Rachel Nostrant
Breaking News and Features Reporter
Rachel is a Marine Corps veteran and a master's candidate at New York University's Business & Economic Reporting program.
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Adam Driver’s non-profit brings Broadway to vets, service members
Every year, the non-profit organization provides active duty, reserve, veteran and other military-affiliated personnel the chance to experience Broadway.
Man misused over $100k of brother’s VA benefits, bought Harley, diamond ring and pickup
United States District J. Nicholas Ranjan sentenced Andrew Ziacik, 57, Nov. 1 to one day imprisonment and ordered to pay a $4000 fine and $75,000 in restitution to his brother, Paul Ziacik, after pleading guilty.
US and Indian soldiers met for a mock UN mission, counter-drone and high altitude training
Indian and U.S. troops are realizing they’re, “much stronger and more effective together," said a U.S. Army colonel involved in the exercise.
Former VA medical center supervisor sentenced in $200k kickback scheme
According to court documents, William H. Precht, 54, of Kent, Ohio was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,259,390.66 in restitution after pleading guilty to the 28 charges against him.
VA implements new artificial intelligence strategy to improve veteran care
The strategy was designed by the VA to meet four major objectives.
‘She was just doing her job’: Homeless vet loses service dog during arrest for panhandling
An Iraq War veteran said he was wrongfully arrested and his service dog tased by police, causing the animal to run away and be hit by a car.
Airman who helped with Afghan evacuations donates blouse from iconic photo
The National History Museum of the U.S. Air Force, located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, has been collecting items from Operation Allies Refuge even before the last U.S. troops had left the country.
North Carolina nurse sentenced for defrauding veteran with dementia of $90k in benefits
Tracey McNeill, 51, pled guilty to wire fraud July, 6 2021 after defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management of more than $90,000 of benefits owed to an elderly veteran in her care.
Civilian-owned company that won millions in contracts for disabled veteran-owned businesses will pay back $5 million
The judgment comes years after Strock Contracting Inc., owners Lee Strock and Kenneth Carter and former employee Cynthia Ann Golde, were first accused of fraud, unjust enrichment and violating the False Claims Act in 2015 after receiving Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned (SDVO) business contracts and benefits.
Air Force scrubbed hijacking claim from news release after CENTCOM disputed story
After a CNN article reported that CENTCOM disputed an Air Force press release that claimed there had been an attempted hijacking during the HKIA evacuations, the press release was scrubbed of any mention of the incident.
