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Safeguarding Our Heroes: A Focus on Military Consumer Month

July marks Military Consumer Month, a time dedicated to spotlighting and strengthening the consumer protections available to our nation's service members and their families. While all consumers face risks in the marketplace, military families unfortunately bear a disproportionate burden when it comes to being targeted by scams, fraud, and identity theft. Their unique circumstances often create vulnerabilities that predatory individuals and organizations are quick to exploit.
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A Comprehensive Guide to the GI Bill for the Military Community

For anyone who has served or is currently serving in the U.S. military, the GI Bill is a truly life-changing benefit. It offers incredible financial support for education and career growth, from college degrees to specialized training. This program can open up a world of new possibilities. This article will explain what the GI Bill is, how it works, and important recent changes that could boost your educational journey even further.
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Veterans Buried Overseas Will Be Further Honored by VA's Expanded Online Memorial

Now totaling over 10 million individual pages, the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) website, the nation's largest online memorial, recently underwent a significant expansion. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on May 6th the addition of 210,000 new pages specifically honoring American veterans laid to rest and memorialized in overseas cemeteries and memorials managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
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VA expands access to Veterans Legacy Memorial, allowing Veterans to chronicle their life story

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) — the nation’s largest digital platform dedicated to the memory of Veterans and service members — to allow Veterans to tell their own story before they pass away. The new “Your Story, Your Legacy” feature will allow Veterans who have been approved for VA’s pre-need eligibility determination for burial in a VA national cemetery to log in to a secure website where they can privately submit images, autobiographies, military and life milestones, and historical documents.
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Scott’s View: Hire a Veteran - Always!

July 25th was National Hire a Veteran Day, but with our WeSalute Jobs & Career Network, you can do that every day! Whether you’re a vet-friendly employer or a veteran looking for a career shift, we provide the employment tools you need to take the next step. This service is underwritten by WeSalute, and is free to veterans and employers. Over 1,000 employers have posted jobs in our network, and veterans have provided tens of thousands of resumes.
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Cover Story: Women's History Month Wrapup

To honor Women’s History Month, we want to recognize the significant contributions women have made to the military over the last two centuries. Though women found ways to serve in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, it wasn’t until June 1948 that President Harry S. Truman signed the Women's Armed Service Integration Act, allowing women to receive regular permanent status in the armed forces. Today, women make up about 17% of the military and 9.4% of the veteran population.