Military & Veterans News

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Rumsfeld Supports Extended Careers, Longer Tours WASHINGTON, April 8, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he’d like to see sweeping changes to the military services’ personnel systems.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Increased National Guard Bonuses Outlined ARLINGTON, Va. March 28, 2005 -- A substantial increase in enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for Army National Guard Soldiers that the chief of the National Guard Bureau announced in mid-December has begun to pay dividends, according to the Army Guard’s Strength Maintenance Division.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: "Honor Our Fallen Heroes" WASHINGTON – The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has called upon all Americans to pause on Memorial Day to honor the 1.2 million men and women who have died in the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Widows of Combatants Killed in Iraq, Afghanistan Meet ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 23, 2005 – They’d talked on the telephone and in Internet chat rooms for a few months, but had never met face-to-face until March 22, when nearly 40 young widows of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan attended a luncheon sponsored by the Gold Star Wives.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: DoD Announces New Heath Care Benefit for Guard and Reserve WASHINGTON, March 24, 2005 -- A new health care plan, with coverage comparable to that enjoyed by federal employees under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plan, will be available to eligible members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families April 25, Defense Department officials announced today at the Pentagon.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Faces of Fallen' Exhibit Opens at Arlington ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Virginia, March 23, 2005 – The faces remind us of what we have lost.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Here's to The Heroes: Hero Salute Budweiser is honored to salute the men and women of our armed forces and their families. Throughout 2005, members of the military and as many as three direct dependents may enter Anheuser-Busch's SeaWorld, Busch Gardens or Sesame Place parks with complimentary admission.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Army Launches Web Site for Community Partnerships WASHINGTON, March 15, 2005 -- The Army has launched a new Web site to help strengthen partnerships between the Army and the communities around installations and ranges.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Senior Community for Retired Military Opening This Summer Addressing Growing Demands, Patriots Landing Offers Retired Military Personnel Attractive Life in Serene Pacific Northwest

Military & Veterans News Vet News: New Program Offers Subsidized Child Care to Guard, Reserve WASHINGTON, March 4, 2005 – The Defense Department has joined forces with national agencies to help Guard and Reserve families in finding and affording child care while Mom or Dad is deployed in support of the global war on terrorism.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Army Misses Recruiting Goal, Raises Enlistment Bonuses WASHINGTON, March 3, 2005 – The Army "is a particularly stressed force" and officials are studying ways to increase recruiting, Pentagon spokesman Larry Di Rita said.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: New Members Appointed to Advisory Committee on Women Veterans WASHINGTON – Six new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an expert panel that advises VA on issues and programs affecting women Veterans.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Pentagon, Senate Seek Doubling Of G.I. Survivors' Benefit WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2005 – Pentagon leaders and Capitol Hill legislators want to increase the current available combined government death benefit for families of fallen servicemembers by about $250,000.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: America Supports You: Foundation Benefits Servicemembers WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2005 -- A nonprofit foundation created by a military- related credit union has expanded its services to help servicemembers and Veterans deal with more than just their finances.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Texas Opens Army's Second Amputee Center SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 18, 2005 -– More than 200 people attended the opening ceremony of the Army’s second Amputee Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 14.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: New Book Shows America's Newest Disabled Veterans Facing the Future with Determination Washington, December 29, 2004 -- American Soldiers wounded on the battlefield are traditionally awarded the "Purple Heart," as a token of their nation’s appreciation for their sacrifice. But a medal can’t help seriously wounded soldiers face the challenge of moving on in life without an arm or a leg, or with a profound psychological injury.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Trump says, "You're Hired" and Hires A Vet The reality television show "The Apprentice" goes to great lengths to teach students about the business world. Its enough to make blue-chip business schools across the country take notice. But the most important lesson may have been taught on this past season’s finale: Hire a Veteran.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Soldiers Extended in Iraq Get Extra $1K Monthly WASHINGTON, April 27, 2004 -– About 20,000 Soldiers who have been involuntarily extended beyond their expected 12 months of duty in Iraq or Kuwait will be eligible for extra pay of $1,000 a month.

Military & Veterans News National Guard Increases Bonuses | Veterans AdvantageNational Guard Increases Bonuses ARLINGTON, Va. – The chief of the National Guard Bureau is bearing gifts of gold to some citizen-soldiers in the Army National Guard during this holiday season.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Soldiers Honor Battle of Bulge Veterans DIEKIRCH, Luxembourg, Dec. 20, 2004 -- U.S. Army Europe led a joint task force of more than 300 service members to support the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge this month.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: America Supports You: Company Pledges $1.25M for Military Families WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2004 -- A power tool company has pledged more than $1 million over five years to help fund a Veterans of Foreign Wars-sponsored initiative designed to help military families in need.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: AdoptaPlatoon 'Labor of Love' WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2004 -- The men and women of AdoptaPlatoon, a nonprofit group, volunteer their time and energies to support deployed U.S. servicemembers and their families.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Authorization Act Funds 3.5 Percent Troop Pay Raise, Cuts Housing Costs WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2004 -- Money contained within the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act will fund a 3.5 percent troop pay raise and eliminate servicemembers’ out-of-pocket costs for family housing, DoD’s top military personnel official noted.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Military Wins Popular Vote in Kid's Election DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 22, 2004 -- Children from across the country held a special nationwide election and chose the military as most deserving of a caring gesture. And to the victors in the Great Community Cookie Election of 2004 go the spoils: 2,004 chocolate chip cookies!