Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members
A former civilian Army employee pleaded guilty on May 19, 2011, to stealing funds from the Army Emergency Relief (AER) Office at Camp Humphreys in Korea during 2005 and 2006. As you know, the AER funds are designed to be used to provide low interest loans, grants and other assistance to Army members and their […]
Justice Department files USERRA lawsuit against Alaskan company
The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Air Methods Corp. and LifeMed Alaska LLC willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by discriminating against and failing to reemploy Chief Warrant Officer Third Class Jonathon L. Goodwin of Wasilla, Alaska. The suit was filed […]
Some Vets Get Chance at Medical Retirement
Approximately 70,000 veterans who were given a medical separation between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2009 have the chance to have their separations reviewed and possibly changed to a medical retirement. The review process is being conducted by the Physical Disability Board of Review which will examine each applicant’s medical separation and will, based […]
How can the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act help with home loans?
Foreclosure – Will it affect your security clearance and therefore your livelihood?
There are approximately 850,000 Americans with top secret security clearance and hundreds of thousands of others who have varying degrees of clearance as the result of government, quasi-government or contract employment. In order to obtain security clearance, one’s credit score and financial stability are considered by an administrative board. These clearances are renewed several times, […]
Service Members Civil Relief Act Provides Protection from Judgments and Debt Collections
The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003 (SCRA) formerly known as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA) is a federal law that gives all military members some important rights as they enter active duty and while on active duty. It covers such issues as rental agreements, security deposits, prepaid rent, […]
California Boosts Support to Combat Vets
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Departments of Justice and Defense Announce Forum Decisions for Ten Guantanamo Bay Detainees
On November 13, 2009, the Department of Justice and Department of Defense issued joint decisions as to the forum, or the type of criminal trial that would hear the prosecution of ten detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Those ten detainees include five detainees accused of conspiring to commit the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and a […]
States Provide Benefits to Veterans
Massachusetts, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and South Dakota have special programs that provide benefits directly to Veterans. These benefits are in addition to benefits offered by the federal Veterans Administration. Some of these programs are specifically for Veterans of the Persian Gulf I and II, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts and some states have bonus programs going back […]
Iraq Supply Thefts Net Former Officer Up to 97 Months in Prison
Robert Young, 57, a former captain in the U.S. Army, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq. U.S. District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton sentenced Young to three years of supervised release to follow […]