Veterans in the news
Vet deaths
Seems like aging entertainers are dying off; no big shock considering there is still a considerable stock of Boomers like Richard Simmons and even some pre-Boomer folks persisting into their ’80s and ’90s. Even cancer-stricken younger folks like Shannon Doherty passed, as well. Today we’re looking at a couple more vets from the entertainment world. […]
Veterans urge FDA to approve ecstasy for PTSD treatment in clinical settings
Veterans, including lawmakers who are also veterans, attended a two-hour outdoor news conference in Washington D.C. They shared their experiences with dealing with PTSD and with other effects of serving in a combat environment. Some of these veterans pointed to ecstasy as helping them beyond what traditional medications for their conditions were able to do. […]
Veterans group recruited 100,000 election workers
Ellen Gustafson is a co-founder of We the Veterans. He said that by the time people vote this coming November, one in ten poll workers will either be a veteran or a veteran’s family member. This nonprofit group reached its goal last month of recruiting 100,000 people. The National Conference of State Legislatures said that […]
Disabled Veterans calling on Congress to move on bill related to concurrent benefits
Veterans with less than 20 years of service, and having less than a 50% disability rating, are not able to receive both their military retirement and disability compensation. There is a dollar for dollar offset, reducing retirement pay by the amount of disability pay. Veterans groups are calling on Congress to get the bill moving […]
Navy Sailor attempted to access Joe Biden’s record
A Navy Sailor attempted to leverage his access to medical records to locate Joe Biden’s medical records. However, he was unsuccessful. He plugged Joseph Biden’s name into the health system’s electronic health database for the military. He was disciplined for making that attempt. From USA Today: The sailor, assigned to the Navy’s Medicine Readiness and […]
Navy Chief Petty Officer gets shot as his alarm clock goes off
Chief Petty Officer Alastair Pobre’s alarm clock had extra help in waking the CPO up. As the alarm clock sounded, the glass shattered. Pobre felt pain in his foot. Pobre turned the light on to find himself bleeding. He contacted the police and later received treatment at Navy Medical Center Portsmouth. From 10 on Your […]
Veteran told he’s not American, loses driver’s license
David O’Connor was born to two American citizens in Canada. His parents moved back to the United States where O’Connor grew up and eventually joined the Navy. He also engaged in being a commercial truck driver. O’Connor had no problems obtaining a driver’s license in New York, New Hampshire, and in Vermont. However, Tennessee pulled […]
Airmen applying for conscientious objector status over US support for Israel
Larry Hebert and Juan Bettancourt both serve in the U.S. Air Force. After seeing events between Hamas and Israel, and the US’s support for Israel, these Airmen decided to apply for conscientious objector status. Both labeled Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide” and expressed belief that this sentiment is growing. Based a track record […]
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