U.S. MILITARY URGED TO CALL CNMI HOME Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 00:00
Local government cites tax advantages
By Haidee V. Eugenio
SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, Nov. 10, 2009) - Military members who are on active duty and call the CNMI home are being encouraged to choose the Commonwealth as their home port of record so that their federal income taxes will be remitted by the federal government to the CNMI instead of other states or territories, thereby helping the local economy.
At the same time, officials yesterday said there were no CNMI troops hurt in the shooting at the Fort Hood Army Post in Texas on Thursday last week.
–By Amy Phillips, Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office
Sustaining strong bonds between military and civilian leaders is very important to Col. Charles Bell, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett/Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Commander. Bell hosts quarterly Community Relations Working Group meetings with leaders from state to city level, FHL, Camp Roberts and Presidio of Monterey.
During the December 10, 2020, meeting, military leaders briefed King City Mayor Mike LeBarre, San Miguel General Manager Rob Roberson and Paso Robles Community Development Director Warren Frace on their COVID-19 posture and protocols. They also discussed issues such as coordination with local airports to support potential mass civil support operations, the transportation of training units from airports to installations, and affordable housing. More than a dozen leaders participated and the robust conversations generated interest in continuing the dialogue for potential Intergovernmental Suppor
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Vets Orgs Say Wilkie Must Be Dispatched As VA Secretary
Law360 (December 17, 2020, 7:25 PM EST) The nation s six largest veterans services organizations petitioned the president to fire Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie, saying that his disparagement of a veteran pursuing sexual assault claims made him unfit to lead the department.
The groups, including the American Legion and AMVETS, called on President Donald Trump in a Wednesday letter to take swift action, days after the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a scathing report detailing Wilkie s insensitive response to a veteran s claims that she was assaulted at a VA hospital. His response would not only dissuade veterans from seeking health care, but would also undermine.
It s hard to see how the situation of the Guam Veterans Cemetery in Piti could get much worse.
The popular community institution is under severe criticism by the national Veterans Administration. Its budget and staffing falls short.
“You can’t expect three guys to take care of this large footprint on a daily basis and conduct funerals of which we have an average of about two a day,” said Tim Aguon, acting Guam Veterans Affairs Officer.
Last Sunday Gabriel Barcinas, the cemetery s maintenance supervisor for more than a decade, died.
Aguon stationed himself at the cemetery for the past week to ensure needed work gets done.
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign December 15, 2020, 3:39 pm | in
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Parsippany, NJ Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie to resign following the recent report from Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General detailing the Secretary’s attempts to smear a woman veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA facility:
“One of the very first things I did when I got to Congress was write to Secretary Wilkie, urging him to take immediate action to ensure VA medical facilities equitably serve women veterans and to address the reports of sexual harassment at the VA. After two years of work to raise the level of care women veterans receive, the Inspector General’s report and the Secretary’s behavior are extremely disturbing. The Secretary of the VA is responsible for the veterans in his care, and they should be his