Advocacy
How Can DoD, VA Improve the Transition Process for Separating Servicemembers?
DoD spends more on unemployment compensation than transition support. A recent hearing discussed the way forward.
As MOAA's Senior Director of Government Relations for Veterans-Wounded Warrior Care, Cmdr. René Campos, USN (Ret), is responsible for directing daily legislative advocacy operations and advising leadership on strategic and operational plans. She manages and develops relationships to advance legislative priorities and the MOAA brand with internal and external stakeholders. She serves as lead expert on VA health care matters, and she advises MOAA’s Government Relations and Health Care Board Committees.
DoD spends more on unemployment compensation than transition support. A recent hearing discussed the way forward.
The efforts include emergency department improvements that could reach dozens of VA facilities.
Learn about the options, the challenges, the new programs, and why one lawmaker warned of a “silver tsunami.”
A key lawmaker is “fed up” with issues surrounding the $16 billion project.
Women leaving service face unique challenges. New and expanded programs will help VA meet their needs.
Here’s what the VA budget request includes, and why some in Congress could take issue with the proposal.