By Fall 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Our nation’s brave soldiers can be preyed upon, not only on the battlefield, but also in our nation’s financial marketplaces.[1] Several key characteristics make our servicemembers more apt to becoming preyed upon financially. Servicembers are generally young and lack financial sophistication, robust savings, or guidance from family members; they also … Continue reading “Protecting our Servicemembers and Military from Predatory Lending”

By Fall 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Stephanie Musilek The civilian criminal justice system exists to serve several purposes including obtaining justice for victims, punishing wrongdoers, and deterring future wrongs, but also providing due process of law to those accused of wrongdoing, thus ensuring fairness in the process. In this system, there are many players who all … Continue reading “Criminal Justice vs. Military Justice”

By Fall 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Tyler Whidby Many veterans are told by Vocational Rehabilitation counselors that they are not eligible for Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation services because 12 years or more has passed since the disabled veteran separated from the military. While this is an important fact, it is often an incorrect reason for a benefits … Continue reading “When the 12-Year Time Limit to Use Chapter 31 Vocational Benefits Does Not Apply”

By Fall 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Michael Vlcek The United States would face a crisis in leadership if the President and the Vice President are simultaneously killed or removed from office. The United States does not have a clear Presidential succession plan, which is a national security necessity for a country with the largest military[1] and … Continue reading “Presidential Succession: An Unsolved National Security Risk”

By Summer 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Keith Bishop[1] 16,000 Americans are expected to die of bladder cancer every year.[2] Bladder cancer patients pass blood in their urine, suffer painful urination, and may suffer other symptoms such as back pain.[3] Surgeries of various types are the most common treatment, including Transurethral Resection, in which a physician inserts … Continue reading “So Why Not Bladder Cancer?”

Summer 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Matt Sim The United States military is no stranger when it comes to innovation. Some of the greatest technological innovations in human history had their beginnings in the military.  And many of those have come to take place in our everyday lives as well.  Just to name a few, we have the … Continue reading “Innovation and the Military”

Summer 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor Maurice Hinton The military and Congress have recently answered the bell in responding to current medical science in offering solutions for servicemembers and veterans that suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”). Considering PTSD was not officially recognized until 1980 when the American Psychiatric Association added to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of … Continue reading “The Military Needs To Go Beyond Its Current Reactive Approach to PTSD”

Summer 2018 M-VETS Student-Advisor David Kaplan Servicemembers’ education benefits are an important incentive tool for the United States government to recruit and retain highly qualified persons for the armed forced. Ever since the initial adoption of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act in 1944 [1], the quality of servicemembers’ education benefits remain in flux as the national interest … Continue reading “Veteran Educational Assistance Laws”