Snippet of Article: "... Although the FERS supplement is based only on civilian federal service, not Social Security-covered employment in the private sector or military service, it does provide supplemental income prior to Social Security eligibility...."
Article Source: www.govexec.comSnippet of Article: "...Pointing to the VA’s zero-tolerance policy toward sexual harassment, DiMaria wants to know what, if any, action has been taken against her former supervisors. “Why does it state the VA has zero tolerance for sexual harassment and yet I was sexually harassed and when I reported it I was targeted?” she asked ..."
Article Source: tbo.comSnippet of Article: "... "Agriculture needs veterans as much as veterans need agriculture," said Ed Cox, chairman of the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Iowa, an organization that works with farm groups to match veterans with opportunities in agriculture. "There's definitely a groundswell of veterans that are interested in (farming)."..."
Article Source: www.argusleader.comSnippet of Article: "... has warned the United States it will attack Americans "in any place" if the raids hit its fighters. The video, which shows a photograph of an American who was beheaded during the US occupation of Iraq and victims of snipers, featured a statement which said in English "we will drown all of you in blood"...."
Article Source: www.smh.com.auSnippet of Article: "...Corwin was about three weeks pregnant when she disappeared June 28 from her Twentynine Palms, California, home. Her husband, Marine Cpl. Jonathan Corwin, reported her missing the next day. ..."
Article Source: www.seattlepi.comSnippet of Article: "... Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, said a "dysfunctional Congress" managed to accomplish "something significant" for veterans. "This legislation will go a long way toward ending unacceptably long waiting times for veterans to access health care and..."
Article Source: www.usatoday.comSnippet of Article: "...Students say Rafiqullah was bothered by the fact that British men were training female Afghan officers at a neighboring compound. ..."
Article Source: www.npr.orgSnippet of Article: "...Within each of the specialty platoons of the Old Guard, there is an award recognizing a soldier who goes above and beyond. For the riders of the Caisson platoon, they receive brass spurs after participating in 500 rides. ..."
Article Source: www.dodlive.mil
Snippet of Article: "...34-year-old Andrews was a soldier to the core and the very best kind of officer. He spent that final moment pushing the sergeant and the radio man on either side of him out of the way while leaving himself directly in the deadly projectile’s path. He used his last breath to call out a warning to the five other soldiers around him. “RPG!” ..."Snippet of Article: "... “Regardless of circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American prisoner back,” he said. “Period. Full stop. We don’t condition that.”..."
Article Source: www.nytimes.comSnippet of Article: "... For six months, CNN has been reporting on delays in medical appointments suffered by veterans across the country and veterans who died or were seriously injured while waiting for appointments and care...."
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Snippet of Article: "...The 1945 plane was registered to the Eddie Andreini Air Shows, Inc. based in Half Moon Bay. ..."Snippet of Article: "...SpaceX's lawsuit against the military is noteworthy because the company claims it can save the U.S. government at least $1 billion annually on national security space launches. Musk also announced the successful soft landing of its Falcon 9 reusable rocket booster stage in the Atlantic Ocean Friday. ..."
Article Source: www.fox54.comSnippet of Article: "...Just how awful has Washington dysfunction become? America's military members and veterans -- once immune to political sniping -- are caught in the crossfire. ..."
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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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| Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War |
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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| Explore VA |
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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| 2013 Holiday Mailing Dates (USPS) |
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. ..."
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