With the recent box office success of the film “American Sniper,” featuring the late Navy Seal Chris Kyle, the national conversation about veterans’ issues has been elevated significantly. The film has stimulated broad discussion in… Read More
Retired Lt. Col. Steve Gray completed in January what he says was a rewarding and fulfilling career. Gray, who retired at the end of January following 17 years of service as military liaison to U.S…. Read More
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The recent closing of the American Legion Club in Bemidji surprised some veterans in the area, even though they also are experiencing the struggle to keep their clubs open in communities throughout the region. Theyre… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS (January 27, 2015) – Military veterans in Blackford, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Miami, Tipton, and Wabash County are invited next week for a special service session at American Legion Post No. 85… Read More
Traipsing through skid row, trailing media cameras and advance staff, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro stopped to talk to a homeless woman with a white blanket draped over her head. “What a… Read More
Robert Smith understands veterans. Smith joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1987 at age 19 and served in the Persian Gulf War as a scout sniper. “There is a level of dedication that stays with… Read More
If you are struggling with a medical condition or injury, it may be connected to your military service even if it developed decades after you were first enlisted. Most people who think of service-connected disabilities… Read More
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctors need more flexibility to work with their private sector counterparts, U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Lehigh Valley, said Thursday on a visit to an Allentown outpatient clinic. Dent, recently named… Read More
It’s about nine months since those secret waiting lists were exposed at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA admits as many as 40 veterans died waiting for care. Since then, Congress passed a… Read More
Next week will be the last for Maria R. Andrews as the director of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She has been appointed as the new director of the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center… Read More