Category Archives: Guest authors

1965 Jet gun injector image to save

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Laura

Front view of a hand-held jet-injector, also known as a Ped-O-Jet. The jet gun’s wide surface area makes it easy to intuit how easily it transmitted blood-borne pathogens’ DNA and RNA through percutaneous mass vaccinations. (Latin: “by way of the … Continue reading →

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Homeless veteran eligibility and the Lifeline free cell phone program

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Laura

The FCC has recently modernized and reformed the Lifeline program but still makes it too hard for homeless veterans to get and keep a free Lifeline cell phone. Briefly, the Lifeline federal benefit program has subsidized landline phones for low-income … Continue reading →

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VIReC VA WEB SITE

Posted on January 18, 2013 by joeaveragevet

It’s the acronym’s acronym. Yep. vA has an acronym page to look up acronym’s. I guess you can not look up the acronym unless you know the “look up” acronym, VIRec. Only in the vA world does this … Continue reading →

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Dueling doctors over HCV screening

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Laura

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is a group that makes recommendations to primary care physicians about preventative care. For example, they grade health screening tests with A , B, C, or D. They recently made a controversial recommendation on … Continue reading →

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Another fine Navy photo

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Laura

What an awesome photo to enjoy this chilly weekend. The image was taken on New Year’s Eve (2011) on the aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed in the Pacific. This visual post is intended to express our collective solidarity with the … Continue reading →

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19,500 Vets die waiting on VA benefits…By the numbers.

Posted on January 3, 2013 by joeaveragevet

“Delay, Deny, Wait till the Veteran dies” is not just a VA slogan any more. The number of Veterans who die waiting on VA to process their benefit application has tripled, according to this San Francisco Chronicle article. It … Continue reading →

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Where did your VSO come from?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by joeaveragevet

Most VSO’s are chartered by Congress. (You should know you are in trouble if it has anything to do with congress. I am still smarting from the fiscal cliff, and not sure we have not fallen off it yet) According … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year Everyone

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Laura

I hope you will find inspiration and hope in this Navy photo to bring into the New Year. I love this one. Do you? God bless America! New Sailors become American citizens GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Dec. 19, 2012) Recruits take … Continue reading →

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HCVets June 9-16, 2013 gathering in Indiana

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Laura

HCVets is such a wonderful resource. They are organizing a (non-profit) net-working retreat for veterans called “HugFest 2013.” Housing is in private rooms in two large riverfront cabins. There is a food fund but I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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Combat casualty research a poor excuse for DoD upscale vacations

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Laura

Apparently, the Secretary of Defense approves DoD sponsored conferences like the 2012 Military Health System Research Symposium. The attendees of this beachfront party at Marriot Beach Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale must be hoping the 2013 conference will be … Continue reading →