Snippet of Article: "... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAAY) - A brand new 47,800 square foot VA Clinic is coming to Huntsville...."
Snippet of Article: "... Changes are also coming to Tricare. “We will ask retirees and some active-duty family members to pay a little more in their deductibles and co-pays,” Hagel said. Officials have not provided specific details.
Many of the proposed changes to compensation will require approval from Congress...."Snippet of Article: "...The government's effort to cut a backlog of pending compensation claims for veterans has stalled at about 400,000 cases, and steps are needed to understand what is and isn't working to solve the problem ..."
Article Source: www.usatoday.comSnippet of Article: "... webcast on military deposits. It will provide a comparison between making and not making a military deposit. Karen McManus of Retirement Services, Benefits Officers Training and Development, will present this information...."
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Snippet of Article: "...Six decades before he went to North Korea as a tourist, veteran Merrill Newman supervised South Korean guerrillas during the Korean War who were perhaps the most hated and feared fighters in the North ..."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...Capitol Hill Democrats and Republicans lowered their swords long enough to pass the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, which dangles tax credits at employers as incentive to hire military veterans. ..."
Article Source: abcnews.go.comSnippet of Article: "...The four Marines killed in an explosion at Camp Pendleton were unexploded bomb disposal technicians at the base, the Marine Corps said Thursday. ..."
Article Source: www.wisconsinrapidstribune.comSnippet of Article: "... Veterans returning home from service have more trouble finding work than other folks, and rely more heavily on the food stamp program. The unemployment rate for recent veterans—those who have served in the past decade—is about 10 percent..."
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Snippet of Article: "... Social Security Solutions and Wells Fargo are partnering to offer one-day free access to an online retirement planning tool for all active-duty and retired military members and their widows or widowers. With this report, military families will get recommended ..."
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," with author Bing West last year that outlined the battle and again questioned why Swenson had not received the award already. ..."Snippet of Article: "... The Battle of Ganjgal remains one of the deadliest in the Afghan war. Yet William Swenson, a former captain in the U.S. Army, managed to help fend off an onslaught of insurgents, saved lives, coordinated a rescue, and braved gunfire to retrieve fallen soldiers...."
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Snippet of Article: "...Tevin A. Geike, 20, from nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was killed early Saturday after an altercation that began with a racial insult shouted at the white soldiers by one of five black men in a passing car ..."
Article Source: www.usatoday.comSnippet of Article: "... "Being a veteran, I felt like I was just kicked in the gut. I couldn't believe it, that I couldn't display my love for my nation by putting a sign up that says "God Bless America," Bartow resident Marcus Seger told the station...."
Article Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation’s capital. ..."
Article Source: www.stripes.comSnippet of Article: "... Schedule for Rating Disabilities..."
Article Source: www.benefits.va.govSnippet of Article: "...The No. 2 officer at the military command in charge of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces is suspected in a case involving counterfeit gambling chips at a western Iowa casino and has been suspended from his duties, officials said. ..."
Article Source: www.theeagle.comSnippet of Article: "... Join over 1.2 million of your fellow veterans who have joined DAV to take advantage of the wide range of membership benefits. DAV is an organization of veterans helping veterans. We receive no government funding and look out for our members 100% of the time because we have been in their shoes. We are proud of our 90+-year history of helping our country’s veterans, proud of our record of fighting for your rights and proud of working alongside so many other non-profits and advocacy organizations to make sure that we fulfill our promises to the men and women who have served. Most of all, we are proud to serve our country’s veterans as you so steadfastly served us...."
Article Source: www.dav.orgSnippet of Article: "... A Navy officer and a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent were charged Tuesday with being part of a bribery scheme involving an executive of a Singapore-based marine services company. ..."
Article Source: www.latimes.comSnippet of Article: "...They don't have résumés that hiring managers understand. A 25-year-old Iraq war veteran may have significant leadership and technical experience, but he may not have a two- or four-year college degree ..."
Article Source: www.nationaljournal.comSnippet of Article: "...U.S. counterterrorism forces who have been providing training to Filipino troops since 2002 are based in a Philippine military camp in a part of Zamboanga city that has so far been unaffected by the skirmishes. ..."
Article Source: www.theprovince.comSnippet of Article: "...Delbert Belton survived being wounded in action during the Battle of Okinawa only to be beaten to death by two teens in Spokane, Washington. ..."
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Snippet of Article: "...Mr. Castillo has learned that neglected VA hospitals are becoming a favorite recruiting ground for Mexican drug cartels. ..."Snippet of Article: "... The New York Times reported last year that Cartwright conceived and ran the "Olympic Games" cyber-attack that temporarily disabled 1,000 centrifuges being used to enrich uranium. The campaign was created under President Bush...."
Article Source: www.usatoday.comSnippet of Article: "... Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo, chairman of the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations. “The entire veteran database in VA, containing personally identifiable information on roughly 20 million veterans, is not encrypted, and evidence suggests that it has repeatedly been compromised since 2010 by foreign actors, including in China and possibly in Russia.”..."
Article Source: www.federaltimes.comSnippet of Article: "... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Calling all veterans! There will be a job seminar Thursday to teach veterans — with or without disabilities — how to get an edge in applying for a federal job...."
Article Source: whnt.comSnippet of Article: "... The U.S. Forest Service has partnered with the California Conservation Corps to provide firefighter training for military veterans. “Fire and Aviation Management is particularly appealing because of the significance of our mission and our well-defined organization,” said Robert Baird, deputy director of Fire and Aviation Management for the Forest Service...."
Article Source: usda.govSnippet of Article: "...a form of government assistance for aging veterans called the Aid and Attendance pension benefit (A&A), which reimburses veterans and their families for the costs of caregivers working in the home (including sons and daughters who are paid to be caregivers, though not spouses) or can be used to pay for assisted living or nursing home care. The benefit is worth as much as $2,019 monthly for a veteran and spouse, and up to $1,094 for the widow of a veteran. ..."
Article Source: nytimes.comSnippet of Article: "...Approximately 40 Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conducted a live-fire exercise with the M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station April 18. ..."
Article Source: www.camplejeuneglobe.comSnippet of Article: "...The Veteran Navigator program is offering to help anyone who has served in the U.S. military..."
Article Source: www.thenewstribune.comSnippet of Article: "... It was 11 p.m. Thursday when loudspeakers abruptly blared at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia, ordering all ..."
Article Source: www.latimes.comSnippet of Article: "...The VA says there were an estimated 8,030 suicides among vets in 2010, an increase from 7,300 in 2000. ..."
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