By Debbie Gregory Attention service members and Veterans who: Served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Desert Shield or Desert Storm Were stationed in Djibouti after September 11, 2001 Served in Southwest Asia theater of operations on or after August 2, 1990 You may have been exposed to fumes and particles […]
By Debbie Gregory Rachel and Kelsi Okun are among the select group of young Americans that can include founding a non-profit to their list of achievements. In 2005, when they were just 10 and 8 years old, Rachel and Kelsi came up with the idea that would become Treasure Hunt Aiding the Needs […]
By Debbie Gregory Get ready for one of the most lucrative opportunities in federal information technology. The Department of Defense is looking to find a firm to manage electronic health records U.S. service members. After the stream of failures with the Affordable Care Act’s website launch and the criticism that followed, and in the wake […]
By Debbie Gregory On June 19, President Obama awarded retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military honor. With numerous opportunities for American service members to perform bravely during more than a decade spent at war, heroes who are deserving of the honor are not in short supply. On June […]
By Debbie Gregory In the wake of the controversy surrounding the VA scandal, there is talk around the capitol that demands VA reform and righting wrongs against Veterans. Several new bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate that negotiate the renovation of the VA healthcare system. At least two bills, one […]
June 22 marked the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Universally referred to as the G.I. Bill, the act could have been the most influential legislation of the 20th Century. Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June, 22 1944, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act provided a variety […]
By Debbie Gregory On Tuesday, June 10, the House passed the Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014. The bill, H.R. 4810, was unanimously approved in the House with 426 votes in favor, 0 votes against and only five congressmen abstaining. Bills in the U.S. House of Representative only require a two-thirds vote to the […]
By Debbie Gregory On January 3, 2014, terrorist insurgent group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also sometimes called ISIL) declared the city of Fallujah to be an independent Islamic State. ISIS defeated the American-trained Iraq Security Forces in Fallujah and Ramadi, and took control of the two cities. Since January, ISIS has […]
By Debbie Gregory On June 11, 2014, the U.S. Senate passed the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 by a vote of 93-3 (with four Senators abstaining.) The bill was approved through the Senate with almost the same vigor as the June 10th passing of the Veterans’ Access to […]
By Debbie Gregory Most of us hear music every day. There are songs and styles of music for every taste and function. Most of the time, music is used as background filler noise while we work *or* congregate. But every now and then, a song comes along and reminds you that music is an art […]
