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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) held an oversight hearing to evaluate if the current disability rating systems at the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) are best serving America’s veterans, or if the systems are outdated and need to be updated to reflect today’s veterans’ population.
About 20 members of Congress are bringing Iraq war veterans as their guests to President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday as part of a bipartisan effort to focus attention on their needs and to honor their service.
Today, Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement on the upcoming Full Committee hearing, “Examining VA’s Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Contract:”
The Department of Veterans Affairs has found scores of misplaced headstones and at least eight cases of people buried in the wrong places at several military cemeteries across the country.
John Eves is an Air Force and Army National Guard veteran who now has a management position at Walmart. He recounts his transition experiences and offers tips for veterans in the job market below.
Getting new veteran-focused employment legislation signed into law was the top priority of House Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller last year. Now, he said, the top goal for the congressional session that began this month will be getting the training and benefits programs from that legislation put in place.
In case you missed it, there's something new called "VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011" that's sure to make a positive impact on putting Veterans back to work. The Act includes several provisions including (but not limited to); temporary extension of Montgomery GI Bill, making the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) mandatory for all service members, tools to match military skills to civilian careers, and tax credits for companies who hire unemployed veterans.
Helping unemployed veterans and preparing for a possible flood of new veterans created by looming cuts in the active-duty force will be the top priorities of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, its Republican chairman said.