Audio by Mike Richman | Veterans Health Administration | 09.02.2022
Veterans now have free access to a new digital library that offers employment and small business resources, plus skills training. Syracuse University launched the library, which aims to ease common challenges in the job world faced by veterans, service members, and their families. Its resources include the latest insight, tools, research, and data to ease the process for people with military......
Audio by Mike Richman | Veterans Health Administration | 09.02.2022
Are you a Veteran with a VA service-connected disability? Would you like to go on a hiking expedition and build camaraderie with other Veterans who are facing similar mental health challenges? No Barriers Warriors organizes these hikes through the breathtaking mountains in western North Carolina. No Barriers helps Veterans redefine their identity and purpose as they face past and present......
Audio by Mike Richman | Veterans Health Administration | 09.02.2022
Six million AARP members once served in the U.S. military. and many of the issues AARP focuses on for people 50 and older intersect with the critical needs of Veterans—two-thirds of whom are over the age of 50. That’s why AARP provides valuable resources to help Veterans make informed decisions in their pursuit of health care, employment, wellness, and other needs that will empower them to......
Audio by Mike Richman | Veterans Health Administration | 09.02.2022
VA’s trust report for the third quarter of FY22 showed that an overwhelming majority of VA’s Veteran customers—76%--trust VA. The trust report also notes that nearly 30 million people accessed VA’s website—and nearly 30 million VA health care encounters—big numbers for one quarter. The top compliments about VA included quality of care; cleanliness of VA medical centers;......
Audio by Mike Richman | Veterans Health Administration | 09.02.2022
For Veterans exposed to toxic substances while serving in the military, a new law called the PACT Act may make them eligible for additional benefits and care. The PACT Act benefits Veterans of the Vietnam era, Gulf War era and post-9-11 era who were exposed to toxic fumes, burn pits, Agent Orange, radiation and other environmental hazards. Survivors of toxic-exposed-veterans—and Veterans who......
Audio by Staff Sgt. Ryan Grossklag | AFN Kaiserslautern | 09.02.2022
Insider threats and espionage are a real threat to national security and materializes in many forms and strategies, to wrap up the month of August as anti-terrorism awareness morning, Nicole Alberico of the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz public affairs office details the threat awareness and reporting program training that is mandatory for all Department of the Army personnel. SSG Alon......
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anngie Ramos Grullon | AFN Sasebo | 09.02.2022
Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo held a commissioning ceremony on August 31st, 2022 for Security Department's former Chief Master-at-Arms Ezra Payton, now Ensign Ezra Payton....
Audio by Pfc. Zack Stine | AFN Wiesbaden | 09.02.2022
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service offers the You Made the Grade program for military kids worldwide. U.S. Army Pfc. Zack Stine, AFN Wiesbaden Radio Broadcast Specialist, interviewed Sgt. 1st Class Taresha Hill, Public Affairs Army and Air Force Exchange Service Europe, Southwest Asia, and Africa Region for AFN Wiesbaden local radio news report Sep. 2, 2022. The audio radio news was......
