Caring for our veterans at all stages of their healthcare needs is a priority. The Department of Veteran Services makes veterans their priority and it can show in the details. In this episode, Tyler talks with Brock Bakos, Administrator of the upcoming brand new Puller Veterans Care Center being built on the former Vint Hill Farms Station in Fauquier County, Virginia. Their focus is in the detail and making sure this facility is staffed and equipped to continue providing the utmost quality to our warriors in their aging years of healthcare needs.

Department of Veteran Services Care Centers

https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/veterans-care-centers/puller-veterans-care-center

Virginia Veterans Care Center (VVCC) in Roanoke

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center (SBVCC) in Richmond

Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center (JCVCC) in Virginia Beach

Upcoming Puller Veterans Care Center (PVCC) in Fauquier County

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In this interview, Liz talks with Air Force Academy graduate and pilot Patty Bear about her memoir, FROM PLAIN TO PLANE: MY MENNONITE CHILDHOOD, A NATIONAL SCANDAL, AND AN UNCONVENTIONAL SOAR TO FREEDOM. The book chronicles Patty’s journey from her childhood in an old-order Pennsylvania Mennonite community through a highly publicized scandal involving her father’s excommunication from the church, and her path to the Air Force Academy in the first wave of women to be accepted.

You can find Patty at her author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorPattyBear

And at her website: www.theflyingclub.com

For a more in-depth interview with Patty, listen to the Onward Podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/from-plain-to-plane-journey-from-mennonite-childhood/id1465324726?i=1000504259717

Liz Booker is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer for young adults. She hosts the Aviatrix Book Club and the Aviatrix Book Review Website and Podcast. This episode is a rebroadcast of the Aviatrix Book Review in collaboration with
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In today's episode, Tyler talks with Brett D'Alessandro about the creation of Backpacks for Life and the amazing services they provide to at-risk and homeless Veterans. 

Backpacks For Life's mission is to provide a unique and personalized support system for homeless and at-risk veterans struggling to reintegrate into civilian life. After being equipped with the right tools and solutions, we want Veterans of all eras to seamlessly and confidently reintegrate into society and thrive. Through our two main programs, we can effectively support and empower our Veterans, reigniting the flame inside to live and succeed.

THE BOWERY PACK

The Bowery Pack was designed and engineered to sustain our homeless veterans during their time on the streets or in a shelter. With various safety and security features built-in, The Bowery Pack was designed to not only help our veterans survive but also, get off the streets.

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Visit their webpage at https://www.backpacksforlife.org/

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Are you deploying and need help with your pets? Are you a Veteran and need surgery or have healthcare needs you are putting off because you have pets?

In this episode, Tyler talks with Betsy M. Kilkenny, Executive Director for PACT stands for People + Animals = Companions Together, about their mission to provide programs that benefit companion animals and their owners.

PACT is a network of passionate people who know the power of the human-animal bond and work hard to protect it. PACT is a constantly growing community of animal lovers that support each other and recognize the connection between a person and their pet goes beyond life’s temporary, unpredictable crises. They are constantly expanding this network as more people become aware of our work and join them in protecting the human-animal bond by fostering companion animals or providing other support to people and pets in need. PACT works towards a world where no beloved companion animals are unwillingly surrendered to shelters because of a temporary military or medical crisis.

Visit their home page at https://pactforanimals.org/ to learn more about their services

Follow PACT on social media so you can stay up to date

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PACTforAnimals

Instagram @pactforanimals

Check out the Dodo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-xb6y2a0M

Please share PACT information as they do not advertise and need your help to spread the word.

PACT is searching for points of contact within the Housing or the Family Readiness programs on military bases to help service members with their pet care needs when services members are being deployed or hospitalized. 

If you are a Veteran and need to have your own surgery and long term recovery, let PACT. help you with your pet's care while you take care of your own personal healthcare necessities. 

If you have a point of contact near you that helps Veterans please share PACT's information. 

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Today Tyler talks with Priya Sridhar, broadcast journalist/reporter and Navy Reservist Public Officer and Board Member with the Military Veterans Journalism (MVJ) Network. As our service members transition out of service journalism is a field of interest that can be continued or explored through MVJ. They offer a diverse range of programs (https://www.mvj.network/programs/) to help those looking for a new purpose and/or career. 

Military Veteran Journalism Mission

https://www.mvj.network/

Military Veterans in Journalism’s mission is simple: get more military veterans working in America’s newsrooms.

The United States has been at war for more than 18 years at a cost of more than 7,000 lives, about 50,000 wounded and billions in tax dollars. Yet military veterans are vastly underrepresented in our nation’s newsrooms.

While about 7 percent of Americans have served in the armed forces, only 2 percent of media workers are military veterans, according to U.S. Census data.

Veterans bring perspective, nuanced understanding and on-the-ground experience about the military and veteran affairs that ultimately benefits newsrooms and news consumers.

Connect with Priya on IG @priyareporter

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In this interview, Liz talks with author Raquel Ramsey, the widow of decorated veteran Ed Ramsey, and her coauthor, Tricia Aurand about their book TAKING FLIGHT: THE NADINE RAMSEY STORY, about WWII Women Air Force Service Pilot, Nadine Ramsey. 

In October 1944 Nadine Ramsey was thirty-three and she was flying the cutting-edge P-51 Mustang to New Jersey, its last stop before heading to the war in Europe. The irrepressible young woman from Wichita had long been determined to fly and the gathering storm clouds of World War II provided an unexpected opportunity. Taking Flight is the inspiring story of a girl from Depression-era Kansas who overcame tremendous challenges and defied convention to become an elite pilot—one of the few American women to fly fighter aircraft during World War II.

Taking Flight follows Nadine as she became one of 1,102 women to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots and one of only 303 WASPs to take to the skies in military cockpits, transporting aircraft to bases across the nation for use in the theaters of war. This book marks her milestones: the first Kansas woman to earn a commercial pilot license; among the earliest women to fly the US Air Mail; one of only 26 WASPs who flew the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a fighter aircraft—and the first woman to own one; the only woman in the country to instruct male pilots to fly fighter planes after the war. Disbanded in late 1944 to make way for male pilots and barred from piloting for commercial airlines, the WASPs spent the next three decades fighting to win veteran status.

Taking Flight: The Nadine Ramsey Story is a profile in courage of a woman who helped clear the flight path for today’s female combat and commercial aviators.

Visit Nadine Ramsey's webpage to learn more at nadinebramsey.com

Liz Booker is a retired Coast Guard helicopter pilot and writer for young adults. She hosts the Aviatrix Book Club and the Aviatrix Book Review Website and Podcast. This episode is a rebroadcast of the Aviatrix Book Review in collaboration with
Coming Home Well. You can find Liz @LiteraryAviatrix on social media.

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In this episode, Tyler talks with Tim Tetz, Director of Outreach at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund about the healing and reflection this mobile education center provides to the veteran community and their families as well as an educational resource for young minds.

On Veterans Day 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) unveiled a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed to travel to communities throughout the United States. Since its dedication, The Wall That Heals has been displayed at nearly 700 communities throughout the nation, spreading the Memorial’s healing legacy to millions.

Bringing The Wall home to communities throughout our country allows the souls enshrined on the Memorial to exist once more among family and friends in the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings. The traveling exhibit provides thousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing The Wall to find the strength and courage to do so within their own communities, thus allowing the healing process to begin.

The main components of The Wall That Heals are The Wall replica and the mobile Education Center.

The Wall That Heals exhibit was on the road for more than 13,000 miles and visited 26 communities from coast to coast during its 2021 season. We were escorted by more than 3,000 vehicles into those communities, and we were able to spread The Wall’s healing legacy to nearly 200,000 visitors. Guided tours of the exhibit were provided to more than 12,000 students.

Visit the website to learn more at https://www.vvmf.org/

2023 Tour Schedule for The Wall That Heals https://www.vvmf.org/News/VVMF-Announces-2023-The-Wall-That-Heals-Tour-Schedule/

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In this episode of Straight To The Point, Paul and Tyler dive into the National Cemetery Administration burial process and benefit that is available to veterans. Preparing for the inevitable is always a task many avoid but it is essential to getting your affairs in order for not only yourself but for your loved ones as well. 

The National Cemetery Administration oversees and maintains 130 national cemeteries for veterans. For a veteran to be eligible for burial within one of these cemeteries it is recommended to visit https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/pre-need-eligibility/ and complete the Pre-Need Eligibility Determination to see if you qualify for a burial in one of the national cemeteries. 

If a veteran is buried within one of these national cemeteries their family members will be able to be comforted that their loved one's final resting place will be maintained in perpetuity. For the ceremonies that accompany a burial those can be arranged by your funeral director through DOD.

To learn more call the National Scheduling Office at 800-535-1117

If you decide to not apply and go with a private cemetery there is a burial benefit however it is well below what it costs for normal burial expenses.

If you have a question you would like Tyler and Paul to address, send us an email at [email protected].

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Pushing past your limitations!

Today episode, Tyler talks with Christopher Wolff, Operation Enduring Warrior (OEW) Honoree and USAF veteran, about overcoming your obstacles and pushing past your limitations. Chris was able to do this through the camaraderie and support of OEW and their incredible awesomely inspiring teamwork.

Operation Enduring Warrior (OEW) is a veteran-founded non‐profit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to honor, empower, and motivate our nation’s wounded military and law enforcement veterans through physical, mental, and emotional rehabilitation. Our programs help participants overcome adversity and hardship through innovation, teamwork, and perseverance. This ultimately enables the lives of our wounded military and public service veterans to go in directions they may have once thought were impossible.

OEW is a 100% volunteer-run organization. Donations go directly towards operational support of the organization and our various programs.

Visit their webpage at https://www.enduringwarrior.org/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EnduringWarriorOrg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/operationenduringwarrior/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/enduringwarrior

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnduringWarrior/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oew/

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Stopping the Hamster Wheel of Life to heal the mind and body

Tyler talks with Ryan Mielcarek, Seabee OIF Veteran about Veteran Rites and their mission to initiate Veterans into True Identity, Purpose, and Belonging after military service.

Veteran Rites honors everyone’s individual journey, regardless of ability, combat experience, military service, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, sexual, religious, political, or spiritual preference. 

Experience the journey. Visit their website at https://www.veteranrites.org/

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