{This blog is not affiliated with the VA. Though a Veteran, four yrs. all shore in Navy last year In-Country Vietnam, I don't work for the VA}
**USN All Shore '67-'71 GMG3 Vietnam In Country '70-'71 - Independent**

In 2003 some 72% of Americans fully supported the Abandoning of the Missions and those Sent to Accomplish so extremely Quickly after 9/11!!
At least some 95%, if not more as less then 1% serve them, not only still support the, just below, total lack of Sacrifice, they ran from any and all Accountability and left everything still on the table to be continually used if the political/military want was still in play in future executive/legislative wants!!
DeJa-Vu: “With no shared sacrifices being asked of civilians after Sept. 11", Decades and War From, All Over Again!!
Especially for the Corporate and Wealthy Community, investors in Defense Industries, and for these, Afghanistan and Iraq, came Two Huge Tax Cuts, with more sweetheart deals to same from states and the fed!!


Thousands of people across America don’t just talk about honoring Veterans; they walk the walk. Dedicated Volunteers Serve Veterans for Decades

On this Executive Administration, it's Cabinet and those directly around same, "Best - Ever": "We haven't had this kind of visibility from the White House—ever." Joyce Raezer National Military Family Association - Dec. 30, 2011, and plenty more of similar since Joyce, others, spoke and continues!

Ask yourself: If the Veterans Administration is so corrupt and mismanaged, as the conservative ideology, under which the seeds of are planted when they control, wants everyone to buy into as they obstruct the budgets and do extremely little after they charge same, then why does the Private sector, many problems within rarely heard about, adopt so many practices and advanced technologies developed within the VA, for free?! The VA, DoD, and in partnership with Universities and Colleges, not just Health Care are constantly in R&D and that developed that works is quickly moved into the private, for profit, sector, even as the VA is long under funded, decades, and especially during and after our wars that the few are sent into!

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President Obama 26 August 2014
Fact: "This is not just a job of government. It’s not just a job of the veterans’ organizations. Every American needs to join us in taking care of those who've taken care of us. Because only 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans benefit from that 1 percent. A hundred percent need to be supporting our troops. A hundred percent need to be supporting our veterans. A hundred percent need to be supporting our military families."

Fact: "We’ve been able to accomplish historic increases to veterans funding. We’ve protected veterans health care from Washington politics with advanced appropriations. We’ve been able to make VA benefits available to more than 2 million veterans who didn't have them before, including more Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange. We’ve dedicated major new resources for mental health care. We’ve helped more than 1 million veterans and their families pursue their education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill."

August 26, 2014 - Secretary Robert A. McDonald's Remarks for the American Legion's 96th Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC
Fact: "Unlike, P&G, VA may not be concerned about quarterly profit and loss statements or shareholder value, but it does have a bottom line—Veterans. "
{which is why No Government agency should be turned into a private corporate entity feeding for profit off the Countries duty and responsibility, especially the VA}
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Fact: “We are dealing with veterans, not procedures—with their problems, not ours.” —General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

Facts: Matthew Hoh {former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan}: "We spend a trillion dollars a year on national security in this country."
"And when you add up to the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA, Veterans Affairs, interest on debt, the number that strikes me the most about how much we're committed financially to these wars and to our current policies is we have spent $250 billion already just on interest payments on the debt we've incurred for the Iraq and Afghan wars." 26 September 2014

Fact: "If military action is worth our troops’ blood, it should be worth our treasure, too — not just in the abstract, but in the form of a specific ante by every American." -Andrew Rosenthal 10 Feb. 2013

Fact: "12 years also is a long time. We now have a lifetime responsibility to a generation of service members, veterans and their families." Dr. Jonathan Woodson 11 Sep. 2013: With 9/11 Came Lifetime Responsibility
 {two tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, came with these two recent unpaid for wars, nor the results of, DeJa-Vu all over again from the previous decades and wars from! Ignore the many issues, by those served, no need to fund!}

Fact: Sen. Bernie Sanders told Republicans: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.” February, 26th, 2014

Fact: 25 June 2014 U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Veterans' Affairs issue an 'all too similar' scene

Fact: How We Could Do More For Our Vets: "We need to go into debt to pay our debt to U.S. veterans to make sure they get the care and services we owe them."

Fact: “Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

WHY? GOOD QUESTION THOSE SERVED SHOULD ANSWER!


Bob Herbert Losing Our Way : "And then the staggering costs of these wars, which are borne by the taxpayers. I mean, one of the things that was insane was that, as we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration cut taxes. This has never been done in American history. The idea of cutting taxes while you're going to war is just crazy. I mean, it's madness." Bill 'Moyers and Company': Restoring an America That Has Lost its Way 10 Oct. 2014

Presidential Proclamation -- Veterans Day, 2013: "As we pay tribute to our veterans, we are mindful that no ceremony or parade can fully repay that debt." read more>>>


Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:

ProPublica and The Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2012 - Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
"DeLara's case is part of a much larger problem that has plagued the U.S. military since the 1990 Gulf War: a failure to create and maintain the types of field records that have documented American conflicts since the Revolutionary War."

Part Two: A Son Lost in Iraq, but Where Is the Casualty Report?

Army Says War Records Gap Is Real, Launches Recovery Effort

3/27/15 - U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq
"During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today."
"When Brown and others tried to obtain their medical records to prove their illnesses were service-related, they learned that the records had disappeared."



Add in the issues of finally recognizing in War Theater and more Veterans, by the Shinseki Veterans Administration and the Executive Administrations Cabinet, what the Country choose to ignore from our previous decades and wars of: The devastating effects on Test Vets and from PTS, Agent Orange, Homelessness, more recent the Desert Storm troops Gulf War Illnesses, Gulf War Exposures with the very recent affects from In-Theater Burn Pits and oh so so much more! Tens of Thousands of Veterans' that have been long ignored and maligned by previous VA's and the whole Country and through their representatives!

How does a Country HONOR It's Fallen, by Their Own 'Sacrifice' in Taking Care of the Brothers and Sisters They Served With!!


"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." - Abraham Lincoln

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan" - President Lincoln

She wrote that she's proud of her service but added this: "That doesn't change the fact that I contributed - however indirectly - to human beings vanishing from the earth in a moment of sheer agony."



Homeless Veterans/Stand Downs

Are You Concerned About a Veteran? The Veterans Crisis Line Can Help>>>

For our sisters: National Women Veterans Hotline, call 1-855-VA-WOMEN1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-66361-855-829-6636) New Hotline now up and running

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Some Veterans News

Pass this first one on to any who might be interested:

Female OEF and OIF Veterans

Survey for Female OIF/OEF Veterans

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN AGE 18 OR ABOVE WHO HAS RETURNED STATESIDE AFTER DEPLOYMENT FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN, YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE A SURVEY >>>>>


New focus put on issues of women in U.S. military

Feb 27, 2010

The role of women in the U.S. armed forces is expanding.

Last week, the U.S. Navy announced that it will begin allowing women to serve on submarines. The U.S. Army also is considering new rules as they pertain to women in combat. Technically, women are not permitted to serve in combat areas, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have shown us that it is no longer possible to clearly identify where the line is that separates "combat" and "noncombat" zones.

As a result, more servicewomen are returning home with combat-related injuries. It's estimated that by 2020, women veterans will make up 10 percent of the nation's veteran population - and 9.5 percent of the Department of Veterans Affairs patients.

The good news is that the VA already is in the process of enhancing the delivery of medical care and services to address the special needs of women veterans. Women always have been treated equally with their male counterparts, but new efforts are under way to expand services to meet their unique needs, including: >>>>>

Health services available to veterans

February 28, 2010

If you are one of the many veterans reaching retirement age, now on Medicare and having a difficult time finding a primary-care physician, then Veterans Administration health care may be the answer to your problem.

VA health care is available to all honorably discharged veterans. There is no time limit to apply, and combat service is not a requirement. >>>>>

New Veterans Homeless Shelter to Open in Inverness Florida

February 28, 2010

A much needed homeless shelter is planned for Inverness Florida. As part of the ongoing effort to meet the needs of homeless veterans in the Citrus County Area- "The Mission in Citrus" is planning a homeless veteran's shelter to be located on Park Ave "In the old CASA shelter" in Inverness Florida. The location was chosen after an earlier meeting with State and County Officials. As it was already an operating shelter, few upgrades are required to bring it up to compliance.

The "Mission in Citrus" decided to open the facility "because of the increased number of homeless Veterans and the demand for comprehensive, specialized services for them," stated founder James Sleighter. >>>>>

Soon, troubled vets won't have to leave to get help

February 28, 2010

Construction is underway on a $6.7 million mental health care facility at the VA Medical Center at Fort Harrison, and that will be a huge help for Montana's vets.


The 24-bed inpatient facility just outside of Helena will be the first VA mental health center in Montana. Currently, most of our veterans have to travel to the VA hospital at Fort Sheridan, Wyo. Others are shipped to Boise, to the Puget Sound or to the Black Hills for treatment of substance abuse issues and post traumatic stress disorder.

In fiscal 2009, the VA sent 252 of our vets out of state for treatment. >>>>>

Commissioners hear of VA clinic update

Feb 27, 2010

Representatives of two Veterans organizations addressed the Wayne County Commissioners Tuesday to give an update on the progress of a proposed Veteran's medical clinic in the Honesdale area.
The director of the VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre has made formal application for funding with the House Appropriations Committee, for contracted medical services in the Honesdale area, for Wayne County veterans. >>>>>

Women veterans needs get recognized

Feb. 27, 2010

Winnie Schroeder and Michelle Stumpo sat near each other at Friday's Women Veterans Network luncheon, listening intently to Larri Gerson.

Schroeder, 66, was a Navy nurse during the Vietnam War.

Stumpo, 38, was an Air Force K-9 handler from 1990 to 1997.

Gerson is a veterans claims examiner for the State of Florida, which is third behind California and Texas in the number of women's veterans (133,952) and growing.

As an advocate for women veterans benefits, Gerson informed her audience about all they were now entitled to. >>>>>
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