Julia Ledoux

Virginia

Contributor at Audacy.com

Reporter and Producer at Connecting Vets

reporter/producer Connecting Vets

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Articles

Veterans Help Group, VFW launch Social Security disability eligibility screener

6 days ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Veterans Help Group and the Veterans of Foreign Wars are teaming up to launch a new Social Security Disability Eligibility Screener. The cutting-edge tool aims to empower veterans by simplifying the process for determining eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance.
VA broadens online memorials for veterans buried overseas

6 days ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its Veterans Legacy Memorial website to add 210,000 additional pages for American veterans interred and honored in overseas cemeteries and memorials managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Number of staffing cuts at Veterans Affairs not fixed, Secretary Collins says

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers Tuesday that the goal is to reduce VA's workforce by 15 percent - but that number is a movable target. "It could be less, it could be more," Collins told the Senate Veterans Committee during his first appearance before them since becoming VA secretary on Feb. 5. "It is a goal that you have to look at. You have to start somewhere," he said.
With a can-do spirit, Marine mom and daughter are overcoming life's challenges

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

There may be nothing that retired Marine Lt. Col. Paige Thomas and her 8-year-old daughter Paisley Minor can't do. When she was just 23 months old, Paisley had both of her legs removed in an above-the-knee amputation due to tibial hemimelia, which caused her hips to be displaced, her tibias to be completely absent and her feet to not correctly form. "In 2017, my whole life changed because this little one came into the picture," Thoms said. "I don't look at things as hard.
Folds of Honor, this Bud's for you!

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners are marking 15 years of partnering with Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the families of fallen or disabled U.S. service members and first responders. Consumers 21 and older can support the organization year-round by buying any Budweiser or Budweiser Zero 12-pack, with a portion of proceeds going to the nonprofit.
House Republican asks Trump Justice Department to investigate Biden VA officials

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether former VA officials broke the law last summer when they told Congress a projected $15 billion budget shortfall would negatively impact veterans' health care and benefits. In an April 29 letter, Rep.
Joining forces to honor the fallen throughout May

1 week ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

The Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration is joining forces throughout May with non-profit organizations Carry The Load, Travis Manion Foundation and Victory for Veterans to honor veterans interred in VA National Cemeteries through a series of events, volunteer opportunities and shared stories.
Legislation aims to put veterans behind the wheels of big rigs

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress that would make it easier for veterans to access trucking apprenticeship programs with their Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits. The Veterans Transition to Trucking Act would allow VA to approve programs operated by interstate commercial trucking companies, streamlining the approval process and cutting unnecessary red tape, making it difficult for veterans to partake in apprenticeships that operate across multiple states.
Veterans granted a Wish of a Lifetime

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Veterans from across the country will have a chance to visit the war memorials created in their honor in Washington, DC, this month, thanks to AARP and its charitable affiliate, Wish of a Lifetime. The first trip will bring 15 veterans from California, Oregon and Washington to DC from April 28 to May 1. Known as Journey of Heroes, it is sponsored by VitaLife Foundation. The second trip runs from May 5 to May 9 and will honor 16 Vietnam War-era veterans who come from Wyoming.
Two of the NFL's newest players visit with troops ahead of Draft

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Julia Ledoux

Before they headed to last week's draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, two then-NFL Draft prospects joined their fathers for a "day in the life" experience at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base in Milwaukee. Jalen Milroe and Ashton Jeanty both grew up on military bases, learning the love of football while being raised by military parents. Jeanty's father, Harry, served in the Navy, while both Milroe's parents, Lola and Quentin, served in the Navy and Marine Corps, respectively.