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. 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. 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 […]
By Debbie Gregory. Happy birthday to the oldest verified surviving American World War II veteran. On May 11th, 2016, Richard Arvine Overton celebrated his 110th birthday Overton was born May 11, 1906, and like most Americans, he answered his country’s call to service during World War II. He served in the South Pacific from 1942 […]
By Debbie Gregory. Chase Millsap is on a mission. The former Marine and Green Beret, a veteran of three military combat tours in Iraq, wants to save the man who saved his life. “The Captain,” a former Iraqi military officer who had worked with the Americans, is currently living in Turkey, and is trying to […]
June is PTSD Awareness Month, a great opportunity to raise public awareness about PTSD, a behavioral health concern that impacts the lives of many Americans. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that PTSD affects: 11 to 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans 12 percent of Gulf War Veterans and Approximately 30 percent […]
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