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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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