For more than 15 years, the federal government’s Veterans Crisis Line has been a resource for former military members who need an immediate connection to specially trained mental health responders. While the resource has helped many veterans, it isn’t perfect. And, like many top-down programs with no competition, it can take months or years to… Read more »
The Department of Veterans Affairs has a duty and responsibility to provide needed care and benefits to veterans. But misconduct, harassment, and a lack of accountability consistently get in the way of that mission. The House Veterans Affairs Committee recently voted to subpoena documents regarding sexual harassment in the VA’s Office for Resolution Management, Diversity… Read more »
In a time when the Vietnam War was raging, and many Americans were taking out their anger on the fighters rather than the war, it would have been easy to stay home. But Frank Lagana was a faithful Marine who didn’t shy away from a fight. Decades later, when he reached out to the VA… Read more »
Montana is becoming a prime destination for more and more veterans and their families. But are the state’s Veterans Affairs facilities prepared to help those that call Montana home? Two veterans’ spouses sat down to share their stories of struggles with the VA. In TJ’s heartfelt account, he shares his wife’s struggle to secure community… Read more »
If you’re a faithful follower of Concerned Veterans for America, you’ve read a #VAFail or two this year. But what is the worst of the worst? From bullying good employees out of their jobs to actively hiding information from FOIA requests to fatal mishandling of care, it’s been a year of failure at the… Read more »
I came to this country like thousands of others, an immigrant from a communist country in search of a better life. My grandfather would come home to Cuba from Florida to visit, and I remember listening to all his stories about this free country so different from my own. As a child, I struggled with… Read more »
A decade after the country learned about unconscionably long wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities, in some places things have not improved. Other problems also are cropping up. In Stockton, California veterans are waiting months to get medicine. A Hampton, Virginia veteran who went to the ER with chest pains — and,… Read more »
