By Debbie Gregory. Pilots are leaving the United States Air Force faster than they can be replaced. Officials are considering the drastic solution of forcing the pilots to stay against their will. Faced with losing pilots to commercial airlines, top generals are considering enacting the stop-loss option. Stop-Loss is a policy of forcing retaining members, […]
By Debbie Gregory. In years past, when a veteran wanted to use the VA home loan benefit, the VA would issue the approval, order the appraisal and set the VA interest rate for the loan. This time-consuming process was one of the reasons many sellers would refuse an offer on a home if the buyer […]
By Debbie Gregory. One of the most honored and respected segments of the United States military, the Navy SEALs, is battling an enemy from within. For the first time, Navy SEALs are talking publicly about drug abuse in their ranks. A two-part CBS News investigation has aired, exposing drug use among the Navy SEALs, a […]
In light of the recent scandal in which nude photographs of some military service women were distributed by their male colleagues, hundreds of female Marines and Marine veterans have launched a new group. The goal of this group is to end to misogyny in the Marine Corps. Lt. Colonel Ann Bernard and her peers spent […]
By Debbie Gregory. The White House announced that President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mark E. Green to be the 23rd Secretary of the Army, Green, an Army Veteran who is a decorated West Point graduate is also a medical doctor and a Tennessee State Senator. Green has had quite a noteworthy Army career. He […]
By Debbie Gregory. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups are raising pressure on President Trump’s nominee for Army secretary, and are vowing they will fight. Advocacy groups have launched an effort on Capitol Hill to block President Trump’s new Army secretary nominee, Mark E. Green, saying his record of antagonism and hostility toward them […]
By Debbie Gregory. Starbucks has announced plans to create 240,000 new jobs, with 68,000 of those being in the U.S. The company also plans to open 12,000 new stores, with 100 of those new stores being located in Military Family Stores. Increasing veteran employment, Military Family Stores are located near major military bases and have […]
By Debbie Gregory. Tensions between North Korea and the United States are escalating. North Korea is warning of the possibility of a nuclear attack on the United States in response to any sign of American aggression. Currently, a United States Navy Strike Group, a force President Trump has described as an “armada”, is en route […]
By Debbie Gregory. Corruption hardly topped the threat list when United States military forces and civilians first entered Afghanistan in 2001. But as the United States government spendt billions to rebuild the war torn country, some of it is bound to be misspent or end up in the wrong pockets. Out of the $117 billion […]
By Debbie Gregory. Although the National Work Queue initiative is reducing the claims backlog and improving processing wait times, the Department of Veterans Affairs is warning that this progress may be hindered by the backlog of veterans seeking to appeal decisions involving disability benefits. Whether the VA will receive the additional funds remains in question […]
