Anti-Trump Billboard in Times Square Features U.S. Marine
Corps Veteran: Activ(ist)Wear Company DHVANI Partners with Planned Parenthood*
to Protect Title X Funding for Women’s Healthcare
Female Army Sergeant Repels Ambush, Kills 3, Becomes
First Woman to Earn Silver Star Since WWII
New veterans find themselves employed and connected but
battling health woes after discharge
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Canandaigua VA
Medical Center New York
ARMY VETERAN HAS PROSTHETIC LEGS REPOSSESSED AFTER VA
REFUSES TO PAY FOR THEM: 'MEDICARE DID NOT SEND ME TO VIETNAM'
Public Service the Hard Way: How Donald Trump hired and fired
his first Veterans Affairs secretary.
Randy is a homeless veteran living in a tent near Columbus,
Ohio. He keeps trying to work with the Department of Veteran Affairs, but they
informed him that he is not “homeless enough”.
Marius Region, January 11, 1932 - January 12, 2020 (age
88)
VIDEO: Soldier stands in the rain to pay tribute to WWII
nurse in viral photo
Mysteries of the Mind Part 1, Wanted: Your Brain
DELAWARE VALLEY VETERANS CONSORTIUM - NEWS FROM OUR
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Dorie
Miller: Sailor rescued wounded, manned antiaircraft gun during Japanese attack
Dan Bullock: The youngest American killed in the Vietnam
War
Protocol Lyrics By Gordon Lightfoot
LVMAC Tidbit: Free Credentialing Program Available to
Veterans
MICRO-CREDENTIALS IN MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURE YOUR FUTURE!
Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog
Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms (A Night In London |
Official Live Video)
Brothers In Arms - The Dire Straits - Lyrics
You Raise Me Up
"A Soldier's Memoir" PTSD Song by Joe Bachman
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
Homeless Veteran PTSD Song - 'I'M NOT HOME' (Official
Lyric Video) SHARE to Help Raise Awareness!
AMAZING TRIBUTE by 15 year old Rylee Preston
"Soldier's Light"
Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) of the USA National
Commander Felix Garcia's professional and personal emails have been hacked. Two of these email addresses below have been
hacked.
There is an email sent out from mailer0378@gmail.com
which is asking for a favor from me. Please delete the email or report it, he
does not need anybody to purchase any gift cards and if you need to reach him,
his phone does work. If you have
received any suspicious emails or unusual emails from those addresses. Please
disregard immediately. We are working on it.
Military Order of the Purple Heart ROTC/JROTC/Youth
Awards Program
“Badge of Merit 1782” Award Program 2019-2020
This year all Military Order of the Purple Heart
ROTC/JROTC/Youth Awards will cost $15.00. Departments will submit a request and
payment to the National Headquarters for the total number of awards requested
for 2019-2020.
Once the payment is received at HQ the department will
receive a shipment of the awards, we can only afford to send out 1 shipment per
department.
If a school contacts HQ we will send the information
directly to the Department Commander or designated representative, each
department will be required to submit a report to the National ROTC Officer
listing all Schools and Cadet.
Please contact National Adjutant Ernie Rivera ernierivera@purpleheart.org if there is any questions.
VFW POST 5542
VA makes progress on resolution of legacy appeals
JWV’s 2020 Legislative Priorities
Trump to American Troops in Iraq: Your Brain Injuries
Aren’t That Bad. “I heard that they had
headaches, and a couple of other things,” he said.
DAV Naomi Chapter 15
‘We constantly have them on our minds’ — A little-known
agency searches all over for the remains of MIA service members
VA observes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: “A day on,
not a day off.”
High school student collects 100 gift bags for homeless
Veterans: “A person just needs to know someone values their worth”
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/70581/high-school-student-collects-100-gift-bags-homeless-veterans/
#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Arthur Roland Keller
Veterans Group Sues Military Leaders, Claiming Benefits
Decision Delays
Veterans Group Sues Military Leaders, Claiming Yearslong
Delays on Benefits Decisions
New Commissary Shoppers Unable to Access Online Features,
American Forces Travel
Institutional Failures Found at VA Facility After
Veteran's Parking Lot Suicide
VA Moving Forward on Implementing Clay Hunt Suicide
Prevention Law
VA IG Warns Long Wait Times Could Continue with Mission
Act Reforms
VA inspector general warns long
wait times could continue with Mission Act reforms
Ground Broken for National
POW/MIA Museum in Jacksonville
Ground broken for National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum
in Jacksonville
Harrisburg Homeless Veterans Stand Down will be held at
the Harrisburg Armory, 14th and Calder St., Harrisburg, PA during the weekend
of February 21st through the 23rd, 2020. The Harrisburg Stand Down serves
homeless and at-risk Veterans throughout South Central Pennsylvania.
Keisha Kerr, (717) 926-0894, Keisha.Kerr@va.gov
Deborah Benner, (717) 272-6621, x5779, Deborah.Benner@va.gov
2020 Homeless Veteran’s Stand Down. YWCA Greater Harrisburg Announces Harrisburg
Homeless Veteran’s Stand Down on 2/21-2/23/20 at the Harrisburg Armory, 1400
Calder Street, Harrisburg, PA.
William Reed | Director Veterans’ Services, 717.234.7931
ext. 3126, wreed@ywcahbg.org
Adult Mental Health First Aid Training
Date: Friday, January 31, 2020
Location: Linglestown Giant Community Room 2300
Linglestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17110
Time: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
Price: $76/person – Open to the Public Breakfast &
Lunch provided
Register: Download Paper Registration or Register Online
A Delay in Patient Notification of Test Results and Other
Communication Issues at the Bath VA Medical Center New York
App helps Veterans manage chemotherapy symptoms: “Many
positive responses.” “Easy to do.”
Veterans ask, VA answers: Questions on electronic health
record modernization
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran James Pirtle
The story of NCA’s Presidential Memorial Certificate:
Conceived by WWII Veteran Benjamin Belfer in March 1962
VA MISSION Act Making A Difference for Veterans
Study backs long-term benefits of non-drug pain therapy:
Research team reviewed records of more than 140,000 Veterans
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Curtis R. Cameron
Alleged Deficiencies in a Hospitalist’s Interactions with
a Patient at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, Fayetteville,
Arkansas
Brain surgery relieves Parkinson’s symptoms of Army
Veteran: “Thanks to all for a new beginning”
After years of vigilant service, Veterans must remain
vigilant online: Veterans are twice as likely as non-Veterans to be targets of
online scams
Announcing the Veterans Benefits Banking Program: A
partnership between VA and the Association of Military Banks of America
#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran William H.
Pitsenbarger
44 Additional Defendants Served and Accused of Defrauding
Government and Insurance Companies by Falsifying Patient Records for Cataract
Surgeries
FDA expands access to ecstasy drug for PTSD therapy
Veterans have options for seeing Vietnam memorial wall
Thank Vietnam Vets by hosting event as commemorative
partner
VA New England’s Mountain of Miracles: Disabled Veterans
conquer the winter at the New England Winter Sports Clinic
Fisher House program continues
rapid expansion: Key milestones achieved in 2019
VA ranks sixth in new best place to work report: Annual
study ranks VA sixth among the 17 largest federal agencies
Veteran awaiting heart
transplant sang to lift others: “You remind yourself somebody is giving you an
opportunity to live”
VA announces proposed rule regarding equal treatment of
faith-based organizations in VA-supported social service programs
Some Civilians Who Served in Vietnam Are Getting Veteran
Status
Former National Sales Director of Insys Therapeutics
Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy: Defendant bribed doctors to prescribe
highly addictive opioid often when medically unnecessary
Former VA Pharmacist Found Guilty of Stealing Controlled
Drugs from Veterans' Prescriptions
Deficiencies in the Women Veterans Health Program and
Other Quality Management Concerns at
the North Texas VA Healthcare System, Dallas, TX
Improving access to specialty care with VA Video Connect:
“I’m receiving the best possible care”
Charles Beckwith: The Father of Delta Force
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Donald Richard Peppard
DMVA Digest: A publication of Pennsylvania's Department
of Military and Veterans Affairs, January 22, 2020
All 3,150 photos of the Pennsylvanians who died in the
Vietnam War have been found and added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s
(VVMF) virtual Wall of Faces, including U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew
Harris Jr., of Philadelphia — the last photo to be found.
Wolf Administration Officials, Sen. Mike Regan
Host “Reach Out PA” Roundtable to Discuss Veterans’ Mental Health
The Department of State (DOS) has launched a Veterans'
Licensure Survey as part of a broader three-year study the department is
conducting with St. Francis University's Knee Center for the Study of
Occupational Regulation (KCSOR). The voluntary survey, on DOS' website and
KCSOR's website until Nov. 11, 2020, asks current service members, veterans and
their families about their experience transferring occupational licensure from
the military to the private sector.
HUD Awards $106 Million to Homeless Programs in
Pennsylvania
Representative Barrar Honored by Civil Air Patrol
Veterans reach for their dreams in 'Shark Tank' spinoff
contest: "You've got to trust your gut and your instinct," said judge
and entrepreneur Rebecca Gray, a 30-year member of the Air Force at the event
in Philadelphia on Monday night.
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act claims now being
determined
BLUE WATER NAVY Briefing for Veterans, Survivors and
their Family members
Disabled Veterans can fly Space Available Flights for
free: Service-connected disabled Veterans and Space-A Travel
Free flu shots for Veterans at your local Walgreens: Get
yours today!
Planned Coast Guard museum has raised $56m
VA Video Connect
COMMONWEALTH OF PA - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL JOB SEEKERS
US Postal Service to hold job fairs
2020 Veteran Job Search - Registration
Welcome to Boots to Business
Days of Reflection and Wellness for Female Veterans:
“Coming Home, Becoming Whole”
FRA NewsBytes January 24, 2020
Coast Guard Museum delayed, not denied
Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) webcast at 2PM
ET on January 30th. This information-packed webcast will not only detail VBA’s
performance in Q1 of FY20, but it will also include updates on Blue Water Navy,
the Colmery Act, and show you why FY20 is going to be our #BestYearEver! Please save the date and share this
information with Veterans and their families.
Register today.
VFW Action Corps Weekly, January 24, 2020
Trump Signs Tester, Rounds Memorializing Veterans Act
into Law: Law establishes grant program to support the Veterans Legacy Program,
helping honor the lives of those who served
Harder Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Force VA to Provide
Benefits for Vietnam Vets Exposed to Agent Orange: Over 83,000 Vietnam Veterans
with Certain Conditions Related to Agent Orange May Go Without Benefits
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts
periodic updates and annual government briefings for families of American
servicemembers who are missing in action (MIA). These events are designed to
keep family members informed of the U.S. government's worldwide mission to
account for those still missing and to discuss in detail the latest information
available about their specific cases. The
next briefing is January 25, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV
Please join TRICARE on Thursday, Jan. 30, from 1-2 p.m.
EST for the “Ask TRICARE” webinar. The Q&A webinar will include a panel of
subject matter experts to answer your stateside and overseas questions about
TRICARE health care, pharmacy and dental programs. You must be registered and
in the webinar platform to submit a question electronically. If you call in by
phone, you'll only be able to listen to the webinar. Don't miss this unique
opportunity to ask questions directly to TRICARE experts.
Improvements Are Needed in the Community Care Consult
Process at VISN 8 Facilities
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced
one new identification, and five burial updates for service members who have
been missing and unaccounted-for from WWII and the Korean War. Returning home
for burial with full military honors are:
Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Ramirez, A.)
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Middleton, H.)
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Phillips, J.V.)
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Brown, R.)
Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Waid, C.)
Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Brown, W.)
TET January 25, 2020, chúc mừng năm mới, COV would like
to wish everyone Happy New Year this TET holiday! People Born in the following years are rats
2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960,1948
2020 Census Jobs: The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting to
fill hundreds of thousands of temporary positions across the country to assist
with the 2020 Census count.
VA launches diabetes campaign to help Veterans, health
care teams better manage care
American Heart Association praises VA genetic research
VA Palliative Care Team helps make a dream come true:
Vietnam Marine Veteran wanted to see his family
New consortium probing mysteries of traumatic brain
injury
Six ways to stay positive during your health care job
search: Spending quality time with friends and family is one of six ways to
ease job search stress.
VA Photos of the Week: January 24, 2019
#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran John Pighini
Our VVA Puerto Rico State Council is reporting that our
members in the South of the Island and our VVA chapter in Arecibo are very
grateful for the outpouring of support and concern as they continue to
experience the impact of the earthquakes. Since the 6.4 magnitude earthquake on
January 7, the aftershocks keep coming —7 of which have measured above 5.0 in
magnitude.
The Puerto Rico State Council is asking that any
donations for the initial phase of the relief effort be monetary rather than
supplies and that checks be sent to the Puerto Rico State Council, One Veterans
Plaza Station, P.O. Box 33177, San Juan, PR 00933-3177. For more information,
contact Jorge Pedroza, President, VVA Puerto Rico State Council, 787-638-3062
or jpedroza@vva.org
Thousands of housing vouchers for veterans went unused
last year, hurting efforts to end homelessness
IG Rebukes VA Secretary for Saying Navy LT's Sexual
Assault Claim 'Unsubstantiated'
Veteran Study Finds Genetic Basis for Anxiety
https://psychcentral.com/news/2020/01/17/veteran-study-finds-genetic-basis-for-anxiety/153238.html
