Pregnant Okla. reservist shot to death: police
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 19, 2012 11:51:09 EST
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — Authorities say a 23-year-old Oklahoma National Guard reservist who was found shot to death in her home last week was six months pregnant.
Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes says the department is considering the case a double homicide. Officers found Jessica Brown dead in her home after a neighbor called police to report that Brown's two young children were playing alone in the street.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
75,000 veterans get a chance to correct disability ratings
Disability review board 'invite' letters going to 75,000 veterans
By TOM PHILPOTT
Stars and Stripes
Published: January 19, 2012
On combat patrol several years ago, a U.S. soldier suffered two attacks from improvised explosive devices in a 24-hour-period. The first one rattled him and killed his buddy. The second one blew him out of his vehicle and knocked him unconscious.
The Army would medically separate this soldier with a 10-percent disability rating, even though his medical records showed symptoms of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
This case, and many like it, occurred before Congress in 2008 ordered military branches to clean up their disability evaluation systems and end practices that had underrated medical conditions of ill and injured members.
Congress did something else too, to correct past wrongs. It directed the Department of Defense to establish the Physical Disability Review Board (PDRB) with authority to reexamine the files and, if appropriate, raise disability ratings of up to 77,000 veterans -- those medically separated with ratings less than 30 percent between Sept. 11, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2009.
A few weeks ago the soldier struck by those two IEDs year ago learned that the PDRB had recommended his disability rating be raised to 70 percent, well above the 30-percent threshold needed to qualify for disability retirement, and applied back to the date of the Army’s first rating decision.
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By TOM PHILPOTT
Stars and Stripes
Published: January 19, 2012
On combat patrol several years ago, a U.S. soldier suffered two attacks from improvised explosive devices in a 24-hour-period. The first one rattled him and killed his buddy. The second one blew him out of his vehicle and knocked him unconscious.
The Army would medically separate this soldier with a 10-percent disability rating, even though his medical records showed symptoms of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
This case, and many like it, occurred before Congress in 2008 ordered military branches to clean up their disability evaluation systems and end practices that had underrated medical conditions of ill and injured members.
Congress did something else too, to correct past wrongs. It directed the Department of Defense to establish the Physical Disability Review Board (PDRB) with authority to reexamine the files and, if appropriate, raise disability ratings of up to 77,000 veterans -- those medically separated with ratings less than 30 percent between Sept. 11, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2009.
A few weeks ago the soldier struck by those two IEDs year ago learned that the PDRB had recommended his disability rating be raised to 70 percent, well above the 30-percent threshold needed to qualify for disability retirement, and applied back to the date of the Army’s first rating decision.
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Disabled Vietnam Veteran beaten by teens caught on surveillance video
UPDATE
Arrests of Philadelphia Teens
Arrests of Philadelphia Teens
64-Year-Old Veteran Beaten by 6 Teens, Reward Offered
Vietnam War Veteran recovering in hospital after six teens attacked him. The beating was caught on surveillance video.
By Teresa Masterson
Thursday, Jan 19, 2012
Ed Schaefer lost his eye in a grenade attack while serving in the Vietnam War. On Tuesday the 64-year-old was injured in a different kind of battle, as six teens ambushed him from behind in the Olney section of Philadelphia and fractured his skull in a senseless beating.
The beating was caught on surveillance video but the Schaefer has no memory of what happened.
“I’m lucky my husband’s not dead,” said Kate Schaefer.
The grandfather of four was on his way to meet his wife at about 6 p.m. Tuesday and while walking on the 5000 block of N 5th Street, six men approached him from behind, police say.
The teens beat Schaefer so badly that he was left with serious injuries to his face, head and hand including a broken skull and orbital bone around the eye he lost at war, according to authorities.
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Fort Hood commander to host live Facebook and TV Town Hall
Fort Hood commander to host live Facebook and TV Town Hall
Fort Hood Public Affairs Office
Courtesy Story
FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood is hosting its first (and the Army's first) multimedia Facebook and TV Town Hall 5-7 p.m., Jan. 26.
At 5 p.m., Fort Hood’s Facebook portion of the town hall will begin taking and answering town hall questions. At 6 p.m., Lt. Gen. Don Campbell Jr., Fort Hood and III Corps commanding general, Carl R. Darnall Medical Center commander and Fort Hood housing director will begin a live TV town hall, answering Facebook and call-in questions.
All Facebook queries will be routed and answered by dozens of subject matter experts live during the two-hour session.Their appearance will be broadcast via satellite using DVIDS, a DOD contracted media agency in Atlanta, Ga.
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Fort Hood Public Affairs Office
Courtesy Story
FORT HOOD, Texas – Fort Hood is hosting its first (and the Army's first) multimedia Facebook and TV Town Hall 5-7 p.m., Jan. 26.
At 5 p.m., Fort Hood’s Facebook portion of the town hall will begin taking and answering town hall questions. At 6 p.m., Lt. Gen. Don Campbell Jr., Fort Hood and III Corps commanding general, Carl R. Darnall Medical Center commander and Fort Hood housing director will begin a live TV town hall, answering Facebook and call-in questions.
All Facebook queries will be routed and answered by dozens of subject matter experts live during the two-hour session.Their appearance will be broadcast via satellite using DVIDS, a DOD contracted media agency in Atlanta, Ga.
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OSHA issues 19 notices to St. Cloud VA
OSHA issues 19 notices to St. Cloud VA
Jan. 18, 2012
Written by
Frank Lee
The St. Cloud VA Health Care System was issued notices by the Labor Department for unsafe and unhealthful working conditions after a July inspection, it was announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 19 notices after a combined health and safety inspection as part of OSHA’s Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program.
“The St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Health Care System failed to properly ensure the facility was in compliance with established safety and health procedures,” said Mark Hysell, director of OSHA’s Eau Claire Area Office in Wisconsin.
Eight repeat safety violations involved failing to: provide guardrails on open-sided platforms; keep exit routes free and unobstructed; implement and train workers in lockout procedures to control hazardous energy; provide training on specific powered industrial trucks; provide workers with the necessary personal protective equipment for exposure to electrical shock and arc flash hazards; and more.
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Jan. 18, 2012
Written by
Frank Lee
The St. Cloud VA Health Care System was issued notices by the Labor Department for unsafe and unhealthful working conditions after a July inspection, it was announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 19 notices after a combined health and safety inspection as part of OSHA’s Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program.
“The St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Health Care System failed to properly ensure the facility was in compliance with established safety and health procedures,” said Mark Hysell, director of OSHA’s Eau Claire Area Office in Wisconsin.
Eight repeat safety violations involved failing to: provide guardrails on open-sided platforms; keep exit routes free and unobstructed; implement and train workers in lockout procedures to control hazardous energy; provide training on specific powered industrial trucks; provide workers with the necessary personal protective equipment for exposure to electrical shock and arc flash hazards; and more.
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