Author Archives: Team VCS

U-S Senator Elizabeth Dole is calling on the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to report on its ability to handle the increasing number of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Dole’s office says a recent study indicates that combat duty … Continue reading →

A bill that would guarantee a portion of retirement benefits to military members forced out of service because of combat injuries was introduced on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate. The compensation bill would pro-rate retirement pay for injured veterans. Currently, … Continue reading →

The 21-year-old Iraq war veteran seen in a video being shot by a sheriff’s deputy says in a recorded statement that he has difficulty walking. Senior Airman Elio Carrion released a videotaped statement through his attorney Thursday, a day after … Continue reading →

Rabbi Carlos Huerta, the Jewish community chaplain at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, says he is often asked the same question whenever he speaks at local high schools and colleges: Are soldiers afraid of bullets? Huerta, a major … Continue reading →

A federal board has ruled that a new cohort of National Guard and military reservists may petition for back pay because of improperly charged military leave A recent ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that helps … Continue reading →

Like thousands of his fellow veterans of America’s wars, Alfred Brown died waiting. In 1945, when he was a 19-year-old soldier fighting in Italy, shrapnel from an enemy shell ripped into his abdomen. His wounds were so severe that he … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Congress are trying to limit the scope of any investigation into how President Bush’s secret domestic-surveillance program has operated. Some key lawmakers are also working to legalize such spying on U.S. citizens in the future, perhaps … Continue reading →

Some of our newest veterans are dealing with one of America’s oldest problems. Coming home from the battle lines and heading straight for the unemployment line. The latest Department of Labor statistics show that veterans between the ages of 20 … Continue reading →

  Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., chairman of House Veterans Affairs Committee, wants active-duty veterans to have more “flexibility” to use Montgomery GI Bill benefits. He also will consider making Reserve MGIB benefits “portable” so they can be used after reservists … Continue reading →