Get the VA Welcome Kit

#Middlebury #Veterans It doesn’t matter if you’ve been out for years or are just now separating from the service, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a gift for you: ... Continue Reading →

The COVID vaccine is coming for vets

#Middlebury #Veterans The COVID vaccine is currently being distributed to 37 VA locations around the country. The logistics to move 300 million doses to where they need to be (Operation ... Continue Reading →

Has the VA called about Solid Start?

#Middlebury #Veterans Have you been separated from the service for less than a year? Did you receive your phone calls from the Department of Veterans Affairs? They will try to contact ... Continue Reading →

At ease: Sarge and the coffee shop vets

#Middlebury #Veterans There wasn’t a single veteran on the sidewalk outside the coffee shop. I was saddened by this, believing they couldn’t continue their morning meetings ... Continue Reading →

‘Unbanked’ veterans never use banks

#Middlebury #Veterans They call them “the unbanked,” people who don’t use banks for any reason. At this point there are 250,000 veterans without bank accounts. Without one, ... Continue Reading →

Sarge the EMT not too old after all

#Middlebury #Veterans The retired sergeant, the one with the 6-foot foldout measuring stick, wasn’t there when I headed for the order window at the coffee shop. The rest of the ... Continue Reading →

Where to live after leaving the service?

#Middlebury #Veterans A quarter of a million of us leave the service every year, and where do we go? If our last duty station was in a great place, we might just put down roots and ... Continue Reading →

VA expands video health care access

#Middlebury #Veterans Afraid to go into a doctor’s office right now because of COVID? You’re not the only one. Or maybe the nearest facility is far away, or transportation ... Continue Reading →

Purple Heart phony fakes service record

#Middlebury #Veterans #PurpleHeart With snow expected that afternoon, I suspected the veteran crew might not have shown up outside the coffee shop, but there they were, socially distanced ... Continue Reading →

911 to get partner with VA crisis line

#Middlebury #Veterans We all know to call 911 when there’s an emergency – car crash, burglary, need of an ambulance – but we’ll soon be getting an additional number. ... Continue Reading →