Justin Brown
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Looking for Virginia Vets who might share their story
March 3, 2010 - 12:57 pm
Posted in Just Awesome | No comments
I recieved this message from a reader, if you are in the Charlottesville area and want to participate please contact Ms. Russo. -Justin
Dear Mr. Brown,
My name is Lauren Russo and I live in Charlottesville, Virginia. I am part of a three-woman organization, called Secretly Y’all, that puts on a monthly story-telling show here in Charlottesville. [...]
For soldiers, single motherhood becomes another battlefield
February 26, 2010 - 10:33 pm
Tags: Mary Eberstadt
Posted in Women's Issues | No comments
The latest flurry of attention toward gays in the military shows that the question of who gets to be a soldier, and why, is sometimes unavoidably moral. So let’s ask that question about another group of soldiers who haven’t attracted as much talk but should: mothers, many of them single, in combat boots — and [...]
Vets deserve a piece of jobs bill, VFW says
February 26, 2010 - 9:34 am
Posted in Employment, News | No comments
By Rick Maze –Military Times–
The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is demanding changes in the $15 billion jobs bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday because veterans were left out of a package of tax credits and highway projects aimed at increasing employment.
“Despite having more than 1.1 million unemployed veterans, the 60-page package failed [...]
During Texas Visit, Shinseki Discusses Goals To Improve VA
February 26, 2010 - 9:31 am
Tags: Wayne Gatewood
Posted in Waynes Daily Veteran Update | No comments
Wayne’s Daily Veteran Update–
Greetings people. Thursday is over and we are into another Friday….weeks come and go like days. One of these days I am going to slow down enough to smell the roses……………..but then again, back to work!!
Prayers and blessings for you and your loved ones and for our wonderful Troops and their [...]
Nye: $750 a Month is Too Much, Too Fast
February 22, 2010 - 5:13 pm
Tags: Representative Glenn Nye
Posted in GI-Bill, News, Politics | No comments
Washington, DC – Congressman Glenn Nye (VA-02) is asking the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ease the burden on local veterans.
Last week, the VA announced that it will ask veterans who received $3,000 emergency payments under the Post 9/11 GI Bill to begin repaying the money – at a rate of up to $750 [...]
Shinseki: US will fix broken VA disability system
February 22, 2010 - 10:42 am
Posted in Benefits and Claims, News, Veterans Affairs | 1 comment
By KIMBERLY HEFLING
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) – Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he’s making it a top priority this year to tackle the backlog of disability claims that has veterans waiting months — even years — to get financial compensation for their injuries.
Among those waiting for relief are sick Vietnam and Gulf War veterans to [...]
In Marja, it’s war the old-fashioned way
February 20, 2010 - 10:42 am
Posted in Afghanistan, News, OEF | No comments
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran–Washington Post Foreign Service–
MARJA, AFGHANISTAN — They had slogged through knee-deep mud carrying 100 pounds of gear, fingers glued to the triggers of their M-4 carbines, all the while on the lookout for insurgents. Now, after five near-sleepless nights, trying to avoid hypothermia in freezing temperatures, the grunts of the 1st Battalion of [...]
War in Iraq will be called ‘Operation New Dawn’ to reflect reduced U.S. role
February 19, 2010 - 9:39 am
Posted in News, OIF | No comments
By Greg Jaffe–Washington Post–
The Obama administration has decided to give the war in Iraq a new name — “Operation New Dawn” — to reflect the reduced role U.S. troops will play in securing the country this year as troop levels fall, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
Since U.S. forces charged [...]
Shinseki: Workers Being Moved Back To New GI Bill Helpline
February 19, 2010 - 9:18 am
Posted in Waynes Daily Veteran Update | No comments
Wayne’s Daily Veteran Update–
Greetings folks. Been very busy and thus very delinquent in getting the news to you. I do hope you are well and you and your loved ones are in the best of health.
Prayers and blessings for you all and for our Dear Troops and their loved ones everywhere.
Best…………………..Wayne
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VA News for Thursday, February 18, [...]
Report on Marines’ water omitted cancer chemical
February 18, 2010 - 9:52 am
Posted in DoD, News | No comments
By KEVIN MAURER–Associated Press–
WILMINGTON, N.C. – An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review, an Associated Press review has found.
The Marine Corps had been warned nearly a decade earlier about the [...]
