By Debbie Gregory. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that may have serious implications for the former spouses of veterans. In Howell v. Howell , the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a veteran who believed he did not owe his ex-wife 20% of his disability pay, and ruled that state […]
By Debbie Gregory. Key senators were bolstered by veterans groups to conditionally endorse a plan from VA Secretary David J. Shulkin to replace the current VA Choice program with the Veterans Coordinated Access and Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Program. Representatives of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and Paralyzed Veterans of America […]
By Debbie Gregory. Many who have achieved celebrity and fame have worn our nation’s uniform. They are veterans who have served and sacrificed. One of those stars was Adam West who gained overnight stardom as “Batman.” West passed away on June 9th following a short battle with leukemia. He was born William West Anderson on […]
By Debbie Gregory. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin may be an unlikely choice to overhaul veterans services. Although he is the son of an Army psychiatrist, for the first time, the head of the agency is not a veteran. His family has a history of military service and providing military medical care. Both his […]
By Debbie Gregory. From 2010 to 2015, the Department of Veteran Affairs has taken almost half a billion dollars in military separation pay back from disabled veterans. Why? Two words- double dipping. Close to 25,000 veterans were penalized as a result of a decades old federal law that bans the “double dipping” of government benefits. […]
By Debbie Gregory. There are very few options for an immigrant veteran who’s been deported following a conviction for an aggravated felony to legally return to the U.S. It doesn’t help that many of these veterans have settled in dangerous border towns in Mexico, where jobs are scarce and crime pays. Here, they run the […]
By Debbie Gregory. A 25-year-old Air Force veteran and federal contractor has been accused of leaking classified information regarding a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack to an online news outlet. Reality Leigh Winner was arrested on June 3 and charged with leaking classified material to a digital news outlet, the Department of Justice announced yesterday. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Last month, thirty-five veteran groups banded together and stalled a congressional hearing. The groups were in the U.S. Capital to weigh in on changes to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. They want change and to close some loopholes. While they agree on more than they disagree on, the area of disagreement concerns whether […]
By Debbie Gregory. An estimated 70,000 veterans who have served in the War on Terror have enrolled into the California Community College system. Many of them face difficulties adjusting to civilian life after serving in the military, and receive support through Veteran Resource Centers (VRCs) located on California’s Community College (CCC) campuses. The California State […]
By Debbie Gregory. Two men, both of whom served their country, one a veteran and one an active duty servicemember, lost their lives just days apart, both under tragic circumstances. On Friday, May 26th, Army veteran Ricky Best was stabbed when he stood up to Jeremy Joseph Christian in defense of a girl wearing a […]
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