The Veterans Administration and CVS have partnered for a test program that will enable the pharmacy chain’s MinuteClinic Urgent Care Centers to treat some veterans for minor injuries and ailments. This program that is launching in the Phoenix area but it can be expanded. Patients will still be required to contact a VA help line. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Have you ever heard of the Veterans Experience Office? The VA is looking to change the culture of a massive federal agency that provides everything from medical care to monthly disability checks to funerals. The “Veteran’s Experience” campaign started in 2015 under former VA Secretary Bob McDonald. The office’s budget this fiscal […]
By Debbie Gregory Two U.S. Army Rangers who were killed in Afghanistan on April 26th may have been struck by “friendly fire” according to the Pentagon. Both Sgt. Joshua Rodgers, 22, and Sgt. Cameron Thomas, 23, were deployed from Fort Benning, Ga. A third soldier was wounded in the operation. Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis […]
Following their honorable discharges from the military, three former servicemembers were convicted of crimes and deported. None of these crimes resulted in a physical injury to another party. Marines Erasmo Apodaca Mendizabal and Marco Antonio Chavez, as well as former soldier Hector Barajas Varela are the Veterans pardoned by California Governor Jerry Brown, which may […]
By Debbie Gregory. In 2004, Eugene Simpson Jr, 26, was an Army tank commander with the1st Battalion, 77th Armor, based in Schweinfurt, Germany. His unit deployed to Iraq to help train the Iraqi Army and conduct patrol missions. One day his patrol unit was struck by the force of an improvised explosive device as they […]
The purpose of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Procurement Program is to provide procuring agencies with the authority to set acquisitions aside for exclusive competition among service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. The program also has the authority to make sole source awards to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns if certain conditions are met. At […]
By Debbie Gregory. Two former Special tactics airmen received Air Force Crosses on Thursday at Hurburt Field in Florida. Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein who officiated at the ceremony and said, “What they did was the essence of special tactics.” Military Connection wants to commend and congratulate both of these American heroes. They […]
By Ted Puntillo Thanks to the College Tuition Fee Waiver program (CTFW), disabled veterans in California can get some assistance in covering the cost of sending their children to college. The CTFW program waives mandatory system-wide tuition and fees at any California institution of higher learning, including the University of California, California State and community […]
A common antibiotic, doxycycline, may prove useful in the treatment and/or prevention of Post- Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research by British and Swiss scientists. PTSD is caused by an overactive fear memory and includes a broad range of psychological symptoms that can develop after someone goes through a traumatic event. This medication can […]
There are numerous below par conditions at a Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center that have prompted a scathing report from the VA’s Inspector General. These conditions are so dangerous that the agency’s Inspector General issued a very rare preliminary report to alert patients and other members of the public. Some of the findings by the […]
