Ellen Milhiser

Synopsis newsletter by Gray & Associates provides in-depth coverage of Defense and Veterans health care and personnel issues on Capitol Hill.

[Defense Health Agency @DoD_DHA]

NEWS: Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta VA complete first joint surgical case under new partnership

https://t.co/wTICtuiHpr

[Craig Whitlock @CraigMWhitlock]

RIP Army Col. William DeGraf, age 100, veteran of 3 wars with more combat decorations than you can count. Blocked from promotion to general because he refused to inflate body counts in Vietnam.
Great obit by @dugganwapo
Gift link: https://t.co/WMmWtAVFvV

[💉Warrior Vaccinator💉Boosted AF💉 @jtp802]

Imagine a future where vaccines prevent pancreatic cancer

https://t.co/yl344mqVpK

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

For the SECOND time, Trump has threatened to withhold compensation from suffering Camp Lejeune veterans and military families if North Carolina doesn’t vote his way. Despicable.

Where are the Republicans who claim to support our veterans?

SILENT.

[Jennifer Hlad @jhlad]

When the U.S. Navy destroyer John Finn left home in January, sailors expected to be home in March. Now, after extensions on top of extensions, their families have been told to expect them next March—after a 14-month deployment. Read my exclusive story: https://t.co/R2Yidhb04L

[Hope Hodge Seck @HopeSeck]

Never forget them.

[Chris Barnes @DOD_Chris]

Early start to the day. Follow along today as I travel from Washington, D.C., to Cleveland and back.

I’ll take you behind the scenes at our Federal EHR go-live celebration in Cleveland. Then, once I’m back in D.C., I’ll head straight to the EHRM Enterprise Operations Center to monitor go-live activities in Alaska and Cleveland.

This is a major milestone: the culmination of VA’s 2026 EHRM restart, with 13 go-lives completed.

We delivered on @SecVetAffairs promise to improve Veterans’ access to care with a modern EHR.

And this is just the beginning!

#Veterans #EHRM #FEHRM #Veteranfirst #VeteranCare

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained dozens of NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN photos and videos revealing devastating damage to U.S. military bases from Trump's Iran war.

Troops and military families are breaking their silence, describing being abandoned by their own government.

“It’s so much worse than people realize.” https://t.co/ah37szpwFP

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

Military spouse commission announces progress on child care changes, but details scarce

https://t.co/v06BnNuDcJ

[Governor Gretchen Whitmer @GovWhitmer]

Nearly 10,000 Michiganders started getting letters from Undue Medical Debt last week. If one lands in your mailbox, open it. It’s real, and it’s telling you about medical debt you or someone in your family has accrued that’s been erased. You don’t need to do a thing.

[Patty Nieberg @PattyNieberg]

The memorial was originally removed in 2023 after a Congress-directed commission recommended that the Pentagon remove Confederate monuments & symbols from military property. The Army will now spend $9 million to conserve, repair, & reinstall it. New from @A_CampbellNews

[VoteVets @votevets]

Donald Trump just told Veterans poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune that they’ll only get the money they’re owed if Republicans win the midterms.

These are Marines and their families who drank contaminated water for decades, got cancer, and have been begging the government for relief. But when Trump visits them for a rally, his only message is: vote my way or you get nothing. That's desperate and disgusting behavior from our Commander In Chief.

[Ellen Milhiser @CongSynopsis]

@EODHappyCaptain My son wanted to join the Army from the age of 2. When he was around 9, a Soldier saw him fall asleep on the Metro and told me he would make a great Soldier someday. I laughed & said he was already preparing, obviously. He always had the knack of sleeping wherever.

[Lauren Gardner @Gardner_LM]

The Pentagon awarded a $41 million contract in Feb to a Singaporean firm to develop a ketamine wafer for severe pain on the battlefield. An EUA declaration followed, giving iX Biopharma a path to get its drug to the military ahead of FDA approval. 1/2

[Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg]

I had told him exactly who I was not five minutes before this exchange.

[VoteVets @votevets]

Pete Hegseth just gutted the system troops use to report wrongdoing. The military’s Inspector General is how a service member safely reports fraud, abuse, a dangerous commander, or a sexual assault, often anonymously, without fear of retaliation. Hegseth’s overhaul strips that anonymity, lets “non-credible” complaints get tossed, and flags anyone who files too often. He calls the old system “weaponized," yet offered no evidence.

A junior enlisted troop who sees something wrong just lost their safest way to say so. That doesn't protect the force. It protects the people at the top. https://t.co/emuoZZJhD4

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump's new Hill liaison has the ‘single best resume’ for divided government https://t.co/LsCNpAdYyG

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

Looks like the White House Mil Spouse Commission has another meeting set to start very soon today.

You can watch it here: https://t.co/EyNCgDeluL

[hots&cots @hotscots_app]

@KTB_500 Was it outstanding a year ago? We’re a year over from the previous TF and now lead by a different person. Why is nobody from IE&E leading this in round two? What happened to the previous data and walk-throughs performed? And numerous websites stood up to collect information.

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

Who better than a anti-vaxing white man to lead a “woman’s health task force” ? 🤔

Makes sense!