Tag: Veterans
Martha Roby to VA official: Somebody needs to feel the urgency
It's time the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) feels a sense of urgency regarding improving veterans’ health care services. That...
Bradley Byrne: Supporting our military, repaying our veterans
One of the highest honors from my time in Congress has been the many interactions I’ve had with members of our nation’s armed forces...
Personnel Note: Retired Rear Admiral Kent Davis named head of Alabama...
On Thursday, Governor Kay Ivey announced her selection of Alabama native Rear Admiral W. Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans...
Doug Jones introduces legislation force VA to pay student veterans missing...
Alabama U.S. Sen. Doug Jones taking action in hopes of righting yet another wrong made by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
On Tuesday, he...
Bradley Byrne: Words cannot express our gratitude
One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest, and costliest...
Carol Gundlach: Protect SNAP to help thousands of Alabama veterans make...
Alabamians, like all Americans, take time on Veterans Day each year to honor those who have served our country and sacrificed to keep all...
VA data: Suicide rate for Alabama veterans up, especially for young...
Last month, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials released national and state-level findings from its most recent analysis of Veteran suicide data,...
Montgomery VA Medical Center earns 1-star facility rating, others improve
A new report from the Veterans Administration shows two Alabama VA medical centers have made some improvements in its quality of services over the...
VA announces grant for Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Association (NCA) on Wednesday announced it has awarded the state of Alabama a grant in the amount...
Alabama delegation votes to pass major VA overhaul; Trump expected to...
With the support of the entire Alabama delegation, S. 2372: the VA MISSION Act of 2018 has passed both chambers and is now heading to President...
