November 23, 2015, by Brooke Chaplan - Scandal, incompetence, and corruption have plagued the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) since its creation after World War I. From denying promised payments to veterans, to providing subpar or even non-existent medical care leading to unnecessary deaths, the VA has a blemished history regarding its mission to serve American veterans. … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
US, UK Build West African Partners’ Maritime Security Capabilities
November 20, 2015 - GULF OF GUINEA - U.S. Marines and sailors and U.K. Royal Marine Commandos recently completed partner-nation training in multiple countries in Africa during Africa Partnership Station. The Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa spent Oct. 2 to Nov. 14, with their U.K. counterparts, in Angola, Ghana, … [Read more...]
DOD Announces Travel Restrictions to France
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 18, 2015) -- U.S. European Command, or EUCOM, has put in place travel restrictions to France that apply to all Department of Defense personnel. "Until further notice, [EUCOM] has prohibited unofficial travel to Paris, and for DOD personnel who are traveling outside Paris, it requires a higher level of approval to go," Pentagon spokesman … [Read more...]
The Unstoppable Airman
PEORIA, Ill. (AFNS) - November 17, 2015 -- (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.) Airman 1st Class Tanya Brown was a fulltime everything three years ago -- beautician, livestock farmer, college student, wife and mother to four children. Then, not being one to shy away from a … [Read more...]
Cavalry Soldier Reunites with Life-Saving Equipment
FORT HOOD, Texas (Nov. 17, 2015) -- Three years ago, a man with a gunshot wound to the head walked into a hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, clutching a helmet as if his life depended on it - because his life depended on it. First Lt. Jeffrey R. Meek and the advanced combat helmet, or ACH, that saved his life were reunited in a presentation at the Mission Command Training Center … [Read more...]