Julia Ledoux

Virginia

Contributor at Audacy.com

Reporter and Producer at Connecting Vets

reporter/producer Connecting Vets

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Articles

Don't let your summer vacation break the bank

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

You can never start saving money for and planning your summer vacation too early. That's the message Charlene Wilde, senior vice president at the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association, has for both military veterans and active duty service members. "Start saving money early on," Wilde said, even if you haven't picked your vacation spot out yet. Consider placing the money you are saving for summer vacation in a bank account that is designated specifically for that purpose.
A Vietnamese American's journey to the Corps

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

For Marine Corps aviator Quang X. Pham, the Fall of Saigon nearly 50 years ago isn't consigned to the pages of history. It's a story he lived, the story that his life is built upon, and the story that he documents in his book, " Sense of Duty. "Pham grew up in a military family. His father, Hoa Van Pham, served in the South Vietnamese air force for more than 20 years and was once rescued by U.S. Marines after being shot down. Pham said his mother made two decisions when Saigon began to fall in 1975.
Bill would correct religious heritage on markers of servicemembers buried overseas

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Legislation to identify and research Jewish-American servicemembers interred in American cemeteries overseas who are buried beneath grave markers that do not accurately reflect their religion and heritage has been introduced in Congress.
End the wounded veteran tax

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

A coalition of leading military and veterans groups is urging Congress to end the wounded veteran tax. Currently, veterans forced to medically retire before 20 years of service due to combat or combat-related injuries do not receive their full military retirement pay from the Department of Defense and their full disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Nats, Navy Federal Credit Union team up to honor service members this season

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

The partnership between the Washington Nationals and Navy Federal Credit Union is expanding this baseball season. The credit union is the new presenting sponsor of the 7th Inning Stretch and Runs for the Brave. "For every run scored by the Nationals during the 7th inning at Nationals Park, the credit union will donate $500, up to $50,000, to Our Military Kids," said Joe Bock, vice president of Brand Marketing at Navy Federal Credit Union.
American nonprofit helps Ukrainian veterans to reintegrate

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

As Russia's war on Ukraine continues, an American nonprofit is helping Ukraine support its veterans. America's Warrior Partnership is leveraging the model it uses to assist veterans in the United States to help Ukraine reintegrate its veterans back into civilian life, said AWP Co-Founder and Chief of Programs and Initiatives Cheree Tham. "Ukrainians as a whole are united, they are one family," she said.
World War II veteran meets his service dog namesake

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

World War II Battle of the Bulge and Army veteran Wilbur "Jack" Myers recently met his namesake, "Wilbur," a Warrior Canine Connection service dog in training. WCC names all its dogs after veterans, past and present, to honor their service and legacy. Myers, who is currently 101 years old, is one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Bulge. According to a profile by the Department of Veterans Affairs, He was born in June 1923 in Williamsport, Maryland, one of 13 children.
Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Warriors Heart Virginia helps to heal

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

A unique once-a-month experience is helping active duty service members, veterans and first responders move forward as they recover from their addictions - with healing, purification and prayers. The Sweat Lodge Ceremony is part of Warriors Heart Virginia's 42-day training/treatment program that is exclusively for warriors struggling with substance abuse, PTSD, suicide ideation, depression, anxiety and co-occurring issues.
Veterans fired by DOGE decry economic hardships at shadow hearing

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

A shadow hearing led by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on April 2 examined the Trump administration's mass DOGE-related firings and their impacts on veterans and their families, who make up one-third of the federal workforce. "These firings have disproportionately affected our VA and veterans' workforce, and the harm to them individually will become painfully clear today," Sen. Blumenthal said during his opening remarks.
VA names nine sites where Electronic Health Records will go live in 2026

3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday released the names of the nine additional medical facilities where the Federal Electronic Health Record system will be deployed next year. EHR will go live at four sites in Ohio - Chillicothe VAMC, Cincinnati VAMC, Dayton VAMC, Louis Stokes and Cleveland VAMC; and at Fort Wayne VAMC, Marion VAMC and Richard L. Roudebush VAMC in Indiana.