By Debbie Gregory. At 107 years old, Richard Overton is believed to be the country’s oldest living Veteran. Overton served in the Pacific during World War II as a member of the Army’s 188th Aviation Engineer Battalion. This past week, Mr. Overton went to Washington, D.C. to be honored on Veterans Day for his service, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Secretary of State John Kerry announced a new initiative that is intended to help Veterans find employment opportunities in both the private and public sectors. “The Veterans Innovation Partnership, ‘VIP’ as we are calling it,” Kerry said during a speech at the State Department, “is not about just what the State Department […]
By Debbie Gregory. Have a Plan– Many active duty personnel are lead to believe that employers are waiting for them, just outside the main gate of their home installation, ready to hire them on the spot, solely based on their Veteran status. In reality, the job market is very competitive, and there are more and […]
By Military Connection Staff Writer Joe Silva. On November 13, 2013, four Marines were killed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Their deaths were caused by the accidental detonation of unexploded ordinance. The four Marine bomb removal technicians were conducting range maintenance operations to dispose of unexploded ordnance in the Zulu impact area […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Post-9/11 GI Bill, designed to give Veterans serving since September 11, 2001 the best, most up to date education benefits possible, was approved by Congress in the summer of 2008. The Chapter 33 GI Bill, commonly referred to as the Post-9/11 GI Bill, or the New GI Bill went into effect […]
By Debbie Gregory. Sperling’s Best Places, a website that rates the country’s best places to live, based on criteria such as affordability, services for children and safety. They worked with USAA to compile a 2013 list of Best Places for Veterans to live. To be considered for the list, cities had to rate among the […]
By Debbie Gregory. Give an Hour (GAH) is a non-profit organization that provides free mental health services to active duty members of the military, Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and their families. Founded in 2005 by psychologist Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, GAH’s stated mission is to, “develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to […]
By Debbie Gregory. Stephanie Hare is an Illinois native who now lives and works in England. She is also engaged to Marine Corps Capt. Pravin Rajan. Rajan was part of a group of thirteen Marines returning to Camp Pendleton from the Global War on Terror. Flying commercially from Afghanistan to San Diego, the Marines had […]
By Debbie Gregory. There are hundreds of companies that promote hiring Veterans. Some companies are even going out of their to specifically recruit Veterans for their company. And there is an unemployment rate of over 9% among Global War on Terror Veterans. You would think that open jobs and an unemployed labor force would cancel […]
By Military Connection Staff Writer Joe Silva. PTSD, amputated limbs, shrapnel wounds, migraine headaches, charred skin. These are just some of the more prominent injuries that face our current and future Veterans of the War on Terror. The last few generations have always regarded the generation that fought WWII as the “Greatest Generation.” And they […]
