By Debbie Gregory. Soldiers and their families around the world will soon see the results of budget cuts in morale, welfare and recreation programs, including closures of some facilities, reduced operating hours and increased fees. After years of warnings that major cuts were coming, officials with the Army’s Installation Management Command announced that the day […]
By Debbie Gregory. Mobility service dogs are now available for Veterans with mental disorders that prevent them from leaving their homes or moving around. And the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has announced a pilot program to cover veterinary health benefits for the service dogs. To be eligible for the veterinary health benefit, the service […]
By Debbie Gregory. Chelsea Manning, the Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, will receive gender transition surgery while in prison, her attorney announced. Manning went on a hunger strike in protest of the Army’s treatment of her gender dysphoria, which she ended […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army is reconsidering the case of Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Brumit, a Green Beret who was paralyzed from the chest down last year when he dove headfirst into shallow water to save a drowning girl. Brumit now faces an “other-than-honorable” discharge from the service that could threaten his medical care. In […]
By Debbie Gregory. It took almost 48 years, but Vietnam veteran Edward Dvorak has now been awarded the military’s Silver Star for valor after braving enemy fire to save his fellow soldiers. “It’s like a check-off on the internal moral clock that says I did the right thing, that I served honorably,” said the 68-year-old […]
By Debbie Gregory. A sailor who hadn’t previously disclosed her pregnancy gave birth recently aboard an aircraft carrier currently involved in military operations against ISIS, the Navy has confirmed. The birth took place aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower while it operated in the Persian Gulf, according to the Navy. According to Cmdr. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Sgt. Elizabeth Marks win medals not for the medals’ sake, but for the story of perseverance behind them. And the 25-year-old is once again winning medals for swimming, this time at the Paralympics in Rio. Marks, an active-duty Army soldier, first received attention at the 2016 Invictus Games that were held in […]
By Debbie Gregory. On the heels of a lot of bad press, the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is making a number of changes, including firing former executives, closing offices, and redirecting funds to counter the previous spending scandal. After an internal investigation, the foundation’s board of directors fired CEO Stephen Nardizzi, who often made flamboyant […]
By Debbie Gregory. On July 5th, Stephen Coning, a 26-year- old veteran who had served three deployments as a Marine Infantryman, tragically took his own life. Coning was part of the infamous 2/7 Marines, a unit that has been plagued by a suicide rate sixteen times that of the national average. Two days later, the Department of Veterans […]
By Debbie Gregory. The National Vietnam Veterans Foundation (NVVF), a zero-rated charity that we reported on a few months ago, has closed its doors for good, according to one of the charity’s executives. David Kaufman, the charity’s vice president, says the organization “has severed all ties” to the organization’s president, Thomas Burch, and is shutting […]
