Vets worry Trump cuts to VA workforce will interrupt benefits • Tennessee Lookout

WASHINGTON – A group of veterans said they cancelled Trump administration’s job cuts and contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, and saw the disruption from the proposed downsizing, where a large agency that manages benefits and healthcare programs for millions of veterinarians and their families would see the disruption. As part […]

Biden VA Doesn’t Track How Many Vets Need Corrective Surgeries After Botched Sex Changes

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tracks surgeries performed on transgender veterans to address problems arising from initial gender reassignment surgery, despite the potential for devastating or dangerous complications. Not yet. The Veterans Affairs Health System allows and pays for revision surgery for complications that may arise from the initial surgery to create an anatomy […]

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit shows skills to Sedona vets

Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Deputy Gilbert Wakefield and his K-9 partner Skye consume illegal drugs during a coffee with veterans program at the Sedona Public Library on Friday, January 12th. Demonstrate Skye's ability to detect to onlookers.Joseph K. Giddens/Larson Newspapers Yavapai County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit Deputies Travis Hartman and Gilbert Wakefield, along with Wakefield's […]

PARKINSON: Remove The Tax Burden On Active-Duty Military And Vets

When my extended family gathers for a special dinner, we always have asparagus as one of the vegetables. This is because my great-grandfather, NP Parkinson, was a First Lieutenant in the First World War. After a few days, the only food he found was asparagus in the field. I had never worn a uniform. However, […]

WWII vets return to Normandy in honor of D-Day

Army veteran Andy Negra almost missed his chance to return to Normandy’s beaches because he didn’t have a passport. Ms. Negra, who was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, said the midwife who gave her birth did not provide a birth certificate. Decades later, Sabrina Cornelius, executive assistant for global sales at Delta Air Lines, stepped up […]

SedonaKind serves area vets – Sedona Red Rock News

The women of Sedona India served brunch with veterans during the group’s fourth collaboration with the Veterans History Project on Friday, May 12 at the Sedona Public Library. “They love to be remembered, respected and recognized,” said Sedona Kind member Joan McKinley. “They thank us, but it should be the other way around, because making […]

Arizona’s veterinary grads aid shortfall of vets | Features

On a recent spring weekday at Midwestern University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, veterinarians and students ran around and sat on examination tables while caged dogs and cats awaited treatment or awaited recovery from treatment. Crowded. Jazmine Kim, who plans to graduate from Midwestern University in 2024, said: me forever ” Kim, 32, was a veterinarian […]

Arizona’s veterinary medicine grads aid shortfall of vets in nation, state | News

GLENDALE — On a recent spring weekday at Midwestern University’s veterinary school, veterinarians and students ran around and swarmed examination tables as caged dogs and cats awaited treatment or had recovered from treatment. Jazmine Kim, who plans to graduate from Midwestern University in 2024, said: me forever ” Kim, 32, was a veterinarian before working […]

Arizona’s veterinary medicine grads aid shortfall of vets in nation, state

education Posted Tuesday, April 25, 2023 11:08 am Sarah Ming Heller | Cronkite News GLENDALE — On a recent spring weekday at Midwestern University’s veterinary school, veterinarians and students ran around and swarmed examination tables as caged dogs and cats awaited treatment or had recovered from treatment. Jazmine Kim, who plans to graduate from Midwestern […]