Veterans
Best Reaction to CoV yet
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 In each of us is a hero waiting to be just a man… Yard work is harder than it sounds. Just as anything else in life, the easy way often is the wrong way and will most likely return you to the starting point because you failed to pay attention to … Continue reading
Invalid valor: CPL Culp Goes Down Again
I was one of this guy’s former leaders and had prepared a legal case against him when he used some influence to move to 4ID headquarters. That’s where he was busted for wearing Ranger tabs and more after trying to weasel out of OIF-I. He didn’t go with the 4ID, though I think he ended … Continue reading
You Can Help Some California Vets Get ‘Wii-hab’ therapy
As reported in the ContraCostaTimes.com at: Vets, young and old, hope to receive high-tech ‘Wii-hab’ therapy – Laptops and Nintendo Wiis are not budgeted items at the Veterans Affairs center in Martinez, but they are used to help rehabilitate U.S. troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. On Saturday, drivers can take their rides in for … Continue reading
If You Don’t Pay, They Can’t Play
Here’s one of those reasons for a condition that you might not think of at first, but peel back the layers and you can see that the foundation of the onion is as simple as paying fair wages for fair work Pay systems pose significant challenges to the Veterans Affairs Department’s efforts to hire enough … Continue reading
Sign that Bill!
During a press conference concerned primarily with the ‘economic stimulus’ (how about fining all the guys like Countrywide’s 88 million dollar CEO and then seeing what still needs stimulatin’?), the President’s Congressman Chet Edwards stepped forward and made a great point – we ain’t there yet with the Veteran’s Administration contingency funding. 1/16/2008 1:00:00 PMHouse … Continue reading
Duffle Bag of Suprises
I went to a Family Readiness Group meeting the other night for a unit on Fort Hood. Despite a lot of hard work on the part of the coordinator (a volunteer) and the draw of door prizes, college financing information, and more, only two of several hundred spouses showed up. The picture below shows some … Continue reading
