Monthly Archives: August 2012

Groups call on Marines to sever ties with UFC

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Team VCS

From Stars and Stripes by By JENNIFER HLAD WASHINGTON — A group of veterans is asking the Marine Corps to stop sponsoring the Ultimate Fighting Championship, saying the mixed martial arts organization tolerates inappropriate and offensive speech and is inconsistent with the … Continue reading →

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VCS Presents Testimony before DNC Platform Committee

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Team VCS

VCD AD for Advocacy Ben Krause presents our testimony before the DNC platform committee

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New Program Aims to Better Help Troops Transition to Civilian Life

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Team VCS

  From Armed Forces Press Service by Terri Moon Cook Washington, D.C. –  The Defense Department is conducting pilot classes of a new program designed to better prepare service members transitioning out of the military to civilian life. Transition Goals Plans … Continue reading →

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Using technology to battle PTSD

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Boston Globe by Chelsea Conaboy Brian Sullivan, a former Army bomb technician, quit treatment for post-traumatic stress when, he said, doctors began pushing him to take medications he didn’t want. His symptoms, however, did not quit. Traffic jams made … Continue reading →

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Army Suicides Doubled Last Month From June’s Total

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Team VCS

From the AP By Robert Burns WASHINGTON — Suicides among active-duty soldiers in July more than doubled from June, accelerating a trend throughout the military this year that has prompted Pentagon leaders to redouble efforts to solve a puzzling problem. … Continue reading →

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Veterans Affairs agency under investigation for conference spending

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Team VCS

From the Washington Post By Lisa Rein The Department of Veterans Affairs spent $5 million—and set aside $4 million more — last year for two training conferences whose organizers are under investigation for breaking ethics rules by improperly accepting gifts, congressional committees and … Continue reading →

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Auto Anxiety: Some Returning Veterans Struggle with Driving.

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Team VCS

(CBS News) By Lee Woodruff Veterans have many difficulties readjusting to civilian life. Thousands of them have trouble with the simplest things, such as driving a car. It can be a terrifying ordeal for some vets. Former Marine Sgt. Eric Campbell … Continue reading →

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Job-seeking veterans get help developing ‘personal brand’

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Team VCS

By Anna-Lysa Gayle, CNN Washington (CNN) – Veterans are getting a helping hand in developing their “personal brand” and hopefully raising their chances for employment. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will distribute Personal Branding guides to veterans as part of a … Continue reading →

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Veterans group calls for legislative fix to VA contracting rule

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Team VCS

From federalnewsradio.com by Ruben Gomez Vietnam Veterans of America has thrown support behind a congressional effort to loosen a rule that governs service-disabled veteran-owned businesses working for the Veterans Affairs Department. “Congress may need to move to synchronize the standards … Continue reading →

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War Wounds

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Team VCS

New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF IT would be so much easier, Maj. Ben Richards says, if he had just lost a leg in Iraq. Enlarge This Image Daniel Borris for The New York Times Maj. Ben Richards, … Continue reading →

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