Calvey in Iraq
Calvey in Iraq blogs about transitioning into the brutal Baghdad heat and about al-Maliki firing some Iraqi Army generals.
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Task Force Phoenix 5: Bye from Afghanistan
Todd Larkin of Task Force Phoenix 5 bids farewell to Afghanistan, but will continue blogging from the States.
The right one turned out to be wrong
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - A Veterans Hospital made a serious error in a patient’s operation. Surgeons at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center removed the wrong testicle of an Air Force veteran. They were supposed to remove his atrophied, painful potentially cancerous left testicle and mistakenly removed his healthy right testicle instead.
Read more at AllHeadlineNews.com
State veteran sues over data
WASHINGTON - An Alabamian suing the Department of Veterans Affairs over missing computer data said he called the VA’s hot line about the incident and was told the VA didn’t know if he was among the 535,000 whose personal information was compromised.
They recommended he run a check on his credit just in case.
Greg Fanin, a staff sergeant in the Alabama National Guard, alleges the VA was warned that its information security systems were weak and failed to strengthen them. He is now asking a federal court to hold VA responsible for violating laws on privacy and information security management. The lawsuit asks for a minimum of $1,000 in damages for every person affected, which would be $535 million for the veterans.
Read more at AL.com
Paving way for GI Bill reform
This might not be the year Congress modernizes GI Bill education benefits for Reserve and Guard members, says Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), chairman of the House armed services subcommittee on military personnel.
But if Snyder and other key lawmakers have their way, 2007 will be the year Congress streamlines statutory responsibility for the GI Bill. That will “set the table” for GI Bill changes in 2008 and beyond that truly will improve the lives of reserve component members, he said.
Read more at HonoluluAdvertiser.com
Panel Slams Treatment of Guard, Reserves
WASHINGTON - The National Guard and Reserves don’t get enough money or equipment and are left out of important planning for national emergencies, an independent panel concluded Thursday, long after the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina exposed serious stresses on the services.
The report from the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves compounds earlier criticism of the Bush administration’s response to the devastating hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005. The administration also is still struggling to better manage the reserves nearly four years into the Iraq war.
Read more at Newsvine.com
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