Military & Veterans News

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Program Helps Wounded Vets Find New Jobs WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Severely injured servicemembers and their spouses are seeing doors open to meaningful civilian careers, thanks to a partnership between the Defense Department and the private sector.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Web Site to Outline Voting Options for Troops Overseas WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2006 – A new Web site being developed by the Defense Department will provide information on electronic voting options for servicemembers and other U.S. citizens living overseas.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Corps Can Recall Marines To Active Duty WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marine Corps said Tuesday it has been authorized to recall thousands of Marines to active duty, primarily because of a shortage of volunteers for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Lindsay Lohan Wants to Go to Iraq to Entertain American Troops Lindsay Lohan says she wants to go to Iraq with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and entertain American troops there.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Two Teens Are Arrested in Theft of Laptop With Veteran Data Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million Veterans and military personnel, authorities said.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Marine Killed in Iraq was US Senator's Nephew Marine Corps Cpl. Phillip Baucus, a nephew of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, of Montana, was killed during combat operations in Iraq last Saturday in restive Anbar province west of Baghdad, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Experts Helping Military Kids Deal With Loss of Parent Houston, July 27, 2006 -- Experts with the Military Child Education Coalition are working to help military children deal with the death of a parent through a new initiative: "Living in the New Normal; Supporting Children through Trauma and Loss."

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Military Amputees to Get Free Service Dogs WASHINGTON, July 26, 2006 – Man’s best friend is about to become every military amputee’s best friend, thanks to the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and a new pilot program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Actor Jack Warden Dead at 85 Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vets FORT BENNING, Ga., July 12, 2006 -- Pvt. Jay Grassel believes he has a lot in common with Pfc. James Murphy. Both Pittsburgh natives joined the Army at 19, fresh out of high school. Both were assigned to 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Some Soldiers Eligible for MGIB Benefits Transfer WASHINGTON, July 21, 2006 -– The Army announced today the implementation of a pilot program allowing Soldiers in critical skills who reenlist the ability to transfer Montgomery GI Bill benefits to their spouse.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Tuskegee Airmen Observe 65th Anniversary WASHINGTON, July 19, 2006 – Sixty-five years after the Defense Department launched a program to train the first black military pilots and aircrews, Veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen say they’re proud of the barriers they helped break down and the example they set for today’s servicemembers.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Military Child Education Coalition Launches SchoolQuest HOUSTON, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Joined by military families, armed service members, elected officials, and educators from around the world, the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) kicked off its annual conference today with the launch of SchoolQuest, an innovative new Web-based interactive service designed to provide military families with valuable information to facilitate a successful academic and social transition.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: VA Expands Service by Opening 25 New Clinics WASHINGTON, June 23, 2006 -To provide world-class health care closer to where more Veterans live, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs today announced plans to open 25 new community-based clinics in 17 states and American Somoa.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Streets Renamed After Fallen Soldiers BUFFALO, N.Y. - Loretta Derenda’s home sits only a few steps from what used to be called Candlelight Lane, where her son Robert walked to school as a child.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: 'Statues of Servicemen' Immortalizes Fallen Troops WASHINGTON, June 6, 2005 -- A nationwide project is under way to pay lasting tribute to fallen service members in their hometowns.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Operation Jump Start' Puts 2,500 Guardsmen on Southern Border in June WASHINGTON, June 6, 2006 – As part of Operation Jump Start, the National Guard will place about 2,500 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of the month to support efforts to curb illegal immigrants from entering the country, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said yesterday.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: US Releases Documents on Nazi War Criminals Washington, June 6, 2006 -- The U.S. government has declassified scores of files pertaining to Nazi war criminals and their activities during and after the Second World War. Historians and others may now review the documents.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Earned Retirement Opportunities Act Gives Combat Troops Tax Help WASHINGTON, May 31, 2006 – An act signed into law May 29 by President Bush solves a conflict in the tax code by allowing servicemembers who serve in a combat zone to still contribute to their individual retirement accounts, a Defense Department official said here today.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: 90th Indianapolis 500 Festivities Include Military Tributes INDIANAPOLIS, May 28, 2006 – Today’s opening ceremonies for the 90th Indianapolis 500 carried a special message for servicemembers and their families: America Supports You.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Internet Harnessed for Veterans' Health With VA Initiative against Obesity, Diabetes Advances FORT MONROE, Va. – Setting his sights on the twin maladies of obesity and diabetes, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs today announced the launch of a national registration campaign to let Veterans and their families tailor their diets and exercise programs into a healthful lifestyle.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: VA Reaching Out to Veterans on Disability Benefits WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced a special outreach campaign to inform Veterans about VA’s disability compensation program.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Wounded Troops, Disabled Vets Conquer Mountains at Sports Clinic SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2006 – More than 350 severely wounded troops and disabled Veterans are conquering emotional as well as physical mountains at the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: New Fisher House Dedicated at VA's Palo Alto Facility WASHINGTON – Life just got easier for the families of Veterans recovering at the Palo Alto Healthcare System, thanks to the dedication today of a new Fisher House at the facility operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Families will be able to receive free lodging at the Fisher House to be near their loved ones during lengthy recoveries.