By Debbie Gregory. If you’re easily offended, Derek Weida probably isn’t your guy. Weida’s internet videos on bodybuilding and weight loss are chock full of profanity, burping, and beer consumption. But the amputee veteran has quite a following (millions of viewers), with tens of thousands of people having reached out to him for diet and […]
By Debbie Gregory. In answer to an increase in global threats, the US Army is stepping up to the plate to put more “eyes in the skies.” The Army is planning to expand its aerial exploitation battalion forces, which fly manned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions around the world. According to the Pentagon, the […]
By Debbie Gregory. While official policy mandates that women do not serve in combat roles in the U.S. military, the women who serve still suffer from physical and psychological injury. Among them is retired Army Sgt. Brenda Reed, who has pleaded with VA officials for “a foot that fits, a female foot,” only to be […]
By Debbie Gregory. In an effort to “normalize” breastfeeding, a group of active duty military posed with their babies at the breast, and the photograph has gone viral. Fort Bliss Public Affairs and Garrison Command approved the shoot, an Army spokesman said. While breasts have been used to sell everything from cheeseburgers to cars, for […]
By Debbie Gregory. In 1993, Thomas Rollerson phoned a wish-granting agency for children and discovered no such place existed to honor the final wishes of adults. One year later, with the support of his community, he created Dream Foundation. When life is in the end stages due to terminal illness, the Dream Foundation allows people […]
By Debbie Gregory. With close to 900,000 military veterans waiting to access health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the department’s inspector general said that a major overhaul of the record-keeping system processing the applications was needed. Sadly, approximately 28% of those veterans are thought to be deceased, but the VA has said it […]
By Debbie Gregory. World War II Veteran Alyce Dixon just turned 108-years young! She is now the oldest living female World War II veteran, according to VA records. With a tiara on top of her head for the occasion, Dixon’s milestone was celebrated on September 11th with fellow Veterans, volunteers, staff and family at the […]
By Debbie Gregory. As the September 30th deadline to fund the federal government approaches and Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are locked in a stalemate over a budget agreement to keep the government open, the White House and Senate Democratic leadership signaled that they would be open to a short-term spending bill to avoid […]
By Debbie Gregory. On September 18th, California Governor Jerry Brown announced the appointment of the new secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet). Colonel Vito Imbasciani, a 69-year-old Los Angeles urologic surgeon and Kaiser Permanente executive, is poised to fill the position left vacant by the previous acting secretary, Debbie Endsley. Endsley was […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army is now offering deployment resilience training to spouses to help them deal with the unique challenges they may face during pre- and post-deployment. It is no surprise that deployment affects both the Soldier and the spouse. The key to handling the challenge is working together to both give and get […]
