By Debbie Gregory. After volunteering to protect their country, servicemembers and veterans are often targeted by disreputable forces at home: predatory lenders. Government-owned Ginnie Mae, whose purpose is to make mortgages more affordable, is conducting an investigation into unscrupulous mortgage lenders who allegedly pressured servicemembers and veterans into unneeded mortgage refinances. Ginnie Mae backs loans […]
By Debbie Gregory. Female Marines want to show that their physical abilities have improved over the last few years. Some 65 percent of them voluntarily performed pull ups during their annual physical fitness test (PFT) this year. This is a vast improvement from three years ago when fewer than half of female recruits in boot […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Veterans Affairs has paid a Vietnam veteran $550,000 to settle his allegation that because of a three-year delay in treatment, he suffered life-shortening heart damage. Air Force veteran John Porter, 68, of Greenfield, Iowa sued the VA in federal court in after he says VA staff overlooked a test […]
By Debbie Gregory. Twenty veterans have been featured on an 18-month calendar created by Bakersfield, CA photographer Petrina Harris. But it’s not a “beefcake” calendar; these veterans served during World War II and Korea. “My father is a Vietnam Veteran and I wanted to do something to benefit the local brave men and women in […]
The second annual America Salutes You benefit concert is gearing up for the November live show in New York City, with the national broadcast scheduled for December. A number of corporations have already secured their sponsorships, but there are still a few limited opportunities available. The theme of this year’s event will be “Guitar Legends […]
Gregory Media CEO Debbie Gregory is proud to announce that MilitaryConnection.com and its sister organization VAMBOA, the Veterans and Military Business Owners Association, achieved new records on social media, surpassing 1.2 million combined fans and followers. This growth in social media is also having a positive impact and generating increased traffic on the websites. MilitaryConnection.com, […]
By Debbie Gregory. By some estimates, the war in Afghanistan has cost the U.S. somewhere between $841 billion and $1 trillion. And that doesn’t take in to consideration the human toll on those who have served and their loved ones. The number is sure to rise, given than although President Trump has said the U.S. […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Navy is about to a close a $119 million deal with Raytheon to integrate a new sensor into the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) that would increase the missile’s capability to attack moving targets at sea. The order provides for analysis, architecture, modeling, simulation, evaluation, and prototyping for the anti-ship […]
By Debbie Gregory. Military medical scientists are looking at research in humans regrowing limbs to becoming a reality. Researchers are working on how salamanders regrow their limbs and reverse engineer that in wounded soldiers whom have suffered limb loss in the battle field. Although it may sound like science fiction, the U.S. Army is studying […]
By Debbie Gregory. More than 20 percent of veterans receiving federal disability are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a figure that has tripled in the last decade, from approximately 345,000 cases in fiscal 2008 to more than 940,000 cases today. This includes all age groups, not just veterans from the recent wars. PTSD symptoms […]
