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Activating veteran Navy Sailors for deployment

| March 30, 2023 | 61 Comments
Activating veteran Navy Sailors for deployment

Luther Ray Abel, a National Review writer, provided an opinion piece offering solutions for the Navy’s recruiting challenges. One recommendation that he proposed involved contacting a Sailor that got out of the Navy and asking him if he would like to go on deployment. If the veteran agrees, a Navy JAG office provides orders to […]

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National Archives backlog holding up veterans

| March 2, 2023 | 8 Comments
National Archives backlog holding up veterans

Many veterans have requested service record related documents to assist with their applications for pensions, mortgages, and other benefits requiring proof of service. However, there is a backlog at the National Archives and Records Administration. This organization switched to remote work during the pandemic, removing employees from the physical location of the paper records. They […]

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VA Employees with criminal history related to drugs

| February 26, 2023 | 20 Comments
VA Employees with criminal history related to drugs

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report states that hundreds of employees, with drug related criminal histories, are still working at the VA. These histories relate to felony controlled-substance possession. These employees potentially increase the chances of drug theft being committed. In some cases, VA employees were allowed to continue with their employment after their drug […]

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Northern California diner halts veteran group’s use of room

| February 25, 2023 | 49 Comments
Northern California diner halts veteran group’s use of room

NBC Bay area reports that a group of veterans, who have met bi-weekly at the Black Bear Diner for a while, were told by a manager that they could not meet there. This group apparently reserved a room for their biweekly meetings. The diner claimed that the veterans were not respectful and did not show […]

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Veteran ends his life after VA denies his request related to pain management

| February 17, 2023 | 32 Comments
Veteran ends his life after VA denies his request related to pain management

Rayford Hill advanced a request, to the VA, to pay for a Neurolumen Pain Management device to help manage constant pain. This device reportedly aids pain reduction, with claims of reduced need for pain medications. The VA denied the request. The veteran made funeral arrangements, and then took his life behind the mortuary that would […]

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Donations to help Veterans, or to keep companies running?

| February 17, 2023 | 17 Comments
Donations to help Veterans, or to keep companies running?

Al Yee, a Vietnam Veteran, worked for the state to help veterans find jobs. He sent some veterans to Sean Murphy to interview for positions “in the company.” During the interviews, the veterans were asked to collect donations. Al Yee became suspicious of Sean Murphy’s operations. Murphy’s criminal past did not help him against the […]

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Bill reintroduced to make defrauding veterans a federal crime

| February 15, 2023 | 21 Comments
Bill reintroduced to make defrauding veterans a federal crime

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, reintroduced a bill in the Senate. This bill, if passed into law, would make it a federal crime to defraud benefits from veterans. Senator Cortez Masto said that this bill would provide additional tools to prosecutors, beyond current crime laws, to go after those who […]

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Frankie Cee is a long time contributor.

| February 14, 2023 | 52 Comments
Frankie Cee is a long time contributor.

He didn’t ask me to post this, in fact he doesn’t know I know… and now you know. I have what apparantly is a large mass of Cancer in my Left Lung. I will have to travel to have a biopsy, possibly a PET Scan, and more. I don’t want to put a big burden […]

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