Recent News of VMF Interest for Feb.-March 2025


Press Release: VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees 

GAO Report: Veterans Health Care: Actions Needed to Improve the Foreign Medical Program 

Article: Bill would protect overseas service members from Virginia voter roll removal 

Article: You must request vote-by-mail ballots again in 2025 for special, local Florida elections 

Article: Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems 

Article: Lagging adoption of best practices leaves veterans’ program languishing 

Article: Trump dismisses Archivist of the United States 

Article: VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge 

Article: These Soldiers Risked Their Lives Serving in Afghanistan. Now They Plead With Trump to Let Their Sister Into the U.S. 

Podcast: What veterans should know about moving abroad with Army veteran John Davis 

Article: Yes, USERRA Applies to the Judicial Branch and the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government 

Press Release: USPS Announces Tenure Plan of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy 

Press Release: NALC statement on reported executive order attacking Postal Service 

Letter: Democratic Senators Call on Administration to Clarify Status of Afghan Wartime Allies 

Letter: House and Senate Democrats Push OPM to Protect Military, National Security Families from Forced Attrition 

Letter: Rep. Sara Jacobs Leads Effort to Reverse Trump’s Transgender Military Ban 

Letter: Democrats Demand Secretary Hegseth Justify Asking Taxpayers to Cover $50,000 "Emergency" Paint Job at Government Furnished Home 

Letter: Senate Democrats Demand VA Defend Veterans' Private Information from Elon Musk's DOGE 

Letter: Senators Question SECDEF on Service Members Facing Price Hikes 

Letter: Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Urges Trump Administration to Investigate Remains of War Hero 

Letter: Democratic HASC Women Demand Answers on Pause of Military Sexual Assault Trainings 

Letter: Ranking Member Takano Demands Accountability From Secretary Collins Over Mass VA Employee Firings 

Letter: Trump Fires Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Weitraub

Letter: Sanders Calls on Trump Admin to Rehire VA Workers, Ensure Veterans’ Health Care Access 

Article: Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker 

Article: Black and brown veterans call on Gov. Pritzker for pardons to avoid deportations 

Memo: West Point’s DEI clubs must disband 

Article: The U.S. Military's Recruiting Crisis 

Article: Military school students’ test scores lead the nation 

Report: Blue Star Families’ 2024 Military Family Lifestyle Survey Results 

Article: Trump Orders DoD to Study School Choice Options for Military Families 

Article: Department of Defense Education Activity Demands Book Bans, Curriculum Censorship in Its Schools 

Article: Rep. Budzinski (D-IL-13) Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Simplify the VA’s Correspondence with Veterans 

Article: Congressional Travel Office: Providing timely and reliable support to Congress for official travel abroad 

Article: Spoken love letter records from 1950s found at Twin Cities thrift store reunited with family 

Press Release: Sen. Ossoff Helps Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Families of Fallen U.S. Servicemembers 

Article: Army, Navy remove web pages highlighting women’s military service 

Article: Social Security payments suspended for Americans abroad 

Article: Middle schoolers at military facility in Germany protest Hegseth’s anti-DEI moves 

Video: Rep. Brownley Expresses “Disgust” At Trump Dismantling Veterans' DEIA Programs 

Article: Alabama veterans push back against proposal to restructure state veterans affairs 

Article: After kicking six different medications, this veteran now studies “overmedication” in VA care 

Article: Army Recruitment Hits Major Milestone, but It May Not Be Enough 

Article: How drug use among US veterans on Guam evolved 

Study: The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th-Century Expansion of Biomedicine 

Study: Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations 

Article: US military troops come in active-duty, Guard, and reserve forces. Here's what each one does. 

Article: Did you know? Fun facts about military uniforms 

Press Release: NSL4A Statement on Firing of Senior Military Officers 

Article: A ‘Middle Finger’ to Vets 

Article: Buffalo Soldiers display fighting spirit despite US segregation 

Article: Pete Hegseth is booed and heckled by military families in Germany upset over anti-DEI push 

Article: Virginia Democratic Party Chair Swecker Announces Decision to Step Down (There will be an election for a new Chair at the State Central Committee Meeting on Saturday, March 21, at 919 East Main Street in Richmond.)

Speech: Rep. Brownley on the House Floor: Trump Administration is Dismantling Veterans' Programs 

Speech: Rep. Hayes on the House Floor: Increasing Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits 

Speech: Rep. Vindman on the House Floor: Bill Introduction on Supporting Military Families 

Article: Vintage Valentines: Historic military love letters that rival Shakespeare 

Article: Trump and Musk are going to war against military veterans