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Vet News: America Supports You: NFL and eKnowledge Tackle College Entrance Exams
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2007 - The Montgomery G.I. bill pays servicemembers’ and their dependents’ tuition at institutes of higher learning, but it doesn’t help them gain admission to school.
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Vet News: From the NFL to the Marines
A former NFL player who left the sport to join the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman was heading for Iraq on Tuesday night
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Vet News: Blue Angel Pilot Killed in Air Show Crash Identified
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- The identity of an F/A-18A Hornet pilot who crashed during an April 21 Navy flight demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C. has been released.
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Vet News: House Acts to Improve Care for Veterans
Today, the House unanimously passed H.R. 1538, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act. This bipartisan bill responds to the problems brought to light at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military health care facilities by including provisions to:
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Vet News: ESGR Accepting Nominations for 2007 Freedom Award
ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is accepting nominations for the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards at the ESGR website at www.esgr.mil
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Vet News: Nicholson Leads Federal Task Force on Combat Benefits
WASHINGTON– President Bush has created a special, inter-agency task force under the leadership of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson to thoroughly examine and cut through red tape affecting the latest generation of combat Veterans seeking services and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or any other federal agency.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Federal Task Force Launches Web Site; Secretary Invites Feedback on Services
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson, head of the new inter-agency task force examining the processes for combat Veterans seeking services and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other federal agencies, announced the creation of a dedicated Web page to solicit input on the ease of accessing federal services.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: National Guard (In Federal Status) And Reserve Mobilized As Of March 14, 2007
This week, the Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard announced an increase, while the Army and Navy had a decrease. The net collective result is 645 fewer reservists mobilized than last week.
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Vet News: VA Leading the Way in Care for Traumatic Brain Injury
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), long a leader in the treatment and rehabilitation of Veterans with brain injuries, is continuing to adapt its programs to meet the needs of Veterans from the Global War on Terror, with a variety of new services in place or underway.
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Vet News: VA Partnering with States to Help Injured Veterans
WASHINGTON – To help severely injured service members receive benefits from their states when they move from military hospitals to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities in their communities, VA today announced expansion of a collaborative outreach program with states and territories.
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Vet News: VA Update on Missing Hard Drive in Birmingham, Alabama
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today issued an update on the information potentially contained on a missing government-owned, portable hard drive used by a VA employee at a Department facility in Birmingham, Ala.
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Vet News: VA Budget Proposal Still Billions Short, Disenfranchises Thousands of Veterans
"We recognize that the budget recommendation VVA is making this year -- an increase of $6.9 billion over the expected fiscal year 2007 appropriation for Veterans' health care -- is extraordinary," John Rowan, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America said in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs this morning. "But with troops in the field, years of under-funding of health care organizational capacity, renovation of an archaic and dilapidated infrastructure, updating capital equipment, continued underestimation of usage by Veterans, particularly returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan, and several cohorts of war Veterans reaching ages of peak health care utilization, these are extraordinary times," Rowan said. "It's past time to meet these needs.
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Vet News: World War II Veteran Wins Lottery
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. —A World War II veteran and his family stepped forward Monday to claim a Powerball jackpot worth more than a quarter-billion dollars, one of the largest single-ticket lottery prizes in U.S. history.
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Vet News: A Improves Services for Blinded and Low-Vision Veterans
WASHINGTON – More than a million visually impaired Veterans will receive enhanced health care services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a reorganization of VA’s vision rehabilitation services, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced today.
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Vet News: Enhancements Improve Care for Veterans says Secretary Nicholson
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) today agreed to make joint inpatient electronic health records a reality — a move that will transform the way both departments deliver health care and that can be a model for the health care industry nationwide.
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Vet News: 2007 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
The 21st National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic promotes rehabilitation by instructing Veterans with disabilities in adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, and introducing them to a number of other adaptive recreational activities and sports. For many newly injured OIF/OEF military service men and women, the Clinic offers their first experience in winter sports and gives them the inspiration to take their rehabilitation to a higher level.
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Vet News: VA National Cemeteries Receive Holiday Wreaths
WASHINGTON – Holiday wreaths were placed in remembrance at 105 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries today, as part of a privately-funded program to honor our nation’s Veterans.
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Vet News: National Guard Museum Opens New Exhibit
Washington, December 13, 2006 -- A new interactive exhibit that showcases the National Guard’s participation in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom is on display as the National Guard observes its 370th birthday Dec. 13.
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Vet News: Military Health Care Making Advances
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2006 – The military has made tremendous advances in health care in the last decade and specifically since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the top Defense Department official for health care said here yesterday.
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Vet News: VA Secretary Nicholson: Some Vets to Receive Insurance Dividends
More than a million Veterans are in line to share $369 million in annual insurance dividends during 2007, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Vet News: Army to Battle Navy in 107th America's Classic
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2006 -- One of the most revered rivalries in all of sports will be revisited Saturday when Army and Navy battle for the 107th time.
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Vet News: Orange Basketball Team Gets Daylong Workout at Fort Drum
Matt Gorman struggled off the muddy trail gasping for air. "We come out of the woods, and you think you’re done," said Gorman, a senior forward on Syracuse’s men’s basketball team. "There were a bunch of sergeants standing there waiting by two Humvees, and one sergeant says, ‘Get those bodies on those Humvees,’ "And I’m thinking, oh, I’m going to climb in this thing," Gorman said with a smile. "I’m starting to climb in and he says, ‘Get out and push it.’ "
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Vet News: VA Committed to Be "Employer of Choice" for Disabled Vets
WASHINGTON – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Public Affairs Specialist Corey McGee has always loved to write. Being a writer was not his first choice of career, however: Corey preferred to serve his country by defending our freedom in uniform.
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Vet News: Tricare Information Now Housed Under One Internet Roof
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006 – Tricare beneficiaries will get a pleasant surprise the next time they visit Tricare Online. The Web site has a new name, a new look and a new home. It’s now part of Tricare.mil, the official Web site for all Tricare information.