by Mark Wasserbauer | Aug 11, 2021 | COVID, Military, National Guard
By: Jim Garamone, DoD News, Defense Media Activity (www.Health.mil) President Joe Biden asked Austin to consider how and when the COVID-19 vaccine could be added to the list of required vaccines for all service members when the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Aug 11, 2021 | COVID, National Guard
Military.com | By Patricia Kime The US Coast Guard and Air and Army National Guards are prepping for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines when the time comes, service officials said Tuesday. The Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security, has been following the...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jul 30, 2021 | COVID, News
Meghann Myers and Howard Altman – Military Times Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will begin consulting military medical professionals, as well as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to “determine how and when to make recommendations to President Joe Biden” about adding...
by Mark Wasserbauer | May 29, 2021 | Benefits, Burn Pits, Legislative
Chairman Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee recently unveiled legislation that would provide generations of veterans suffering from toxic exposure the benefits and care they need and are entitled to receive as a matter of principal....
by Mark Wasserbauer | Apr 23, 2021 | Burn Pits, Legislative
By KARIN ZEITVOGEL | STARS AND STRIPESPublished: April 12, 2021 In the 19 years since he served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan, former Air Force Maj. Brian Liebenow has had at least two types of cancer, lost half his jaw to radiation damage, had one of his...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 29, 2021 | Burn Pits, Legislative
By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPESPublished: March 23, 2021 Sens. Thom Tillis and Maggie Hassan have reintroduced a bill to reform how veterans exposed to toxins receive health care and benefits and requires the use of new scientific evidence to establish whether...
