The changing face of America’s veteran population
VA Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Veterans'
Personal Information
How Two Incredible Women Declared War on the Makers of
Agent Orange Sprayed All Over Vietnam and the U.S.
VA plans expansion of benefits for disability claims for
conditions related to certain toxic exposures
New evaluation process to be applied in identifying
future presumptive conditions
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5675
BREAKING: VA plans expansion of benefits for disability
claims for conditions related to certain toxic exposures. New evaluation process to be applied in
identifying future presumptive condition
Secretary McDonough: On the Tulsa Massacre, we remember
LGBT Veterans describe VA care, provide advice for others
Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Scheme Designed
to Fraudulently Obtain GI Bill Funds from the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs
Pathology Oversight Failures at the Veterans Health Care
System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-18-02496-157.pdf
Michael O'Donnell: A poet, a poem and Vietnam ...
Book excerpt: ‘X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos on
World War II’
Have questions before you get your COVID-19 vaccine?
https://www.va.gov/initiatives/have-questions-before-you-get-your-covid-19-vaccine/
John Laszik Jr. Obituary
We invite you to learn more about other Memorial Day
events hosted by VVA Members, Chapters, and State Councils across the nation.
https://mailchi.mp/27abd2316499/21-memorial-day-28464?e=b34bda94c1
Memorial and Veterans’ Day Tribute: ARLINGTON feat. Los
Angeles Master Chorale [Official Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLql5xoM3yY
Jon Stewart urges Congress to pass bill to help vets
exposed to toxins
Veterans legacy Memorial PSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPp0q9BX-rE&t=1s
Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases
For Memorial Day, Biden Pays Tribute To Fallen Service
Members In Delaware
The Connection Between Stress and Alcoholism
https://www.graniterecoverycenters.com/resources/the-connection-between-stress-and-alcoholism/
How Isolation Impacts Your Mental Health
https://www.graniterecoverycenters.com/resources/how-isolation-impacts-your-mental-health/
4 Things to Remember Every Memorial Day
VA Moves to Expedite Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans'
Asthma, Respiratory Problems
VA Will Soon Begin Processing Claims for 3 New Agent
Orange Illnesses
VA to start processing Vietnam vets’ claims for
conditions newly linked to Agent Orange poisoning
A Memorial Day Remembrance for Bernie, Who Was Lost in
Vietnam
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?'
Republicans Question Record Budget Request
"Goin' Home" by Antonín Dvořák arr. by Master
Sgt. (ret.) Jari Villanueva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-qqvvULIk
Dark Victories. Whether or not Americans possessed a
“culture of death” in 1861, they were totally unprepared for mortality on this
scale.
Answers may finally be coming for families of "hell
ship" victims
3 Things Veterans Think About On Memorial Day
AUSMA Ronald Walters gives Memorial Day Message
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlZ-oPSino
Copayment refund notification letters mailed to Veterans:
More than 1.28 million Veterans will receive notification of refunds in the
coming days
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/89277/copayment-refund-notification-letters-mailed-veterans/
Dependents of Some Disabled Veterans Can Now Fly Space-A
Veterans for Peace and The Progressive magazine present
the annual Memorial Day Peace Event for 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeRP2YV2d6I
W. Kamau Bell: What it really means to support our
troops. Opinion by W. Kamau Bell
LISTEN: Lee Greenwood, US soldiers release new version of
'God Bless the USA'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Japc8M8RQw
VA Gets Another Massive Funding Increase in Biden's First
Budget
Jack Bally 1/3 scale B-17
https://www.youtube.com/embed/E-1_JwlHO-8
Delay in a Patient’s Emergency Department Care at the
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-03535-146.pdf
The Memorial Day history forgot: The Martyrs of the Race
Course
Man Indicted for Sending Threatening Text Message to
Social Worker
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/man-indicted-sending-threatening-text-message-social-worker
Leaking the Pentagon Papers Was an Assault on Democracy
Here's a link
to the Temple job posting for the position of Director of Student Veteran
Services:
America's
Warrior Partnership - they support what CVEBs do: https://www.americaswarriorpartnership.org/
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Hearing - Review of
the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and 2023 Advance Appropriations Requests for the
Department of Veterans Affairs
JOINT HEARING: Senate AND House Veterans Affairs and
Emergency Preparedness Committees. Thursday,
June 17, 2021, 9:30 a.m. in the Irvis Building, Room 515. Public hearing on Pennsylvania’s veterans
home care and COVID-19 mitigation protocols
https://veterans.pasenategop.com/vaep-061721/
Surviving combat only to die at home: Retired Staff Sgt.
Wesley Black is picking out his coffin at 35 years old
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/homefront-iraq-afghanistan-burn-pits/index.html
VFP Be The Change Book Club Sign Up: bell hooks "All
About Love"
Seven charged for roles in a $110 million compound drug
scheme
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/seven-charged-roles-110-million-compound-drug-scheme
Borne the Battle #247: Irreverent Warriors
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/90336/borne-battle-247-irreverent-warriors/
Deficiencies in Emergency Preparedness for Veterans
Health Administration Telemental Health Care at VA Clinic Locations Prior to
the Pandemic Office of Healthcare Inspections
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-09808-171.pdf
Veterans Health Care: Toothbrush vs. pneumonia, VA
advocates for patients, Vets find peace & whole health
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVHA/bulletins/2e561f4
VA Secretary Denis McDonough statement on department’s
extension of moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions, as well as new mortgage
repayment assistance to help stabilize vulnerable households
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5685
Physician admits to assault charges
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/physician-admits-assault-charges
Borne the Battle #248: Air Force Veteran Marti Moore,
Group Vice President of Technology Implementation, Spectrum Charter
Communications
Abilene Vet Center celebrates Women Veterans Day: “We
want to provide recognition for their service.”
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/90410/abilene-vet-center-celebrates-women-veterans-day/
Johnnie Jones, civil rights icon, gets Purple Heart 77
years after World War II wounds: Instrumental in groundbreaking 1953 Baton
Rouge bus boycott
Have questions before you get your COVID-19 vaccine? This page offers advice from VA providers,
Veterans, and other resources to help you learn more.
https://www.va.gov/initiatives/have-questions-before-you-get-your-covid-19-vaccine/
Inadequate Oversight of Contractors’ Personal Identity
Verification Cards Puts Veterans’ Sensitive Information and Facility Security
at Risk
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-00345-77.pdf
Georgia Man Sentenced For Stealing Medical Treatment
Using Veteran’s Identity
VA Calls on Female Veterans to Enroll in World's Largest
Medical Research Biobank
SOVA Testifies House Committee on Veteran Affairs:
Veterans For Peace member, Bruce Carruthers recently testified at the House
Veterans Affairs Committee's hearing on Infrastructure. Bruce's remarks start at 1.49.08 in the …
video. Bruce is a Steering Committee
member of VFP's Save Our VA National Project.
Coming Home - by Robert Vivar
THE MILITARY WASN’T A WAY OUT OF POVERTY FOR ME: Instead,
militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.
Talk World Radio: Michael Messner: Unconventional Combat
https://davidswanson.org/talk-world-radio-michael-messner-unconventional-combat/
Talk World Radio: Michael
Messner: Unconventional Combat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcTupVqT8vQ
Talk World Radio – 20 videos – David Swanson
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLusyT86b06Su7wjV-LxbfpNYCZkJbar5E
VHA Made Inaccurate Payments to Part-Time Physicians on
Adjustable Work Schedules
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-01646-139.pdf
VVA’s Rick Weidman Honored as VVA Executive Director Emeritus
https://vva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PressReleaseNo.21-12.pdf
The National Center on Homelessness is pleased to
announce the arrival of our new Center Director, Dina Hooshyar, MD. Dr.
Hooshyar has a background in internal medicine, psychiatry, and public health.
https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/nchav/about-us/whats_new.asp
Sonya Norman, PhD is Director of the PTSD Consultation
Program through the Executive Branch of the National Center for PTSD, an
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD), and in the Psychotherapy Unit of the VA Center of Excellence for Stress
and Mental Health.
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/continuing_ed/presenters/sonya_norman_phd.asp
VA sends mobile vet center to site of deadly Florida
building collapse
VA may force employees to get COVID vaccines
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2021/07/01/va-may-force-employees-to-get-covid-vaccines/
Honor Flights to resume trips in August
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-06-29/Honor-Flights-to-resume-trips-in-August-1998851.html
Ho Chi Minh, speech in Ba Dinh square, Hanoi, Vietnam
(September 2, 1945).
Niece Of Veteran Pleads Guilty To Stealing Va Benefits
Intended For Her Uncle
Alleged Unauthorized Control over a VA Beneficiary’s
Funds
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-02071-167.pdf
Join the VFP Be The Change Book Club for our next book!
H.R.2441 - Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act
of 2021 becomes law. The Sgt. Ketchum
Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021. Sgt. Brandon Ketchum served in the
Marine Corps, completing tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. In his first tour
alone, he cleared 92 roadside bombs in 7 months – service that earned him a
Combat Action Ribbon. In 2016, Sgt. Ketchum died by suicide after he was denied
access to mental health services at a VA facility in Iowa, related to his
battle with post-traumatic stress disorder.
This law will require VA to report an assessment of health needs for
rural and highly rural veterans and provide an account of VA’s outpatient mental
health care, residential programs, and VA’s Rural Access Network for Growth
Enhancement (RANGE) program cost savings.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2441
Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Bill Honors American Heroes
https://republicans-naturalresources.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409869
Women Veterans Needed for Million Veteran Program:The
world’s largest medical research biobank, Million Veteran Program, is seeking
women veterans. There are 2 million women veterans in the United States, but
only 75,000 have participated in the Million Veteran Program so far. In general
women are often under-represented in biomedical research which can leave
gender-specific health questions unanswered. By contributing a blood sample to
the biobank, women veterans can help ensure that the research is more
comprehensive. Sign up today.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military honors is Marine Corps
Sgt. Donald D. Stoddard, 22, of Boulder, Colorado. He was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion,
6th 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, 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. Stoddard died on the third day of battle, Nov. 22, 1943. He was
buried June 26, 2021, in his hometown.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military
honors is Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Alphard S. Owsley, 23, of
Paris, Kentucky. He was assigned to the
battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when
the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma
sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack
on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Owsley. He will be
buried Aug. 5, 2021, in his hometown.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military
honors is Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class George L. Paradis, 23, of
Yelm, Washington. He was assigned
to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor,
when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS
Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize.
The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including
Paradis. He will be buried on Oct. 7, 2021, at the National Memorial Cemetery
of the Pacific.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military
honors is Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class George M. Gooch, 22, of
Laclede, Missouri. He was assigned to
the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor,
when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 2021. The USS
Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize.
The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Gooch.
He will be buried Oct. 9, 2021, in his hometown.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military
honors is Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. J.L. Hancock, 21. He was a member of Company B, 1st
Battalion, 6th 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, 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. Hancock died on the third day of battle, Nov. 22,
1943. Interment services are pending.
The Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency announced that Returning home for burial with full military
honors is Army Cpl. Walter A. Smead, 24. He was a member of
Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was
reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, after his unit was attacked by
enemy forces as they attempted to withdraw near the Chosin Reservoir, North
Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered. Interment
services are pending.
VFW Action Corps Weekly Archive
https://www.vfw.org/advocacy/grassroots-efforts/action-corps-weekly-archive
Biden administration seeks reversal for deported veterans
From corpsman to ICT, Veteran continues his career rise
with VA: Marzell Scott is the first candidate chosen for the VANEEP Scholarship
Pilot pathway for ICTs
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/90493/?utm_source=VRfeature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VetResources
Bake Victory Cake, the Simple, Inspiring Treat of Wartime
America: Born in an era of rations, these scrappy recipes relied on cheap
pantry staples.
Unreliable Information Technology Infrastructure Cost
Estimates for the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-20-03185-151.pdf
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Facilities’
COVID-19 Pandemic Readiness and Response in Veterans Integrated Service Network
19
https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-21-01699-175.pdf
VA researchers use novel approach to gain insight into
suicide risk factors
Do student veterans have adequate child care? Lawmakers
want answers from VA
Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council JULY 2021
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