By Debbie Gregory. Suicide prevention is one of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) highest priorities. To that end, the VA has launched a new program that uses analytics to identify veterans who might be at an increased risk of attempting suicide. The program is called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health- Veterans Enhanced Treatment, […]
By Debbie Gregory. A senior Air Force cadet, Hayley Weir, has come up with a special recipe. Cadet Weir has invented a very special gravy. This gravy would stop Dirty Harry’s .44 caliber magnum. It is also flexible and can be used to bullet proof critical areas of the body. The chemistry department drop-out will […]
By Debbie Gregory. Gender equality has become a hot issue in the military. Women have demonstrated that their gender does not affect their ability to perform. And for more than 35 years, Army Maj. Gen. Heidi V. Brown has served as a role model throughout her history-making military career. A major influence throughout Brown’s life […]
By Debbie Gregory. Because the military has confirmed water contamination at or near more than three dozen bases, testing has been expanded to nearly 400 bases. With a price tag of more than $150 million so far, the progress has been inconsistent. For example, the Air Force has completed sampling at nearly all of its […]
By Ryan Sears, The Gertsburg Law Firm Buying a home is the most expensive purchase most of us will ever make. For many veterans, the VA Home Loan remains a tremendous benefit of their service that allows them to buy a home with little or even no money down. Those same veterans, however, are sometimes […]
By Debbie Gregory. In what can only be called a great step forward in making sure that veterans are assisted in securing great jobs, California Republican Rep. Paul Cook’s “HIRE Vets Act” was signed into law. The bill passed the House of Representatives overwhelmingly in February and passed the Senate on unanimous consent in March. […]
By Debbie Gregory. We consider Navy SEALs to be honorable and to be among our heroes. They perform super missions for American putting themselves at extreme risk. However, we live in a less than perfect world, and there are some very disturbed people in it. It is with a heavy heart that Military Connection reports […]
By Debbie Gregory. Marinna Rollins, an Army veteran who was accused of tying her dog to a tree and shooting it to death, all while videotaping it and later posting it on Facebook, has died of an apparent suicide. Rollins’ death came nine days before she was scheduled to appear in a Fayetteville, NC courtroom […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army Wants You! The United States Army Medical Command is aggressively recruiting physicians and reaching out to medical schools. The Army Medical Command has used the online recruitment advertising services of MilitaryConnection.com in the past. One of our major areas of focus is healthcare recruitment including doctors and psychiatrists, physician assistants, nurse […]
By Debbie Gregory. Did you know that more than fifty percent of our fighting force now is comprised of National Guard and Reservists? These are our citizen soldiers. They make unique sacrifices because often times they don’t have the same support system for themselves and their families as active duty Army personnel stationed at a […]
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