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Semper Fi in Action: Marine Vet Brian Tally’s Persistence and Integrity

By Shad Meshad / November 19, 2018

The short title of the proposed legislation is the “’Rally Around Tally’ VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement Act,” named…

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Backlog at the VA with a New Wrinkle: Diagnostic Test Cancellations

By Shad Meshad / October 8, 2018

I hardly know where to begin. USA Today published this story on October 1st.  A radiology technician at the VA Hospital…

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Labor Day and Veteran Employment

By Shad Meshad / August 30, 2018

Anyone who works with veterans will tell you that second to medical and mental healthcare, employment is a critical factor…

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New Limits to Transferring GI Bill Education Benefits Affect Military Families

By Shad Meshad / August 7, 2018

Sometimes you just end up scratching your head and wondering who thought this was a good idea. Case in point:…

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If Your Returning Veteran Won’t Talk to You… 

By Shad Meshad / July 10, 2018

Husband, wife, son, daughter. Aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Grandson, granddaughter. The child of a friend. A friend or acquaintance— Whoever…

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Still a Challenge: Getting Vets to the VA

By Shad Meshad / June 26, 2018

My first assignment in what became my life’s work, was an inquiry into why returning Vietnam veterans were not using…

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“While We’re at War, America’s at the Mall.”

By Shad Meshad / May 2, 2018

This phrase was in common use as far back as 2007. Phil Klay, a Marine vet writing in The New…

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Another Change of Leadership

By Shad Meshad / April 3, 2018

With the replacement of David Shulkin as VA Secretary, the second largest department of our federal government (after the Department…

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