JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has published regulations officially establishing eight presumptive illnesses connected to the contaminants presented in the water supply at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (Camp Lejeune), North Carolina. The eight presumptive service connected illnesses apply to active duty, reserve and National Guard members […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A World War II veteran and former Alaska Army National Guard member recently became a Tribal Veteran Representative (TVR), trained to assist fellow veterans secure state and federal benefits. Wesley Aiken, of Barrow, Alaska, voluntarily joined the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) in April 1943. During WWII, over 6,400 Alaskans joined […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs renewed a transportation grant in the amount of $250,000 to the State of Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs to provide transportation options to veterans residing in five rural areas who need to travel to health care services. “Last fiscal year, this grant reached out to more […]
The U.S. agency that oversees health care for the country’s 21 million military veterans has fired four senior executives as it attempts to end long wait times for patients seeking medical care. The firings at the Department of Veterans Affairs are the first since Congress made it easier for the agency to get rid of […]
