By Debbie Gregory. Congratulations to Delphine Metcalf-Foster, who has been elected National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Metcalf-Foster was chosen over roughly 10 other candidates at the organization’s 96th National Convention in New Orleans. Metcalf-Foster is the first woman candidate, as well as the first African-American female, to head up the DAV’s most important […]
By Debbie Gregory. A federal report shows that a Veterans Affairs office in Texas has denied more than 90 percent of benefit claims related to Gulf War illnesses. The data from the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows that Waco’s Department of Veterans Affairs denied almost 1,100 claims in 2015. This gives Central Texas veterans one […]
By Debbie Gregory. U.S. District Court Judge Roger W. Titus has dismissed a major lawsuit against defense contractor KBR, filed by veterans and their family members over burn pit operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that plaintiffs allege caused chronic and sometimes deadly respiratory diseases and cancer. The judge ruled that KBR could not be held […]
A controversial Air Force case dating back to 1972 is stirring up debate over whether to posthumously restore the honor and ranks to Maj. Gen John D. Lavelle, who was demoted and fired over alleged unauthorized airstrikes over North Vietnam. In 2010, Pentagon officials petitioned members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to restore Lavelle’s […]
By Debbie Gregory. There has been a lot of discussion about why veterans are great employees, why the companies who hire veterans are more successful, and why they also make great entrepreneurs. Now a new study released by The Graduate Center at the City University of New York Young has found the young veterans are […]
By Debbie Gregory. For more than three months, Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre has been home to Bandstand the story of what happened to some of the Greatest Generation after they came home from war. In Cleveland, Ohio, Private First Class and singer/songwriter Donny Novitski tries to rebuild his life with only the shirt on […]
By Debbie Gregory. The “Forever GI Bill,” a sweeping expansion of GI Bill education benefits, is on its way to the Oval Office. Passed by both houses of Congress, the bill will increase veteran’s benefits by more than $3 billion over the next decade. One important change, reserved for those who become eligible after January […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Veteran Tickets Foundation (VetTix) is a national 501(c) 3 nonprofit founded by veterans dedicated to support and honor the U.S. military community, veterans and their families. Since 2008, Vet Tix has provided veterans, service members, caregivers and the family members of those killed in action with more than three million free […]
By Debbie Gregory. Bob Fritzler, now 82, served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 11 years. In Vietnam, he flew a Sikorsky H-34 helicopter during Operation SHUFLY, a Marine helicopter operation that primarily ferried troops in Vietnam between 1962 and 1965. In 1962, Fritzler was a Marine aviator flying a H-34 Choctaw helicopter to support […]
By Debbie Gregory. Community support is often the most powerful tool for overcoming the psychological injuries of war and military service. Objective Zero, an app that should be launching later this summer intends to do just that by connecting veterans experiencing mental distress with other veterans who can talk them through it. The name Objective […]
