By Debbie Gregory. A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to pay claims for emergency care reimbursements could open the financial floodgates and cost the VA over $10 billion. The case, filed by Richard W. Staab, appealed a December 6, 2013, Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision that denied Staab reimbursement […]
By Debbie Gregory. In a move that is long overdue, two bills in front of Congress could be a big boon for Guard and Reserve members. Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees Act contains two no-cost initiatives that would honor their service by granting “veteran” status to 200,000 Reserve and National Guard retirees who, according to federal […]
By Debbie Gregory. More than 40 members of the U.S. military have contracted the Zika virus this year in countries where it is present, government officials said; among them a pregnant woman, for whom Zika can be particularly dangerous. The cases, which include active duty, National Guard and reserve personnel, were acquired outside of the […]
By Debbie Gregory. U.S. intelligence has assigned more than 1,000 spies to protect the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Hundreds of law enforcement agents, analysts and special operations personnel are in Rio, along with over a dozen highly trained Navy and Marine Corps commandos from the U.S. Special Operations Command, who are working with […]
By Debbie Gregory. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald has made a lofty promise to Veterans: by December, they will have same-day access to primary care appointments and mental health services at the VA. McDonald, who was hired in the wake of a scandal over appointment wait times that led to the resignation […]
By Debbie Gregory. With Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU), many in the defense sector are wondering how the decision will affect the U.S. Pro-defense Prime Minister David Cameron announced his decision to resign after voters rejected his pleas for the UK to remain a member of the 28 nation EU. The EU […]
By Debbie Gregory. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., unveiled a legislative proposal in an attempt to reform the Veterans Health Administration. McMorris Rodgers’ plan would turn the VA into a government-chartered nonprofit corporation, much like the hospital networks already operating in the private sector today. The “Caring for our Heroes in the 21st Century Act” […]
By Debbie Gregory. Rear Adm. Tim Szymanski, named to assume command of the Naval Special Warfare headquarters in Coronado this summer, was confirmed for promotion to a second star by the U.S. Senate. But questions have been raised by Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Marine Corps veteran who asked for an investigation of contracts that Szymanski […]
By Debbie Gregory. Selective Service law, as it’s written now, refers specifically to “male persons” in stating who must register and who would be drafted. For women to be required to register with Selective Service, Congress would have to amend the law.And that may happen sooner rather than later. Now, for the first time in […]
By Debbie Gregory. Chase Millsap is on a mission. The former Marine and Green Beret, a veteran of three military combat tours in Iraq, wants to save the man who saved his life. “The Captain,” a former Iraqi military officer who had worked with the Americans, is currently living in Turkey, and is trying to […]
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