What is VHA? -Know more
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 VA Medical Centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving more than 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. The VHA is the largest employer of […]
PCS Stress –Tips for Military Families Coping with the Emotional Stress
What is PCS Stress? Moving is a much more common event for military families than for civilian families since soldiers are required to change their service location pretty often. PCS (Permanent Change of Station) is a very stressful process, especially for military member families with children. In general, service members are usually required to change […]
Belarus: From Nascent Democracy to the Last Dictatorship in Europe to an Aggressor Nation
Yuliya Brel-Fournier PhD Assistant Policy Scientist CADSR, University of Delaware 111 Academy St., Office 286 Newark, DE 19716 Phone: (732) 610-5853 E-mail: ulenka@udel.edu On March 17, 1991, a referendum was conducted in the USSR. The question put to voters asked them if they considered it necessary to preserve the Soviet Union ‘as a renewed federation […]
What do veterans do after-service?
Serving for your country is probably one of the greatest pride. Veterans after service can continue to enjoy this pride. Many veterans sacrifice themselves and their loved ones and serve their country at the cost of their lives if necessary. But this honourable duty is not forever. Veterans, like everyone else, have to leave their […]
Lack of oversight caused VA to overspend by tens of millions on prosthetics: watchdog
The Veterans Health Administration’s Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) paid “about $ 10 million more than reasonable fees” for VA prosthetics devices over a six-month period due to lack of internal control in VA. Report comes from the Inspection General of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The report estimates that if these expenses are […]
Amazon supports veterans
For years Amazon supported veterans in their transition. As the company reported massive growth during the pandemic years, Amazon also pledges for more support to veterans and their families via transition training and direct job opportunities. Many veterans agonize about finding post-service employment. They worry about whether their skills are transferable. They’re concerned about adapting […]
VA improvement is needed for Veterans treatment court program
Veterans court program: The growing Veterans Justice Outreach program, which has helped ease criminal justice problems for veterans’ across the U.S., is working, but the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to make some improvements for more veterans to participate court program, according to a new watchdog report. The VA needs to improve training, outreach, and […]
US vets calling the crisis line help with increased numbers, as Afghanistan collapse
With the end of US operations in Afghanistan in recent weeks, vets calls and messages to the Veterans Crisis Line have increased significantly. But Veterans Affairs officials say this is good news, not bad. “The more that we can do to normalize discussions about crisis and about suicide and how it’s okay to reach out […]
VFW Awards Nearly $600,000 in Aid to Student Veterans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce 130 student veterans will receive nearly $600,000 in scholarships for the fall 2021 semester, courtesy of the VFW “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program. “Whether fighting overseas or fighting a pandemic here at home, our service members and veterans sacrifice so much for our […]
PAWS for Veterans Passes US House Legislation
The Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act, adorably nicknamed PAWS, was reintroduced as a bill earlier this year. This bill just made its second pass through the House this past May in a bipartisan unanimous vote. The bill would allow the Department of VA to run a five-year test program that would assign […]