POTUS to Announces New Executive Actions. Will it be enough?

SGT Ben Keen — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:55:43 -0400

Today the POTUS will be talking before the American Legion's 94th Convention and will be discussing his five priorities he and his staff will focus on to make sure we get what we have earned.

Read the article below and let us know, is this enough? Which part of his plan sticks out to you the most? Which part of his plan do you think will be the easiest and hardest to put into practice?

FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Executive Actions to Fulfill our Promises to Service...

Today, President Obama will address the American Legion’s 96th conventionand outline the five priorities the Administration is focused on to ensure we are fulfilling our promises to service members, veterans and their families: delivering the quality health care veterans have been promised; ensuring all veterans have every opportunity to pursue the American Dream; providing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with the resources our...

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 26 at 2014 3:12 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:12:50 -0400

The President's address to the 96th (according to http://www.legion.org) American Legion convention presents some good ideas. I think the mental health issues will continue to be the most difficult because of both service and service member cultural issues. It appears to me that the Army, in particular, has continued to embrace the Patton model where PTSD is not a "real" problem, instead it's simply cowardice. Many military personnel have also internalized this view. These two factors mean that personnel do not seek out the help they may need. No Presidential, VA, or DoD initiative will get the traction it needs until prejudice against seeking mental health assistance begins to fade.

Veterans Organizations

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Aug 26 at 2014 6:55 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:55:31 -0400

Sounds like a lot of boiler plate rhetoric to me. It's been said before and looked into before and gone unfunded before It's easy at the POTUS level to preach when their is no substance behind the alter, not unlike the joke that is the Affordable Health Care Act. POTUS needs to stop writing checks that "We the People" have to keep going to the bank to cash and find that no funds are available.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2014 1:57 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:57:14 -0500

The definition of 'homeless' has been redefined. It is on paper only about the 25,000. I know this for a fact.

Response by LTC Dr Richard Wasserman made Nov 21 at 2014 12:01 PM

LTC Dr Richard Wasserman — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:01:19 -0500

Is President Obama Trustworthy?