By Debbie Gregory. In his final State of the Union address, President Obama put Vice President Biden in charge of a new national effort to end cancer as we know it. The goal of this “Cancer Moonshot” is to double the rate of progress toward a cure – to make a decade of advances in […]
By Debbie Gregory. Congress has stepped into a sensitive issue that’s been quietly roiling the hiring system for federal jobs: the Obama administration’s push to give preference to veterans. While former service members would still go to the head of the hiring line, a little-noticed provision of the new defense bill recently passed by the […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) traces its roots back to 1899, when veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care or veterans’ pension for them, and they were left to care for themselves. Veterans from these wars banded together and […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Senate recently passed, on a voice vote, a proposal by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., to help make sure traumatized veterans retain their G.I. benefits. Peters, along with Steve Daines, R-Mont., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C, had requested the measure as an addition to the annual National Defense Authorization […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Veterans Administration (VA) helps Servicemembers, Veterans, and eligible surviving spouses become homeowners. As part of their mission, the VA provides a home loan guaranty benefit and other housing-related programs to help you buy, build, repair, retain, or adapt a home for your own personal occupancy. VA Home Loans are provided by […]
By Debbie Gregory. Thanks to advances in medical technology, researchers have begun to study the effect of PTSD on the brain, with researchers focusing specific attention on the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the region of the brain key to distinguishing between safety and threat, and also the ability to store and retrieve memories. A recent […]
By Debbie Gregory. When looking for jobs for veterans or military spouses, there is one question that always comes up: what do I wear to the interview? A good rule of thumb is wearing a suit or an outfit that is a higher level than the job that you’re applying for. By dressing a notch […]
By Debbie Gregory. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., unveiled a legislative proposal in an attempt to reform the Veterans Health Administration. McMorris Rodgers’ plan would turn the VA into a government-chartered nonprofit corporation, much like the hospital networks already operating in the private sector today. The “Caring for our Heroes in the 21st Century Act” […]
By Debbie Gregory. Matching up veterans and transitioning service members with tech jobs makes sense, since many of those who have served have already utilized tech-related skills. To that end, tech giants like Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and EMC pledged to hire 1,000 to 3,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years. Additionally, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Hero is a word that gets tossed around a lot. By definition, a hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for brave deeds and noble qualities. As the first shots of the mass shooting in Orlando were fired, Pulse bouncer Imran Yousuf’s first instinct was to escape. But he […]
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