Tag Veteran Affairs

To Stay or Leave Military Service?

Military service members on the frontlines explain what is next.

To Stay or Leave the Service? With numerous deployments, and time away from home, each of us has contemplated leaving the military service, but what other options are available for staying in? Ever thought of becoming a PA? a pilot?…

Military sledge hammer

soldiers in a Huey helicopter during the Vietnam war and a General Westmoreland quote about war is fear cloaked in courage.

Soldiers in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy and other warriors throughout history have had to use a military sledgehammer at times to win. War is messy. “Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledgehammer.”…

VA Claims Backlog Now a Record Low

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims backlog is now 98,535! This is an 84% reduction from its 611,000 peaks a little over two years ago in March 2013. The inventory is also down 59% from its peak of 884,000 in…

Veteran Small Businesses 4.5 million!

Approximately 4.5 million veterans own their own business, which accounts for 18% of all small businesses within the U.S. Veteran owned businesses have a tremendous effect on the American economy. Many are service disabled veteran owned small business. But is…