By Debbie Gregory. Everyone has smartphones. Virtually everywhere you go, people can be seen tapping, swiping and fat-fingering their phones. Besides calling, texting, and emailing, phones are now equipped with the ability to do most anything through the use of Mobile Applications (Apps). Apps can be schedule planers, games, sounds, flashlights, consumer advice, diet trackers, […]
By Debbie Gregory. There is an unspoken honor among Veterans that spans generations, branches and ethnicity. As an example, many of the non-profit organizations that serve and benefit the Veteran community are started by those who are Veterans themselves. But there are also instances that occur between individual Veterans that are just as big and […]
By Debbie Gregory. Early in 2013, officials at the Pentagon announced that it would lift the ban preventing women from serving in combat roles in the U.S. military. In the summer of 2013, representatives from each branch of the military assured Congress that they could open combat positions to females by 2016, without lowering existing […]
By Debbie Gregory. On November 5, 2009, at approximately 1330 local time, Major Nidal Malik Hasan entered Building 42003 at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center in Fort Hood, where he worked. The center provided routine medical treatment to soldiers immediately leaving on and returning from deployments to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hasan walked […]
By Debbie Gregory. The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) estimates that there are 1,749,137 Veterans in the state of California. The department estimates that approximately 9.3% of these Veterans are black*. That means there are roughly 163,480 black Veterans living in California. This community of Veterans is sizeable enough to have its own needs, […]
By Debbie Gregory. In 1941, the U.S. Congress passed Title 10, section 2533a of the United States Code, which would come to be known as the Berry Amendment. The law requires that the DOD cannot provide articles of food, clothing, textiles, fabrics, metals, tools and equipment to American military personnel unless the item is: “grown, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Back in January, Military Connection told you about the Army’s test of its newest weapon, the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). We knew it wouldn’t be long before there was another force using high energy lasers. Let’s just be glad that it’s one of our own. Recently, the U.S. Navy […]
By Debbie Gregory. The effects of more than twelve years at war are evident in our country. It can be seen in schools, in the workplace, on TV, in books, in movies, and in our homes. We see flags waiving. We see people praising and denouncing the wars. We see our loved ones who served […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Defense Department has had its hands full with the Tuition Assistance (TA) program. Due to budgetary restraints, TA was among the first programs to be reduced. Last March, the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps suspended their TA programs completely. After an overwhelming outcry from military advocacy groups and the general […]
By Debbie Gregory. On February 20th , the VA announced the launch of their newly designed Veteran Health Identification Cards. The new cards are being dubbed the Veterans Health Identification Card (VHIC). They will distinguish themselves from older cards by including additional security features and a new look. For starters, the new cards will be […]
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