Category Archives: Veterans Services

F&P Veterans Services Group Honors and Remembers Our Fallen Veterans On This Memorial Day and Always

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all -->

AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability

Seattle Times, by Marilynn Marchione: America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a -->

Federal court reverses order for VA system overhaul

Associated Press: By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday reversed -->

VA Boosts Mental Health Workforce

Time: Battleland Military Mental Health A Lagging Indicator By Mark Thompson April 20, 2012 |Even -->

Veterans and Brain Disease

Could blasts from bombs or grenades have a catastrophic impact similar to those of repeated -->

Veterans Affairs’ mental-health system denounced at hearing

Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs followed the release of an inspector -->

Pressure to reduce VA disability claims may cause more delays, advocates warn

By Steve Vogel, Washington Post With the Department of Veterans Affairs facing a growing backlog -->

Army Refines Medical Management of Concussion

By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 – Over the past -->

Nursing Groups to receive PTSD and TBI training

From Stars and Stripes By LEO SHANE III Published: April 10, 2012 WASHINGTON — A -->

Pentagon Stays Silent on Whether Suspect in Afghan Massacre Took Controversial Anti-Malaria Drug

Democracy Now!, March 27, 2012: As Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales is charged with murdering 17 -->

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ Day

The U.S. Senate declared March 30th as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, agreeing unanimously to -->

Facts Veterans Should Know

The current VA manual that is used by VA employees is M21-IMR ( the manual -->

Free VA Healthcare for Combat Veterans

Important Information Veterans Should Know: A veteran who has other than a dishonorable discharge from -->

New Food Safety Legislation Being Protested

Food Industry Protests Food Safety Plan Obama Signs Sweeping Food Safety Reform Bill. According to -->

Army Focuses on Traumatic Brain Injuries

Ben Sherman: FORT SILL, Okla. — March is Brain Injury Awareness month, and the wars -->

Veterans, VA split over mental health expansion

By Kevin Freking – The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two years after Congress passed a -->

Hotline available for soldiers, veterans over PTSD evaluations

Seattle Times, by Hal Bernton: The Army Medical Command has a hotline available for soldiers -->

Efforts Lag to Improve Care for National Guard

The Washington Post: By Lauren Everitt, Andrew Theen and Gulnaz Saiyed, Published: February 14 Despite -->

VA Introduces Text Messaging to Expand Efforts to Prevent Suicide

WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2012) – The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to -->

For-Profit Colleges Lose Incentive to Target Vets Under Bills

From Bloomberg News By John Hechinger and John Lauerman – Feb 15, 2012 For-profit colleges -->

When Wars End, Don’t Forget the Wounded Veterans

“Afghanistan and Iraq have produced more than 47,000 physically wounded Americans. Far too often, they -->