by Matt Davison Although I had been inside the Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island many times, it was always during the day. Coming into the institution at night is surreal, kind of like going to a night baseball game. You could see clear across the north yard back to where men were playing handball [...]
ONCE SEEN AS HEROIC LEADERS PRESIDENTS UNDER ATTACK By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Veterans have long known that our modern military leaders often claim honors and heroics we know were won by others. From Patton to Westmoreland, well known military commanders are infamous for their millionaire lifestyles behind the front lines. Our newest Commander in [...]
Brown Sues 53 Individuals, 17 Telemarketers and 12 Charities that Exploited Donors’ Desire to Help Cops, Firefighters and Veterans Los Angeles – As part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent charities, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. is filing today eight lawsuits against 53 individuals, 17 telemarketers and 12 charities that "shamelessly exploited" people’s generosity [...]
The nine-hole course at the VA Medical Center, built for returning World War II veterans, is closed to the public as investigators look into suspected embezzlement of as much as $200,000 in user fees. By Bob Pool May 30, 2009 A popular golf course at the VA Medical Center in Brentwood has been closed to [...]
WDEF.com Congressional panel will discuss mistakes that put patients at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals at risk of possible exposure to HIV and other infectious body fluids. Five patients have tested positive for HIV and 39 have tested positive for hepatitis after receiving treatment at VA hospitals in Murfreesboro, Miami and Augusta. The House [...]
By: Lauren Gregory The VA’s Tennessee Valley Healthcare System opened a special transition clinic for new veterans in 2007, said program coordinator Tonia Hardyway. But clinic services were housed in Murfreesboro and Nashville, leaving Chattanooga-area veterans with little clue about whom to see for post-deployment care — not to mention how and when. The push [...]
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been accepted into the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program. The program is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. It allows United States colleges and universities to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition expenses that exceed the [...]
ARCADIA — The Rotary Club of Arcadia presented the fourth "Service Above Self" award Tuesday night at the Elks Club. This year the award was given to the nine members of the DeSoto County Veterans Honor Guard. These men were recognized for their exemplary service to the community. The Veterans Honor Guard makes a [...]
MIAMI, May 29 (UPI) — The Veterans Administration hospital in Miami says it’s trying to contact 216 veterans at risk from improperly cleaned colonoscopy equipment. The equipment may have infected veterans who received colonoscopies at the hospital between May 2004 and March of this year, The Miami Herald reported Friday. Hospital officials have been [...]
Ted Levitt has just the right vehicle for raising money to help wounded veterans — his customized, star-spangled car. Levitt, owner of Chick & Ruth’s Delly, parked the 1931 Buick in front his famous downtown Annapolis eatery for a few hours on Memorial Day to raise awareness of his nonprofit group, Faces of Valor USA, [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More Connecticut veterans of a little-known Persian Gulf mission now will qualify for benefits.Lawmakers approved a bill expanding the recognized dates for Operation Earnest Will, in which the U.S. military guarded Kuwaiti tankers from Iranian attacks. Current law recognizes the dates as Feb. 1, 1987 to July 23, 1987, and requires veterans [...]
By Robert Porerobert.pore@theindependent.com The canteen at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Grand Island, along with one in Omaha, has won an award as National Canteen of the Year. Elizabeth Painter, canteen manager in Grand Island, said Grand Island and Omaha canteens were chosen tops among all the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the U.S. [...]
By Cathy Locke clocke@sacbee.com A Veteran Employee Education Fair, sponsored by the California Department of Veterans Affairs and the Sacramento Region Higher Education Coalition, will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in Sacramento. The fair is designed for working veterans and other professionals interested in pursuing a college education while maintaining a full-time job. [...]
By Latreecia Wade Bill Rupp, who has spent years supporting military veterans, has decided to retire after six years as chairman of the St. Peters Veterans Commission. Rupp will retire as of June 1. "I’m almost 85 years old and I have taken several trips to Jefferson City," Rupp said. "I was advised by my [...]
SACRAMENTO – Last week Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled an innovative Web site connecting veterans, active duty personnel and their families with the social services, medical services, education and employment opportunities available in their local communities and throughout the state. http://sacramento.networkofcare.org/veterans/home/index.cfm The Veterans Network of Care Web site links private-sector service providers, nonprofit service providers, county, [...]
By RENEE RAMSEY – For the North County Times NORTH COUNTY —- France has bestowed its highest service honors on two World War II veterans from North County for their roles in D-Day 65 years ago. Oceanside resident Jack Port, 87, departed last week for France to receive The National Order of the Legion of [...]
DESLOGE — The scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall will not be coming to Desloge July 22-29. The traveling wall will instead come to Desloge Sept. 30 – Oct. 5. City Administrator Greg Camp said there was a problem with one of the traveling displays and it had to be taken off of [...]
"We want these women to feel honored and make sure they are aware of the benefits they have earned as a veteran," Women veterans will be honored, and needy veterans will receive medical services at two events in Pine Ridge in June. The Department of Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System will host a [...]
The National Veterans Foundation provides one-on-one care for Veterans and their families in times of crisis through our Lifeline for Vets™ program. For just 16 Cents A Day, you can help make sure there’s an experienced NVF counselor on-call 7 days a week, 365 days a year to help avert a crisis, answer a question [...]
Nashua-NH A city man who is an advocate for veterans is among a group appointed to an advisory council. U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-2nd District, announced that Grif Dalianis, civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army, has been named to the Veterans’ Advisory Council. The council will meet with Hodes and his staff concerning [...]
By ANNIE BURRIS THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER HUNTINGTON BEACH – Military veterans can put away their coins when parking in Surf City. City leaders unanimously voted Monday night to give veterans of certain military distinction free parking in metered spaces, city beach lots and city parking structures, making Huntington Beach the first in the county [...]
What happens when a bank fails? You’ll find out in our lead story Sunday. 60 Minutes cameras and correspondent Scott Pelley were there a few months ago when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation surprised the employees of suburban Chicago’s Heritage Community Bank when they arrived on a Friday night to take over their failing firm. [...]
ATTORNEYS FOR VETERANS SEEKING VA BENEFITS by Major Robert L. Hanafin, U.S. Air Force-Retired Effective June 20, 2007, veterans are allowed to retain an attorney after the first denial by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Notice of Disagreement stage Since the passage of Congressional Legislation in 2007 allowing Veterans access to an [...]
By D.C. Liberty, Staff Writer Politicians of America are SAFE as a nut in a shell which just fell from the Oak Tree. Our liberal educated World stands to lose its chance at a One World “SOCALISTS COMMUNISTS NATION”. “IF” something should happen to Americas Leaders, that act, would, stop any chance for Nuclear War. [...]
VETERANS TAKE A BACK SEAT TO TORTURE ISSUES, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN AND THE WASHINGTON CULTURE OF “UNWORLDLINESS” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Not all veterans have two full retirements or 100% disability. Some work to support families, families with more and more unemployed in them. Soon, the grown child in the basement will be joined [...]
VETS AND THE LAW: AMERICA’S SHAMEFUL MINORITY By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Troops, while serving, live under the UCMJ, the Uniform Code of Military Justice with a combination of judicial and non-judicial legal systems. Our soldiers are also under a command structure meant to afford them continual feedback on their career status and support them [...]
PERSONAL CARE TIPS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BATHING PRACTICES FOR DEMENTIA SUFFERERS Carol Duff MSN, BA, RN Bathing is a multi-step process Bathing is one of the activities of daily living that is most affected by dementia. There are many steps in the process of bathing and these steps can seem very difficult for the person [...]
by Marcy Bulstrom Community Health Plan was established in 1992 by a network of community health centers across Washington State. They provide coverage for people in 33 counties. Their members receive services from more than 1,000 primary care providers and 8,000 specialists at more than 250 primary care sites and over 80 hospitals. They are the fifth-largest [...]
This is a continuation of an three part article on the VA Appeal Process The following explanation of the VA Claims process is courtesy of vetadvocates.com AND Lawyers4Veterans.com (links provided within the article). Frankly there is nothing sinister or secret about this long drawn out process, readers can get the same explanation or something quite [...]
By Barbie Perkins-Cooper After my marriage to a soldier, I was blissful of our future life together. Kissing him goodbye at the Charleston, South Carolina Airport I was fearful of what he would be like when he returned, or what would happen to me, if he did not make it home. Young and excited, I [...]
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