Category: Veterans’ Issues
Marching Orders for Trump’s New VA Secretary
Townhall Since President Trump ousted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new...
Great Moments in Guv-Mint Health Care – Billings VA clinic faces removal while office is shut down
Independent Record A whistleblower at the Billings Veterans Affairs clinic revealed practices in the statewide dental system that caused...
The loneliest time of the year – Vets and the Holiday Season
By Ray Starmann The holiday season seems to go on forever, only to finally extinguish itself in a brilliant...
Veterans to Protest at College That Stopped Flying US Flags
Newsmax Veterans are planning a protest at a western Massachusetts college facing criticism from around the country for its...
The solitary world of a vet
By Ray Starmann On Veterans’ Day, it is important for those who have never served to take a moment...
The homeless Green Beret I met today
By Ray Starmann Today, I met a member of the elite US Army Special Forces, the famous Green Berets....
Are you a killer? The quiet discrimination shutting military veterans out of the workplace
Telegraph UK While focusing on discrimination toward UK vets, the situation described below is certainly prevalent in the US...
Over 600,000 US Veterans May Be Uninsured in 2017
NBC Washington More than 600,000 U.S. military veterans will go without health insurance in 2017 if 19 states fail...
Poll: Trump Leads Clinton Among Military and Veteran Voters
NBC Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 19 points — 55 percent to 36 percent — among voters who...
Vet groups uniting to oppose privatized care, defend VA
Sierra Vista Herald The nation’s leading veteran services organizations are rallying behind the Department of Veterans Affairs and its...
The Gulf War Syndrome Plot: The US Government’s Conspiracy of Silence and Obstruction Against Gulf War Veterans
Green Med Info Our service men and women put their lives on the line every day to protect us...
Obama opposes privatization of VA health care
Associated Press President Barack Obama is opposing suggestions the government privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health...
VA proposes covering surgeries for transgender vets
The Hill The Department of Veterans Affairs may cover transition-related surgeries for transgender veterans in the near future under...
VFW blasts Obama for asserting members are confused by right-wing media
Washington Times In attacking Donald Trump, President Obama has managed to anger one of the nation’s largest and oldest...
Hillary Won’t Stop at Just Disarming Veterans
Gun Owners of America Hillary Clinton is the Most Anti-Gun, Anti-Veteran Presidential Candidate in History GOA hopes you had...
VA Hospitals are not Disneyland – It’s time to privatize the VA now!
By Ray Starmann Yesterday, VA Secretary, Robert MacDonald set off a firestorm in the media when he compared long...
Veterans Affairs Secretary: Waiting For Medical Care Is Like Waiting In Line At Disneyland
The Federalist Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday that the length of time veterans had to wait before...
WHISTLEBLOWER: COCKROACHES SERVED FOR DINNER AT CHICAGO-AREA VA HOSPITAL
Conservative Review A vermin infestation has overrun the kitchen of a suburban Chicago Veterans Affairs hospital and is reportedly...
House Panel Embarrasses VA Undersecretary In Oversight Hearing
Daily Caller Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary David J. Shulkin gave false information to Congress Tuesday, claiming that...
They never learn: Watchdog finds falsified wait times at 40 VA facilities
By the American Thinker After two years of investigations, the inspector general for Veterans Affairs has found that 40 VA...
Report Finds Sharp Increase in Veterans Denied V.A. Benefits
By NY Times Joshua Bunn was a rifleman in one of the bloodiest valleys in Afghanistan, where his infantry...
Since December, VA Has Revoked Gun Rights From 260,000 Veterans
By Joshua Krause and DC Clothesline The Department of Veteran’s Affairs has long proven that bureaucracy and medical care...
The Veteran’s Perspective – Valor Cannot Be Stolen
By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective We have been asked to provide the Veteran’s Perspective on the topic...
The Veteran’s Perspective – Attacks in Paris Part II – What to do?
By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective As promised, today’s post is the Veterans’ Perspective on some broader thoughts...
The Veteran’s Perspective – What Does it Mean to Fight For Something?
By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective Today, I would like to share an experience that is common amongst...
The Veteran’s Perspective – Destroying the Myth of PTSD
By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective First, we must express our sincere gratitude and respect for all those...
The Veteran’s Perspective – Project Greenlight II – Supporting Veteran Employment
By Elmer Ellsworth and the Veteran’s Perspective We received considerable feedback on our article last week about Walmart’s Project...
The solitary world of a vet
By Ray Starmann As Veterans’ Day approaches, it is important for those who have never served to take a...
Are “Support the troops” and “Thank you for your service” just empty phrases?
By Ray Starmann Since 9-11, and the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been an...
The Veteran’s Perspective – Election Day Snub
By Elmer Ellsworth Today is Election Day – to many it is just another day. But to Veterans it...
The Veterans’ Perspective – Does Trump’s Plan to Fix the VA Trump the Existing VA Plan?
By Elmer Ellsworth Amongst the feedback from our article last week on Walmart’s Project Greenlight, we were asked if...
The Veterans’ Perspective – Why Walmart’s Project Greenlight is a Red Light
By Elmer Ellsworth Last night watching the World Series I saw that Walmart spent millions of dollars on advertising...
The Veteran’s Perspective – A Day at the VA
By Elmer Ellsworth Yesterday I spent my day at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. Simply put it was a...
The Veteran’s Perspective – The Next President #1
By Elmer Ellsworth The first request for the “Veteran’s Perspective” to address an issue ….no surprise given the hype...
A Veteran’s Perspective
By Elmer Ellsworth In the first of an ongoing series, Elmer Ellsworth discusses the Veteran’s Perspective and post-military life...
The FUBAR Express
KUSA reports on calamities, cost overruns, mismanagement, morons and the VA way of doing business. KUSA – Several members...
When the Walls Come Tumbling Down
Colorado VA Hospital fiasco caused by ignoring contractors. A Veterans Affairs official told members of Congress overseeing construction of...