Justin Brown
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Webb Calls on Veterans Affairs Department to Examine Reports of Misrepresentation of Military Service
July 17, 2009 - 8:47 am
Tags: Eric Shinseki, Jim Webb
Posted in News, Politics, Veterans Affairs | No comments
Letter Asks for Immediate Action to Root out Fraud and Abuse in VA System
Washington, DC – Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) today asked Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to “immediately and proactively” examine recurring allegations of misrepresentation of military service that may have resulted in the awarding of unearned veterans benefits and false recognition [...]
Congressional Hearing on Women Veterans Issues Watch it Live!
July 16, 2009 - 9:01 am
Tags: Female Veterans, Virginia veterans, Women's Issues
Posted in News, Politics, Women's Issues | No comments
Virginia Veteran Kayla Williams to testify today before the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Watch it live at 10 AM Eastern –http://veteransaffairs.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/veteransaffairs/58214/100_veteransaffairs-hvac2_090402.asx
Date Thursday, July 16, 10 a.m.
Place 334 Cannon Bldg.
Panel
Joy J. Ilem – deputy national legislative director, Disabled American Veterans
Anuradha P. Bhagwati – executive director, Service Women’s Action Network
Dawn Halfaker – vice president, Board [...]
Auditors: Privacy lacking at some VA hospitals
July 16, 2009 - 9:00 am
Tags: Female Veterans, Virginia veterans, Women's healthcare
Posted in Healthcare, News, Women's Issues | No comments
By KIMBERLY HEFLING – 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Department hospitals and clinics aren’t always making sure female veterans have privacy when they bathe and receive exams, government auditors said Tuesday.
As thousands of women return from Iraq and Afghanistan and enter the VA’s health system, the Government Accountability Office reported that no [...]
Glenn Nye Works to Protect Military, Veterans’ Health Care
July 15, 2009 - 8:55 pm
Tags: Representative Glenn Nye
Posted in Healthcare, News, Politics | 1 comment
07/15/09
Washington, DC – As Congress debates health care policy – including how to pay for any reform plan – Congressman Glenn Nye is working to take one controversial option off the table.
Nye is currently rounding up support for a letter to Congressional leaders, insisting that veterans and military health care benefits must not be taxed [...]
House Panel Approves Omnibus Veterans Benefits Legislation
July 15, 2009 - 3:12 pm
Posted in Benefits, Healthcare, News, Politics | No comments
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – VETERANS AFFAIRS
July 15, 2009
House Panel Approves Omnibus Veterans Benefits Legislation
By Matthew M. Johnson, CQ Staff
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved four bills Wednesday, including an omnibus draft bill that aims to improve the insurance and medical benefits made available to vets.
The draft legislation, sponsored by Bob Filner, D-Calif., combines language [...]
A Soldier Comes Home
July 15, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Posted in News, Personal Story | No comments
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
On July 5, The Post published a letter from Martha Gillis of Springfield [Va.], whose nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, was killed in Afghanistan on June 25, the day that Michael Jackson died. The letter criticized the extensive media coverage of Jackson’s death compared with the brief coverage of Lt. Bradshaw’s death. Among [...]
56 Virginia schools join Yellow Ribbon program
July 14, 2009 - 2:39 pm
Tags: Post 9/11 GI-Bill, Virginia veteran
Posted in GI-Bill, News | No comments
Richmond Times-Dispatch
By Staff Reports
Published: July 14, 2009
MORE:
• On the Web: GI Bill
Veterans attending Virginia colleges and universities will be eligible for additional benefits next month under the new federal Yellow Ribbon Program set up to aid those who served after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In Virginia, 56 schools are among 1,100 nationwide that have entered [...]
More Than 1,100 Colleges and Universities Partner with VA to Improve GI Bill Benefits
July 13, 2009 - 1:59 pm
Tags: Post 9/11 GI-Bill, Veterans Affairs, Virginia veteran
Posted in GI-Bill, News | No comments
VA PRESS RELEASE
July 13, 2009
Out-of-State, Private and Graduate Educations Made More Affordable
WASHINGTON – Over 1,100 colleges, universities and schools across the country have entered into “Yellow Ribbon” program agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve financial aid for Veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Over 3,400 agreements were received from the 1,100 [...]
Virginia Veteran Seeks Veteran Jedi’s
July 13, 2009 - 8:35 am
Posted in Employment, Just Awesome, News | 1 comment
Virginia Veteran Making Moves for the Future
Dear friends and colleagues I am writing you today to notify you that the Virginia Veteran is seeking skilled veteran Jedi’s, or those proficient in veteran karate. We have not been around for long and consider ourselves mildly successful in that we do have a small following, mostly ourselves, [...]
Four Unknown Facts about the Post 9/11 Gi-Bill
July 12, 2009 - 11:33 am
Tags: Post 9/11 GI-Bill, Virginia veterans
Posted in Benefits, GI-Bill | No comments
1. Exhaust the old GI-bill benefits and you get 12 additional months of the new GI-Bill! That is 48 months of educational benefit vice 36!
You must fully exhaust your Chapter 30 benefits to be eligible for the 12 additional months of Chapter 33 benefits and this does not work in reverse. As in, you cannot [...]
