Survival Guide for Servicemembers and Veterans
By Sandy Morris on Jan 29, 2009 in Featured, Veterans-N-Military
To say that we have a fondness for our servicemen and women is an understatement. Charlie being a disabled Vietnam veteran allowed us to have first hand knowledge of the less then stellar care and treatment, lack of information about benefit entitlements and many other issues surrounding the retired veteran. During the early 1970′s we had no Survival Guide to help weed through the overwhelming paperwork and medical reviews.
The issue is not as important to Charlie these days but a story on the news about a young widow not knowing whether she was entitled to receive the military honor guard at his funeral or how to arrange for it made it become important. So we began searching for a source that would provide needed information to soldiers, veterans and their families for all types of issues that they face.
Immediately we went to the Veterans Administration… no we did not find it there. Then we tried each individual military branch… no we did not find it there. We knew at that point that Congress would not know where to find such information so we did not even try them. After all, they are scrambling to find money for the sod at the National Mall since it was supposedly deleted from the stimulus package this week.
We found a very intensive 599 page guide at The Veterans For America web site.
This is a must have for any serviceman, woman, veteran or wido
w. It is a guide on how to cut through the red tape and bureaucracy. Download your copy today and send it to every service person and their family that you know.
Also available on this same site are self help guides for topics such as Agent Orange, Gulf War issue and VA claims. They also have a link to the Wounded Warriors and other important military web sites.
In closing, we would like to thank those who serve, have served and will serve to keep us free. Stay safe where ever you are!
UPDATE: March 30,2009 We found additional information about jobs for veterans so we thought we would update our post on the Survival Guide for Veterans to include the information.
Veterans Employment Information – Information for job seeking veterans and veterans currently employed by the Federal Government. Official site of the Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency.
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2 Comment(s)
By Sandra Hayes on Mar 7, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for your service both to our country and to our veterans (my husband Ed is one and I was by his side through his career). Love your website and am glad to be following you on Twitter.
By Sandy Morris on Mar 7, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for your kind comments. So many veterans are just pushed aside and forgotten.
No one likes war but we are proud Charlie served our country when they needed him.
Anything we can do for a veteran or military member is our paying it forward.
Sandy