June 24, 2018 Vietnam veteran Clifford Graebe had never felt fully comfortable without access to a gun since he was shot through the thigh in 1970, during a jungle encounter near the Demilitarized Zone. But when police responding to a burglary at...
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June 21, 2018 WASHINGTON – For years, the Department of Veterans Affairs reported an average of 20 veterans died by suicide every day — an often-cited statistic that raised alarm nationwide about the rate of veteran suicide. However, the...
moreJune 7, 2018 A key U.S. Senate panel voted on Thursday to allow doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue medical marijuana recommendations to military veterans. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the amendment...
moreMay 17, 2018 Military personnel coming home from active duty can sometimes face big challenges getting back into ‘regular’ life. It’s a situation this week’s Jefferson Award winners, and married couple, Kevin and Corey Downs have some personal...
moreMay 7, 2018 Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal Opinion contributor Gene Potes writes, “The U.S. military strives to instill an exceptional work ethic, a unique mastery of teamwork and an indomitable sense of leadership into the men and women...
moreMay 8, 2018 Student journalists Elizabeth Stoeger and Elin Johnson write on the student news site for Linfield College, “More than 5 million post-9/11 service members are expected to transition out of the military by 2020, according to the...
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March 12, 2018 Pat Kinney of The Courier writes, “The Cedar Valley markets itself as ‘a great place to call home’ for everyone. That includes military veterans. Some veterans, however, are having trouble finding a place to call...
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March 8, 2018 The Home Depot Foundation, a leadership arm for the company founded by Bernie Marcus, Arthur Blank and with the help of Ken Langone, hammered down on its pledge to closing the gap among skilled laborers in America, Fox Business...
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March 7, 2018 WASHINGTON — AMVETS officials on Tuesday announced a new mental health care partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs that’s part of a broader effort by both organizations to better combat suicide among vulnerable...
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March 6, 2018 (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin announced Tuesday that the VA will send President Donald Trump a plan this week that would give every service member mental health benefits when they leave the military. The...
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February 12, 2018 Fox 26 in Tampa, Fla., reports on Bryan Jacobs’ a novel idea for how to help veterans: he’s teaching them to become chefs. Jacobs founded Vets2Chefs, a 12-week culinary training program that teaches veterans skills they...
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Feb. 4, 2018 Military.com has posted a story by Drew Brooks of the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer detailing how the “departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have launched a new online tool to help guide veterans through upgrading their...
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