{"id":32374,"date":"2012-10-13T09:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T13:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32374"},"modified":"2012-10-13T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T13:21:16","slug":"female-veterans-coming-home-iavas-credibility-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32374","title":{"rendered":"Female veterans coming home; IAVA’s credibility problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a fairly good article at NBC News<\/a> about female veterans returning home, sent to us by Green Thumb and Ex-PH2. My problem with it is that they quote Paul Rieckhoff in the article who says health care employers should be hiring more women veterans;<\/p>\n

“There aren\u2019t enough female health professionals in the VA system. There aren\u2019t enough folks specialized in female health, especially around reproductive health. We\u2019ve got to push the system to work harder for them,” said Paul Rieckhoff, chief executive officer and founder of IAVA<\/p>\n

“The bottom line is you need someone who recognizes that female veterans are a critical part of this population and that they have unique needs,” added Rieckhoff, who served as a first lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq during 2003 and 2004. “We\u2019ve got women on our staff who say that a lot of times, when they walk into the VA, they get treated like a candy striper instead of like a returning warrior. As a country, we’ve got to go through a huge cultural shift.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really, Paul? You have women on your staff who talk first hand about the VA? Who are they exactly? Here’s a link to IAVA’s Staff & Board<\/a>. There are 15 women listed in the staff of thirty-nine, and because they helpfully put “Veteran<\/em>” next to their veterans’ names, I can easily see that none of the women on IAVA Staff are veterans. In fact, out of the thirty nine names, only 15 of the total are veterans. That’s including Paul. So thirty eight percent of IAVA employees are actual veterans. I’m pretty sure that even IVAW employs more veterans.<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t you expect an organization that calls itself Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to be employing more veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, especially if they’re out there telling employers and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to hire more veterans? Maybe it’s just me. I’m sure this will trigger another piece at the Military Times machine and Stars & Stripes to provide cover for poor Paul who is being victimized by the evil blogger at TAH and all of his facts again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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