By Debbie Gregory. The Army has settled with a medical technologist who was reprimanded for whistleblowing unsafe patient conditions at a major military hospital. In 2014, Teresa Gilbert, an Army civilian infection control analyst at Womack Army Medical Center reported lax infection control policies to a hospital accreditation group. Specifically, Gilbert told the Joint Commission […]
By Debbie Gregory. Attitudes towards the use of medical marijuana have been undergoing rapid changes. It has been argued that medical marijuana can be used to treat or manage the symptoms of a variety of ailments that affect veterans, including chronic pain, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. It has also been thought that cannabis can […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Pentagon is investigating whether crucial ISIS intelligence reports were manipulated to reflect a more optimistic assessment of the American military campaign against the Islamic State. President Obama said that he has told top military officials to “get to the bottom” of reports that intelligence assessments have been altered to give a […]
By Debbie Gregory. Congress sent President Obama a revised $607 billion defense policy bill that the Senate overwhelmingly approved, 91-3, just days after the House passed the bipartisan measure, 370-58. In spite of the National Defense Authorization Act limitations, especially the provisions designed to block Obama from moving some detainees to federal prisons, the president […]
By Debbie Gregory. A U.S. Air Force team of approximately 80 people are overseeing the service’s most sensitive aircraft project in decades: the development of a new stealth bomber to be built by Northrop Grumman. “The Air Force has made the right decision for our nation’s security,” said Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush. “As the […]
By Debbie Gregory. Authorities have arrested a Malaysia-based hacker who they accuse of stealing personal information of U.S. military members and giving it to ISIS. Operating under the pseudonym “Th3Dir3ctorY,” Ardit Ferizi led a group of ethnic Albanian hackers from Kosovo. Malaysian and U.S. authorities say that Ferizi is believed to be leader of Kosova […]
By Debbie Gregory. Drones can drop supplies to hidden Special Forces or essential medical kit in warzones, but there’s the risk that their presence may give away the recipient’s location, or that the technology ends up in enemy hands. To avoid that scenario, the U.S. military now wants to create a futuristic drone, capable of […]
By Debbie Gregory. Career troops who have served for 20 years will have choice to make under a controversial retirement system approved by Congress. Retirees can opt for the traditional pension checks, or alternatively, they can choose to receive up to half the promised pension benefit in the form of a one-time, lump-sum cash payment. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, has called into question a pattern of “wanton and abusive spending practices” by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Reminiscent of the government waste that resulted in $640 toilet seats, Miller went to the House floor with poster displays of a […]
By Debbie Gregory. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander John Biedrzychi, Jr. has claimed that the Department of Veterans Affairs was aware that Prudential Insurance encouraged its counselors to keep casualty pay-out monies in-house as a way to boost company profits. Prudential is under contract to handle Sevicemember Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group […]
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