Monthly Archives: October 2008

IVAW Members Arrested While Attempting to Present Questions to Obama and McCainArraingment Set for Nov. 11One hour before the final presidential debate of the...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. VA Institutes Temporary Shredding Ban At Regional Offices.  2. VA Decides Not To Use Outside Help On New GI Bill...

            Bechtel National Inc, San Francisco, Calif., was awarded Oct. 15, 2008, a $563,473,000 cost plus incentive fee contract. This modification is for the...

Peake: Lapses “Unacceptable,” Procedures and Accountability TightenedWASHINGTON -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake vowed swift action after a handful of documents...

Long Time Emcee for Veteran ArtistsWASHINGTON – Legendary actress Jane Powell has been honored by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for her legacy...

            Columbia Nut & Bolt, LLC, Moonachie, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $19,173,589 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity contract for...

150 Best Jobs Through Military Training 150 Best Jobs Through Military Training, a new addition to JIST's Best Jobs series, provides a wealth of...

Golden Corral Restaurants Salute America’s Heroes with Free Dinner on Military Appreciation Monday                              -- Military Appreciation Post Card Drive Begins Sept. 1 --Raleigh, NC...

SOCIAL SECURITY Social Security Announces 5.8 Percent Benefit Increase for 2009Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 55 million Americans...

Veterans office investigatedWatchdog group is looking into whether claim documents were mishandled in Detroit.by Paul Egan DETROIT -- A government watchdog that oversees the...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Peake Says Dole's Hefner VAMC Concerns Will Be Reviewed. 2. VA Awards Contracts For Cemeteries In Alabama, Nebraska.   3. VA Clinic...

           Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded a $200,532,975 cost plus fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2100) for Naval...

Book for U.S. Military Veterans Seeking To Transition to Civilian Jobs Military-to-Civilian Resumes and Letters: How to Best Communicate Your Strengths to Employers Transitioning...

Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law By CHARLIE SAVAGEWASHINGTON — President Bush asserted on Tuesday that he had...

Impact of Iraq war causing US soldiers to shoot their superiors, commit suicide or file for divorce.  BAGHDAD - In the early hours of...

DoD Develops Compensation and Benefits HandbookBook for Seriously Ill and Injured Members of the Armed Forces The U.S. Department of Defense has developed a comprehensive...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. VA Cancels Outsourcing Plan For New GI Bill Claims. 2. UCLA Opens Veterans Center In Response To Bill.   3. Join HHS,...

Design Contract Awarded for New Alabama National CemeteryWASHINGTON – To complete design of the first major construction project of the Department of Veterans (VA)...

Similar technology marketed as a way to control video games by thoughtThe U.S. Army is developing a technology known as synthetic telepathy that would...

Aviation and Construction Design Build Firm Needs Veterans for Jobs Now!Jobs Offered to Military Veterans at CCE by Marcy BulstromContracting, Consulting, Engineering LLC (CCE)...

Aviation and Construction Design Build Firm Needs Veterans for Jobs Now!Jobs Offered to Military Veterans at CCE by Marcy BulstromContracting, Consulting, Engineering LLC (CCE)...

Veterans join forces to wage war on a sneaky diseaseby Lon WagnerBob Brunner and Jerry Walton didn't know each other until recently, and they...

The Biggest Untold Mortgage Crisis: Help for Families Facing Military Foreclosuresby Carla Douglin More and more military families are finding themselves in the middle of...

THREATS OF ASSASSINATION AND ELECTION VIOLENCE SOARFBI AND SECRET SERVICE PARYLIZED UNDER BUSHBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERUntil the highly controversial 911 attacks, whose "investigation"...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Decides Not To Use Contractor For New GI Bill Benefits.2. Push Still On For "Veterans Village" In New York.   3. VA...

VETERANS IGNORED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATESWHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THE VETERANS ON THE DEBATE AGENDAby Jere BeeryALL STATIONS! Many of you have...

Sessions Online SM Announces Fall Winners of $1 Million Scholarship Program for Injured Armed Services Veterans Twenty Winners Announced for Online Art/Design Scholarship for...

BOOK: Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies"In this angry and passionate book, Peter Galbraith lays out the disastrous consequence of the...

The SBA Loan Book, 2nd Edition provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to maneuver through the complex maze of eligibility, qualification, and approval...

QUESTION: I am an active duty member that was forced to change assignments and now have a VA loan that has the...

The VA Vendee Loan program is for properties that have gone into foreclosure, and are actually loans given by the Veteran's Admin....

Work for MarylandElgibility credits Offered to Veterans who apply for Jobs with Marylandby Marcy BulstromThe Great State of Maryland is hiring folks! Yep, Maryland...

OMNIBUS VETERANS’ BENEFITS BILL NOW LAWAkaka’s legislation improves veterans’ housing, disability, and employment benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman...

VA Announces “In House” Option to Implement IT Aspects of New GI BillWASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it...

Eligibility credits Offered to Veterans who apply for Jobs with Maryland

Ed Freeman:  An American HeroMedal of Honor Recipient Once they were Soldiers.... You're an 18 or 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and...

Veterans' Benefits Legislation Signed by PresidentChanges to Claims Process Suggested by  Well-Known Military Law Attorney  Washington, DC  - After passing the Senate in unanimous...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed a comprehensive handbook describing compensation and other benefits service members and their families would be entitled to...

Military Health Care NewsOn Oct. 1, 2008, TRICARE Management Activity awarded contracts to the six designated providers of the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan...

VA Issues Directive Controlling 5 Year VA Health Care Program For OIF/OEF Veterans-Below please find the long VA directive controlling the enlarged 5 year...

American Ordnances LLC, St. Pittsburg, Kan., has three contract were awarded Oct. 2, 2008, a $427,782,611 firm/fixed-price contract for the operations Iowa and Milan...

McCain's Attacks Fuel Dangerous HatredBy Frank Schaeffer, U.S. Veteran & AuthorJohn McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism,...