Homeownership comes with a bunch of risks, including getting scammed. When you purchase a home, scammers can look up your personal information. Your deed filing, mortgage lender, and property tax ownership records are readily available through online government resources. Using current tools, a data broker can scrape this information within a day. They will then sell their findings to cybercriminals…
By Matt Scherer Can a high school student add their experience playing competitive sports to their LinkedIn experience section? Working with a 18-year old senior, I found LinkedIn now encourages students to add this to their experience section. Cameron played high school football for four years, so I encouraged him to add “student-athlete” to his position and the name of…
Military professionals who served at Camp Stronghold, Uzbekistan should know the Department of Defense and the VA are working to help veterans to get treatment. More importantly, they can sometimes assist them to qualify for disability compensation, Jane Babcock, a leading independent veterans advocate note. Toxic exposure to an assortment of poisons is now causing illnesses such as cancer and…
U.S. service members deployed to Karshi‑Khanabad Air Base (K‑2), Uzbekistan (2001–2005) were exposed to a complex mix of environmental and occupational hazards stemming largely from the base’s Soviet‑era legacy, fuel infrastructure failures, and harsh environmental conditions. Below is a clear, evidence‑based breakdown of the main toxic exposures documented in declassified DoD, VA, and congressional materials, with context on why they…
Welcome to our guide for veterans looking to purchase a home. The team at Military Transition Resources and Calendar has compiled this series of short articles to help you, the future veteran homeowner, determine the best path for selecting your future home. Like Monopoly, the real estate game, we divided this document into color-coded sections. This document is a work…
By Matt Scherer I have been reading the numerous online reports of the Federal Government’s efforts to arrest military members with Purple Hearts because they didn’t have US citizenship. I recalled observing several oaths of citizenship in my own local military community. I have decided to research the path to citizenship for foreign nationals who have chosen to serve the…
When Edem Martey began his Navy career at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes in 2012, he mastered not only knot tying and shipboard terminology but he also had to learn how to swim and how to become a U.S. citizen. Martey , a native of Ghana, enlisted in the Navy with his “green card,” a Permanent Resident Card. As a…
Tyrone Hewitt, a veteran who helps military professionals understand the VA complex processes, recently posted this LinkedIn post about the need to review and effectively complete the Separation Health Assessment to obtain disability benefits. “The SHA isn’t just paperwork….it’s one of the most important documents tied to your future VA disability claim.” Hewitt recently posted on LinkedIn. Here is how…
(Editor’s note: Scott Stalker, a retired Marine senior NCO, is one person we follow on LinkedIn. When he published this article on the wins and losses from his first two years, we wanted to publish it to share with the many who are facing fears about making some wrong choices. Stalker is the author of “Left of Leadership,” a book…
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