Caregiver Community Connection (C3) is an interactive web
series that aims to empower, inspire, and engage America’s military, veteran,
and family caregivers.
Donald Trump Is Now ‘America’s No. 1 Traitor,’ Says
Veterans Group: “Benedict Arnold can step aside,” VoteVets says in its latest
anti-Trump attack ad.
What unites us as a Nation?
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVANCA/bulletins/2938d94
JWV Supports Renaming U.S. Military Bases
Us: Washington, Pa., Marine runs with an American flag
for unity
The ‘Covid Cocktail’: Inside a Pa nursing home that gave
some veterans hydroxychloroquine even without Covid-19 testing
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the John J.
Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-09416-186.pdf
Defending the Homeland: Fort Knox Safety Official Donates
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma to Help Others
Join the Fight Against COVID-19: Donate Convalescent
Plasma
Warrior Canine Connection Names Service Dog After JWV
Member
https://www.jwv.org/warrior-canine-connection-names-service-dog-after-jwv-member/
Coping with COVID-19: help for Veterans with lung
disease: Resources for Vets from the American Lung Association
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76667/coping-covid-19-help-veterans-lung-disease/
Tai chi helps heal deep military trauma: 'That wood
starts to burn and I hear the snapping and cracking… I’ve got to walk away... '
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76566/tai-chi-heals-military-traumas/
Veterans Advisory Committee assembles for educational
needs
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76651/veterans-advisory-committee-assembles-educational-needs/
Vietnam Veteran’s 49-year-old memories of his canine
partner: He only had one photo of “Hobo” until…
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76652/vietnam-veterans-49-year-old-memories-canine-partner/
How VA’s retirement plan benefits your bottom line: VA
offers employees a three-part, comprehensive retirement plan that includes a
pension.
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76774/vas-retirement-plan-benefits-bottom-line/
#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran James Francis Chase
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76584/veteranoftheday-marine-veteran-james-francis-chase/
#LiveWholeHealth: Being Grateful for Your Body
VA News – July 7, 2020
VFW Action Corps Weekly July 10, 2020
https://www.vfw.org/advocacy/grassroots-efforts/vfw-action-corps-weekly
Allred Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Transparency,
Accountability and Help Veterans Get Accurate Benefits
H.R.7443 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide the representative of
record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary
an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim.
07/01/2020 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7443?s=1&r=37
Hybrid Hearing: How VA's Regulatory Policies Prevent Bad
Paper Veterans from Accessing Benefits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYkpB-Un0Kg&feature=youtu.be&t=175
Protecting Veterans returning for in-person care:
Physical distancing and face coverings key safety measures
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76617/protecting-veterans-returning-person-care/
Vanessa Guillen: Servicewomen and veterans react to death
COVID-19 Antibody Testing Now Available For All
Donations: Urgent Need For Blood & Platelets
https://www.redcrossblood.org/
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is Army Air Forces 2nd Lt.
William H. Melville. Read about
Melville:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is Army Cpl. Richard L.
Henderson, Jr. Read about
Henderson:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors Army Cpl. Francis J.
Rochon. Read about Rochon:
Rochester Gun Store Burglar Admits To Lying About
Military Medals
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/rochester-gun-store-burglar-admits-lying-about-military-medals
A new civil war erupts inside Trump’s VA as Secretary
Robert Wilkie is accused of pushing white supremacy
VA Secretary Robert Wilkie grilled on Nazi grave markers
at military cemeteries
Inside the VA’s Long-Standing Racism Problem: A
Confederate-friendly Trump appointee and an involuntary Juneteenth dress-up are
just the latest in a long history of indignities for black veterans and
caregivers.
https://newrepublic.com/article/158414/inside-vas-long-standing-racism-problem
Veterans Affairs secretary tells Congress he won’t remove
headstones engraved with swastikas: Robert Wilkie was revealed to have been a
member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans ahead of his confirmation
VETERAN HATERS, POLITICAL APPOINTEES, AND LOW-LIFES
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
http://www.vetsforjustice.com/low-lifes-trump-put-in-charge-of-the-va.html
The VA Is Seeking Input on Updating Eligibility Rules for
Bad Paper Discharges
VA Exec Steered $5 Million Contract to Friend for
Services Agency 'Could Not Use': IG
Save the Desert National Wildlife Refuge! Oppose Military Takeover of our Public
Wildlands
https://www.veteransforpeace.org/files/4615/6874/7292/Final_Desert_Refuge_Coalition_Stmt_8.pdf
VA Video Connect
https://mobile.va.gov/app/va-video-connect
Expanding Veteran Access to Care Through Virtual
Technologies
Secretary's Center for Strategic Partnerships (SCSP)
VA Video Connect visits increase 1000% during COVID-19
pandemic: Video appointments provide Veterans safe, convenient access to care
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5467
Owner Of Fraudulent Telemarketing Company Pleads Guilty
To Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
VA offers debt relief to Veterans through year’s end
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5485
Sexual assault leads to downward spiral: Marine Corps Vet
finds help and healing
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76548/sexual-assault-leads-downward-spiral/
Irwin Stovroff: Champion for POWs
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76710/irwin-stovroff-champion-pows/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Harold Michael Hambrick
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76507/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-harold-michael-hambrick/
VA telehealth connects Vietnam Veteran to pain management
resources: Telehealth video appointments have increased by more than 1,000%
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Harry S.
Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-06864-183.pdf
Early Bird Brief – Military Times
https://link.militarytimes.com/view/5e93bfb8dd2771109811f39bcf9ix.26o0/0f060d5f
DoD knew K2 troops were exposed to cancer-causing toxins;
VA continues to deny care
VA should already care for veterans with bad-paper discharges,
experts say
Pennsylvania senator calls for removal of managers at
state-run Southeastern Veterans’ Center after 47 deaths in one month, including
27 from coronavirus
Administrators suspended at veterans nursing home hard hit
by COVID-19
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Nicholas H. Doiron
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76605/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-nicholas-h-doiron/
Gianficaro: Saluting a military giant in Willingboro
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Nicole Watson
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76614/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-nicole-watson/
Summer’s here – stay safe!
https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/07/08/Summers-here-stay-safe
VA clears 5 schools to keep enrolling GI Bill students
Meet the ‘Laughing Paratrooper’ of World War II
Protecting Veterans returning for in-person care:
Physical distancing and face coverings key safety measures
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76617/protecting-veterans-returning-person-care/
SecVA: REACH campaign strives to reduce Veteran suicide
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76727/secva-reach-campaign-strives-reduce-veteran-suicide/
Dr. Richard Stone, Veteran and VHA Executive in Charge,
offers this thank you message and request for Veterans to continue to lead by
example in your communities.
https://players.brightcove.net/2851863979001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6169708029001
After Action Network: One-stop shop for Veterans
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/75974/after-action-network-one-stop-shop-for-veterans/
H.R.3224 - Deborah Sampson Act passed the House on
November 13, by a 399-11 vote and received by the Senate Veterans Affairs
Committee for consideration. Ask your
U.S. Senator to support this bill.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3224
Montana Psychiatrist Sentenced for Unlawful Possession of
an Opioid
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/montana-psychiatrist-sentenced-unlawful-possession-opioid
Russ Kaufmann survived a sniper, strokes and aphasia: He
can understand the world, but not fully engage with it
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76815/russ-kaufmann-survived-sniper-strokes-aphasia/
Securing your data: Give your devices a privacy checkup
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76685/securing-data-give-devices-privacy-checkup/
Borne the Battle #203: Army Veteran Erik Schlimmer,
Serial Hiker, Author, Therapist
Cohen Veterans Network: Mental Health Care for Veteran
and Military Families
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76869/cohen-veterans-network-mental-health-veterans-military/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran PeggyLee Wright
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76639/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-peggylee-wright/
VA and MAZON partner to support Veteran food security
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5486
Call For DMVA Hall Of Fame 2020 Nominations:
Pennsylvania's adjutant general and head of the Pennsylvania Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs is calling for nominations for the DMVA Hall of
Fame 2020. Election to the Hall of Fame is the department's most auspicious
honor that is conferred upon an individual for monumental achievements contributing
to the DMVA or Pennsylvania National Guard.
Records Request Program: The Pennsylvania Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs provides assistance requesting military service
records to include DD Form 214, DD Form 215, NGB Form 22, NGB Form 23, and
other service-related documents. An MA-VA 90 Records Request Form may be
submitted to request these documents. For questions email: Ra-req@pa.gov or
visit
https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Outreach-and-Reintegration/DD214215-Program.aspx
DMVA: Veterans Benefits Continue to be Available During
COVID-19
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Military-and-Veteran-Affairs-Details.aspx?newsid=450
PA Veterans Homes-Specific COVID-19 Updates
https://www.dmva.pa.gov/Pages/PAVeteransHomesSpecificCOVID19Updates.aspx
PennDOT Announces New Vehicle Registration Plates
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Military-and-Veteran-Affairs-Details.aspx?newsid=361
Veterans Moving Forward: More veterans requesting service
dogs amid pandemic
Local WWII veteran Michael Hromchak celebrates 100th
birthday
5K race to help veterans at risk of isolation, added
stress in COVID pandemic
PACE/PACENET
https://pacecares.magellanhealth.com/
America’s Adopt A Soldier donates laptops, mobile phones
to keep Veterans connected
Veterans Corner: Panels discuss toxic exposure
VA receives funding from the US Postal Service for PTSD
research
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5477
VA supports 988 expansion for National Suicide Prevention
Crisis Line and Veterans Crisis Line access
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5476
VA rolls out simplified travel reimbursement system for
Veterans, beneficiaries
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5478
F-14 Tomcat monument installed at the Virginia Beach
Oceanfront
VA National Cemeteries have resumed committal and
memorial services halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SBC_8UKlPM
Blind Rehabilitation Services provides for Veterans:
Providing access to care in alternative formats
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76404/blind-rehabilitation-services-provides-for-veterans/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Experience
Live (VetXL): Hiring Together – live Q&A with VA and partners now hiring
Veterans and Spouses. What are your questions?
Pursue a Future As a Nurse at VA: VA Learning
Opportunities Residency (VALOR)
https://www.vacareers.va.gov/Content/Documents/Print/VHA_Nurses_1022_ExternalFlyer_508c.pdf
COVID-19 Employment Opportunities
Waste and Abuse by the Former Assistant Secretary for
Human Resources and Administration
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-00230-190.pdf
2020 Award Submission Instructions: We encourage ALL
members and echelons to submit applications for National Awards! What better
way to share with others what are members do than publicizing our award winners
and their stories? Please submit your nominations and webpage/Facebook page
links to Harrison Heller ( hheller@jwv.org
) by COB on August 7, 2020.
https://www.jwv.org/membership/for-members/awards/?mc_cid=3c1664613e&mc_eid=a31bca6db7
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