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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.

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: 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: 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: 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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.