GI Bill Overview from Military.com

Article Title: GI Bill Overview from Military.com

Snippet of Article: "... The term GI Bill® refers to any Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit earned by members of Active Duty, Selected Reserve and National Guard Armed Forces and their families. The benefit is designed to help servicemembers and eligible veterans cover the costs associated with getting an education or training. The GI Bill has several programs and each is administrated differently -- depending on a person's eligibility and duty status. GI Bill Programs For a description of each GI Bill program, including eligibility requirements, and payment amounts please select from this list of currently active major GI Bill programs..."

Article Source: www.military.com

Veterans Burial Benefits

Article Title: Veterans Burial Benefits

Burial benefits available include a gravesite in any of our 136 national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family. Some Veterans may also be eligible for Burial Allowances. Cremated remains are buried or inurned in national cemeteries in the same manner and with the same honors as casketed remains. Burial benefits available for spouses and dependents buried in a national cemetery include burial with the Veteran, perpetual care, and the spouse or dependents name and date of birth and death will be inscribed on the Veteran's headstone, at no cost to the family. Eligible spouses and dependents may be buried, even if they predecease the Veteran. The Veterans family should make funeral or cremation arrangements with a funeral provider or cremation office. Any item or service obtained from a funeral home or cremation office will be at the family's expense. The VA created Planning Your Legacy: VA Survivors and Burial Benefits Kit, to assist Veterans and their family members in pre-need planning and record storage.

Article Source: www.cem.va.gov

Thousand Oaks shooter may have been suffering from PTSD

Article Title: Thousand Oaks shooter Ian David Long was Marine vet known to law enforcement; may have been suffering from PTSD: Report

Snippet of Article: "... in a mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks, California, bar on Wednesday night was a Marine veteran who had previous contact with law enforcement and may have been suffering from Post-Traumatic Street Disorder. CBS News reports that David Ian Long was found dead of what may have been a self-inflicted gunshot wound..."

Article Source: www.crimeonline.com