Department of Defense is shortchanging Vets

#Middlebury #Veterans The Inspector General for the Department of Defense (DOD) has discovered that millions of dollars intended for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ... Continue Reading →

Stand downs offer help for homeless veterans

#Middlebury #Veterans Do you need Stand Down services? Or are you willing to help create successful events for homeless veterans? Even though parts of the country aren’t quite ... Continue Reading →

Criminals defraud the VA

#Middlebury #Veterans Why do these people think they’ll get away with their crimes against the Department of Veterans Affairs? Don’t they realize they’re ultimately ... Continue Reading →

Black goo at K2 in Uzbekistan was toxic

#Middlebury #Veterans Were you stationed in Uzbekistan shortly after 9/11 until 2005? The place, Karshi-Khanabad, was called K2 and the ground was covered in black goo. Signs warned ... Continue Reading →

Agent Orange exposure not limited to Vietnam

#Middlebury #Veterans The Government Accounting Office (GAO) stepped into the fray to document exactly where all the Agent Orange (AO) was used and stored when it released a report ... Continue Reading →

DAR members hold valentines for veterans workshop

#Middlebury #Veterans #Valentines The Trumbull-Porter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently held its 13th annual Valentines for Veterans Workshop at the VFW Post ... Continue Reading →

Learn how to navigate the medical care maze

#Middlebury #Veterans It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle of medical care. When something is wrong, you need to know what it is, and quickly. That didn’t happen with a ... Continue Reading →

VA hospital patient commits suicide

#Middlebury #Veterans #Suicide You’d think that hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs would be safe havens when it comes to preventing suicide. Not so, apparently. A ... Continue Reading →

AccessVA: One portal to rule them all

#Middlebury #Veterans Tired of remembering all the user names and passwords you need to do things online? The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a one-door portal to access ... Continue Reading →

2020 Honor Flights starting up soon

#Middlebury #Veterans Last year the Honor Flights Network took 21,000 World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War era veterans from around the country aboard flights to Washington, D.C. ... Continue Reading →