By Debbie Gregory. Veterans who have transitioned out of the military do so with rich veteran education benefits, especially those who have the Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits. In addition to tuition, the benefit covers housing, books and supplies. It’s no wonder that schools want to recruit these potential students. But because veterans can only […]
By Debbie Gregory. You would think that $5-million would go a long way to end veteran homelessness in Los Angeles. But despite the funding, a program to get homeless veterans off the streets has only helped 268 veterans over an 18 month period, according to a recent Los Angeles County grand jury report. In Los […]
By Debbie Gregory. Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik D. Prince and Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire financier who owns the giant military contractor DynCorp International, want to rely on hired contractors instead of American troops to fight in Afghanistan. Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, and Jared Kushner, his senior adviser and son-in-law, are pushing […]
By Debbie Gregory. An Army veteran with a terminal illness has a final wish that we can all help with. Lee Hernandez suffers from a debilitating condition that was deemed terminal after three brain surgeries failed to identify the cause. One day, Lee asked his wife and caregiver, Ernestine Hernandez, to hold onto his phone […]
By Debbie Gregory. The wife of State Senator John Braun has probably pulled a lot of double duty as a military spouse during the course of her marriage. But now, Marlo Braun has taken this to a whole new level: she was sworn in as a temporary senator in order to fill in for the […]
By Debbie Gregory. After two failed attempts at appointing an Army Secretary, President Trump has selected Raytheon executive Mark Esper as his third and hopefully final nomination. The first pick, Wall Street trader and businessman Vincent Viola, dropped out due to financial entanglements involving federal contracts. Viola is a West Point graduate and former major […]
By Debbie Gregory. It’s that time again. You’ve received your orders and it’s time to get ready for a permanent change of duty station (PCS). The thought of having to pack up and move to a new location every few years is not something that the average person looks forward to. But a military move […]
By Debbie Gregory. The 15:17 to Paris, a new film directed by Clint Eastwood, will have three unlikely stars: the three California men who famously thwarted the terror attack on the Paris-bound train. Anthony Sadler, Alex Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone, who were vacationing in Europe at the time of the attack on August 21, 2015, […]
U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL) has seen, first-hand, the impact that war can have on soldiers returning home. The military veteran served as an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the elite 28th Ordnance Company in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On September 19, 2010, while clearing a path for United States Army Rangers […]
By Debbie Gregory. Two recent studies reveal that the rate of eye disease may be increasing in the VA system. One study showed that VA patients with serious mental illness have an even higher rate of dry eye, cataract and glaucoma than the general veteran population. Both glaucoma and cataract are leading causes of blindness […]
