News from Army One Source Thousands of Veterans with PTSD May Get Benefits Boost Military officials have agreed to pay what may potentially be millions of dollars to Servicemembers who were medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with disability ratings of less than 50 percent. According to federal law, the military is required to [...]
http://www.intel-dump.com/posts/1200240519.shtml NYT misfires on veterans story [Phillip Carter, Sunday January 13, 2008 at 11:08am] Sunday’s New York Times features a lengthy front-page article titled “Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles” — what it bills as Part I of a “series of articles and multimedia about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who [...]
For your information. This is a special report that the NY Times put out today. It is about: “a series of articles and multimedia about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have committed killings, or been charged with them, after coming home.” The New York Times report can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/us/13vets.html?scp=5&sq=Veterans [...]
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/editorials/index.html Standing strong on the home front Sunday, January 13th 2008, 4:00 AM Sue Mori feels irresistibly drawn to opening the door and looking in on the son she gave birth to 22 years ago. “It’s a picture I want to see – John, comfortable in his own bed, at home, safe,” she says. Tricia [...]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-12-26-gi-bill-main_N.htm USA TODAY December 27, 2007 Thursday The rocky road from combat to college By Mary Beth Marklein STARKVILLE, Miss. – By the time he completed his four-year stint in the military three summers ago, Frank Wills had gotten used to taking orders, carrying a rifle and taking pictures of the dead as a combat [...]
Written By: Joe Bello (LaGuardia Community College, Veterans Affairs Office) For your information– Mid-month (Federal, State and Local) Veteran’s news. As one of the NY Times article states below, we are losing more and more veterans here in New York City, NY State and the Northeast every day. I’m really concerned when reports say that [...]
By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]
For your reading. Too many times when we talk about veterans we think men. Veterans do it and the public does it. Times have changed and we all need to recognize that women play a major part in our armed forces and they also need services and help. Thank you for serving. Please forward to [...]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYMetroVets/ This Newsletter Includes the Following Articles: · DoD/VA Seamless Transition · DoD/VA Health Records Transition · VA Vision Care · 5 Years of Post Service Health Care Proposed · 2008 COLA · Special Military Earning Credit for Social Security · NYS Tax Info for Military and Veterans · Veterans Educational Assistance · Korean War [...]
For your information. I believe that this is important and could even be happening in some of the CUNY colleges. We all need to be aware of this, espically the Liaisons. Read on..Joe Bello —————————————————————– http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,123646,00.html?ESRC=navy.nl Veterans Misled About MGIB-SR NAVPA | January 29, 2007 Veterans Misled About New GI Bill Education Benefits NEW HAVEN, [...]
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