Three Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Roles in VA Program Bribery Schemes
Two owners and an employee of for-profit, non-accredited schools were sentenced during the last two days for bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in exchange for the public official’s More...
Jackson Man, Undrey Jones Pleads Guilty for Bomb Threat on Veterans Administration
Undrey L. Jones, 48, Jackson, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to threatening to bomb the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Jackson, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst More...
Department of Veterans Affairs pleads Guilty to Bribery, Fraud, and Obstruction involving Disabled Veterans
A former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official pled guilty today to demanding and receiving bribes from three for-profit schools in exchange for enrolling disabled military veterans in those schools More...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders crushes Chris Cuomo on spygate, liberal media bias and credibility
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders went into “enemy” territory Wednesday night to answer some tough questions from CNN’s Chris Cuomo, who grew increasingly frustrated by her answers, More...
CBS reveals Los Angeles VA facility cancelled, postponed dozens of procedures due to fly infestation
CBS Los Angeles investigative reporter David Goldstein revealed Tuesday that the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center has cancelled or postponed dozens of surgeries due to a fly infestation. The three-month More...
Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth attacks President Trump as ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) fired back at President Trump for calling Democrats who didn’t stand and applaud during his State of the Union address “treasonous,” saying she didn’t swear an oath “to More...
Exciting and Rewarding Career Paths for Life After the Military
When you first sign up for the military, it can be hard to look ahead and imagine where your life will lead you after the military. The military is a huge sacrifice and one that takes all of your energy. But, as More...
‘Thank You For Your Service’ highlights PTSD struggles for Vets but falls short on the ‘thank you’
The struggles of returning soldiers never appeared on screen in the way Thank You For Your Service highlights PTSD, the incompetence of Veterans Affairs and the arrogance of military leadership. American Sniper More...
Benefits of Retired, Disabled, and Veteran Citizens
We live in an era of economic downturns, wars, climate change, costly healthcare and what not making it extremely difficult for people, especially the retired, disabled and the veteran citizens to live a stress More...
Veteran’s Medical Malpractice Case Against VA Begins
Opening statements in a dying Arizona veteran’s medical malpractice case began on Monday morning. The veteran, Steven Cooper, is suing the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration More...
Veterans Assisting Veterans blast Elizabeth Warren and defenders of illegal immigration not legal workers, ‘hundreds of veterans dying every day’
Members of the group Veterans Assisting Veterans joined “Fox & Friends” to discuss their opposition to the immigration policies of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other lawmakers. Veterans Assisting More...
Military Exposure: Occupations Prone to Asbestos-Related Health Issues
Unfortunately many military members were exposed to dangerous amounts of asbestos over the years. The U.S. Navy was a major culprit that used asbestos as a fire-retardant on far too many ships and projects during More...
Chaplains commend VA on revised religious liberty policy
Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty is expressing gratitude to the Department of Veterans Affairs for its recent memorandum to key officials that updates the policy guidance on religious exercise and expression More...
Donald Trump attacks media, lists veterans’ donation recipients
The presumptive GOP candidate for president, Donald Trump, listed dozens veterans’ groups that he said had received $5.6 million thanks to his fundraising and personal donations at a heated news conference Tuesday More...
Americans pause to celebrate Memorial Day
Below are words I penned five years ago, still new to writing and long, long before the Global Dispatch was even a notion rolling around in my mind. Today is a day of pause indeed and beyond the celebrations, pomp More...
Gary Sinise awarded Bradley Prize for ‘supporting veterans, first responders, and their families’
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today one of four 2016 Bradley Prizes will be presented to actor/humanitarian Gary Sinise, an award-winning actor and founder of the Gary Sinise Foundation. He More...
Charlies Ingram identified as US Veteran who set himself on fire outside clinic
The shocking horrors of the fiery suicide outside of a New Jersey Veterans Affairs clinic still cut deep as officials named the man as Charles Richard Ingram III, a seven-year veteran of the U.S. Navy. Ingram More...
ADF warns VA of religious discrimination over Christmas expression in work areas
Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Salem, Va., medical center after it issued a Christmas memo to its employees that explained they are only “permitted to engage More...
Ben Carson says VA can fold into DOD to reduce size of government
2016 GOP Presidential candidate Ben Carson appeared on the Dave Ramsey Show today and talked about reducing the size of government and one example was that “We don’t need a Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans More...
Benefits Offered to Veterans
Being a veteran of the armed forces comes with certain hurdles that others might not have. However, it does come with some benefits that counterbalance those hurdles. The VA, or Veterans Administration, has many More...
