Tag: Veterans’ Affairs

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama made clear that innovation is vital to the American economy – and that government has an important role to serve in supporting innovators across the country. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is committed to finding new technologies, processes, and solutions emerging from dynamic companies in the private sector that can help us better serve our Veterans.

What does Gulf War Veterans and Super Bowl Have in Common? Twenty years ago our military active duty and reservists placed on active duty and many reserve units working on mandays/active duty time for reserve manning stateside, in route flying missions, overseas in Europe and other middle east countries, and at home bases were all doing their sworn duty for the United States Military. They remember where they were and the Super Bowl in 1991, the question is does the American Public at large remember them? We remember the scud alarms going off on that day vividly. When they came home they were reporting in ill but America did not hear much and if they did it was just because they happenned to hear something on the news on television occassionally or occassionally saw something in the newspaper. America was busy and may have missed one of the largest stories of the need for veterans in its modern history.

Your Veterans Service Organizations liaison from the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is now promoting the work of...

After returning home from Iraq in 1992, John Lurker struggled to restart a normal life. By Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger The Desert Storm Army veteran changed...

Dr Chia research article from Journal of Clinical Pathology on enterovirus and a cancer needs to be shared widely at the Department of Veterans Affairs and circulated to all health care providers. Our only chance with beating cancer is TIME. Adequate diagnostic tests to rule out cancers for our Desert Storm Veterans and our newest veterans from OIF/OEF is a must and we all must be proactive and knowledgeable and that includes our patients and their family members!

Gut problems for Desert Storm Veterans listed as IBS for VA Claims. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a symptom that can be explored to get more answers. Referrals need to be made to rule out Cancers and other diseases ie Crohn's Disease. The Department of Veterans Affairs need to have a more active, proactive stance for the veterans and needs to have information flow improve and made easier for Health Care Providers and Medical Researchers. There needs to be more SOPs and updates circulated to all the VA facilities nationwide.

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Council backs plan to treat veteran patients at Shore Memorial.  Shore News Today However, the plan has yet...

The day this nation can't afford to take care of her veterans is the day this nation should quit creating them. By Bob Ford Galloway Township,...

Judge Roger Vinson—who ruled Health Care reform unconstitutional—decided against veterans in an infamous case that stunned veterans across the nation (Schism v. United States, 02-1226),...

Yesterday, the VA held an important conference call on how New GI Bill 2.0 will empower them to improve processing and delivery of education...

A headline sent out by the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA) misleads readers and editors with the head reading: "Miller, Murray Both Concerned...

The lines are drawn between the two new congressional Veterans' Affairs committee chairs—House VA Committee's Rep. Jeff Miller, and the Senate VA Committee's Sen. Patty Murray. Rep. Miller (R-Fla) has...

This happened last Sunday. An Iraq veteran lives across the street from a church and decided to wave a gun as people arrived for...

From the VietnamVetWives Dear Secretary Shinseki,I met with the Institute of Medicine at their open session Dec.16th 2010. I presented evidence showing a connection between...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. A Government Witch Hunt for Veterans Begins Anew—A scare report in Stars and Stripes by Leo Shane...

VT celebrates that a veteran advocate and a female, Sen. Patty Murray, has taken over a key leadership position in the United States Senate Veterans Affairs...

Just when you thought is was safe to go back to the VA come signs the water is not inviting for veterans looking to...

Cancer Patient's Life Now Hangs in Balance As He Awaits Stem Cell Replacement Update: Veteran's health insurance restored after 2-cent brouhaha By Russell Haythorn, KMGH News THORNTON,...

President Obama’s State of the Union Address showed the president is out of touch with the rough reality facing veterans, and failed to produce a...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. In 2010, More U.S. Service Members Took Their Own Lives Than Were Killed in Combat. After noting that...

Veterans in crisis needing to call a suicide line don't need to fuck around with phone keys and replace T-A-L-K with 8255. You get it? Time matters.

Chris Kirkham at The Huffington Post has an outstanding piece chronicling the vultures preying on troops at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. While Fort Sill Religous Support...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. Urgent Reminder: Deadline at Midnight January 27 to Enroll in VA Health Care In January 2008 Congress increased...

Rightwing, sectarian Christians are embedded at the DVA,  the Pentagon, all branches of the U.S. military, and the military academies. They want Christian armed forces. And they have...

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. VA Pilots Vertiglo Application Services: Returning Vets to Use Mobile Devices. PRLog.Org (press release) Returning veterans are now able...

VA Doctors in Salt Lake City missing in action. Exceptional Conference on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue/ME. With one out of four Gulf War 1 Veterans ill at least, one would think that the VA in Salt Lake City would be in attendance and that they would encourage and notify their patients at the VA with Fibromyalgia to attend this conference.

After 14 Years, Pentagon Finally Complies with Law Passed as "Lesson Learned" from Military's Failure to Care for Gulf War Veterans By Bob Brewin in...

Congressman Manzullo, stood up for Ill Desert Storm Veterans, this author worked with his staff along with a number of other gulf war veteran advocates. Many hours were spent on the hill in DC and it took several sessions of congress to get the measure passed into law. His staff truly worked hand in hand with the veteran's advocates and held monthly meetings and updates on the final push. This is the bill that became law that listed each of the symptoms of gulf war illness that should be compensated!

From the Fay Observer an excellent article.  We are reposting this article at VT to be sure all see one of the worse case...

Yet Another notice as we look back on 20 years since the Gulf War. No one can really tell us how many Gulf War Veterans have died since Operation Desert Storm and at what age, what cause of Death, unit assigned, or location in theater. The Gulf War veterans will do it again for themselves! We need to be sure that each of the survivors and any dependent children get the help and benefits that were earned.

Us Representative from Connecticut pledges help for Gulf War Veterans but is this really happenning

UK Gulf War Veterans still ill just as US veterans and other coalition forces. Waiting for their governments to care for them in a timely manner. What is the reason for the delay. It has been 20 years and many thousands have died.

Gulf War Memory Many individuals and different groups have tried over the past 20 years. We spoke, testified, went to the media and to the elected representatives and any other committee or advisory group that came along. But our job, our duty, our moral and ethical duty to each other has not been accomplished. We have not crossed the finish line until each gets the care and help needed.

memorial service for Gulf War 90-91 Marine this saturday

Twenty Years After Operation Desert Storm, Veterans are Dying Early in Life

Gulf War Veteran dies suddenly. Gulf War Veteran leader, 501st Ordnance Battalion, USArmy, 44, Massachusetts Flags at half staff for vet, father of 4

This indeed is an important area to consider for Gulf War Veterans 1990-91 since exposures to chemicals can cause nerve damage that might exhibit as tinnitus. As the nerve damage continues, hearing loss may also occur. How many Gulf War Veterans 1990-91 have experienced hearing loss? This is your chance Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War illness to provide and discuss this specific issue.

Veterans of Operation Desert Storm 1990-91 Gulf War still await timely health care and compensation.

Today our team in Gaza met the Awaja family from Thabat. There were nine members of this family, seven children aged 1 to 12 years old, but one son was murdered during Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009), so seven children is now six. Today we visited a few days in the life of this family, courtesy of a magnificent Palestinian mother named Wafaa.

HOLY DISTRACTION, THE BATTLE OF THE CROSSES By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor This week, a 3 judge panel, the 9th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals,...

So here is the latest information IT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED How Much For Sure For Gulf War Illness Research Program at DOD-CDMRP For FY2011. IT never hurts to keep your voice and written words in front of your US Representatives and US Senators and for you to share those to as many elected officials in all the parties from local to State to National! And to get the news of that out in all ways possible!!! In a year with continuing resolutions, partisan battles, and omnibus bill that runs in the thousands of pages that throw everything into the soup when they cannt get the 13 funding bills through in any form of clean method. Well, lets us say it is not a clean recipe at that point, behind the scenes cooks can be known to help or hinder. Even when a number of us advocates and those on the hill ie staffers are doing everything to track and monitor. AS the old song goes Behind closed doors......You never can tell where a secret supporter, Santa, Cook can either spice up the recipe or make it go sour.

Update on Depleted Uranium Internationally. There has been work being done internationally while the media ignores the issue. Here is the news contained below that doesn't appear in mainstream media coverage. There is concern but medical research and peer reviewed journal articles seem to take decades, while veterans die without help, denial of compensation, denial of a proactive medical system to perform diagnostic tests in a full screening in a timely manner to catch health problems and to diagnose cancers at the earliest date possible and to monitor health status for other diseases related to respiratory and cardiac and neuroimmune problems.