Yearly Archives: 2012

It’s Official: Voc Rehab to Pay for University Health Insurance

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Team VCS

Disabledveterans.org and Veterans for Common Sense worked together to make this happen  Director Ruth Fanning published the official position of Voc Rehab. That position is that health insurance, if required by the college for all students, will be paid for … Continue reading →

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Can Counseling Complicate Your Security Clearance?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Team VCS

From NPR by Larry Abramson Jennifer Norris was a devoted member of the Maine National Guard. “I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved serving in the military,” she says. Norris still wanted a career in the Guard even after she was … Continue reading →

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Senate panel approves burn pit registry

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Team VCS

  From Navytimes.com By Patricia Kime – Staff writer Posted : Wednesday Sep 12, 2012 11:27:38 EDT An effort to create a registry of service members and veterans who may have been exposed to airborne toxins while serving near open-air burn pits … Continue reading →

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New Stolen Valor Act tops list of vet-related bills before Congress

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Team VCS

From Stars and Stripes by Leo Shane III WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates are optimistic that Congress will have enough time left this year to pass several meaningful initiatives for their members, starting this week with a law to replace the … Continue reading →

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September 11 2001: The Day Everything Changed for the US Military

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Team VCS

By VCS Advocate and Purple Heart Veteran Christopher Miller From Policy Mic For many who spent time in uniform on 9/11/01, life is very much a story of before and after. I listened to the broadcast of the attacks on … Continue reading →

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House Passes Bill Protecting Veterans from For Profit Schools

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Team VCS

Militarytimes.com  By Rick Maze – Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 19:55:12 EDT The House voted Tuesday to prevent schools that accept GI Bill benefits from paying bounties for recruiting students. In a move aimed at aggressive recruiting in the … Continue reading →

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9/11 Anniversary 2012: New York Ceremony Held For September 11

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Team VCS

From the AP by Jennifer Peltz NEW YORK — Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Tuesday in familiar but subdued ceremonies that put grieving families ahead of politicians and suggested it’s time to move … Continue reading →

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War might be making young bodies old

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Team VCS

BOSTON (USA Today) – A litany of physical or emotional problems spill out as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans make their way, one by one, to the 11th floor of a VA hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. The tragic signs of … Continue reading →

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Veterans Plank in DNC Platform-Quote from Ben Krause

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Team VCS

From Page 48 of the Democratic Platform. Complete with quote from VCS AD Ben Krause   “Under President Obama, veterans have started to realize the promise of a square deal. PTSD is no longer a dirty word. More veterans are … Continue reading →

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Quadruple amputee soldier fulfills promise: greets his combat unit

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Team VCS

From Stars and Stripes and Dallas Morning News by David Tarrant Standing on his new prosthetic legs, wearing artificial arms and dressed in combat fatigues, Staff Sgt. Travis Mills showed up in the pre-dawn darkness to greet soldiers as they … Continue reading →

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