VA expands Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
Program to improve service to Veterans: Hiring effort underway to reduce
counselor-to-caseload ratio
VA Interim CHIO Pulls A Trump, Tweets Resignation From
Cerner Project
Vietnam Veterans of America Calls for the Senate to Pass
H.R. 299, and Rename it the John S.
McCain Blue Water Navy Bill
Remains of Bakersfield naval aviator identified after 52
years of uncertainty
VVMF TO HOST CANDLELIGHT REMEMBRANCE AT THE WALL TO HONOR
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN
With McCain’s Death, Carper Is Senate’s Only Vietnam
Veteran
VA announces $200M in funding for Grant and Per Diem
Program to support homeless Veterans programs nationwide
BENEFEDS is your secure online portal to enroll in
FEDVIP.
In Memory Honor Roll: While their names are not on The
Wall, they are never forgotten. On the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in
Washington, D.C., a special plaque reads: "In Memory of the men and women
who served in the Vietnam War and later died as a result of their service. We
honor and remember their sacrifice."
Bill would make veterans involved in 1966 nuclear cleanup
eligible for benefits
VA Cerner EHR Project CHIO Genevieve Morris resigns:
After just one month on the job, the Morris reportedly stepped down as VA
leadership “intends to take the EHR modernization effort in a different
direction than we were headed."
Former Lockheed Counterintelligence Attorney Jim Byrne
Now Acting Deputy Secretary
VFW Action Corps Weekly
Why being aware of your mortality can be good for you
You're Going to Die, Here's How to Deal With It
The Psychology of Death: Facing up to our own mortality
Focus on living in the present moment: “Life is only
available in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot
live the moments of your life deeply.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
Mystical Experiences Open a 'Door of Perception' in the
Brain
PTSD Spirituality: Are There Esoteric Dimensions to PTSD?
A Radical New Therapy Could Treat the 'Untreatable'
Victims of Trauma
Philadelphia Veterans Advisory Commission
Turn And Face The Strange: GI Bill Changes Are Late To
The Party
New IG Report On Traumatic Brain Injury Throws Thomas
Murphy Under Bus
Diana ‘Dirty D’ Rubens To Sell House For Profit After
$288k Relocation Fraud
About the Vermont Humanities Council
Veterans invited to experience book club
Q and A: Steve Yinger talks veterans book club
War and remembrance
Veterans Book Groups: The Humanities and the Experience
of War
Home Sweet Home: Colorado Springs Voted Best Residential
Area For Veterans
RAO Bulletin 15 September 2018
"Ground-breaking" for POW/MIA Monument to be
held on Sept. 21
Student vet enrollment spikes at Ivy League schools
Commentary: How problem-solving is veterans’ superpower
Schumer calls for more funding, new hires at Veterans
Affairs: The senator, who said there are 175 vacancies at the Northport VA
Medical Center, vowed to fight for an additional $750 million in funding for
the VA during federal budget negotiations this month.
VA implements new fiduciary regulations: Rules provide
additional protections to Veterans and family members
Leader of Center for Veterans Issues in Milwaukee dies
The VVA Veteran Magazine
Former VA secretary Shulkin joins Sanford Health
Shulkin’s New Gig: Former VA Sec Hired On At Sanford
Health
https://www.disabledveterans.org/2018/09/14/shulkins-new-gig-former-va-sec-hired-on-at-sanford-health/
Why Is the US Deporting Protected Vietnamese
Immigrants? A 2008 agreement allowed
Vietnamese who arrived pre-1995 to stay in the U.S. Not anymore.
PTSD in Late Life
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Join TRICARE for September 27 Webinar on New Dental,
Vision Coverage
VFW Action Corps Weekly
Legislative Priorities
National Legislative Service Key Votes
Local Resources
VFW Mental Wellness Campaign
The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing
votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to
the bill (H.R. 5895) making
appropriations for the energy and water development and
related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, submit
the following joint statement to the
House and Senate in explanation of the effect of the
action agreed upon by the managers and
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
US, North Korea resume talks on recovery of war dead
remains
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
announced that returning home with full military honors is Army Master Sgt.
Leonard K. Chinn, 34, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, whose remains were previously
identified, will be buried Sept. 19, 2018, in Silver Creek, Neb. Chinn was
a member of Company D, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division,
when his unit was fighting off persistent Chinese attacks in North Korea. Chinn
was reportedly captured by enemy forces on Dec. 1, 1950, and was held at
several temporary prisoner of war camps before being marched northwest to POW
Camp 5 Complex, North Korea.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Navy Chief Machinist’s Mate Dean S. Sanders, 38, of Lima, Ohio, whose remains were previously identified, will be buried Sept. 19 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Sanders was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Sanders.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Army Sgt. Eugene G. McBride was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. On Jan. 30, 1945, while engaged in an attack against enemy forces near Huppenbroich, Germany, McBride was killed by a blast from an enemy artillery shell. His remains were not identified by American forces after the battle. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Army Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Fitzgerrell was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. On Jan. 30, 1945, while engaged in an attack against enemy forces near Huppenbroich, Germany, Fitzgerrell stepped on an anti-personnel mine and was killed. His remains were not identified by American forces after the battle. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Leonard A. Tyma was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. Tyma died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943, during the first waves of the assault. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Army Pfc. Fred W. Ashley was a member of Troop C, 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Group, on a reconnaissance in the town of Paseka, Czechoslovakia. On May 4, German soldiers attacked Ashley’s platoon. Ashley’s unit reported him missing in action. Following the war, when Ashley was not among the American prisoners liberated from German captivity, the War Department amended his status to killed in action. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Navy Fireman 3rd Class Robert J. Bennett was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Bennett. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Navy Water Tender 2nd Class Clarence M. Lockwood was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Lockwood. Interment services are pending.
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This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Navy Seaman 1st Class James W. Holzhauer was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Holzhauer. Interment services are pending.
This week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that returning home with full military honors is Navy Radioman 3rd Class Bruce H. Ellison was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship sustained multiple torpedo hits and quickly capsized, resulting in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Ellison. Interment services are pending.
Veterans Advisory Commission 6-20-2018
Processing system will speed claims, care, new VA
secretary tells Tampa crowd
JWV of the USA • 2018 Resolutions
Full Metal Racket: How An Honest Bid To Preserve The
Legacy Of Vietnam Sold Out
VA OIG AUGUST 2018 HIGHLIGHTS
Free Legal Help Getting VA Benefits
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Veteran Benefits
The 100th National Convention of The American Legion – in
the city, and even the same area, where the first was held in November 1919 –
called for a celebration of the Legion’s legacy.
VA researchers work to create 3D-printed artificial lung
that may revolutionize treatment of Veterans with lung disease
The Forgotten March
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