGING SERVICES provided by Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut to veterans/servicemembers/guard/reserves and their families.

Five Steps to a Healthier Heart

Where are My VA Lab Test Results?

Cancer: Diagnosing and Preventing

Get Your VA Health Record Quickly and Easily

Choose the Best Exercise Intensity for You

Smokeless Tobacco

HONORS MILITARY BRACELETS, P. O. BOX 5728, BEND, OREGON 97701
E-MAIL: danang@bendcable.com , PHONE: 541-408-4794
“Dan Carr has been a VVA member since the organizations founding.  Originally from Massachusetts, he's lived for years now in Bend, Oregon.” – Gerry Ney

Panel to review malaria drugs after veterans fall ill

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