Live Whole Health #118: Connecting Mind & Body
session 1
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/102363/live-whole-health-118-connecting-mind-body-session-1/
Meet the Veterans Who Survived the Army's Edgewood
Experiments
Yellowstone Mountain That Honored Army Officer Who Led
Native American Massacre Renamed
How a Race Riot Involving an Army Unit Led to the Largest
Murder Trial in US History
A Long-Forgotten World War II Ranger Will Receive 2
Congressional Gold Medals
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA Maryland
Health Care System in Baltimore
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5153
Financial Efficiency Review of the VA El Paso Healthcare
System in Texas and New Mexico
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5154
Results of Consulting Engagement Related to Selected
Financial Reporting Controls for the Integrated Financial and Acquisition
Management System at the National Cemetery Administration
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5155
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Washington DC
VA Medical Center
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5156
Veteran Benefits: Caregiver Programs and Services
Neo-Nazi Group Plasters VA Hospital with White
Supremacist Propaganda
California to pay $51 million settlement over hostage
killings at Napa veterans home
H.R. 291, Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of
On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General
Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act. This bill requires the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste
treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's
cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA
must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine
the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste
treatment system.01/13/2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans'
Affairs. 02/24/2021 - Referred to the
Subcommittee on Health. 06/22/2022 - Subcommittee
Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/291
H.R.345 - Reproductive Health Information for Veterans
Act. This bill requires the Department
of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion counseling to a veteran who has an unwanted
pregnancy. 01/19/2021 - Referred to the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 03/08/2021
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 06/22/2022 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/345
H.R.963 - FAIR Act of 2022. 02/11/2021 House Referred to the House Committee on the
Judiciary. 04/23/2021 - Referred to the
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law…. 03/17/2022 - On passage Passed by the Yeas
and Nays: 222 - 209 (Roll no. 81). 03/21/2022
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/963
H.R.1216 - Modernizing Veterans’ Health Care Eligibility
Act. This bill establishes the Commission on Eligibility to examine veterans'
eligibility for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The
President must require the VA and other relevant agencies to implement
recommendations set forth by the commission that are feasible, advisable, and
can be implemented without further legislative action. 02/23/2021 - Referred to
the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 04/23/2021 - Referred to the Subcommittee on
Health. 06/22/2022 - Subcommittee
Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1216
H.R.1282 - Major Richard Star Act. This bill provides that combat-disabled
uniformed services retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable service may
concurrently receive, without reduction, veterans' disability compensation and
retired pay or combat-related special compensation. 02/24/2021 - Referred to
the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned. 04/12/2021 - Referred
to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1282
H.R. 1957, Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2021. 03/17/2021 - Referred to the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs. 03/17/2021 - Referred
to the Subcommittee on Health. 06/22/2022
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1957
H.R. 3967 - Honoring our PACT Act of 2021. 06/17/2021 - Referred to the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned. 03/03/2022 – House
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 256 – 174 and Received in the Senate. 06/07/2022 - Cloture on the motion to proceed
to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 – 12. 06/16/2022 - Passed Senate with an amendment
by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 – 14 (Note that Senator Toomey of PA was one of the 14 Nay
votes – he is consistent if nothing else). Message on Senate action sent to the
House. Following the 84-14 Senate vote
on the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address
Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring our PACT Act, the House
discovered a parliamentary procedure issue regarding one of the
provisions in the bill. Since Congress is now in recess, passage of the PACT
Act will be delayed.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967
H. R. 3967 - To improve health care and benefits for
veterans exposed to toxic substances, etc.
The bill must now go back to the House for a vote before it can be sent
to the president for signature.
https://www.veterans.senate.gov/services/files/CA241138-BE7D-4E29-ABBC-6FD4006D434E
Senators Discuss Honoring Our PACT Act I LIVE - Streamed
live on Jun 16, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNRG4Xt_Ni0
Here are the veterans who will benefit from Congress’
sweeping toxic exposure bill
Senate passes historic vote ensuring health care relief
for military veterans exposed to burn pits
Senate OKs enhanced benefits for vets exposed to burn
pits
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-health-asia-middle-east-iraq-dedb87b89f771a6e8417f7d1c5aaf187
H.R.4824 - Stop Copay Overpay Act. This bill prohibits the Department of Defense
(DOD) from charging a covered individual (i.e., individuals enrolled under the
TRICARE program) a co-payment exceeding a certain rate for an outpatient visit
for mental health or behavioral health under the TRICARE program, regardless of
whether the visit is furnished by a specialty care provider. Specifically, the
co-payment amount may not exceed the amount of a co-payment that would be
charged under the TRICARE program for an outpatient visit for primary care
services. 07/29/2021 - Referred to the
House Committee on Armed Services.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4824
H.R.4880 - Veterans’ Prostate Cancer Treatment and
Research Act. 07/30/2021 - Referred to
the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 09/09/2021 - Referred to the Subcommittee on
Health.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4880
H.R. 6273 - VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of
2021. 12/14/2021 - Referred to the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 01/06/2022
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 06/22/2022 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6273
H.R. 6411, Support The Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great
(STRONG) Veterans Act of 2022. 01/18/2022
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 01/20/2022 - Referred to the Subcommittee on
Health. 02/02/2022 - Committee
Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 06/23/2022
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by
voice vote.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6411
H.R.6823 - Elizabeth Dole Home and Community Based
Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act of 2022. 02/25/2022 - Referred to the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs. 03/28/2022 - Referred
to the Subcommittee on Health.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6823
H.R.6865 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. 02/28/2022 - Referred to the House Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure. 03/01/2022
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. 03/29/2022 - On
motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas
and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 46 (Roll no. 85). (text: CR H3901-3919). 03/30/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6865
H.R. 7589, Reduce and Eliminate Mental Health Outpatient
Veteran Copays Act or the REMOVE Copays Act.
04/26/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
05/10/2022 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 06/22/2022 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7589
H.R. 7846 - the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2022. 05/19/2022
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 06/07/2022 - Referred to the Subcommittee on
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7846
S.344 - Major Richard Star Act. This bill allows a veteran with a
combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service to
receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrent with disability
compensation. 02/22/2021 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs. 03/17/2021 - Referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/344
S.2720 - Veterans’ Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
Act. 09/13/2021 - Read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 10/20/2021 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings
held. 12/15/2021 - Committee on
Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be
reported without amendment favorably.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2720
S.3734 - Gold Star Families Day Act. 03/02/2022 - Read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3734
S.3854 - Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act. 03/16/2022 - Referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3854
S. 4223 - the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2022. 05/16/2022
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4223
Statement of Tammy Barlet, Deputy Director, National
Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Before The
United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Subcommittee on Health, With Respect To Pending
Legislation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sent this bulletin at
06/15/2022 05:35 PM EDT
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVA/bulletins/31c505b
VA Weighs Limiting Access to Outside Doctors to Curb
Rising Costs
Spread the Word! Join the DMVA in raising awareness about
scams and involving veteran benefits.
https://pala.org/news/spread-the-word/
RAO Bulletin June 15, 2022
http://veteraninformationlinksasa.com/emos-rao.html
Tips for managing stress
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2022/06/16/tips-for-managing-stress/
4 Veterans and a National Guard Cadet Among Members of
White Supremacist Group Arrested in Idaho
PTSD Screening Day: Knowing is the first step
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104090/ptsd-screening-day-knowing-is-the-first-step/
Women Veterans! Do You Have Health and Benefits
Questions? Ask Questions Now!
AARP launches free online hub to help Veterans fight
fraud
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104658/online-fraud/
Explore employment opportunities for disabled Veterans
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104802/employment-veterans-with-disabilities/
VA telehealth services through the Digital Divide Consult
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104490/va-telehealth-services-through-the-digital-divide-consult/
Find Your Tribe: Navigating PTSD and Moral Injuries
[Rally Point]
https://nationalvmm.org/find-your-tribe-navigating-ptsd-and-moral-injuries-rally-point/
Transition Talks: Sophie Hilaire
https://nationalvmm.org/transition-talks-sophie-hilaire/
NVMM Reads: “Never Call Me a Hero”
https://nationalvmm.org/nvmm-reads-never-call-me-a-hero/
A Summary of Preaward Reviews of VA Federal Supply
Schedule Pharmaceutical Proposals Issued in Fiscal Year 2021
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5158
‘Put me in charge’.
From the op-ed pages of the Waco Tribune-Herald, 2010, written by Alfred
Evans:
https://people.eou.edu/socwelf/readings/week-7/put-me-in-charge/
Fraud Indicators Toolkit and Crime Alerts
PTSD Self-Screen
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/screen/
PTSD Treatment Basics
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand_tx/tx_basics.asp
VFW National Legislative Director Pat Murray testified at
a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing to review VA’s budget request
for fiscal year 2023 and 2024 advance appropriations.
The House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic
Opportunity held a hearing on reducing veteran suicide by addressing economic
risk factors. VFW National Legislative Associate Director Emily DeVito’s
testimony urged VA to use data from veteran education, employment, housing, and
food assistance programs and benefits when studying protective factors for
suicide mitigation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrpGHhreyTY&t=978s
VA Raises PTSD Awareness:
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/awareness/index.asp
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: Army Pfc. Sanford K.
Bowen, 26, of Ashland, Ohio, was assigned to Company I, 157th Infantry
Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Jan. 20,
1945, when Company I and four other companies were engaged in battle with
German forces near Reipertswiller, France. Bowen could not be recovered because
of the ongoing fighting. He will be buried in Shiloh, Ohio, on July 22, 2022.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: Marine Corps Gunnery
Sgt. Arthur B. Summers, 27, of Poplar, Montana, was
assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division,
Fleet Marine Force, which landed against a stiff Japanese resistance on the
small island of Betio in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of
intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed
and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually
annihilated. Summers was reported killed on the fourth day of the battle, Nov.
23, 1943. He will be buried in East Wenatchee, Washington, on a date yet to be
determined.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: Army Tech. Sgt. Ross
H. Thompson, 50, of Maryville, Tennessee, was assigned to the Finance
Department, U.S. Army Forces Far East, when Japanese forces invaded the
Philippine Islands in December 1941. Intense fighting continued until the
surrender of the Bataan peninsula in 1942. Thompson was among those captured
and held at the Cabanatuan POW Camp, where he reportedly died on Dec. 10, 1942,
and was buried. He will be buried in Kent, Washington, on a date yet to be
determined.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that returning home for burial with full military
honors is: Army Staff Sgt. Casimir P. Lobacz, 25, of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, was assigned to Company
E, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. On Sept. 27, 1944, Lobacz’s
unit was part of the ground attack on Fort Driant near Metz, France. He was
reported to have been killed during the first wave of the assault and his body
was unable to be recovered. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Virginia, on a date yet to be determined.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: Army Pvt. Carl G.
Dorsey, 19, was assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 4,
1945, when his unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Grosshau,
Germany. He was declared killed in action Dec. 5, 1945. Interment services are
pending.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: Army Pfc. David N.
Owens, 27, was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion,12th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 22,
1944, when his unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen,
Germany. He was declared killed in action Nov. 23, 1945. Interment services are
pending.
Medal of Honor recipient remembered during transfer
ceremony on Fort Hood: Born Jewish in Hungary, Cpl. Tibor Rubin was a Nazi
prisoner during WWII. American troops freed him, causing him to immigrate to
the U.S. and enlist in the Army.
Conjoined Twin Eng Bunker Drafted During the Civil War
https://civilwarsaga.com/conjoined-twin-eng-bunker-drafted-during-the-civil-war/
Whole Health: Empowering Veterans
https://www.hqafsa.org/uploads/3/8/9/1/38911523/whole_health_vso_communicators_1-5-21.pdf
The Circle of Health
https://www.va.gov/WHOLEHEALTH/circle-of-health/index.asp
Veteran Distance Learning Report
https://www.legion.org/publications/254741/veteran-distance-learning-report
‘Unexplained’ Enigmas of World War II
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/05/unexplained-enigmas-of-world-war-ii/
Innovation revolutionary: Diversity and inclusion at the
point of care
Hunter Girl turns Veteran stories into songs
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104744/hunter-girl-turns-veteran-stories-into-songs/
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Chancellor Alphonso “Pete”
Tzomes
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104704/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-chancellor-alphonso-pete-tzomes/
New Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Veteran Chartbook
Women Veterans! Do You Have Health and Benefits
Questions? Ask Questions Now!
Stop Thanking Vets and Start Listening To Them: An
ex-Marine and National Book Award winner offers advice for how to bind our
post-9/11 wounds.
VA Employee Filmed Beating Patient Suspended Without Pay
Biden to award Medal of Honor to soldiers for valor in
Vietnam War
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver
https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/pslf-limited-waiver
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: -- Army Pvt. John
P. Cooper, 37, was assigned to Company B, 778th Tank Battalion, as a
crewmember of a M4 Sherman tank. On March 7, 1945, while his unit was engaged
in battle with German forces near Lampaden, Germany, his tank was struck by an
enemy rocket. Witnesses saw Cooper escape the tank but never saw or heard from
him again, and he was initially declared missing in action. With no evidence he
survived, the War Department issued a presumptive finding of death on March 8,
1946. Interment services are pending. Read about
Cooper.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: -- Army Sgt.
Garland W. Collier, 21, was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd
Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In the
fall of 1944, he was reported killed in action during Operation Market Garden
when his unit was attacked by German forces near Opheusden, Netherlands.
Following the war his remains could not be recovered. Interment services are pending. Read about
Collier.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that
returning home for burial with full military honors is: -- Army Air Force
Staff Sgt. Roy Carney, 20, was assigned to the 345th Bombardment Squadron,
98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft
on which Carney was a gunner crashed as a result of anti-aircraft fire during
Operation Tidal Wave. Following the war, his remains could not be identified.
Interment services are pending. Read about
Carney.
Reviewing President Biden’s Strategy to Reduce Veteran
Suicide by Addressing Economic Risk Factors - Streamed live on Jun 15, 2022
The House Veterans Affairs
Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing to review
President Biden's strategy to reduce veteran suicide by addressing economic
risk factors. Increasingly, the public health approach to suicide prevention in
the U.S. has widened to address a person's entire set of circumstances, beyond
simply looking at it as a mental health issue.
Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Levin
(Calif.) cited recent research showing that directly addressing food insecurity
can decrease suicidal ideation. Another study reveals that raising the minimum
wage by $1 can decrease the suicide rate across a population. Veterans with
legal problems are at an elevated risk of suicide, but research examining these
issues has been limited.
Subcommittee ranking member Rep.
Moore (Ala.) said stressors on all Americans are growing, and veterans are not
immune. The suicide rate among veterans in his state is higher than the rest of
the country, and significantly higher than among civilians. The Alabama
Department of Veterans Affairs created a talent initiative to combat the stigma
related to mental health needs. They provided information about obtaining help,
as well as employment opportunities through things such as job fairs.
He called upon the VA and other
agencies to re-examine every economic program they administer to ensure they
are meeting veterans' needs in a time of rising inflation. He expressed
disappointment that the written testimony submitted by witnesses simply
regurgitated the programs currently offered. He wants hard evidence that these
programs are actually reducing rates of suicide. Moore called for reducing the
stigma against asking for mental health care and help. "It is really okay
not to be okay," he said.
The FRA supports improvements of
VA and Defense Department suicide prevention programs to reduce the rate of
suicide among veterans and active-duty service members. The Department of Veterans Affairs recently
released its 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report. The report
shows a decrease from 2018 to 2019 in the total number of veteran suicide
deaths (6 percent) and a decrease in the rate of veteran suicides.
Specifically, the VA reported that there were 6,261 veteran suicide deaths in
2019 - 399 fewer than in 2018. Of the 17 veterans who died by suicide per day
on average in 2019, approximately ten of them had no recent interaction with
the VA health care system. The data also revealed that the female veteran
suicide rate decreased by almost 13 percent, which is the largest rate decrease
for female veterans in 17 years.
Veterans ages 18 to 34
experience a higher rate of suicide than all other age brackets of veterans.
The suicide rate for young veterans increased by 76 percent from 2005 to 2017,
according to the Department of Veterans Affairs' 2020 National Veteran Suicide
Prevention Annual Report. A growing number of these veterans never experienced
combat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrpGHhreyTY
VA Secretary press conference, Wednesday, June 22, 2022 -
Streamed live on Jun 22, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zssja59vIY8
VA to suspend all caregiver reassessments amid concerns
about program rules
VA launches Pathfinder website to streamline
opportunities to sell to or innovate with VA
Opening the Door: Talking about your trauma story
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104273/opening-the-door-talking-about-your-trauma-story/
Nine new cancers added to the presumed service-connected
list related to particulate matter
To see a full listing of employment opportunities, visit
the DMVA Employment page.
https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Documents/VC_Jobs.ASPX
DMVA Digest - June 15, 2022: A publication of the
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
https://maestro.pa.gov/list/k3hdw2n4/220524D/92gjye1ngjjv.vib?a0=13180
DMVA Grateful For Every Nursing Assistant Working
Tirelessly In Agency’s Six Veterans Homes
https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Military-and-Veteran-Affairs-Details.aspx?newsid=554
Residents, Family Members And Staff Celebrated During
Veterans Homes Week June 12-18
https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/military-and-veteran-affairs-details.aspx?newsid=553
Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly
Habitat To Be Offered At Fort Indiantown Gap
https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/military-and-veteran-affairs-details.aspx?newsid=552
Hometown Hero: Dauphin County Anglers
https://www.abc27.com/community/hometown-hero/hometown-hero-dauphin-county-anglers/
Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner
Lithuania
Pennsylvania Veterans Registry
DMVA Digest - June 22, 2022: A publication of the
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
https://maestro.pa.gov/list/k3hdw2n4/220526B/9wll60py2qky.vib?a0=20642
Reach your full potential in the workplace with
Department of Labor training, workshops
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104883/reach-your-full-potential-in-workplace-labor-training-workshops/
Hollidaysburg veteran to be honored through veteran
suicide awareness event
Explorers Find WWII Navy Destroyer, Deepest Wreck
Discovered
Covid Health Protection Levels, Leaving Tobacco Behind,
and Veteran of the Day | The BLUF - Premiered Jun 29, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWCp49yYSY
DMVA Digest - June 29, 2022: A publication of the
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
https://maestro.pa.gov/list/k3hdw2n4/220623C/d2r3ftd1lsd3.vib?a0=13510
Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient, Hershel
‘Woody’ Williams, dies at 98
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-06-29/medal-of-honor-wwii-williams-6498151.html
WEST VIRGINIA MEMORIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HERSHEL “WOODY”
WILLIAMS, AMERICA’S LAST WWII MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT: Williams to Lie In
State on Saturday & Sunday; Memorial Service to be held on Sunday and
broadcast live on WV Public Broadcasting
VVA National Leadership Conference
President Biden to award four Soldiers the Medal of Honor
https://www.army.mil/article/257979/president_biden_to_award_four_soldiers_the_medal_of_honor
Overdue veterans disability claims down almost a quarter
in last four months
Senators Spike a Plan to Close Hundreds of VA Facilities
and Displace Thousands of Workers: The bipartisan group won't allow votes on
nominees to serve on a controversial commission.
Senators vow to block VA’s hospital closure commission
Leader profile: Sterling Akins is dedicated to diversity
at VA
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104925/leader-profile-sterling-akins-is-dedicated-to-diversity-at-va/
Live Whole Health #127: Connecting Mind and Body Session
3: Sensation of grounding
More benefits claims support available to Native American
Veterans
Bill to improve VA electronic health records transparency
signed into law
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-06-27/va-electronic-health-records-law-6475369.html
Outreach events: VA benefits can help Veterans and their
families buy homes, earn degrees, start careers, stay healthy, and more. Join
an event for conversation and information.
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/
This Pride Month, VA is proud of all LGBTQ+ Veterans
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104780/this-pride-month-va-is-proud-of-all-lgbtq-veterans/
VR5 | Team RWB - Jun 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u49uHvRliYg
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Robert William Patterson
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104693/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-robert-william-patterson/
Podcast: Ending Veteran homelessness
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104775/podcast-ending-veteran-homelessness/
“It’s Scary as Hell”—PFAS Exposure a “Widespread” Problem
for Troops, Families Nationwide
https://thewarhorse.org/military-poisoned-by-pfas-chemicals-no-cleanup-plan-yet/
Are overseas retirees about to lose military postal
privileges? Despite some official
statements that it is happening, a final decision is up in the air
Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers
https://vva.org/news/parkinsons-disease-research-education-and-clinical-centers/
The Covert Vietnam War Misty Experiment Documentary
https://vva.org/arts-of-war/the-covert-vietnam-war-misty-experiment-documentary/
Hallelujah Veterans
https://biggeekdad.com/2018/11/hallelujah-veterans/
PHOTO GALLERY: DON ANDERSON’S VIETNAM PHOTOS
https://vva.org/photo-gallery-don-andersons-vietnam-photos/
Fresh Focus “Heart to Home” episodes: #61-63
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104952/fresh-focus-heart-to-home-episodes-61-63/
VA dedicates new columbarium at Crown Hill National
Cemetery, reopening after six decades
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5805
RAO Bulletin July 1, 2022
http://veteraninformationlinksasa.com/emos-rao.html
VA’s Million Veteran Program is using genetic, health,
and lifestyle data collected from over 875,000 Veterans to support researchers’
quest for answers. You can help by joining today.
Height may be risk factor for multiple health conditions
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105153/height-may-be-risk-factor-for-multiple-health-conditions/
Kansas City VA annual Salute to Women Veterans
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104861/kansas-city-va-annual-salute-to-women-veterans/
Celebrate Independence Day with VA Careers
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105038/celebrate-independence-day-with-va-careers/
Teams working to care for Veterans exposed to burn pits
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104959/teams-working-to-care-for-veterans-exposed-to-burn-pits/
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William Gabbard
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105065/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-william-gabbard/
Blind Veteran grateful to Houston VA Low Vision Clinic
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104948/blind-veteran-grateful-to-houston-va-low-vision-clinic/
FRA 2022 Northeast/New England Convention. 16-17 September 2022. Hosted by Branch 115, Lehigh Valley Black
Diamond.
https://www.fra.org/fra/web/ViewEventListingbyeventid.aspx?eventid=320
Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
https://www.ddap.pa.gov/pages/default.aspx
FIND TREATMENT call 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
https://apps.ddap.pa.gov/gethelpnow/
Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an overdose
caused by an opioid drug (i.e. prescription pain medication or heroin). When administered during an overdose,
naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and restores breathing
within two to eight minutes.
https://www.ddap.pa.gov/overdose/pages/naloxone_reversal.aspx
Just Five is an online, self-paced, mobile enabled
program focusing on increasing awareness, reducing stigma, and sharing
information about addiction prevention and treatment.
Pharmacists’ Practices Delayed Buprenorphine Refills for
Patients with Opioid Use Disorder at the New Mexico VA Health Care System in
Albuquerque
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5160
Review of VA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity
Information Act for Fiscal Year 2021
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5161
Failure of Leaders to Address Safety, Staffing, and
Environment of Care Concerns at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Alabama
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5162
VA Medical Facilities Took Steps to Safeguard
Refrigerated Pharmaceuticals but Could Further Reduce the Risk of Loss
https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5163
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(CFBNP) – Upcoming Webinars
Overview of VBA
Benefits, WED, July 6, 2022, 12 p.m. EDT
Click here to Register for this Webinar
HUD VASH and Geriatrics and Extended Care Collaborative
Partnership, TUE, July 12, 2022, 1 p.m. EDT
Click here to Register for this Webinar
VA S.A.V.E.
Suicide Prevention Training, TUE, July 19, 2022, 1 p.m. EDT
Click here to Register for this Webinar
https://www.va.gov/CFBNP/calendarCFBNP.asp
Helping Veterans with migraines and headaches
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104790/helping-veterans-with-migraines-and-headaches/
Mobile apps giving Veterans more control over their
health
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104844/mobile-apps-giving-veterans-more-control-over-their-health/
You Asked, We Answered: Staying up to date with COVID-19
booster doses
Veterans in their 80s stay active with home exercise
program
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104942/veterans-in-their-80s-stay-active-with-home-exercise-program/
VA develops national standards for health care
professionals
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5803
VA expands live donor care and support
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5804
America250: Navy Veteran John William Finn
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/98732/america250-navy-veteran-john-william-finn/
David Petteys: A hero of “Marine Helo”
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104498/david-petteys-a-hero-of-marine-helo/
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Eugene George Fairfax
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104685/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-eugene-george-fairfax/
#VADidThat: Caring for Veterans’ Whole Health
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104811/vadidthat-caring-for-veterans-whole-health/
Veteran Jobs
Project Manager, Finance - Remote
Production Scheduler -
Houston
Electrical Assembly Mechanic - Woodinville, WA
Senior Cybersecurity
Engineer - Beverly Hills and NYC
Trade Compliance Manager -
Rockledge, FL
Mechanical Engineer, Multiple Roles - Nationwide
MFE Inspection Solutions -
Assistant Equipment Technician - GA
Skookum - Warehouse
Specialist - WA
Frontier Adjusters Inc - Licensed
Independent Adjusters - WA
Marketing Operations Associate - Austin, TX
Change your address in your VA.gov profile
https://www.va.gov/change-address/
Standing Ready: Examine the past, present and future of
VA innovation
#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Donna Marie Hortop
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105070/veteranoftheday-air-force-veteran-donna-marie-hortop/
100-yr-old WWII vet weeps: ‘Our country is going to hell
in a handbasket…the things we fought for, and the boys that died for it, it’s
all going down the drain’
Combat veteran and his wife help others fight PTSD — and
find healing and hope: Tom Satterly, a highly decorated combat veteran, and his
wife, Jen Satterly, assist others with fierce focus
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/combat-veteran-wife-ptsd-strength
‘Magic mushrooms’ for therapy? Vets help sway
conservatives
https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/magic-mushrooms-for-therapy-vets-help-sway-conservatives/
Center for Women Veterans Book Corner, July: Army Veteran
Tanya R. Whitney
PBS’ A Capitol Fourth will be broadcasting live from
Washington, D.C. on July 4
A Capitol Fourth 2022 | PBS - Streamed live Jul 4, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfo8fty6qc0
Veteran carves special “sign” of thanks for Houston VA
cardiologists
From Homelessness to good jobs: DoL’s Homeless Veterans’
Reintegration Program changes lives
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran William R. Charette
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105072/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-william-r-charette/
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