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One Army major just lost his ability to retire with a pension because he works for a medical marijuana company in his day job. Citing “values,” a West Point JAG …

Army Strips Iraq War Veteran Of Benefits For Working At Marijuana Company Read More »

The new VA Deputy Secretary nominee brings significant experience as Lockheed’s former counter-intelligence legal chief and head of privacy. What does this mean for internal agency policies and processing veterans’ …

Former Lockheed Counter-Intelligence Chief Nominated VA Deputy Secretary Read More »

The scene of the Austin VA suicide this week turned into “a big clusterf**k” according to one onlooker at the facility. One veteran in crisis walking into the busy lobby of …

Austin VA Veteran Suicide Witness, ‘It Was Just A Big Clusterf**k’ Read More »

Veterans just lost a major voice in journalism now that Tom Philpott of the Military Update column retired last week. After 25 long years on Military Update, Philpott just retired …

Veterans Lose Major Voice As Journalist Retires, ‘Military Update’ Ends Read More »

My wife and I have been to loads of conferences over the years… and while my brain is still fried from the #SMMW19 (Social Media Marketing World), we were pumped about …

Social Media Marketing World: Why We Are Going Next Year – #SMMW20 Read More »

I wanted to take a minute to let my regular readers know my lack of publishing the last two days has everything to do with a conference I am attending …

On The Road – Social Media Marketing World – #SMMW19 Read More »

The Trump Administration proposed a 10 percent budget increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs to a record $220 billion. The budget proposal included $123.2 billion for mandatory spending and …

Trump Pumps More Money Into VA Budget, ‘Biggest Ever’ Read More »