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The Department of Labor (DOL) has a “Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project” that is operated out of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Veterans Employment and Training.
November 9th, 2011 | Posted in Business,Economics & Markets,Economy,Jobs & Careers,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
I know people who work at HUD, one of the largest federal agencies in the country. HUD of course deals in housing, but also in homelessness.
November 6th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Regional,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
The National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition will be holding their annual board meeting and Lunch Celebration that kicks off the activities that takes place during Veterans’ Day Activities.
November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Vet News | Read More »
Military suicides have increased since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study conducted by the Center for a New American Security.
November 4th, 2011 | Posted in Coping,Health,Medical Disability Benefits,PTSD,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes, according to a study published Monday.
November 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Medical Disability Benefits,PTSD,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
"Used Prosthesis should be brought to foreign military veterans."
November 1st, 2011 | Posted in Health,Medical Disability Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
I was called recently by someone I know, who asked me to talk to a veteran that he knew who was in trouble.
October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
There are hidden wounds soldiers have always experienced upon returning home from every war- this documentary will shed Light and Healing on these many issues through the Voices of Veterans and their Families.
October 25th, 2011 | Posted in Causes,Education,Of Interest,Vet News,Vietnam War | Read More »
I recently was invited by a good friend who lives in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts to participate in a panel discussion about PTSD and TBI .
October 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Agent Orange,PTSD | Read More »
I must confess right upfront that this posting is a little self promotion. Well, kind of. Three months ago, a dear friend of mine that I have known for over 25-years contacted me with an urgent request concerning his son who had recently returned from Afghanistan.
October 20th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Health,Medical Disability Benefits,PTSD,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
After founding and then running a shelter for homeless veterans for a number of years, I began to see patterns of pathology among the clients.
October 19th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
One in four veterans from the gulf war are affected minimally. That number is old and current data shows that number has continued to climb to over 1 in 3 at least have submitted claims from the Gulf War 1990-91.
October 18th, 2011 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
DLI teams with HireVeterans.com for third year running , aggressively seeking Military Veteran Drivers.
October 10th, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Jobs & Careers | Read More »
Health problems associated with military service during Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn and related VA benefits
September 7th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Every day I deal with fellow veterans of the gulf war 90-91 and it is so difficult. It is difficult because each of us that stood up early in the 90′s after coming home ill, knew we had to do what we do, not just for ourselves but because we truly believed in caring for our fellow veteran.
June 28th, 2011 | Posted in Legislation,Politics | Read More »
The Representatives in DC offices need to be told to give priority to Gulf War Illnesses Research on the DOD Appropriations Bill now before them on the floor of the House for Congressional Direct Medical Research for Gulf War Illness Research Program and find these veterans help in the form of true diagnostic work and treatment.
June 25th, 2011 | Posted in Government,Politics | Read More »
Veterans are finding new skills and new methods to information share. Gulf war veterans and Gulf War era veterans are developing projects to collect and share information via Facebook. The project http://polldaddy.com/s/770F1DBB56742059 is one example. Veterans are asking for assistnace to get the word out to their fellow veterans.
June 17th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Will the House of Representatives, Defense Appropriations Committee remember the veterans of the gulf war on Tuesday vote and honor those that have died from gulf war illnesses? Obits of these veterans from 20 yrs ago for just the time since Memorial Day are highlighted
June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
The effort to get a Force Multiplier for Gulf War Veterans is gaining strength through Community Building on Facebook.
June 11th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
Veterans Today has encouraged gulf war veterans to set up face book pages for their gulf war 90-91 Desert Storm by service branch/and specific units……gulfwar/desertstorm/specific unit.
June 7th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
TAP program eases the burden for military personnel transitioning to civilian life
May 27th, 2011 | Posted in Military,Support the Troops | Read More »
We may face the possibility of having to address post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in those who return from war. Even for those who haven’t been in combat, major decisions should be made with complete clarity of thought. Today more than ever, the military world and the civilian world are as far apart as most [...]
May 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Health | Read More »
Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with a variety of clinical disorders and chronic diseases, including impaired balance, decreased muscle strength, mood and cognitive dysfunction, autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes (types 1 and 2), and certain forms of cancer,” the authors write as background information in the article.
March 15th, 2011 | Posted in Health | Read More »
Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons – brain cells – said that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide chemical. The finding identifies a potential therapeutic target to slow changes that lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
March 15th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
The VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, which includes all of North Carolina and parts of Virginia and West Virginia, is the only VA network in the nation using the “blitz” method to clear its backlog. The network is behind on about 4,000 to 5,000 requests, LaPuz said.
“Salisbury by itself is caught up, and now we’re trying to help out our sister facilities,” he said. “In three weeks — one week a month for the next three months — we expect to complete about 1,500 exams.”
The goal is to complete these exams within 30 days from the date
Starting this week, W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury is taking on a growing backlog of compensation and pension (C&P) exams during what staff term a “blitz” of three one-week sessions.
The hospital, along with eight others in the VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, is dedicating up to 80 percent of its primary care appointment schedule to the exams March 7-11, April 11-15 and May 9-13.
March 10th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »
We want to continue to honor our Gulf War Veterans and recognize their early deaths, it has only been 20 years since the Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm. WE are concerned that they are dying too early and still call for national registries of diagnosed illness deaths and the undiagnosed illnesses. This data could prove helpful to health care providers, medical researchers, and the veterans and their families in being proactive in their health concerns.
March 10th, 2011 | Posted in Gulf War Illness (GWI),Health | Read More »
It is 20 years since the Gulf War 1990-91, Operation Desert Storm(US), and our British Coalition Forces that are suffering with Gulf War Illness/es stood tall in London and welcomed the other coalition members that served and are also part of the unfolding health crisis of Post Gulf War Service. This crisis involved the largest ever number of veterans that have been affected by their service in the most Hazardous Toxic Soup of Environmental Exposures in any war.
March 4th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
GULF WAR VETERANS 90-91 reuniting by using facebook does your unit from the gulf war 90-91 have a FB page? And is there a GW90-91/desert storm/State Page to gather in your states!
February 27th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
VA RAC GWI MEETING FEB 28-MAR 1 in DC AGENDA AND DISCUSSION
February 25th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
Again the ill Gulf War Veterans are the ones doing the outreach and getting the word out, it is a shame they don’t even provide grants for outreach work nor rooms for veterans to use when attending VA RAC GWI meetings. Nor do they encourage interaction and sharing of important health care providers and research being done at annual type meeting for Gulf War Researchers both Civilian and VA. Much less having Civilian and VA Providers also involved fully in caring for Gulf War Veterans. There is a need for these type meetings and meetings should be open to veterans. These meetings also need videoconferencing live and archived and available openly on the internet!
February 25th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »
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