If you're going to work with Veterans Affairs facilities in every VA region in the country to collect charts, well you need to meet with VA management teams in every region in the country. Yesterday, BeneLynk's VP of Government & Military Relations, James Tongate, was at a VA facility to do just that.
(Not pictured, the duck boats deployed to celebrate James' arrival and maybe also a basketball game).
#WhereIsJames
We continue to #advocate for military families during these challenging times. Between the ongoing promotion blocks and the looming government shutdown, this is the time each of us needs to stand behind our All-Volunteer Force. #DoYourPart
Blue Star Families CEO, Kathy Roth-Douquet joined Forbes to discuss the hundreds of blocked promotions affecting military families all over the country.
Kathy discusses the short-term and long-term ramifications of these continued blocked promotions and the future if this continues on.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3ZyO7ok
Every military family deserves to be heard. And MFAN is ready to listen.
What do you love about military life? Where could you use additional support? This is your chance to share it all and help inform armed services leaders, elected officials, and service providers on the issues that matter most to your family.
Take the #MFANSurvey today: milfanet.org/survey.
While media is watch-dog of the society and also fourth pillar of democracy, military is necessary arm of a strong nation-state, how could both co-opt together. That was the topic of my discussion at a reputed government institue being organised for senior military officers of the country.
#mediatraining#mediarelations
MIL2VET 🎙 Return to Roots Podcast! 🎙 The Scuttlebutt (US Navy Chief / Veteran Ambassador / Servant Leader) On a mission to help 1 million transitioning service members and families find new careers. (231 and counting!)
OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE FUNDING GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING, & APARTHEID.
Please watch Glenn Greenwald explain how ISRAEL IS KNOWINGLY KILLING FOREIGN AID WORKERS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, in addition to Palestinian women & children: lnkd.in/g4mKYBEC
PLEASE wake up people. This is not a “war”.
Israel is committing GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING WITH THE WEAPONS WE KEEP GIVING THEM & has now killed OVER 25K WOMEN & CHILDREN (~70% of the dead), according to our own military: lnkd.in/gaMEPKSn
Israel has also orphaned over 30K kids, has destroyed the homes of nearly 1M & is still blocking aid to them, killing them WITH STARVATION, DEHYDRATION, & DISEASE, in addition to U.S. supplied bombs.
Listen to world renowned professor & public policy expert Jeffrey Sachs explain how ISRAEL IS INTENTIONALLY STARVING OVER 1M CHILDREN. He says “the ICJ will find these acts to be genocidal” & “ the U.S. should immediately stop all munitions for this murderous rampage”: lnkd.in/gy-q3rpR
And here is renowned University of Chicago Prof. John Mearsheimer explaining that ISRAEL’S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE BOTH GAZA & THE WEST BANK & get us into a war with Iran, which he says are definitely NOT in our national interest: lnkd.in/g-WcuhSv
In this article, I explain how Israel has always been able to beat Hamas & ensure its security WITHOUT KILLING CHILDREN. Sadly, Israel keeps ignoring this option because its goal is not to beat Hamas, but rather to continue using them & similar groups as a pretext to continue ethnically cleansing more of historic Palestine (that's why Israel helped strengthen Hamas for years). In fact, Israel knows that its indiscriminate brutality will only help Hamas & similar groups recruit: lnkd.in/gY98T9mc
I also cry for the 38 Israeli children & others killed on Oct 7th, but this horrible conflict did NOT start on that day. The proof is the nearly 2300 Palestinian children killed by Israeli soldiers & settlers between 2000 & Oct 2023, including 43 during the 9 months just before 10/7 (names & details on BTselem.org).
Israel has also continued stealing more Palestinian homes & farms in the West Bank EVERY YEAR as part of its 57 year apartheid, & has imposed a brutal blockade of Gaza since 2005. ALL illegal, immoral, & ongoing acts of war.
That's why EVEN the ex-head of Israel’s Shin Bet (their FBI), Ami Ayalon, & ex-Israeli PM & General, Ehud Barak, BOTH saying IF THEY WERE PALESTINIAN THEY WOULD FIGHT ISRAEL BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THEIR LIBERTY: lnkd.in/guNE7vay
I will keep advocating for nonviolent resistance, but when Palestinians try, IDF soldiers shoot them in the knees, kill them, or at least imprison & beat them. Please read this 2020 Haaretz article titled: '42 Knees in One Day': Israeli Snipers Open Up About Shooting Gaza Protesters: lnkd.in/g4VqQRzs
PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES to demand they stop helping Israel kill children, ethnically cleans families, & maintain its brutal apartheid WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
Breaking the Silence
“There is no incentive for a soldier to not shoot……”
“Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories…”
https://lnkd.in/dzvcncVS
Listen to my conversation with Representative Mark Green, Charmain of the House Homeland Security Committee, on what his priorities are, the state of the US military, what needs to be done to combat China, and more https://lnkd.in/eGpVfwF9
On this Veterans Day, let's recognize military service as a powerful form of civic engagement. Military service can be one way to demonstrate commitment to our shared civic values and constitutional democracy. Explore our 10 Questions poster to learn more #CivicEngagement#VeteransDay
VP, Talent Acquisition Consultant II @ Bank of America | Sourcing Ninja 🥷 | Husband | Father | U.S.Navy Veteran ✈️⚓️🐢🇺🇸
4wJT!!!! Thank you!