While the world watches COVID-19, what’s happening with Afghanistan?
While the world is largely preoccupied in its fight against COVID-19, the United State’s withdrawal from Afghanistan carries on despite increased violence in the region and accusations that President Donald Trump is being manipulated by the Taliban to act impulsively.
US military prepping for coronavirus pandemic
Originally posted in Military Times U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week. An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command […]
Tuskegee Airman receives promotion to brigadier general
Originally posted by U.S. Air Force WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Celebrating a 100th birthday is monumental in itself, but for retired Col. Charles E. McGee, shortly after this celebration he would reach yet another milestone in his successful career. On Feb. 4, he found himself in the Oval Office at the White House being promoted to […]
A Veterans’ Group Pushes for America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Originally Posted in National Review Indian Wells, Calif. — The statistic jumps off the page: 69 percent of veterans support a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is part of Stand Together, the network of political groups allied with Charles Koch, and has generally focused on issues relating to the […]
Honor the Fallen – Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is returning home after 78 years
Originally Posted at Connecting Vets A sailor killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been identified. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Navy Seaman 2nd Class Lloyd R. Timm, 19, of Kellogg, Minnesota, was accounted for on Sept. 27, 2019. Timm was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked […]
Fight for the Living – New veterans find themselves employed and connected but battling health woes after discharge
Originally posted at Military Times Health issues are the main concern facing veterans in the first year after leaving the military — more than jobs or personal relationships, a new survey of nearly 10,000 veterans has found. While most veterans said they were satisfied and functioning well at work and in their social lives, more […]
We must do better – Second veteran family plans to sue Phoenix Veterans Administration Hospital
Originally posted at ABC 15 PHOENIX — The family of a Valley veteran has filed an administrative claim, or “notice to sue” the Phoenix Veterans Administration Hospital. This is the second notice filed against the VA in the last two weeks. In the claim, the family of Iraq war hero Edward Hager say the VA […]
Fight for the Living – VA announces plans to study military toxic exposures, connections to veteran illnesses
Originally posted on Radio dot com For years, veterans and their families have told stories of rare cancers, crippling respiratory illnesses, birth defects and more. Their conditions have confounded doctors and experts. How are these young, previously health troops and veterans falling so grievously ill? Why are they dying so quickly? For years those families […]
Bills Would Award Congressional Gold Medal to Army Rangers of WWII
Originally Posted on Military.com For one veteran who fought through the crossfires of German heavy machine guns in the D-Day landings, receiving a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of his service and that of his World War II comrades would be “quite meaningful.” Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to award the […]
Unacceptable behavior – American Legion grave markers stolen
Originally posted by WBAL-TV 11 RISING SUN, Md. — Less than a week away from Veteran’s Day, someone stole more than two dozen military grave makers from a cemetery in Cecil County. Police are now trying to find the person responsible. Advertisement Investigators said the grave markers were stolen sometime in the past three days. […]