Podcasts about military veterans advocacy

On Today's Episode – Mark and Matt dive into the day's topics including how Gavin Newsome paid for his own statue in City Hall among other things.We hop right over to returning guest Retired Colonel Rob Maness (Bio Below). We continue the chat about how the Left is trying to normalize EVERYTHING, and use our tax dollars to do it. Tune in for all the fun@robmaness - X@colrobmanesshttps://www.robmaness.com/Retired Colonel Rob Maness has a lifelong record of dedicated service to the nation. As a 17-year-old high school senior, he decided to enlist in the United States Air Force and serve in uniform as the country faced multiple crises around the world.Having worked his way up from the enlisted ranks to full colonel, he retired from active duty in 2011, ending his military service of more than 32 years. Following military retirement Rob returned to Louisiana to work as an executive in a Fortune 500 energy corporation. He is currently founder and the owner of Iron Liberty Group and resides in Gulfport, Mississippi.Rob has proven his competence at the local, state, and federal levels of government with his demonstrated leadership and effectiveness as a steward of our citizen's tax dollars. He has broad experience working at the Louisiana State Legislature, in the national budget process, national emergency response decision-making, law enforcement, successful community relations with governments at all levels, and working directly with citizens to meet today's challenges. He has provided direct, executive oversight to local schools in coordination with elected school boards, working to make them secure and more effective to meet the needs of America's military children. His leadership and combat experiences give him a unique perspective when considering how national action impacts our American families.During his military service, Colonel Maness led numerous combat operations, including as a bomber squadron commander in Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Colonel Maness served as an enlisted bomb disposal technician in three assignments countering terrorism before being commissioned and selected for flight training. As a Joint Chiefs of Staff operations officer he was on duty in the National Military Command Center located within the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attack. In the ensuing months, he directly assisted the United States national security team with creating, synchronizing, and executing the campaign plan for the global war on terrorism. Colonel Maness authored the first theater nuclear war plan and designed decision-making tools for the Presidential nuclear decision handbook strengthening U.S. extended strategic deterrence policy in European and Pacific regions. Colonel Maness served as the Vice Commander of America's largest Airborne Intelligence Wing conducting strategic and battlefield intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations against America's enemies. He went on to command Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, the sixth largest U.S. Air Force Base encompassing 53,000 acres and 22,000 employees, housing our nation's most critical assets.After running for the U.S. Senate on this America First Platform, Rob founded GatorPAC and its Veterans Leadership Fund, a Federal political action committee. The PAC educates grass roots political activists on the most effective ways to influence their elected officials, get a candidate elected, or to fight for a cause. It advocates for policies that protect your liberty, fight for limited government, and ensure prosperity. He has also served as a board member at Military Veterans Advocacy, Inc., a veteran's advocacy group fighting for veteran toxic exposure benefits, committed to preventing veteran suicides, and ensuring military families have equal access to benefits. He has served as a non-voting board member of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and Hispano Chamber of Commerce in his role as Commander of Kirtland AFB. As president of his local chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, he led a team that created an annual scholarship fund for graduating high school students. Rob is a Life Member of the NRA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, and the Military Officers Association of America.He is also a member of the Louisiana Military Order of Foreign Wars and the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Active in the community, Rob served as an elected member of the Republican Party Executive Committee representing St. Tammany Parish Council District 1 for two terms and served on the board of the only Republican Men's Club in Louisiana. He Currently serves on the Harrison County and Gulfport Mississippi GOP Executive committees.Rob graduated Cum Laude at the University of Tampa and holds master's degrees from Harvard University's Kennedy School, the Air Command and Staff College, and the US College of Naval Warfare.His military awards and combat decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and Air Medal.Rob is married to the former Candy Smith. They have five children, including three sons serving in the military (one former US Navy, one former US Army guardsman, one active US Air Force), and five grandchildren. They are members of the Baptist Church.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On Today's Episode – Mark and Matt dive into the day's topics including how Gavin Newsome paid for his own statue in City Hall among other things. We hop right over to returning guest Retired Colonel Rob Maness (Bio Below).  We continue the chat about how the Left is trying to normalize EVERYTHING, and use our tax dollars to do it.  Tune in for all the fun @robmaness - X @colrobmaness https://www.robmaness.com/   Retired Colonel Rob Maness has a lifelong record of dedicated service to the nation. As a 17-year-old high school senior, he decided to enlist in the United States Air Force and serve in uniform as the country faced multiple crises around the world. Having worked his way up from the enlisted ranks to full colonel, he retired from active duty in 2011, ending his military service of more than 32 years. Following military retirement Rob returned to Louisiana to work as an executive in a Fortune 500 energy corporation. He is currently founder and the owner of Iron Liberty Group and resides in Gulfport, Mississippi. Rob has proven his competence at the local, state, and federal levels of government with his demonstrated leadership and effectiveness as a steward of our citizen's tax dollars. He has broad experience working at the Louisiana State Legislature, in the national budget process, national emergency response decision-making, law enforcement, successful community relations with governments at all levels, and working directly with citizens to meet today's challenges. He has provided direct, executive oversight to local schools in coordination with elected school boards, working to make them secure and more effective to meet the needs of America's military children. His leadership and combat experiences give him a unique perspective when considering how national action impacts our American families. During his military service, Colonel Maness led numerous combat operations, including as a bomber squadron commander in Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Colonel Maness served as an enlisted bomb disposal technician in three assignments countering terrorism before being commissioned and selected for flight training. As a Joint Chiefs of Staff operations officer he was on duty in the National Military Command Center located within the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attack. In the ensuing months, he directly assisted the United States national security team with creating, synchronizing, and executing the campaign plan for the global war on terrorism. Colonel Maness authored the first theater nuclear war plan and designed decision-making tools for the Presidential nuclear decision handbook strengthening U.S. extended strategic deterrence policy in European and Pacific regions. Colonel Maness served as the Vice Commander of America's largest Airborne Intelligence Wing conducting strategic and battlefield intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations against America's enemies. He went on to command Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, the sixth largest U.S. Air Force Base encompassing 53,000 acres and 22,000 employees, housing our nation's most critical assets. After running for the U.S. Senate on this America First Platform, Rob founded GatorPAC and its Veterans Leadership Fund, a Federal political action committee. The PAC educates grass roots political activists on the most effective ways to influence their elected officials, get a candidate elected, or to fight for a cause. It advocates for policies that protect your liberty, fight for limited government, and ensure prosperity. He has also served as a board member at Military Veterans Advocacy, Inc., a veteran's advocacy group fighting for veteran toxic exposure benefits, committed to preventing veteran suicides, and ensuring military families have...

Military-Veterans Advocacy v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs

This is episode #1 of my new series on how we can help support our veterans that put their name on the line for us and our freedoms.  These interviews are with leaders in their Veterans Group that will tell us how their organization helps, supports, and assists veterans and their families.  We all need to be more involved in groups like this to help the men and women that have been here for the United States of America.  Find out more about them and what you can do.  In this interview is... Steven Rose of Fisher House, Jame Van Prooyen for Military Creator Con, Judy Isaacson with Heroes to Heroes, and Commander J.B. Wells of Military Veterans Advocacy.  

Rich welcomes former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who just announced her endorsement of Donald Trump. Then Paul James, Jr., president of the Young Republicans of Bexar County (TX), tells why more young Black men are supporting Trump. We also note the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Afghanistan War withdrawal. Commander (Ret.) J.B. Wells, chairman of Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc., discusses that as well as the military record of Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz D-MN). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 2515 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the latest news from John Wells of the Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc. about a new Congressional Resolution designed to help our veterans. The story comes from a press … Continue reading →

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether, when the Department of Veterans Affairs denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invalid under the plain text of the statutory provisions in effect at the time of the denial, that is the kind of “clear and unmistakable error” that the veteran may invoke to challenge VA's decision.Date Proceedings and OrdersAug 13 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)Aug 24 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2021 to October 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Aug 25 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2021.Sep 15 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed.Sep 16 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy filed.Oct 05 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2021 to November 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Oct 06 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 17, 2021.Nov 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Nov 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2021.Dec 08 2021 | Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.Dec 20 2021 | Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.Jan 14 2022 | Petition GRANTED.Jan 25 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Kevin R. George.Feb 22 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.Feb 28 2022 | Brief of petitioner Kevin R. George filed.Mar 03 2022 | Amicus brief of Disabled American Veterans not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2022--Corrected version to be submitted)Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Disabled American Veterans (3/3/2022) filed.Mar 04 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed.Mar 07 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles filed.Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee filed.Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans of America filed.Mar 15 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, April 19, 2022.Mar 16 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.Mar 18 2022 | The record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.Mar 23 2022 | CIRCULATEDMar 28 2022 | The record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has been electronically filed.Mar 30 2022 | Brief of Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs not accepted for filing. (April 01, 2022--Corrected brief and PDF to be submitted.)Mar 30 2022 | Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs filed. (Distributed)Apr 08 2022 | Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed)Apr 19 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Melanie L. Bostwick, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Susie Belanger is on the Board of Directors for the Military Veterans Advocacy organization. In this inspiring podcast, Susie shares what the virtue of perseverance has taught her and how it enabled her to succeed in getting the US government to change its policy on naval veterans from the Vietnam War who were being excluded from benefits owing to exposure to Agent Orange.Living Philosophy is brought to you by Philosophy2u.com.Host:Dr Todd MeiMusic: www.bensound.comPhoto: Military Veterans Advocacy Garden Flag Links Related to this Episode:Military Veterans Advocacy (https://www.militaryveteransadvocacy.org)Attorney John B. Wells (https://www.johnwellslaw.com/about.html)Blue Water Navy (https://benefits.va.gov/benefits/blue-water-navy.asp)Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and Burn Pits (https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/us-senator-kirsten-gillibrand-discusses-landmark-legislation-to-help-veterans-with-diseases-linked-to-burn-pits-and-other-toxic-exposures-obtain-benefits-from-va)

Episode 1997 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a press release issued by the Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc. titled: Senator Boozman Introduces Key Herbicide Relief Bill. It was created by Commander J. B. Wells U. S. Navy (Retired), Attorney … Continue reading → The post Episode 1997 – Arkansas pols introduce new Agent Orange legislation appeared first on .

Military-Veterans Advocacy v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Paul and Olivia are joined today by Commander John B. Wells, executive director of Military Veterans Advocacy. Commander wells discusses his organization, which is dedicated to ensuring religious liberty, protecting the rights of service members, and guaranteeing veterans receive their due benefits. Learn more here: militaryveteransadvocacy.org. More at rightonpointpodcast.com!  

Blue Water Navy veterans have been seeking fairness in VA health and disability benefits for over a decade.   CDR John Wells (ret) legal advisor to the Blue Water Navy Association and executive director of Military Veterans Advocacy discusses the proposed Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 and toxic bases with host Jim Fausone.  

Millions of US veterans have been exposed to Agent Orange and are currently suffering long-term damage. But there are few resources or legislation that support their rights to treatment for a myriad of illnesses. Retired Marine Corps Sergeant Major James Kuiken (www.jameskuiken.com) discusses what Agent Orange is, how it still exists around the world and in particular, Guam, and what efforts on Capitol Hill by Military Veterans Advocacy (www.militaryveteransadvocacy.org) may help those veterans and Guamanians before they’re gone.

What would you do if you were offered a contract, performed the work and then the party reneged? Should our military be offered contracts by recruiters that are bogus? This is exactly the situation that our National Guardsmen are dealing with. What happened and what can people do about it? In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to Mr. John Wells, the Executive Director of Military Veterans Advocacy, Inc. talks about the latest scandal to hit our National Guardsmen. Mr. Wells is a retired Navy Commander (Surface Warfare) and a disabled veteran, who served from 1972 until 1994. To learn about his organizations efforts and what to do if you are or know a veteran that needs help, stay tuned! Do you like FREE stuff? Tune in to The Organic View Radio Show, Monday through Friday at 6pm Eastern and visit our contest section at www.theorganicview.com/contests to win one of our monthly prizes! Today's show is sponsored by Eden Foods the most trusted name in certified organic clean food! When you shop online at EdenFoods.com enter the coupon code “ORGVIEW” to receive 20% OFF any regularly priced items (excluding cases). For other promotional offers, please visit TheOrganicView.com's website.  

There are not many Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans left. Most of them have already died due to exposure to Agent Orange. Yet, the remaining veterans are still having a hard time obtaining the benefits that they need in order to survive. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to Mr. John Wells, the Executive Director of Military Veterans Advocacy, Inc. talks about the reasons behind the denial of these benefits to our veterans. Stay tuned! Do you like FREE stuff? Tune in to The Organic View Radio Show, Monday through Friday @6pm Eastern and visit our contest section at www.theorganicview.com/contests to win one of our monthly prizes! Today's show is sponsored by Austria's Finest Naturally Authentic Pumpkin Seeds and Pumpkin Seed Oil from the Steiermark available at OrganicUniverse.com. Listeners of TheOrganicView can receive $1 off their purchase by using the coupon code "orgview".  For more offers, please visit our website at www.theorganicview.com