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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.
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Vet News: WWII POW Receives Purple Heart at Bataan Memorial Death March
NEW MEXICO, March 28, 2006 -- Almost 62 miles and 64 years later, Clifford “Smokey” Martinez received the Purple Heart March 26 at the 2006 Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range for wounds he received as a prisoner of war during World War II.
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Vet News: Purple Heart Stamp Daily Reminder of Valor
WASHINGTON – In continuing recognition of the sacrifices of combat-wounded Veterans, the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, joined with top officials from the U.S. Postal Service today to unveil a new Purple Heart stamp.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: VA Forms Committee to Advise on Genomic Medicine
WASHINGTON – Continuing the leadership role of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in medical research benefiting all Americans, the Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, today announced formation of a committee of internationally recognized scientists and Veterans’ advocates to advise the Department on emerging issues in genomic medicine.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: New Program Aimed at Creating Warrant Officers within the States
ARLINGTON, Va., February 28, 2006 -- The Army National Guard is running a pilot program designed to evaluate, train and graduate technical warrant officers in order to fill a large number of vacancies within the 54 states and territories.
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Vet News: VA Teams with National Guard to Train New State Benefits Advisors
WASHINGTON - - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the National Guard Bureau have teamed up to improve the coordination of Veterans benefits at the state level by training newly created State Benefits Advisors (SBAs) to help ensure a smooth and seamless transition for Guard members returning from active-duty deployments.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: DoD Helps to Launch Military Financial Education Program
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2006 – A general lack of financial knowledge makes servicemembers an ideal target for predatory money lenders, so the Defense Department is helping to do something about it, officials said here today.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: DoD Plans to Boost Access to Military Child Care
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2006 – The Defense Department will use a multifaceted approach to boost the availability of child care services for military families, a senior official said here yesterday.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Most Reserve, Guard Members Earn More, Not Less, in Uniform
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2006 – Despite general perceptions that National Guard and Reserve troops lose income when called to active duty, most actually earn more in uniform than as civilians, a new Rand Corp. study reveals.
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Vet News: New Jersey to Get War Dog Memorial
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2006 – Man’s best friend has contributed to U.S. war efforts for many years, so it is only fitting to have an official war dog memorial to honor the service of these canine companions.
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Vet News: Partnership Rebuilds Paralyzed Veterans House
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2006 – Since his last mission, during Operation Just Cause in Panama, the tiny hallways and rooms in Tom Caldwell’s North Carolina house have made simple tasks, like going to the bathroom, a multiperson affair.
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Vet News: VA Secretary Appoints New Veterans' Liaison
WASHINGTON – The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, recently appointed Kevin B. Secor, of Woodbridge, Va., as his senior advisor on issues relating to major Veterans groups.
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Vet News: 2006 Defense Budget Increases Military Pay, Benefits
WASHINGTON, January 9, 2006 -- President Bush ushered in an across-the-board 3.1 percent military pay raise, effective Jan. 1, and a variety of other new or enhanced benefits for servicemembers and their families when he signed the 2006 National Defense Authorization Bill into law Jan. 6.
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Vet News: Medal of Honor Recipient Salutes, Thanks Servicemembers
CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, Jan. 3, 2006 – A Medal of Honor recipient saluted the work servicemembers are doing around the world as part of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s tour of the U.S. Central Command area.
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Vet News: Higher Limits Extended in VA Home Loan Program
WASHINGTON – America’s Veterans and their families now have a greater chance to make their dreams of home ownership a reality, thanks to an increase in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan guaranty limit.
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Vet News: Wounded Veterans Get Holiday Boost
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2005 – The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes has made the holidays brighter for 1,000 global war on terrorism Veterans.
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Vet News: Payments for Traumatic Injuries Begin Under New VA Insurance Program
WASHINGTON – American troops and their families now have more financial security, thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) new Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program. Prudential Financial Inc., the insurer under the program, began making payments under this new program.
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Vet News: Statement by Secretary R. James Nicholson on Pearl Harbor Day
WASHINGTON – "Few days in American history are burned into our national consciousness like December 7. On this date 64 years ago, the American fleet at Pearl Harbor suffered a crippling blow. More than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and Marines were lost, and the nation was thrust headlong into the largest global conflict in human history.
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Vet News: Marine Officer Posthumously Receives Silver Star
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Dec. 2, 2005) -- " He led from the front," said 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment Bn. commander Lt. Col. Craig S. Kaczynski during Capt. Patrick M. Rapicault's Silver Star ceremony Dec. 2.
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Vet News: Hire Veterans Committee Reaching Out to Employers, Veterans
"Hiring a veteran is not good will, it’s just good business," the chairman of the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee said here Nov. 17.
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Vet News: The Veterans Administration Commits New Funding for Increased Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research
WASHINGTON – In an effort to further answer medical questions involving Veterans who served in the Gulf War, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved funding for 12 new research projects to better understand illnesses affecting some Gulf War Veterans.
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Vet News: Veterans Day, 2005: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
The Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission, established by Congress to review benefits going to disabled Veterans and the survivors of deceased Veterans, held its first meetings May 9 and 10 in Washington, D.C.
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Vet News: D-Day Veteran Recalls Historic Day More Than 61 Years Later
NORMANDY, France, Nov. 8, 2005 – The terrain at Omaha Beach remains as imposing today as it was on June 6, 1944, when the D-Day invasion gave the Allies the momentum necessary to march to victory.