Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Veterans related links 061417




The most decorated US WWI veteran from Texas was actually a Mexican immigrant


 

President Donald J. Trump Visits VA, Signs VA accountability executive order, Secretary Shulkin makes new key announcements


 

President Donald J. Trump visits VA and signs executive order ‘Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs’: Secretary Shulkin makes key announcements to reduce red tape, fraud and improve Veteran services


 

VA partners with Department of Energy on big-data initiative to improve health care for Veterans


 

VA and Warrior Care Network team up for Brain Trust 2017


 

VA resources meet unique needs of at-risk or homeless women Veterans


 

American Legion invites veterans to share VA experiences at Washington, D.C. town hall meeting


 

Trump Signs EO to Make It Easier to Fire Non-Performing VA Employees


 

VA Recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month With Promotion of ‘Use Your Voice’ Awareness Program to Urge Veterans to Speak Up About Mental Illness


 

Department Of Energy To Analyze Valuable Veterans’ Health Records?


 

Shulkin Says Get Rid Of VA Optometry, There Is A ‘LensCrafters On Every Corner’


 

BREAKING: Secretary Of Veterans Affairs May Close Over 1,100 VA Facilities


 

Leaving College, Going to War


 

Sharon Helman Wins At Federal Circuit, Accountability Law Unconstitutional


 

‘Tone Deaf’ Veterans Affairs To Serve Up Ice Cream For Employee Recognition


 

Report: Veteran’s Benefits and Programs in Pennsylvania


 

Corrine Brown Convicted Of 18 Charges Including Fraud And Lying On Tax Forms


 

Save the date: National Memorial Day Concert to honor America’s Veterans on May 28


 

VA wants to make telehealth part of its day-to-day business, but says state licensing laws stand in the way


 

VA whistle-blower’s retaliation claims spur action from Congress


 

Live On Stand For Truth Radio With Susan Knowles


 

Secretary David Shulkin Announces Establishment of Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection and Names Peter O’Rourke as its Senior Advisor and Executive Director


 

Statement by VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin on introduction of S. 1094, the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017


 

Is RimaAnn Nelson Unable To Hack It At Phoenix VA? A New Job Posting May Indicate ‘YES’


 

VA Hosts Annual Brain Trust Event in Boston: Announces New Strategic Partnerships to Advance Solutions for TBI and PTSD


 

VA Announces Contract Award for Program for a ‘Faster Care’ Mobile App for Veterans to Schedule Medical Appointments


 

Governor Wolf Announces ‘Troops to Teachers' Grant Program


 

Air Force Veteran encourages the rediscovering of Memorial Day’s true meaning


 

WWII Veteran’s story published nearly 60 years after his death: 'My American Odyssey' is about an ordinary man called upon by his country to do an extraordinary thing


 

Does Attack On ‘Official Time’ Really Harm Veterans As AFGE Claims?


 

Veterans Affairs Awards $19 Million Contract To DSS For Mobile App


 

VA Earns Top Honors for Environmental Sustainability in Health Care


 

VA’s Lead Geriatrician to Receive Top Award and Deliver Lecture at Annual Meeting


 

VA warns that scammers are trying to take advantage of Choice Program users


 

AFGE Union President Cox Complains To Senate About Accountability


 

Governor Wolf Announces ‘Troops to Teachers’ Grant Program


 

Chow Time? Veterans Affairs Serving Dangerously Raw, Expired Food To Veterans


 

VocRehab: Attorney Chris Attig Interviews Guru Benjamin Krause


 

In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace


 

New study offers hope in targeting focusing, emotional control problems in vets with PTSD


 

VVA Calls on Trump to Save PTSD Veterans with Bad Paper


 

Senators Introduce Legislation to Make Preventive Health Care More Affordable for Vets: 'The VFW urges Congress to pass S. 1161 ... and remove unnecessary barriers to health care for our nation’s veterans'


 

Supreme Court Clarifies Property Rights in Military Divorce Settlements: VFW has long advocated for clarity and consistency of the law


 

Pending Health and Benefits Legislation Hearing May 17, 2017


 

Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Office of Healthcare Inspections Report No. 16-03808-215 on Suicide Prevention


 

Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Are Considered in Misconduct Separations


 

For Veterans with arthritis, VA offers a variety of treatment


 

Women Veterans: Help for Postpartum Depression


 

Teach For America offers vets a second chance at public service


 

Ready To Stop Bad Faith Insurance Denials Of Non-VA Emergency Bills?


 

Statement by VA Secretary Shulkin in Support of Senate Accountability Bill


 

Care and Benefits for Veterans Strengthened by $186.5 Billion VA Budget


 

Terry Williamson wants to remember the sacrifice of the families of those still missing by building a POW/MIA Monument on the south side of the grounds at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Penns Landing.  Pitch in here:


 

Disabled Elderly Veterans Thrown Under Bus, DAV, Legion Silent On Cut Proposal, AMVETS Speaks Out


 

VVA Strongly Opposes Abandoning of Severely Disabled Veterans, Asks Young Vets for Support



 

Hines VA Hospital – Proudly Feeding Cockroaches To Vets Since 2011


 

VA IT Still Really Bad Says VA OIG, Veteran Finance Data At Risk


 

June is PTSD Awareness Month, PTSD Monthly Update - June 2016


 

Leading Veterans Groups Respond to VA Budget for Fiscal Years 2018-19


 

THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND FISCAL YEAR 2019


 

The Independent Budget


 

Vet Groups Warn Hill Not to Act on Aging of ‘IU’ Claimants


 

Notoriously Corrupt VA Director Gets Hired Back At Veterans Affairs


 

Secretary Shulkin Delivers His First ‘State of the VA’ Address


 

The ‘State of VA’: We’re making VA into an organization Veterans deserve; Rolling Thunder rides for POWs, MIAs - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sent this bulletin at 06/02/2017 09:45 AM EDT


 

The White House's promised veterans complaint line goes live today


 

State of VA briefing by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David Shulkin: If you missed the briefing, here is the link to the blogpost with full video (42 minutes): http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/38482/secretary-shulkin-state-va-making-va-organization-veterans-deserve/

 

Link to the State of VA fact sheet:


 

Trump's big VA budget request comes with proposed trims to veterans benefits


 

Elderly Vets Could Face Benefits Cut Under Trump Budget


 

AMVETS Deeply Concerned by President’s Proposed Cuts to Veteran Benefits


 

Budget Calls for Cuts to VA Programs as Tradeoff for Extending Choice


 

VA appeals reform bill strips due process from veterans


 

Health IT Publisher Recognizes 11 Innovative VA Programs


 

Electronic Health Records: VA Sec Says Agency To Use Common Sense Fix


 

VA Launches Physician Ambassador Program: Department partners with volunteer medical professionals to improve care


 

PVA “Cautiously Optimistic” on New VA Patient Record System


 

Press Briefing with VA Secretary David J. Shulkin, MD


 

The American Veteran – Episode #1102


 

Donating to Pennsylvania’s Veterans Memorial is an Ideal Way to Pay Tribute to Those Who Served During the Memorial Day Holiday


 

Campaign urging Pittsburgh employers to hire vets


 

Harrisburg Habitat Searches for Veterans for Home


 

Hospice of Central Pennsylvania seeks military veteran volunteers


 

National Guard association sets benefits education event: Information on obtaining DD214, family assistance and more available


 

Restored Vietnam Huey Headlines FatherFest 2017


 

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has partnered with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) to combat some common life stressors that often times get in the way of a Veteran’s ability to receive their VA care.


 

Help us help America’s bravest men and women serve our country a second time—by feeding it.


 

PTSD: National Center for PTSD


 

MOVE! Weight Management Program


 

LVMAC News — Information Technology and Selected Impacts on Veterans


 

Veteran Outreach Toolkit: Preventing Veteran Suicide Is Everyone’s Business


 

She Who Borne The Battle Report June 9, 2017


 

Law School Opens Door To Qualified Veterans, Free Law Degree


 

Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community


 

National dialogue begins at Arlington National Cemetery


 

Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA’s Efforts to Promote Wellness and Healing https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=1769

 

Improving the Quality and Timeliness of GI Bill Processing for Student Veterans


 

Marine Corps Pfc. Larry R. Roberts, 18, of Damascus, Arkansas, will be buried June 14, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. Roberts was assigned to Special Weapons Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force. Roberts' unit landed on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 20, 1943. After five days of intense battle against the Japanese, Roberts was declared killed in action on Nov. 25, 1943.


 

Navy Cmdr. Charles B. Goodwin was an RF-8A pilot, assigned to Detachment D, VPF-63, CVW-15. On Sept. 8, 1965, Goodwin took off from the USS Coral Sea on a combat photo mission over North Vietnam. Fifteen minutes later, Goodwin radioed that he had encountered thunderstorms en route to the target area. No other transmissions were received from Goodwin and, after unsuccessful searches over the target area and adjacent coastal waters, Goodwin was declared missing in action. Interment services are pending.


 

Air Force Reserve Capt. Joseph Smith was an F-100D pilot. During a combat mission over Cambodia, Smith’s wingman noticed a stream of white vapor coming from the left wing of Smith’s aircraft. Smith crashed a half-mile from the target. An aerial search was conducted the following day, but a recovery operation was ruled out due to intense enemy activity in the area. Smith was listed as missing in action as of April 4, 1971. Interment services are pending.


 

Furious Veterans Ran This Brilliant Ad On Fox News To Make Sure Trump Saw It

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