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Snippet of Article: "... But after years in combat, and a lifetime of joy and loss, the memories of one event stand out above all others for Navy veteran Walling - the chaotic Sunday morning he spent in a Pearl Harbor signal tower as Japanese bombers pounded the U.S. Pacific Fleet...."
Article Source: www.reuters.comSnippet of Article: "... All holiday greetings should be addressed and sent to: Holiday Mail for Heroes P.O. Box 5456 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456 The deadline for having cards to the P.O. Box is Friday, December 7th. Holiday cards received after this date cannot be guaranteed delivery...."
Article Source: www.redcross.orgSnippet of Article: "... offering a new resource for veterans who are interested in starting their own businesses. Over its social network Google+, Google has created VetNet, a central hub of information and resources organized into three main sections. One, the..."
Article Source: www.entrepreneur.comSnippet of Article: "... Midland police, fire and sheriffs respond to an accident where a trailer carrying wounded veterans in a parade was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. "Show of Support" president and founder Terry Johnson tells the Midland Reporter-Telegram that there are "multiple, multiple" injuries and organizers still are trying to account for everyone...."
Article Source: www.cbsnews.comSnippet of Article: "... Military Postal Service Agency may rob thousands of service members of the right to have their ballots counted..."
Article Source: www.humanevents.comSnippet of Article: "... part of a long-standing tradition of giving back and saying "thanks" to all U.S. military men and women, Little Caesars® Pizza is offering all United States armed forces veterans and active military members with a free order of Crazy Bread® with proof of military status at participating stores nationwide this Veterans Day...."
Article Source: www.sacbee.comSnippet of Article: "... hundreds of job seekers with resumes in hand who piled into the Arundel High School auditorium Thursday night for “BRAC and Beyond: Focus on Jobs at Fort Meade.” Sponsored by the workforce development agencies of Anne Arundel and Howard counties, the goal of the evening was to encourage job candidates to put themselves in the best position to land a job...."
Article Source: www.capitalgazette.comSnippet of Article: "... The department earlier this week announced that certain soldiers with at least 15 but less than 20 years of service are eligible for the early out, which would provide them with full retirement benefits at a slightly reduced annuity...."
Article Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "... To be eligible, patients must show they spent at least 30 days at Lejeune from Jan. 1, 1957, to Dec. 31, 1987, or they were in utero during that period with mothers residing on base. They also must have one or more of the following: cancer of the esophagus, lung, breast, bladder or kidney; leukemia; multiple myeloma; myleodysplasic syndromes; renal toxicity; hepatic steatosis; female infertility; miscarriage; scleroderma; neurobehavioral effects or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...."
Article Source: www.kitsapsun.comSnippet of Article: "... Because the COLA is assumed in CBO’s baseline, the COLA provision would have no budgetary effect relative to the baseline. Relative to current law, CBO estimates that enacting this bill would increase spending for those programs by $686 million in fiscal year 2013. (The annualized cost would be about $915 million in subsequent years.) This estimate assumes that the COLA effective on December 1, 2012, would be 1.3 percent. ..."
Article Source: www.cbo.gov
Snippet of Article: "...Steven Gross’ military career has taken him around the world, and his 20-plus years of service in law enforcement have landed him as the second-in-command at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, serving under Capt. Dave Silversparre. ..."
Article Source: www.lacanadaonline.comSnippet of Article: "... in his speech accepting his party’s nomination to be commander in chief, Mitt Romney said not a word about the war in Afghanistan. Nor did he utter a word of appreciation to the troops fighting there, or to those who have fought there. Nor for that matter were there thanks for those who fought in Iraq, another conflict that went unmentioned...."
Article Source: thinkprogress.orgSnippet of Article: "... Miller said VA officials took multiple planning trips to several destinations, citing preliminary findings from the IG. Findings also show VA employees received gifts, including alcohol, concert tickets, and spa treatments. The department spent thousands of dollars on promotional items for attendees, ..."
Article Source: fcw.comSnippet of Article: "...Family members say Alda Collins is now getting about $1,000 a month to assist with her stay at a nursing home near Ebensburg. She had been getting $36 a month. ..."
Article Source: www.chron.comSnippet of Article: "... According to the Attorney General's Office, top brass at Winchester-based Help Hospitalized Veterans scammed $4.3 million intended for wounded veterans. ..."
Article Source: patch.comSnippet of Article: "... Senate appropriators unanimously approved a 1.7 percent pay raise for military service members Thursday as part of the fiscal 2013 Defense spending bill. But they rejected an attempt to grant contractors more advance notice of potential layoffs from sequestration...."
Article Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "... The Women's Business Center of North Alabama and Redstone Federal Credit Union are offering the "Military & Veteran Entrepreneurs Training Series" that runs on the second Tuesday of every month.
"They will get the basics of setting up businesses," said Shannon Drake, the WBCNA's Small Business Administration program director...."
Snippet of Article: "... If you are a Veteran you have a couple of different tools that can give you an edge in getting a civil service (Federal) job: the Preference Points and Veteran's Recruitment Appointment rule. The following is a summary..."
Article Source: militaryvet.blogspot.comSnippet of Article: "... The new mobile application brings behavioral health topics from the website to smartphones and tablets, used by most service members. AfterDeployment was launched in 2008 to help service members returning from combat deployments..."
Article Source: Android and iPhone AppsSnippet of Article: "...At a Veterans Day gathering in South Carolina last November, Romney raised eyebrows with his musings about whether a voucher system might improve healthcare for veterans by spurring competition with the private sector. That didn't sit well with many veterans, and his campaign later stressed Romney wasn't voicing a policy proposal. He hasn't mentioned the idea again. ..."
Article Source: reuters.comSnippet of Article: "... All three soldiers were from the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, the installation said in a statement. The shooting occurred during a unit safety brief..."
Article Source: www.cnn.comSnippet of Article: "... According to findings released on Thursday by the US Department of Defense, the suicide rate for active duty soldiers so far in 2012 is around one per day. In just the first 155 days of the year, 154 soldiers have committed suicide, a statistic only made more ghastly by comparing it to the number of American troops killed by insurgency this year — the website iCasualties.org reports that only 139 US soldiers died in battle this year...."
Article Source: rt.comSnippet of Article: "... According to a statement from the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council, the organization is in the final stages of launching its pilot program with the Army. Soldiers will start taking MSSC assessments in early July. Each service will run its own pilot program for a limited number of uniformed service members...."
Article Source: www.marinecorpstimes.comArticle Title: 2026 Military Pay Charts Article Excerpt: "...The White House and Department of Defense continue to shed more light o...
