Amazon vows to hire 100,000 veterans and spouses by 2024
Amazon recently pledged to hire 100,000 US veterans and veterans’ spouses by the year 2024. This is big news for veterans and veterans’ spouses. Over 40,000 veterans and military spouses are currently employed by Amazon, from operations to Alexa to sustainability to Amazon Web Services (AWS), company officials say. “Amazon is focusing on recruiting and […]
TBI/PTSD: A Battle That Must Be Won by Veterans.
PTSD might be a real concern with regards to suicides among veterans. Therefore, VA’s top clinical priority is preventing suicide among all Veterans — including those who do not, and may never, seek care within the VA health care system. As a Veteran, you can play a role in fulfilling this mission, and VA can equip […]
Emptiness, Anger, Relief: Afghanistan Veterans Wrestle with Coming End of ‘Forever War’
As the withdrawal from Afghanistan hit the news headline again, it is a good time to remember the veterans interviews reported in Military.com last April. Because many veterans wrestled with the complex — and sometimes contradictory — emotions they felt about the end of a ‘forever war’ that has occupied much of their adult lives. […]
A Veteran Whose Life was Saved in Korea by a MoH Recipient Samuel S. Coursen
US Congressional Medals of Honor(MoH) are shiny and blue. They come in a narrow black box. So, when Sam Coursen was handed one by General Omar Bradley, he really didn’t know what was inside. You would have to excuse Sam. He was only fourteen months old. You see, the medal, the nation’s highest award for […]
Canadian VA announces funding for research study
Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Associate Minister of National Defense announced support for Dalhousie University’s Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund. The Dallaire Institute has received $1,060,000 to conduct a five-year national research study, examining the mental health effects of exposure to child soldiers during military service. Military […]
A Veteran US Senator’s Fight to Shield Veterans from Deportation
There are some cases in which US government has deported people who served honorably in the US military. Tammy Duckworth, well-known veteran Democratic senator from Illinois, is pushing for a legislation that would end the government’s herat-breaking practice. Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois and an Army veteran who lost her legs in the Iraq […]
How do police officers feel?
police officers feel: I didn’t enjoy writing tickets – But you didn’t know I cried when I found your daughter lying in a ditch, high on meth – But you didn’t know I was devastated when I found the 32-year-old veteran died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound – But you didn’t know I missed my […]
US VA leaders to address issue of extremism in the veterans community
US Congress members want Veterans Affairs officials to start talking to veterans about misinformation and extremism online. Included in the House Appropriations Committee’s proposal for more than $270 billion in department funding next fiscal year is language focused on “the unique vulnerabilities that veterans face online,” to include targeting of veterans by extremist organizations and groups focused on sowing division […]
A Canadian Vet story of the Great Escape
In March 1944, one of the most audacious projects carried out during WW2 occurred. It was the mass escape of Allied soldiers from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen. On March 25, 1944, a German soldier patrolling around […]
Canadian Veteran benefits from the Veterans Independence Program
Canadian Veteran benefits: Howard Elson has experienced his share of action and adventure in his 31-year career with the Canadian Army’s Artillery division. His advice to CAF members and Veterans in life after service is to take advantage of all the benefits and services available. Mr. Elson joined the Army from his home in Newfoundland. […]