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Vet News: "Flyboys" Makers Defy Hollywood, Bet Big On Movie
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a box office gamble befitting the daring aviators who star in the movie "Flyboys," which opens on Friday.Military & Veterans News
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Vet News: "Flyboys" Makers Defy Hollywood, Bet Big On Movie
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a box office gamble befitting the daring aviators who star in the movie "Flyboys," which opens on Friday.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: VA Urges Veterans to Wear Medals on Veterans Day
America's Veterans are the face of America. They come from all walks of life, all ages, all ethnicities. They served our Nation honorably and well and we honor that service, but how do we honor the veteran – the individual who put on the uniform and gave his or her all for our country?Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Military Transforming Use of Medical Records
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2006 – The U.S. military’s health care community is transforming its approach to capturing, archiving and accessing servicemembers’ medical records, a senior Defense Department official said here yesterday.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: New ASEP Partners to Employ Army Spouses
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2006 -- Six new partners joined the Army Spouse Employment Partnership program during a signing ceremony at the “Realizing the Dream, Jobs in Your Neighborhood” family forum at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting Oct. 9.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Money Expert Tells Servicemembers ‘How to Be A Millionaire’
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2006 – Speaking and gesturing like a fired-up preacher selling salvation, Kelvin Boston is known for telling television audiences how they can realize their dreams of financial stability – or even become rich.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Ex-'Tokyo Rose' Suspect Dies in Chicago
Iva Toguri D’Aquino, who was convicted and later pardoned of being World War II propagandist "Tokyo Rose," died Tuesday of natural causes, said her nephew, William Toguri. She was 90.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: File Claims for Gear Reimbursement by Oct. 3
Soldiers who purchased their own body armor and other safety equipment for the combat zone have until Oct. 3 to file claims for reimbursement with the Army, according to a recent Army press release.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Troops’ Written Wartime Observations Tell Personal Truths
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2006 – About 50 authors, including current and former servicemen and women as well as family members, gathered in the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building last evening to sign copies of a 377-page book of their observations and experiences in the global war on terrorism.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: The USO Marks 65 Years of Service, Honors Military Heroes at Annual Gala
ARLINGTON, Va. – Celebrating 65 years of service to military personnel and their families, the United Service Organizations (USO) also will pay tribute to service heroes from each branch of the armed forces at its annual gala Sept. 28 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: No Plans to Activate IRR Sailors
Navy officials said Wednesday they have no plans to activate sailors from the Individual Ready Reserve, unlike the Marine Corps, which just asked Congress to authorize them to call 2,500 IRR Marines.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: DoD Mulls Proposed 'Africa Command'
Defense officials are seriously considering the creation of a new combatant command to contend with the variety of issues in Africa.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Committee Examines Issue of Women Separating From Military
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Female military doctors, lawyers and chaplains are more likely than their male counterparts to leave the military after serving five to eight years. The Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services wants to know why.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Program Helps Wounded Vets Find New Jobs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 – Severely injured servicemembers and their spouses are seeing doors open to meaningful civilian careers, thanks to a partnership between the Defense Department and the private sector.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Web Site to Outline Voting Options for Troops Overseas
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2006 – A new Web site being developed by the Defense Department will provide information on electronic voting options for servicemembers and other U.S. citizens living overseas.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Corps Can Recall Marines To Active Duty
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marine Corps said Tuesday it has been authorized to recall thousands of Marines to active duty, primarily because of a shortage of volunteers for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Lindsay Lohan Wants to Go to Iraq to Entertain American Troops
Lindsay Lohan says she wants to go to Iraq with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and entertain American troops there.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Two Teens Are Arrested in Theft of Laptop With Veteran Data
Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million Veterans and military personnel, authorities said.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Marine Killed in Iraq was US Senator's Nephew
Marine Corps Cpl. Phillip Baucus, a nephew of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, of Montana, was killed during combat operations in Iraq last Saturday in restive Anbar province west of Baghdad, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Experts Helping Military Kids Deal With Loss of Parent
Houston, July 27, 2006 -- Experts with the Military Child Education Coalition are working to help military children deal with the death of a parent through a new initiative: "Living in the New Normal; Supporting Children through Trauma and Loss."Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Military Amputees to Get Free Service Dogs
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2006 – Man’s best friend is about to become every military amputee’s best friend, thanks to the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and a new pilot program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Actor Jack Warden Dead at 85
Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vets
FORT BENNING, Ga., July 12, 2006 -- Pvt. Jay Grassel believes he has a lot in common with Pfc. James Murphy. Both Pittsburgh natives joined the Army at 19, fresh out of high school. Both were assigned to 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Some Soldiers Eligible for MGIB Benefits Transfer
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2006 -– The Army announced today the implementation of a pilot program allowing Soldiers in critical skills who reenlist the ability to transfer Montgomery GI Bill benefits to their spouse.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Tuskegee Airmen Observe 65th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2006 – Sixty-five years after the Defense Department launched a program to train the first black military pilots and aircrews, Veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen say they’re proud of the barriers they helped break down and the example they set for today’s servicemembers.