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Military Connection: Veteran Tax Bill on to Senate: By Debbie Gregory

December 10, 2014/in Archived Blogs

On December 9, 2014, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 was introduced into the U.S. Senate and placed on the legislative calendar. By a vote of 378-46, the bill passed through the House as H.R. 5771 earlier in the month, and is expected to have little difficulty passing through the Senate. But the bill does have the potential to become a political football, vied for by both sides of the political aisle.

Veterans and employers who hire Veterans should be very interested in the outcome of this bill in the Senate. Two Veteran employment tax credits were included as part of the larger bill. Both were previous government programs that gave American employers incentives to hire Veterans.

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit available to employers for hiring individuals from specified target groups who have consistently faced difficulty in obtaining employment. Veterans make up one of these target groups, especially female Veterans and Veterans from the Global War on Terror era, which have consistently had unemployment rates far above the national average.

The Employer Wage Credit (EWC) offers a tax credit to businesses that employ members of the active duty military.

The bill that the House passed, and that the Senate will now consider, approves a one-year renewal for these two tax credits, as well as over forty other tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013. Previous bills were unsuccessful in their attempts to get long-term extensions approved for these same programs. The extension of these programs now would allow further consideration for these programs in 2015.

Renewing the expired tax credits will do much to secure employment for Veterans and members of other target groups. For businesses, renewing the measures could provide tax credits for hiring Veterans, promoting renewable energy, and even for their research and development expenses.

President Obama has supported many previous measures and programs that promote Veteran employment, including Joining Forces, a national Veterans initiative launched by Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. The president had previously stated that he intended to veto similar measures that contained longer-term and permanent extensions for many of the tax credits contained in the Tax Increase Prevention Act. But it is believed that the president would not be against signing this short-term proposal, if it can make it through the Senate. We hope for the president’s continued support, specifically in relation to this legislation.

MilitaryConnection.com is a champion of promoting legislation that benefits Veterans and the military community. To that end, we continue to urge you to contact your Senators and tell them how to vote on YOUR behalf. For this bill, and with all upcoming bills, be sure that your legislators are aware of how their constituency wants them to vote. To locate how to contact your senators, go to http://www.senate.gov/ (at the top right of the home page). If your legislators consistently vote against your wishes, you may want to remember that come election time.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: Veteran Tax Bill on to Senate: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: CR England Top Vet Employer: By Debbi Gregory

December 10, 2014/in Archived Blogs

In today’s job market, many Veterans are having difficulty finding a foothold and establishing their post-military careers. Many employers are overlooking the experience and train-ability of military Veterans. As a result, many Veterans are finding that they must take dead-end jobs in order to make ends meet. But this does not have to be the case.

C.R. England is one employer making a point to hire Veterans and celebrate their service. MilitaryConnection.com has already sung the praises of C.R. England’s “Honored Veteran” trucks. These rigs are driven by C.R. England drivers who previously served in the military, and have established themselves as stellar civilian employees. The cabs and trailers are painted with patriotic themes, including an airbrushed American flag waving, depictions of saluting service members, but most importantly, the words “Honored Veteran” painted above the cab for everyone on the road to see.

C.R. England unveiled five new “Honored Veteran” trucks on Veterans Day, bringing the total to ten such rigs. C.R. England has vowed to commission five additional “Honored Veteran” trucks each Veterans Day.

Two of the “Honored Veteran” trucks and their Veteran drivers have already been assigned to deliver Christmas wreaths, to be placed on military headstones, for Wreaths Across America at locations in San Diego and Miramar on December 13, 2014.

This past November, at the C.R. England corporate offices in Salt Lake City, UT, C.R. England Chairman Dan England signed a Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve, which states the company’s commitment to championing Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). By signing the Statement of Support, C.R. England pledges to:

Fully recognize, honor and enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA).
Provide managers and supervisors the tools they need to effectively manage those employees who serve in the Guard and Reserve.
Appreciate the values, leadership and unique skills service members bring to the workforce, and encourage opportunities to hire Guardsmen, Reservists and Veterans.
Continually recognize and support our country’s service members and their families in peace, in crises, and in war.

For its dedication to military and Veteran employees, C.R. England has been recognized with prestigious state and national awards. The company received the George E. Wahlen Veterans Award, the American Legion’s “National Award,” was selected as an Elite Military Employer by GI Jobs, and MilitaryConnection.com’s “Veteran Employer Salute”.

As an employer truly devoted to its employees who are Veterans or members of the Guard and Reserves, C.R. England has a team dedicated to advocating and providing for their military and Veteran employees. This staff provides information about becoming a C.R. England employee. C.R. England offers exclusive “ZERO TUITION” programs for Veterans to become licensed Class-A CDL drivers. The company also provides Veterans with a promising career, with room for upward advancement as supervisors, sales, recruiting, and even opportunities to go into business for themselves as owners of their own rigs.

To find out more information about career opportunities for Veterans with C.R. England, please visit: http://www.crengland.me/vets/

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: CR England Top Vet Employer: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: DOD to Change Allotment Policy: By Debbie Gregory

December 9, 2014/in Archived Blogs

Beginning January 1, 2015, the DOD is changing its policy on allotments.

For years, the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) have allowed service members to automatically redistribute their paychecks. Service members use the allotments to redirect funds to different accounts in order to pay their bills, before they have the opportunity to miss the money, or forget to pay their debt.

With the change on the 1^st of the year, service members will no longer be able to use allotments to purchase, lease, or rent consumer items. The policy change will apply to any “tangible and movable” personal property, including cars, motorcycles, boats, furniture, laptops, tables, televisions, cellphones, appliances and more.

Other types of allotments will not be affected, such as those going to family members, savings accounts, to pay insurance premiums, mortgages or rent, charities and investments. The policy change will also not apply to military retirees or DOD civilian employees or to any current allotments that are in place to pay for items on credit.

Over the last several years, there have been an increasing number of documented abuses of the system by vendors. Service members were lured into purchasing items they couldn’t afford, using allotments in deals that often misrepresented the total cost of the item to the buyer.

While there are those who will blame the foolishness of the duped service members for the change, the fact is that there are too many unscrupulous companies out there looking to take advantage of people, especially service members. Because of their commitment to our country, many modifications and exceptions are made for service members, in order to make their lives easier and thank them for their service. Allotments are one of these modifications. Unfortunately, too many predatory companies have been using this modification to benefit themselves, with the men and women in uniform paying the price.

An interagency review of the allotment system revealed that three of the top ten allotment processors in fiscal 2012 were flagged by state law enforcement, consumer advocates and financial regulators as suspected abusers. Those companies received 999,588 allotments in 2012, totaling $1.4 billion.

Starting next year, when setting up an allotment, service members will have to certify that “Under penalty of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, I certify that this allotment is NOT for the purchase, lease, or rental of personal property or payment toward personal property.” Refusal to accept that certification will disallow the new allotment.

The new policy may seem like it will limit service members’ ability to afford items, and in truth, for some it will. But the change will give service members critical new protections against those who are intent on ripping them off.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: DOD to Change Allotment Policy: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: 2015 Mission in Afghanistan: By Joe Silva

December 9, 2014/in Archived Blogs

The president recently authorized new rules and an increased mission for the U.S. military in Afghanistan for 2015.

In May, President Obama announced that the U.S. military and its remaining force of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan would move to a non-combat role in 2015. The president said that U.S. involvement in Afghanistan would be limited to training Afghan forces and aiding them in hunting the remnant forces of Al Qaeda. Now the Obama administration is calling for American troops to have a direct fighting role in Afghanistan for at least another year.

The decision to change that mission pitted two imperatives of the Obama administration against each other. One was the promise that President Obama made to end the war in Afghanistan. The other comes from the demands of the Pentagon that American service members be able to successfully fulfill their remaining missions in the country. With the collapse of Iraq’s security forces against the Islamic State following the president’s ordered U.S. withdrawal, the pressure put on by Pentagon officials apparently won out.

The president’s new order will allow American forces to carry out missions against militant groups threatening U.S. personnel or the Afghan government. It also allows the use of jets, bombers and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s, commonly called drones) to support Afghan forces on combat missions.

Many Veterans of the Iraq Campaign feel that their mission was left unaccomplished, after the hasty U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2009. Many Veterans wanted their generation to achieve, once and for all, what they felt could have been attained in 1991. GWOT-era service members wanted to be the last generation of Americans to fight in Iraq, preventing their children and future generations from having to return to Iraq, as they did following Desert Storm. With the 2014 takeover of territory by the Islamic State, it appears that the Iraq Campaign Veterans will not get their wish.

But there is a chance to prevent circumstances in Afghanistan from repeating. By allowing combat missions to continue through 2015, members of the U.S. military can further secure Afghanistan, train and assist their security forces, and help ensure that this is the last generation of Americans to fight in Afghanistan, not just a hasty end to the first wave of wars.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: 2015 Mission in Afghanistan: By Joe Silva

Military Connection: Al-Qaeda Murders Hostages: By Debbie Gregory

December 8, 2014/in Archived Blogs

American photojournalist Luke Somers has been killed by Al-Qaeda.

In November, American Special Forces made a failed attempt to liberate Somers, who had been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in September, 2013. Details on the November attempt to rescue Somers are still classified, but reports are that Special Forces members liberated other hostages, but Somers was not present at that location. It has been reported that Somers and a British hostage were moved to another location shortly before the rescue attempt.

Early on the morning of December 6^th, American forces, with the cooperation of the local government, raided a village in Yemen. The Pentagon had intelligence that Somers and other hostages were being held there. The intelligence turned out to be correct. However, the rescue operation did not go according to plan.

When approximately 40 members of the famed SEAL Team 6 converged on the village and the captors became aware of the rescue attempt, they killed Somers and another hostage, Pierre Korkie, a teacher from South Africa. It has been reported, but not confirmed, that a barking dog may have tipped off the captors to the SEAL team’s presence. After the firefight, several Al-Qaeda captors, 11 villagers and the two hostages were dead. None of the SEALS were reported to have serious injuries.

Korkie was scheduled to be ransomed within the next few weeks. The aid organization that he worked for, “The Gift of Givers,” was reportedly close to negotiating the terms and price of Korkie’s release.

Somers has been an American media sensation for some time. The 33 year old photojournalist has dual American and British citizenship. The family told the media that they are angry over Luke’s death, and feel that he would be alive if it hadn’t been for the rescue attempt.

Somers’ family is understandably frustrated following their horrific loss. Our thoughts and our sympathies are with both the Somers family and the Korkie family in their time of loss. The kidnapping and murder of their loved ones at the hand of Al-Qaeda are tragedies that no family should ever have to endure.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: Al-Qaeda Murders Hostages: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Expanding Your Résumé: By Debbie Gregory

December 8, 2014/in Archived Blogs

As the holiday season is upon us, many unemployed and student Veterans and their spouses will have the ability to expand their résumés. Many retailers, shipping companies, private security firms, and holiday essentials providers (Christmas tree lots) are hiring seasonal help. While the bulk of these seasonal hires are intended by both the employer and the employee to be temporary, they add additional skills to your résumé.

After the holiday season, there are still numerous, ongoing opportunities for Veterans and military spouses to gain notable experience for their résumés, through volunteer work and community service.

Researches from The Mission Continues and the Center for a New American Security found that 90% of the Veterans involved with The Mission Continues believed their community work increased their prospects of finding a job. The study also found that that over 80% of the participants claimed that the volunteer experience encouraged them to search out better careers.

For the study, researchers tracked over 400 Veteran participants, known as group fellows. The researchers weighed the overall well-being of the group fellows before and after their six months of community service through The Mission Continues. The study found that group fellows reported much stronger ties with their families and communities after completing the program. They also reported increased confidence and increased activity in post-military support networks.

Veterans who completed the fellowship not only felt better about themselves, but also found that they gained skills, experience and networking connections through their community service that they can use towards finding meaningful employment. And employers will look at community service, along with the experiences and skills that were gained, increasing their confidence in hiring that employee.

The Mission Continues is just one of many non-profit organizations that connect Veterans to meaningful and experience-building volunteer work. Veterans can also take it upon themselves to volunteer for a multitude of community service programs in their own communities. Whether it’s building a house, helping fellow Veterans, feeding the homeless, picking up garbage, or working with seniors or children, Veterans are encouraged to seek out volunteer work… it could lead to that dream job.

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Military Connection: Padding Your Résumé: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Return of Hire More Heroes? By Debbie Gregory

December 7, 2014/in Archived Blogs

The House will take an opportunity in this new Congress to push legislation designed to incentivize employers to hire more Veterans.

Under H.R. 3474, the “Hire More Heroes Act,” companies that hire Veterans receiving health coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense could exclude these employees from employer-provided insurance coverage. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance.

Veterans who receive health coverage through programs such as TRICARE satisfy the healthcare law’s requirement of having insurance, making it unnecessary that their new employers to provide coverage for them. Allowing employers to exclude the Veterans who already receive healthcare through the VA and the DOD could help more Veterans get hired. If employers find that they can save money by hiring Veterans, the high Veteran unemployment rate would likely plummet.

The House passed H.R. 3474 last March, but the measure stalled in the Senate. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed that the bill would resurface when the 114th Congress convenes in January.

About the HIRE MORE HEROES ACT OF 2014:

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an employer, for purposes of determining whether such employer is an applicable large employer and thus required to provide health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to exclude employees who have coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), including TRICARE, or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Military Connection: Return of Hire More Heroes? By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: USAF to Open All Jobs to Women: By Debbie Gregory

December 6, 2014/in Archived Blogs

The U.S. Air Force is looking to open direct-combat related occupations to female airmen by spring, 2016.

The Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, recently announced that she intends to open seven Air Force occupation specialties to women. Sec. James said that the Air Force is in the process of developing gender-neutral standards for the positions. Once these policies can be established, the spots will be open to anyone who is qualified to fill them.

There are only seven Air Force jobs that are currently closed to female airmen. These occupations include: combat control team, combat rescue officer, pararescue, special operation weather (officer and enlisted), special tactics officer, and tactical air control party (TACP). TACPs make up a critical combat occupation specialty, where airmen are assigned to infantry units to coordinate in-close air support from USAF aircraft against enemy targets.

Secretary James’ plan will bring the Air Force in line with the other service branches as to what they are doing to open combat jobs to women.

Back in January, 2013, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered all service branches to open all combat jobs to female service members by 2016, or explain why any must remain closed. The Pentagon lifted its ban on women serving in such roles in 2012, but gave the services time to integrate female troops into the male-only, front-line positions.

Currently, women make up about 15% of the U.S. military’s 1.3 million active-duty service members.

In similar efforts, the Navy began allowing female officers to serve on submarines as early as 2010, but has yet to formulate a plan to integrate women into its Basic Underwater Demolition school programs, which includes the Navy SEALs.

The Marine Corps began allowing women to take the Infantry Officer Course, however, no female officers have yet to pass the demanding 13-week program.

In September, the Army announced that it is considering admitting females into their elite Ranger School.

One of the big hang-ups for women moving into the most elite combat roles is that the military will not lower any standards for women. Women are expected to perform at the same standards as men in order to qualify. The Marine Infantry Officer Course is the best example of this. Nearly everyone in uniform agrees that standards need to remain strict. But most people agree, if any service member can qualify for a position, they deserve to work in billets for that occupation.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: USAF to Open All Jobs to Women: By Debbie Gregory

Military Connection: Another Cop Story: By Joe Silva

December 5, 2014/in Archived Blogs

In the aftermath of two separate grand jury decisions not to indict law enforcement officers for the deaths of two American citizens, the media is swamped with public outrage. Footage of peaceful protests and rampaging riots from coast to coast are consistently on the television and streaming on online new sites. But the media has been biased by not giving equal coverage to stories of good police work and their essential roles in our society. These stories could help to quell the emotional and conflicted American public.

Additionally, a story that is not receiving equal airtime this week is out of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department has ruled that three L.A.P.D. officers were not justified in using deadly force in the December, 2013 shooting death of 51 year old National Guard Veteran Brian Newt Beaird.

On that day, at approximately 9:30pm, L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies observed Beaird driving erratically in his silver Corvette. When the deputies attempted to pull him over, Beaird refused, leading to a televised police chase. L.A.P.D. units took over the pursuit after Beaird entered the city limits. The vehicle chase ended when Bearid crashed into another car at the intersection of Los Angeles St. and Olympic Blvd, pushing the other car into a fire hydrant.

After the crash, Beaird reportedly did not yield to police instructions, instead walking near the trunk of his banged up Corvette. An officer shot a beanbag round at Beaird, and hit him in the leg. After the non-lethal round was fired, officers reported that Beaird allegedly attempted to walk away from police, and appeared to be reaching for something near his waistband. The officers opened fire, with as many as 21 rounds, killing Beaird. It was later determined that Beaird was unarmed.

In August, the city of Los Angeles paid $5 million to Beaird’s family in an out of court settlement.

This week, the L.A. Police Commission determined that the officers violated policy when they used lethal force against Beaird. The commission did determine that the officer who shot Beaird with the bean bag round was within policy. L.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck weighed in on the incident, and the officers’ use of deadly force.

“I did not agree with their [the three officers] judgment, that the threat that they faced was a credible deadly threat that they needed to respond to with deadly force,” Beck said. He added, “I’m not saying that they lied. I’m saying they were inaccurate with their assessment of the situation.”

Chief Beck must now make a decision as to what the punishment will be for the three officers, who have all remained relieved of duties since the shooting.

One thing that every American should keep in mind is that like our military, law enforcement officers willingly put themselves in harm’s way for the safety of the American public. Their job is thankless, stressful, and very, very dangerous. One of the most important things that should be communicated to the masses right now is respect for our men and women in law enforcement. They are our relatives, our neighbors and our friends, who serve a necessary role in our communities.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.

Military Connection: Another Cop Story: By Joe Silva

Military Connection: Intern Program for Veterans: By Debbie Gregory

December 5, 2014/in Archived Blogs

Three years ago, the VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA) and its Acquisition Internship School began a program called the Warriors to Workforce (W2W) Program. The W2W Program was created to provide returning wounded Veterans with the opportunity to take their skills and experiences obtained through military service and apply them to a new professional field.

For the W2W Program, interns are hired as GS-1106 procurement technicians.

The W2W curriculum provides participants with the training needed to succeed in challenging careers as federal contract specialists. During the first year of the three-year program, interns complete 24 college credits in business courses. These classes and credits are required for entry into the contract specialist GS-1102 job series. Participants also take part in performance training and performance psychology.

After completion of the first year, interns convert to contract specialists in the Acquisition Intern Program, earning on the job training and experience. Upon successful completion of the program, interns are strategically positioned into the workforce, throughout the country, to meet the needs of VA contracting organizations.

The curriculum provides extensive technical and business skills training, advanced biofeedback work, mission service, and on-the-job rotations. The built-in support system and network mirrors the team environment and camaraderie that Veterans experienced in the military, easing the transition to the civilian professional world.

The W2W Program was launched in 2011 when 26 Veterans began their mission to become federal acquisition professionals through the program. Their mission was completed on Thursday, November 6^th, as they graduated and transitioned to full-time federal contract specialists.

With sponsorship from VA’s Office of Information and Technology, the program was expanded in 2013 for Veterans interested in a career in program management. Similar to the original program, the W2W the Program Management curriculum includes IT and foundation program management training. The first class will graduate in 2016.

Ideal candidates for these programs are military Veterans who have service-connected disabilities, and little-to-no post-high school education (e.g., no bachelor’s degree). Veterans interested in applying to the W2W Program can email vaaaw2w@va.gov or call 240-215-0561. Veterans with a bachelor’s or other advanced degree can apply for the VAAA’s two-year Acquisition Intern Program. For more information on the two-year program, email vaaainternshipschool@va.gov or call 240-215-0561.

Military Connection proudly serves those who serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Guard and Reserve, Veterans and their Families. We are the go to site for Veteran Employment and information on Veteran education. Militaryconnection.com provides Veterans with and Directory of Employers, a Job Board, information on the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and a blog that offers Veterans boundless information. Be sure to visit Militaryconnection.com, the go to site.