Alex O'Neil | North Carolina Governor's Working Group [NCGWG]

Sunken US Navy WWII Destroyer Discovered off Okinawan Coast

by Alex O'Neil | Jun 19, 2023 | Top Post

The U.S. Navy has identified a sunken ship off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, as the Sumner-class destroyer Mannert L. Abele, the first U.S. warship to sink on April 12, 1945, after it was hit with a Japanese suicide rocket bomb, according to the Naval History and...

GWG Rescheduled! – August 22 – High Point, NC

by Alex O'Neil | Jun 12, 2023 | NCGWG Meetings

The next NCGWG Meeting is scheduled for August 22, 2023. REGISTER NOW! We will hold the Quarterly GWG meeting at the Congdon Yards, The Factory Building on August 22nd from 12-4pm. As we evolve the Working Group to better meet today’s statewide collaboration...

Veterans To Get Cost-of-Living Boost in Benefit Checks New Year

by Alex O'Neil | Jun 12, 2023 | Top Post

House lawmakers recently finalized plans to guarantee a cost-of-living boost in Veterans benefits next year, sending legislation to the White House to be signed into law in coming days. The move guarantees that Veterans’ support payments will keep pace with increases...

June is PTSD Awareness Month

by Alex O'Neil | Jun 5, 2023 | Top Post

There are currently about 12 million people in the United States living with PTSD. Even though PTSD treatments are effective and accessible, most people don’t get the help they need. Help spread the word that PTSD treatments are available. Everyone with...

Marines To Deactivate Historically Female Recruit Training Battalion

by Alex O'Neil | May 29, 2023 | Top Post

As the Marine Corps continues to gender-integrate its boot camps on both coasts, it is shutting down the recruit training battalion that for decades was the only unit that turned female recruits into Marines. The closing of the now-coed 4th Recruit Training...