After a service member leaves the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs still has to retrieve Official Military Personnel Files and Service Treatment Records before it can approve health care, disability compensation, GI Bill benefits, or a VA-backed home loan. That records chase is the red tape. A veteran can be out of uniform with […] The post Trump Puts Veterans First: Files Move With Them, Not After Them appeared first on StoneZone .
After a service member leaves the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs still has to retrieve Official Military Personnel Files and Service Treatment Records before it can approve health care, disability compensation, GI Bill benefits, or a VA-backed home loan. That records chase is the red tape. A veteran can be out of uniform with a claim already filed and still wait while one department holds the file and the other holds the application. The White House fact sheet on the order states that the lag now runs 90 to 180 days, causing delays in health coverage, payments, school, and job placement. President Trump signed the executive order Accelerating Access to Veterans’ Benefits and Employment Opportunities on September 8.…Open
Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud.
Prosecutors went after “ghost” school operators but rarely pursued student vets who enrolled just to collect housing subsidies, a Post investigation found.
President Donald Trump’s administration is putting veterans first with “Freedom Haulers,” an interagency campaign moving former service members into trucking careers while restoring safety and integrity to America’s highways. Led by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the initiative brings together the Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Labor and War departments. Veterans who operated heavy military vehicles can use […] The post Trump’s ‘Freedom Haulers’ Puts Veterans Back in the Driver’s Seat appeared first on StoneZone .
President Donald Trump’s administration is putting veterans first with “Freedom Haulers,” an interagency campaign moving former service members into trucking careers while restoring safety and integrity to America’s highways. Led by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the initiative brings together the Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Labor and War departments. Veterans who operated heavy military vehicles can use waiver programs to bypass portions of the commercial driver’s license process, while others may complete CDL training during their final six months of active duty. GI Bill benefits can cover training costs and, for some participants, housing assistance. The program arrives as the administration removes unqualified…Open
By Andrea Widburg The GI Bill was meant to be America’s great upward leveler. Instead, it created a class system in America and led directly to the rise of socialism.