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Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Gerald J. Scoville, who retired from the Air Force and Pearl Harbor naval police.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Gerald J. Scoville appeared first on VAntage Point. On the anniversary of the start of the Battle of Kasserine Pass, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring, who was wounded in the battle.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Charles E. Ahring appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army and Air Force Veteran Walter A. Pike, who served as part of the Army Third Infantry Division during World War II.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army and Air Force Veteran Walter A. Pike appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elgin Baylor, who served as a Reservist while also playing basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Elgin Baylor appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps and Navy Veteran Eric F. Shellenberger, who deployed multiple times with each branch.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps and Navy Veteran Eric F. Shellenberger appeared first on VAntage Point.Veteran of the Day – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Army Veteran Sam French co-wrote “I Fly” with Don Goodman and Matt Dame. The song opens with French remembering that, like most males of his generation, he was drafted into service. French was just 21 in 1969, and he “wanted to have a choice, didn't want to be one of those front line-boys."
The post #OperationSong: “I Fly” by Sam French appeared first on VAntage Point. In his song “Still Over There,” Air Force and Navy Veteran Franklin Tootle sings about his fight with PTSD.
The post #OperationSong: “Still Over There” by Franklin Tootle appeared first on VAntage Point. Army Veteran Michael Peterson from Richmond VA Medical Center and nine other Veterans turned their military experiences into songs at a workshop in Nashville presented by nonprofit Operation Song.
The post Veteran turns his story into song appeared first on VAntage Point. Operation Song empowers Veterans to tell their stories through songwriting.
The post Veterans go to Nashville for songwriting retreat appeared first on VAntage Point. "The Last Monday in May," written by Bob Regan and Don Goodman with Veterans from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, is a tribute to the spirit of Memorial Day.
The post The Last Monday in May appeared first on VAntage Point.Operation Song – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Colonel Charles Beckwith was a Special Forces officer who founded the secretive special operations unit known as Delta Force.
The post Charles Beckwith: The Father of Delta Force appeared first on VAntage Point. Clifton Arnesen enlisted to escape his troubled childhood but was discharged due to his sexuality. Later he became an advocate for LGBT troops.
The post Clifton Arnesen: Love against hate appeared first on VAntage Point. Richard DeLeon thought that his upbringing in New York had toughened him up, but everything he saw on those streets could not compare with the battlefields of Vietnam.
The post Richard DeLeon: Return from the Edge appeared first on VAntage Point. The factors that decide fate can rarely, if ever, be identified. In the case of Elliott Hugh Lee, the factor of one half-inch is what changed his life. In 1915, Lee was a recent graduate of Princeton eager to do his part for his country. Though things beyond his control altered his original path, Lee never lost sight of his goal to serve his country. Lee served both France—a country he came to care about genuinely—and his own country in the war on the Western Front. He continued his service long after the end of the war. Lee was born …
The post The Ambulance Driver: Elliot Hugh Lee appeared first on VAntage Point. Marine Corps Private Giles McCoy survived for nearly four days after he sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the shark-infested Philippine Sea.
The post Giles McCoy: Surviving adrift in the Philippine Sea appeared first on VAntage Point.Veteran Story – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Founded by military spouses, Blue Star Families supports and strengthens Veteran and military families through free events and community connections.
The post How Blue Star Families is Strengthening Military Families appeared first on VAntage Point. Temporary Census jobs are available to Veterans across the country. If you know others who are looking for work, please spread the word.
The post An open letter to the Veteran community from the U.S. Census Bureau appeared first on VAntage Point. The Military Sisterhood Initiative is a free social platform that connects women Veterans to a national peer support community.
The post Military Sisterhood Initiative to go live February 18 appeared first on VAntage Point. Heroes Linked offers personal, digital and phone-based professional development mentoring with private sector expert advisors free of charge to Veterans.
The post Heroes Linked provides professional growth for Veterans appeared first on VAntage Point. VFW Unmet Needs program provides grants to Veterans for unexpected financial difficulty as a result of deployment or military activity or injury.
The post VFW’s Unmet Needs Program provides grant funds appeared first on VAntage Point.#VetResources – VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
In 2015, VA launched the Technology-based Eye Care Services program. It now serves 22 sites, and researchers are helping to ensure optimal effectiveness.
The post Research improves tele-eye screening for Veterans appeared first on VAntage Point. Army Veteran Sam French co-wrote “I Fly” with Don Goodman and Matt Dame. The song opens with French remembering that, like most males of his generation, he was drafted into service. French was just 21 in 1969, and he “wanted to have a choice, didn't want to be one of those front line-boys."
The post #OperationSong: “I Fly” by Sam French appeared first on VAntage Point. Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Gerald J. Scoville, who retired from the Air Force and Pearl Harbor naval police.
The post #VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Gerald J. Scoville appeared first on VAntage Point. New clinical decision unit (CDU) is a specialized unit for Veterans seen in the emergency department requiring further observation and management to determine their need for inpatient admission.
The post Clinical Decision Unit opens at Dallas VA Medical Center appeared first on VAntage Point. The Code Talkers used native languages to send military messages before World War II. Navajo, which was unwritten and known by few outside the tribe, seemed to fit the Corps’ requirements. They took their language and developed a “Type One Code” that assigned a Navajo word to each English letter. In addition to being unbreakable, the new code also reduced the amount of time it took to transmit and receive secret messages.
The post The Battle of Iwo Jima and the unbreakable Navajo Code appeared first on VAntage Point.VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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