By Debbie Gregory. Caring for a family member or close friend is one of the most important and complicated roles you’ll play. Family Caregivers provide crucial support in caring for Veterans. The “Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010,” benefits the caregivers of post-9/11 Veterans who sustained or aggravated a serious injury in […]
By Debbie Gregory. An attack of appendicitis while serving in the military doesn’t earn you any benefits or accolades. So, in a case of stolen valor, former Marine Brandon Blackstone used another Marine’s combat story to get years of disability benefits and a free house. In 2004, Blackstone served with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment […]
By Debbie Gregory. Army veteran Stanley Weston, the man who conceived the “GI Joe” doll died on May 1st at the age of 84. The toy hit stores around the same time that American troops began flowing into Vietnam, and it became a bestseller. Weston did his homework for his concept toy, voraciously reading about […]
By Debbie Gregory. Ever an advocate for our nation’s veterans, U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26) has issued a statement about a provision of the House Republican’s healthcare bill that could hurt veterans and their families: “We have known for months that the GOP healthcare bill could strip roughly 7 million veterans of eligibility for healthcare […]
By Debbie Gregory. The California legislature is considering AB 386, a bill introduced by State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher that would create a legal assistance fund for veterans who have been deported. The bill has been passed by the Assembly without any dissenting votes and now goes to the Senate. Veterans who run afoul of […]
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. 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. 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 […]
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