Found below are a few military news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
If you have subjects of topical interest, please do not hesitate to reach out. Contact SFTT.
Turkey Releases Secret Sites of US Troops in Syria
In the latest display of Turkish anger ...
Grady Birdsong, a USMC Veteran from Vietnam, has co-authored a book with Col. Robert Fisher (USMC – Ret) that deals with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (“HBOT”) entitled “The Miracle Workers of South Boulder Road: Healing the Signature Wounds of War.”
The book is a 2016 Best Book Awards finalist and details how HBOT helps reverse the damage of traumatic brain injury. In a must-hear interview, ...
Continue Reading →Found below are a few military news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
If you have subjects of topical interest, please do not hesitate to reach out. Contact SFTT.
Syrian Military Threatens Coalition Forces on Border
Forces loyal to the Syrian government have threatened to retaliate ...
After many lives of many brave Veterans with PTSD have been lost, the State of Ohio has finally taken action against pharmaceutical drug companies for hyping opioids.
According to the New York Times reporter,
Continue Reading →The State of Ohio filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid epidemic, accusing several drug companies of conducting ...
Found below are a few military news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
If you have subjects of topical interest, please do not hesitate to reach out. Contact SFTT.
Secretary of Defense Weighs In on War with North Korea
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said ...
Meet J. David Cox, who many consider “Dr. No” of badly needed reforms within the Department of Veterans Affairs (“the VA’).
J. David Cox is President of the American Federation of Government Employees and is the person most likely to block any meaningful reform within the VA. SFTT has had an eye on Mr. Cox who in the run-up to last year’s Presidential election, threatened the previous secretary of the VA with physical violence:
Continue Reading →Cox was “prepared to whoop Bob McDonald’s a – ...
Found below are a few military news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
If you have subjects of topical interest, please do not hesitate to reach out. Contact SFTT.
Military Revamping Retirement System to Attract Millennials
In a bid to lure millennials, the U.S. military ...
Several years ago, I had the honor to meet Judge John Schwartz, one of the early pioneers in promoting the benefits of Veteran Treatment Courts.
Drug Courts began to emerge in the nineties to deal more effectively with a growing drug problem in the United States. As I wrote earlier,
Continue Reading →Since the mid-1990, the US judicial system has recognized the need to deal with drug-related criminal ...
Found below are a few military news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
If you have subjects of topical interest, please do not hesitate to reach out. Contact SFTT.
With much fanfare, Dr. David Shulkin, the new Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs (“the VA”), has moved quickly to address some of the recurring problems at the VA.
As the first VA Secretary without a military background, Dr. Shulkin appears committed to resolve several pressing concerns:
– Speedier processing of Veteran benefit claims and,
– Eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and artificial constraints on “out-of-network” support for ...
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