Start your weekend by getting caught up on the week’s news regarding Veterans compiled from this week’s social media posts and news alerts.
13 November 2020
Holiday Safety: Give the Gift of Life this season, VAntage Point
PTSD predicts ischemic heart disease in female veterans, Healio
12 November 2020
🌈 Joe Biden Just Named a Trans Veteran to His Transition Team, Vice
🌈 Trump’s gay outreach director thanked a war criminal for his “service” on Veterans Day, LGBTQ Nation
🌈Biden-Harris Transition Team Includes Trans Veteran, LGBTQ+ Notables, Advocate
🌈Biden’s Military Brain Trust Includes Former Navy, Marine Corps Top Leaders, Military.com
Suicide rate among veterans up again slightly, despite focus on prevention efforts, Military Times
‘It’s a tragedy when we forget’: Families honor veterans at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, KCRA 3
11 November 2020
🌈 Veterans Day Twenty-Twenty, marked by new hope, Los Angeles Blade
🌈 The Navy gave a gay man a home – and a ‘bad paper’ discharge that haunted him for decades, Zocalo Public Square
🌈 Transgender Troops Veterans Day 2020, Outtake
🌈 Biden talked a big game on LGBTQ rights. Here’s what his agenda may look like, NBC News
🌈 VA data gathering lacks LGBTQ vets’ info, report says, Bay Area Reporter
🌈 Sailor Discusses Being Gay in Military in Veterans Day Observance, WeHoVille
🌈 Biden adds transgender veteran to presidential transition team at Department of Defense, LGBTQ Nation
We need more veterans serving in America’s newsrooms — and you can help, Task & Purpose
The pandemic’s toll on veterans, Axios
Bar or community center? Advocates push to reopen veterans’ posts, halls, ABC 10
Advocates Fight To Keep Veterans Halls Open Amid Another Round Of Closures, CBS 13 Sacramento
One man’s urgent mission: Photographing World War II veterans before they’re gone, Washington Post
New Memorial Recognizes Generations of Military Service By Native American Veterans, NPR
Their Service Entitles Them to Low-Cost Loans. But Veterans Often Pay More, NPR
Veteran and Military Caregivers Face New Challenges During The Pandemic, AARP
California attorney general says student debt relief for veterans is missing, KGET
California AG seek clarity in federal student debt relief program for combat veterans, Fox 40
Post-9/11 veterans more likely than nonveterans to be employed, Lake County News
10 November 2020
Stay Safe from Scammers: Tips from the Better Business Bureau, VAntage Point
How veterans can still serve after they take off the uniform, Military Times
How the pandemic demonstrates veterans’ resiliency, University of California
Why veterans struggle to share their stories with their kids, Today
U.S. veterans to receive free national park passes for life, KTLA 5
Groups want Vet posts, halls classified as bars, reopened, KESQ 3
How you can help veterans every day, The Conversation
09 November 2020
Retired Army Lt. Col. Ann Murdoch at Arlington National Cemetery on June 8, 2018. President Trump’s opposition to transgender Americans in the military didn’t deter transgender veterans from laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
🌈 Transgender Troop Ban Likely to Be Reversed as Biden Takes Over, Bloomberg Government
🌈 Transgender Service Members Celebrate Biden’s Victory, Gay City News
🌈 Rainbow poppy wreath laid at the Centaph in remembrance of the LGBT+ heroes who gave their lives for freedom, Pink News
Mental health and suicide crisis among US veterans getting new approach, Military Times
VA is America’s last line of defense. But it was left out of early pandemic plans, report finds., Connecting Vets
VA, American Kidney Fund join efforts to help Veterans diagnosed with kidney disease, Department of Veterans Affairs
VA, Prostate Cancer Foundation to expand genetic services to Veterans through nursing research pilot initiative, Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans’ Group Ask Gov. Newsom To Reopen Posts And Halls In California, CBS 13 Sacramento
California veterans’ posts ask Newsom to let them reopen amid COVID-19 pandemic, Desert Sun
Thanking America’s Veterans, USPS Inspector General
08 November 2020
In a Biden Administration, Changes for the Military Could Start on Day One, Military.com
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