Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Veteran Suicide Rates – Accuracy is the Key to Improving Resources

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Team VCS

  Veteran Suicide Rates – Accuracy is the Key to Improving Resources by Levi Newman on March 3, 2012   An agreement between Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and 49 U.S. states could provide more consistent data on the suicide rates among veterans. … Continue reading →

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VA Aims to Get Better Data on Veterans Suicide Rates

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Team VCS

February 28, 2012 (Marine Corps Times) – Better data on suicide rates among veterans could be available by summer under an agreement forged between Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and 49 states. The figure often noted in press reports and … Continue reading →

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Summit Seeks to Ease Retraining for Troops Entering Civilian Workforce

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 22, 2012 (Stars and Stripes) – Business leaders and veterans advocates say state licensing and certification rules are a crippling obstacle for troops seeking post-military careers, and the problem will worsen if solutions aren’t found soon. Defense officials have … Continue reading →

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Time for a Federal Veterans Court

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

Read for an in-depth look at recent incident with suicidal veteran. VCS quoted. Posted: 02/28/2012 10:45 am On February 12, the Roanoke Times reported the arrest of Sean Duvall for carrying a firearm — a crude gun he had made … Continue reading →

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Veteran Who Called Suicide Line Offered Counseling to Avoid Charges

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 27, 2012 (Washington Post) – Sean Duvall, the Navy veteran charged with fabricating a homemade gun after calling a suicide hotline last year, would avoid prosecution if he completes court-mandated counseling under an agreement reached in federal court Monday. … Continue reading →

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Veterans Fight for Jobs They Left Behind

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

Battles and setbacks follow return to civilian posts, despite federal law. February 27, 2012 (Star Tribune) –  Michael Schutz came back to Truman, Minn., after being deployed to Kuwait with the Navy and expected to strap on his gun belt, … Continue reading →

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Veterans Learn Tools of Business

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 28, 2012 (The Advocate) – Sitting at desks in a Lod Cook Hotel conference room on Sunday, 11 military veterans were armed with a new set of weapons — laptops, pamphlets and PowerPoint slides. From across the country, the … Continue reading →

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Complaints about Warrior Transition Battalion also found at Fort Drum

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 26, 2012 (Fayetteville Observer) – A recent federal review of a program for wounded soldiers at Fort Drum, N.Y., uncovered serious shortcomings that echo allegations made by soldiers in Fort Bragg’s Warrior Transition Battalion. Among the many deficiencies cited … Continue reading →

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DOD and VA Secretaries Meet at Pentagon

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

            Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki today to the Pentagon for the latest in a series of regular meetings the two secretaries have held on issues of common interest to both … Continue reading →

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New Study Gives Scope and Cost of Combat-Related Conditions Among Veterans

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Team VCS

February 24, 2012 (New York Times) – It’s difficult to know just how many of the two million people who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been afflicted with two common combat ailments, post-traumatic stress disorder … Continue reading →

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