MilitaryConnection.com Under New Ownership Veterans Home Care owners Bonnie and Howard Laiderman are proud to announce the recent acquisition of Militaryconnection.com, a division of Gregory Media, Inc. The acquisition allows Veterans Home Care to offer a greater range of opportunities and broaden their efforts in helping more veterans, active military, and their families. […]
Potentially Harmful Water Contaminants Found at Over 100 Military Bases By Debbie Gregory Potentially harmful levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), which have been linked to cancers and developmental delays for fetuses and infants, have been found in the water of more than 100 military installations. The Department of Defense (DoD) began investigating contamination at military […]
Attention Medically Discharged Veterans – You May be Missing Out on Rating Upgrade By Debbie Gregory The Physical Disability Board of Review (PDBR) was legislated by Congress and implemented by the Department of Defense (DoD) to ensure the accuracy and fairness of combined disability ratings of 20% or less assigned to service members who were […]
Army Spends Millions to Search for Unexploded Ordnance By Debbie Gregory Unexploded ordnance experts have been searching for military munitions off Hawaii’s Makua Beach, focusing on a 22-acre area after a 5-inch projectile was found offshore in 2016. “It’s about the length of two football fields and the depth of one football field,” said Col. […]
Fred Smith – The Marine Who Founded FedEx By Debbie Gregory The entrepreneurial spirit is a mindset. It’s an attitude and approach to thinking that actively seeks out change, rather than waiting to adapt to change. It’s a mindset that embraces critical questioning, innovation, service and continuous improvement. Many millennials get their idea of […]
Push To Improve TAP Program Endorsed by Veteran Service Organizations By Debbie Gregory. Life after military service can be a smooth transition for some, but for many servicemembers, the struggle is real. That’s why there is the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), which aims to get servicemembers ready for their next step in their lives, be […]
National Security Concerns Cited for School Ban By Debbie Gregory. The University of Management and Technology (UMT), long an educational destination for active-duty military members, has lost tuition assistance (TA) reimbursement from the government. Tuition Assistance is a benefit paid to eligible members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Congress […]
National Park Service Grant Funds Films About WWII-Era Japanese-American Confinement Sites By Debbie Gregory. Full Spectrum Features, a Chicago-based non-profit film company that aims to educate the public about important social and cultural issues via the power of cinema, has received a grant to make two short films about the history of Japanese-American World […]
2018 Military Spouse of the Year By Debbie Gregory The Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year for 2018 was revealed during the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s 36th Annual Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. Army Spouse of the Year Krista Simpson Anderson, the wife of Green Beret Master Sgt. Gus Anderson, was […]
U.S. Surgeon General Aids Passenger in Distress By Debbie Gregory. Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general, was headed to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson to participate in a discussion regarding the opioid epidemic with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and a panel of experts. But he was called into action prior to […]
