White House Chief of Staff Contradicts White House Claim
on VA Shakeup: John Kelly told veterans groups last week that President Trump
decided to remove VA secretary David Shulkin, despite the administration’s
insistence that Shulkin resigned. The dispute could have legal implications for
VA policies.
She Who Borne the Battle: IAVA’s Campaign to Fully
Recognize and Improve Services for Women Veterans
"Prescribed to Death" opioid memorial raises
awareness of prescription drug crisis
Leaked Anthrax Vaccine Memo Likely Authentic: The
validity of a leaked memo about bad anthrax vaccine batches was confirmed as
likely valid following analysis by a leading attorney in the field despite
bureaucratic assertions saying the document was a "fake" and a
"scam."
VA Updates and Improves Assistance Program for
Transitioning Service Members
VA Takes Decisive Actions to Move off GAO High-Risk List
For-Profit College Owner Guilty In Bribery Scheme: The
owner of Atius Technology Institute pled guilty to charges of bribery where a
Voc Rehab counselor accepted kickbacks for steering disabled veterans into the
college for retraining. The scheme earned Atius over $2 million in tuition and
fee payments from VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment.
Legendary Special Forces veteran 'Iron Mike' has died
Central Bucks Family YMCA is proud to offer the Veterans
Pathway Program.
Central Bucks Family YMCA
Lower Bucks Family YMCA VETERANS WELLNESS PROGRAM
Lower Bucks Family YMCA
Anthrax Vaccine: Five Things You Need To Know About The
Leaked Army Memo. While the Army has
finally retracted its leaked memo, the agency's assertion that the memo is
false warrants an evaluation of what we know to be true about the memo itself.
Whenever Army asserts something is false, the American public must engage in
intellectual self-defense to discern precisely what is known and what
information we still need to know.
Trump Could Feed Every Homeless Veteran for the Cost of
His Military Parade, Even Conservatively Estimated
Statement by VA Acting Secretary Robert Wilkie -
Congressional Action on Veterans Choice Program
Are The Big Six In Trouble? Dr. Ronny Jackson Is Out,
Jeff Miller May Be In
Trump VA Nominee Allegedly Got Drunk Overseas, Yawn: CNN
is making hay over unsubstantiated allegations leveled by unnamed
whistleblowers about RADM Ronny Jackson and whether he was intoxicated while
overseas in 2015. Of all the news stations, CNN has published a multitude of
articles about the allegations without providing much of substance beyond
respinning of previously published information.
TIME Lists VA Doctor In World’s Top 100 Most Influential
People
Veterans Choice Program Funding Almost Out
Will Trump’s Next Pick For VA Secretary Have Their Career
Ruined, Too? With the existing problems
within VA, and the existing political climate surrounding all Trump's nominees
for Cabinet, can America expect a quality candidate to run the agency?
Attached is the updated VISN 4 fact sheet for your use
and dissemination
Million Veteran Program (MVP)
Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study
Social Media Blows Up Over Filthy VA Examination Room:
One veteran's father kicked VA in the teeth when he posted pictures of a filthy
examination room at Salt Lake City VA. Using Twitter, the concerned dad really
took the agency to take, and more veterans should expose the agency's dark
side.
Statement by Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie - Chris
Wilson Fox & Friends Interview
RAO Bulletin Update 01 May 2018
4 things you didn't know about Agent Orange
Big & Rich - 8th Of November [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Former UPS Employee Allegedly Stole Painkillers Intended
For Veterans
‘Some Men Never Came Back’: The second-longest-held
American prisoner of war—and the first Vietnam War inmate at the “Hanoi
Hilton”—talks about deprivation, torture and the will to outlast his captors.
Trump May Pick 40-Year VA Insider To Run Veterans Health
Administration
RAND Study Says VA Healthcare As Good Or Better Than
Private Sector, Again; Should We Believe Them? Is the newest RAND study merely
another iteration of the stonewall-and-spin VA propaganda machine trying to
convince the public that all is well within the agency and that veterans are
a-okay?
‘Who the hell is this person?’ Trump’s Mar-a-Lago pal
stymies VA project: The intercession of a well-connected Florida doctor
infuriated those overseeing the $16B contract.
VVA Calls for More Action on Military Base Toxic
Exposures
Field work begins to look into possible Agent Orange use
White House poised for more chaos over Veterans Affairs
pick
National Nurses Week
Honor our military and civilian nurses at the 2018
National Nurses Week Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on
Monday, May 7
Mental Health Month
Mental Health Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
CMS opens Medicare evidence-based diabetes prevention
services model to community healthcare organizations: Providers that earn
CDC-certification for type 2 diabetes prevention can earn payments for treating
patients that might not otherwise be screened.
VFW Rallies Support for VA MISSION Act of 2018: On May 3,
2018, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Phil Roe, M.D., introduced
H.R. 5674, the VA MISSION Act of 2018, which is the culmination of hard work by
members of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs to consolidate
and improve VA’s Choice Program, improve VA’s ability to hire high-quality
health care professionals, expand caregiver benefits to pre-9/11 veterans, and
establish a process to evaluate and improve VA buildings to better serve
veterans. “VFW members around the country have made it clear that the VA health
care system must be improved, not dismantled,” said Keith Harman, national
commander of the 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and
its Auxiliary. “This agreement strikes a balance between improving access to VA
doctors and leveraging the capabilities of the private sector when VA is unable
to meet veterans’ health care needs.” The VFW calls on its members and
supporters to contact their members of Congress and urge them to cosponsor and
swiftly pass this important legislation.
THE VA MISSION ACT OF 2018 (VA Maintaining Systems and Strengthening
Integrated Outside Networks Act); Title I - the Caring For Our Veterans Act of
2018
VFW-supported Bill to Revamp TAP Program: During the week
ending May 4, 2018, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on
Economic Opportunity Jodey Arrington introduced a bill that would revamp the
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) by requiring service members to choose a
track that would better prepare them for civilian life. The current curriculum
sends all service members through the same training regardless of their future
plans. With this change, troops would be able to choose classes that best
prepare them for either education, entrepreneurship or technical training. VA
benefits briefings and general employment preparation would still be included
in the week-long course. Chairman Arrington is passionate about stemming
unemployment, homelessness and suicide prevention among veterans, and he sees a
positive transition as the first step in eliminating those problems. The VFW
applauds his passion to help veterans, and will continue to work with him and
his staff to ensure this bill becomes law.
Congress Hosts Panel Discussion on Women Veterans: VFW
National Legislative Service Associate Director Kayda Keleher participated in a
panel discussion with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, alongside other
VSOs, VA, congressional staff and researchers working to improve the quality of
life for women veterans. The panel, which was moderated by Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dee
McWilliams, president of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Foundation, discussed issues faced by women veterans regarding health care,
benefits, transition from military service and social stigmas. Learn more about
what the VFW is doing for women veterans.
V-E Day Commemoration: Visitors to Washington, D.C., next
week are invited to the National World War II Memorial on Tuesday, May 8, for
an 11 a.m. ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe.
As part of the commemoration, WWII veterans will place wreaths at the
memorial's Freedom Wall in remembrance of the more than 400,000 Americans and
60 million people killed worldwide during the deadliest military conflict in
human history. Street and handicap parking are extremely limited, and the two
closest Metro stations (Smithsonian and Federal Triangle) are about a half-mile
away, but taxis are plentiful.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Marine Corps Reserve 1st Sgt. David H. Quinn, 24, of Temple,
N.H., whose identification was previously announced, will be buried May 5 in
his hometown. Quinn was assigned to Company C, 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion
(C-2d Amp Tr Bn), 2nd Marine Division. On Nov. 20, 1943, Quinn’s unit landed on
the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll against stiff Japanese
resistance. Quinn was killed on the second day of the battle, one of
approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors killed in the intense fighting.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Marine Corps Reserve Cpl Raymond A. Barker, 22, of Evanston,
Ill., whose identification was previously announced, will be buried May 5 in
Delavan, Wis. Barker was assigned to Company C, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division. On Nov. 20, 1943, Barker's unit landed on the small island of Betio
in the Tarawa Atoll against stiff Japanese resistance. Barker was killed on the
first day of the battle, one of approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors killed
in the intense fighting.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Marine Corps Pfc. Harold V. Thomas, 21, of Columbus, Ohio,
whose identification was previously announced, will be buried May 7 in
Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C. Thomas was a member of
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Thomas’s
unit was one of those tasked with securing the small island of Betio in the
Tarawa Atoll. Encountering fierce resistance by the Japanese, almost 1,000
Marines and sailors were killed and another 1,000 were wounded in the battle.
Thomas was killed on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Army Pfc. Billy R. Ball, 20, of Matthews, Mo., whose
identification was previously announced, will be buried May 4 in St. Louis.
Ball was a member of Headquarters Detachment Philippines Department, when
Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands on Dec. 8, 1941. After months of intense fighting, Corregidor
fell and American forces surrendered on May 6, 1942. Ball was one of the
thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members taken prisoner and eventually
moved to Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during
the remaining years of the war. According to prisoner records, Ball died on
Sept. 28, 1942, and was buried along with fellow prisoners in the local
Cabanatuan camp cemetery.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Army Cpl. Terrell J. Fuller was a member of Company D, 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting Republic
of Korea Army attacks against units of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces in
an area known as the Central Corridor in South Korea. After enduring sustained
enemy attacks, the American units withdrew to Wonju, South Korea. It was during
this withdrawal that Fuller was reported missing as of Feb. 12, 1951. Interment
services are pending.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Army Sgt. 1st Class Rufus L. Ketchum was a member of Medical
Detachment, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th
Infantry Division. In late November 1950, his unit was assembled with South
Korean soldiers in the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT) on the east side of
the Chosin River, North Korea, when his unit was attacked by Chinese forces.
Ketchum was among more than 1,000 members of the RCT killed or captured in
enemy territory and was declared missing on Dec. 6, 1950. Interment services
are pending.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Army Pfc. Oscar E. Sappington was a member of 3rd Platoon,
Company C, 1st Battalion, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. On
Jan. 10, 1945, the 309th Infantry launched a number of attacks in the Hürtgen
Forest of Germany. At some point during the two days of action, Sappington
stepped on a landmine. Though he was mortally wounded, no soldiers from his
unit could reach him during the vicious fighting to render aid or confirm his
death. He was reported missing in action as of Jan. 11, 1945. Interment
services are pending.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Army Pvt. Kenneth D. Farris was assigned to Company B, 22nd
Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On Nov. 28, 1944, Farris was wounded
by artillery and left the front line for the battalion aid station. His
regiment remained in combat for several more days, reaching the outskirts of
Gey, Germany, before being pulled off the front line. When officers took an
accounting of the surviving Company B soldiers, Farris could not be found.
Interment services are pending.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced
identification and burial update and returning home for burial with full
military honors is Marine Corps Pfc. William F. Cavin was assigned to Company
F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
On Nov. 19, 1943, Cavin’s unit landed on the small island of Betio in the
Tarawa Atoll against stiff Japanese resistance. Cavin was killed on the first
day of the battle, one of approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors killed in the
intense fighting. Interment services are pending.
VA Offers Early Participation in a Faster New Claims
Decision Review Process
Statement by Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie – Chris
Wilson Fox & Friends Interview
VA Introduces New Feature That Allows Veterans to
Securely Access Medical Images Online
VA Video Connect Expands Veterans’ Access to Health Care
Statement by VA Acting Secretary Robert Wilkie –
Congressional Action on Veterans Choice Program
Statement by VA press secretary Curt Cashour on VA’s near-term
priorities under Acting Secretary Robert Wilkie
VA’s Dr. Ann McKee Recognized for Her Concussion Research
on TIME’S List of 100 Most Influential People
VSO Letter Supporting VA MISSION Act of 2018
Op Eagle Memorial Day Events
Audit: VA Spends $1.9 Billion On Annual Research, Earns
Only $316k In Royalties. The Department
of Veterans Affairs has a horrific track record of managing its own resources,
and apparently that is not limited to how it awards disability benefits. Here,
VA ROI for research is dismal, spending $1.9 billion for a paltry $316,000 in
annual royalties.
Delaware Valley Veterans Consortium
Fox Business guest says torture is effective because it
worked on 'Songbird' John McCain
‘It’s a circus’: Veterans advocate tells CNN he wouldn’t
be shocked if Trump appointed Kanye to run the VA
Ding Dong Thomas Murphy Is Demoted Following IG Report
Release
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/05/11/ding-dong-thomas-murphy-is-demoted-ig-report/?inf_contact_key=0a7af23dfdb315ce56511bd0f1ccfb097eaa1a531098d06db2b2a0445fe3edd4
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