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Morning Muster: 3/30/2015 Vets sue VA over informal claims changes, lawmakers...
The “Ghostriders” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 land an SH-60S Seahawk helicopter aboard USS Ross March 21. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota,...
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Morning Muster: 3/31/2015 Hawaii administrator accused of changing claims...
Staff Sgt. Mercedes Green, 95th Training Division, shoots an azimuth at the day land-navigation course during day two of the 2015 108th Training Command combined Best Warrior and Drill Sergeant of the...
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Morning Muster: 4/1/2015 VSOs say end of informal claims hurts vets, obscene...
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Douglas, 18th Dental Squadron dental technician, Kadena Air Base, Japan, performs a cleaning on a dental patient at Duc Pho vocational training school, Quang Ngai...
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Morning Muster: 4/2/2015 IAVA launches PTSD campaign, pot made available for...
IAVA launched a public-awareness campaign this morning aimed at letting veterans maintain “superhero” status, while still allowing that they may need some help. This morning, Iraq and Afghanistan...
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Morning Muster: 4/6/2015 Harassment charges at Wounded Warrior units, VA wait...
U.S. soldiers shake hands with Afghan children while patrolling through a village near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 24. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion,...
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Morning Muster: 4/7/2015 Vet files suit over appeals delays, Army chaplains...
Army Staff Sgt. Monica Martinez, left, And Army Staff Sgt. Vestor ‘Max’ Hasson compete in separate 1,500 meter wheelchair race categories during the Army Trials at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, April...
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Morning Muster: 4/9/2015 VA adds 30 days to vets’ wait, longest post-9/11...
Air Force Staff Sgt. Adebola E. Bond, from Havelock, N.C., and Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Sol I. Rios-Moore, from Raleigh, N.C., with the 567th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair...
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Morning Muster: 4/10/2015 Whistle-blower cases increase, Dart Awards...
U.S. Lt. Col. Zachary L. Miller, far right, commander of Task Force Solid, meets with Abdul Qadusi, Bagram district governor, in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 26. Miller met with Qadusi and other leaders...
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Morning Muster: 4/15/2015 Bill would create research center for toxic...
An E-2C Hawkeye attached to the Greyhawks of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during nighttime flight operations....
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Morning Muster: 4/16/2015 Philly claims intentionally jammed, VA memo...
U.S. soldiers leap over a canal after patrolling through a field near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 24. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry....
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VA hires new Phoenix director accused of giving false testimony
Morning Muster Sailors assigned to USS Constitution perform a War of 1812-era long-gun drill at Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Constitution’s weekend festivities celebrating the U.S, Navy’s 240th...
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Veterans Affairs officials may be subpoenaed for hearing
Morning Muster Marines perform tasks while incapacitated by oleoresin capsicum, or pepper spray, during a course evaluation at Marine Barracks Oct. 8 in Washington. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Christian...
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Veterans Affairs may overhaul electronic health record system
Morning Muster Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley render honors as an Army Carry Team moves the transfer case of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler during...
View ArticleVietnam veteran’s widow wins service-connection benefits for pancreatic cancer
During the Vietnam War, Arthur Chadwell moved corroded, leaking barrels filled with Agent Orange as one of his duties. “They told him not to worry about it,” said his wife, Kathryn Chadwell. But when...
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Airman accuses Marine Corps vet of stolen valor, breaks his leg
Morning Muster Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Berkner, left, and Spc. Joe Bradshaw, exit a UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft over Laurinburg, N.C., Oct. 20. The two are candidates practicing a jump during tryouts to...
View ArticleMorning Muster: 2/20/2015 one in ten vets homeless, House to meet at Tomah,...
House to have hearing at Tomah; 1 of 10 OC vets has been homeless in past year; vets want more resources on campus; joint chiefs ask for vets’ help; questioning lawmakers’ combat status doesn’t go over...
View ArticleMorning Muster: 2/25/2015 Disability claims processed incorrectly, VA...
Boston VA processes 23% of disability claims incorrectly; IT budget goes toward vet care improvements; Routh guilty of murder; VA secretary apologizes; VA secretary apologizes again; and then he...
View ArticleMorning Muster: 2/27/2015 Sexual dysfunction parity for female vets, female...
Vet compares kill order to voting for war; sexual dysfunction parity for female vets; study shows female vets with heart disease heavier, more depressed than male vets; Choice Card program moving...
View ArticleMorning Muster: 3/2/2015 New study for troops with breathing issues; GAO...
New study for troops with breathing problems; VA updates blog; GAO launches VA audit; WWII vet explains PTSD; old VA claims falsely marked to look new; Paralyzed Vets share concerns about privatizing...
View ArticleMorning Muster: 3/4/2015 MST reporting in military ‘unfair,’ officials sort...
Senate files bill to recoup VA bonuses; Harvard doc asks why not Purple Hearts for PTSD?; Portland VA cuts wait times; officials sort through 30 years’ worth of Wall mementos; beauty queen’s summer spa...
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