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VA Improves Online Access to Benefits Information
Nearly 1.7 million veterans and service members have registered for the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense web portal, eBenefits, which provides online information and access to a wide variety of military and veteran benefits resources. A VA news release … Continue reading
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$10 Million More for Military Suicide Prevention
The House approved an amendment to next year’s defense spending bill Wednesday night that shifts $10 million from training Afghan security forces to fighting suicide in the ranks of the U.S. military. From Time Battleland Blog by Mark Thompson “This is … Continue reading
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Battleground to Business
From the Jackson Freepress by Jacon Fuller Business Help for Veterans More than 250,000 service members transition out of the military every year. Each of them will soon have several helping hands to start their own businesses as they … Continue reading
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US Retraining Programs Aims to Help Unemployed Veterans
by David Rookhuyzen The Republic | azcentral.com Thousands of unemployed, middle-age veterans are getting a chance to start over under a special GI Bill designed to train them for new careers. Concerned about the high long-term jobless rate and growing … Continue reading
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VA Oversight Hearing on Claims Backlog
By Steve Fogel The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will join the fray over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ growing backlog of disability claims at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday morning. The backlog of claims filed by veterans seeking … Continue reading
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Report:DOD and VA Do Not Adequately Track PTSD Treatment Successes
From Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Despite millions spent treating post-traumatic stress disorder, defense and Veterans Affairs officials have little idea how effective those programs are because they don’t track cases closely enough, a new report contends. Officials from the … Continue reading
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To boost veteran employment, VA uses online career center
From the Washington Postby Majorie Censer Tasked by President Obama with reducing the unemployment rate for veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs has developed an online career center to help translate military experience to civilian work. The department’s Veteran … Continue reading
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Army, VA partner for PTSD drug study
From the Frederick News Post by Courtney Mabeus An Army office at Fort Detrick and a veterans program are teaming up to study drugs that could help treat combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Neurotrauma and Psychological … Continue reading
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Backlash builds as for-profit schools rake in GI Bill funds
Critics warn that some for-profit schools mislead veterans, who use their taxpayer-funded GI Bill money on hugely expensive educations with bleak job prospects. By David Zucchino and Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times July 16, 2012, 5:00 a.m. WASHINGTON — After Moses … Continue reading
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Operations Boots to Business
From Stars and Stripes By JONATHAN D. EPSTEIN The Buffalo (N.Y.) News The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched a new program in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department to train transitioning servicemembers and veterans to … Continue reading
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