By Phil Karp Deployment and Permanent Changes of Station (PCS) are among the greatest challenges that military families face—especially when a financed home is brought into the mix. For many, time is of the essence to sell or risk juggling mortgage payments overseas. Luckily, there are several federal programs in place to provide servicemen with […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Defense Department program called “This Is Your Military” is trying to bridge the military-civilian gap. The initiative is using the hashtag #KnowYourMil. The program highlights the work of servicemembers, dispel myths about military service, and increase awareness among the American people. Amber Smith, the deputy assistant to the secretary of defense […]
By Debbie Gregory. Stress is the enemy of mental and physical health. It is believed that most veterans experience high levels of stress during the transition to civilian life, however transition stress has received very little attention in the shadow of post-traumatic stress disorder. While PTSD has become a much-discussed affliction, transition stress, a seemingly […]
By Debbie Gregory. Any time a veteran files a claim for disability that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rejects, they have the right to appeal. But the average wait before a final decision is six years — and one service member has even waited 25 years. As a result, the number of pending appeals has increased […]
By Debbie Gregory. Ami Diane Phillips, a Department of Veterans Affairs therapist, is at the center of a $500,000 lawsuit against the VA. Luke Kirk, a veteran who was being treated by Phillips, alleges that he suffered emotional distress due to sexual advances, and that Phillips punished him when he refused to marry her. In […]
By Debbie Gregory. Decorated Army veteran Lisa McCombs, who suffers from PTSD, says flying the friendly skies with her service dog, Jake, has always been easy. McCombs relies on Jake to calm her anxiety and panic before it overwhelms her. But that changed in 2015 when she and Jake, a Labrador retriever, were barred from […]
By Debbie Gregory. Once again, a military court has voided the conviction of former Marine Staff Sgt. Joe Chamblin, who was filmed urinating on Taliban corpses during a 2011 deployment to Afghanistan. The video was first posted by TMZ in January 2012, prompting an international backlash. Chamblin was sentenced to 30 days’ confinement. The resulting […]
By Debbie Gregory. The USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) was a U.S. Navy flight-I Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration (1959–1961). The ship was the only vessel of the class to be named after a person; all of the other cruisers […]
By Debbie Gregory. Due to federal restrictions, the Department of Veterans Affairs will not conduct research on the effectiveness of medical cannabis on post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. Although doing so would not be illegal, there would be a lot of red tape to cut through. The announcement is a huge setback for those […]
By Debbie Gregory. Following his honorable discharge from the military, a former Marine was convicted of a crime and deported to Mexico. At 19 years old, Marco Antonio Chavez enlisted in the Marine Corps and served for four years. The son of Mexican immigrants, he grew up in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant. In […]
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