With the American air support, Iraq security forces and Kurdish forces have been able to stop the sweeping advances of Islamic State expansion, and retake the Mosul Dam. The U.S. military has been hammering ISIL forces with air strikes. Manned U.S. aircraft and drones have wreaked havoc on the insurgents. Included in the air strikes […]
The U.S. military has recently begun conducting FBI background checks on individuals who want to access military installations. Beginning August 8, 2014, a number of Air Force, Army, Marine, and Defense Logistics Agency installations began utilizing a system called the Identity Matching Engine for Security and Analysis (IMESA). IMESA can run the names of individuals […]
Recently, the Pentagon released updated figures on the suicides within all service branches. So far in 2014, the Navy has seen the biggest increase in suicides among its active duty personnel. Unfortunately, as of the end of July, the Navy experienced 38 suicides, a number that is almost a 50% increase for the branch for […]
In today’s high-tech world, it is frustrating to have to wait days, sometimes weeks, for answers to important questions. After all, what is the point of living in the Information Age if information isn’t always readily available? The VA realizes that for far too long, its information and resources have been behind the times. That […]
While it would seem that years of fighting a war could result in a desensitized society, in actual fact, recent conflicts have had the opposite effect. The long-standing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has been repealed, and the role of women in the military is ever-expanding, inching ever closer to combat. Additionally, service members who […]
In the ongoing battle to right the ship and regain the public’s confidence in the Veteran healthcare system, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed disciplinary actions against employers who were found to have manipulated data. On July 29, 2014, the VA recommended disciplinary actions against six VA employees from facilities in Fort Collins, CO […]
As the economy struggles to rebound, there are many government programs that will need to be trimmed down *****or***** eliminated completely. The defense department’s budget is not exempted from the reductions, and neither are the programs that affect the members of the DOD and their families. But military families recently dodged a bullet, after the […]
By Debbie Gregory Losing a loved one is probably the hardest thing most people will ever experience. Losing a loved one due to their military service is particularly heartbreaking. No matter what your background is, a parent still lost a child, a sibling still lost a sibling, a friend still lost a friend, and a […]
By Debbie Gregory. Many members of the military and Veteran communities are familiar with the saying that being a military wife is the “toughest job” in the military. Usually, only fellow members of the community can see just how accurate that statement is. Dealing with deployments, often functioning as a single parent for months at […]
By Debbie Gregory. Everyone acknowledges the sacrifices that military spouses make in support their loved one’s military service. Today’s military spouses usually endure multiple deployments, with months and years spent away from their husband or wife. Military spouses must pick up the slack in these times, playing both mother and father to their children. They […]
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