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Vet News: Britain's Prince Harry to Join the Army
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry will join an officer training course next year after passing the army’s entrance tests, his father’s office said last month.Military & Veterans News
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Vet News: New Employment Initiative for Wounded Vets Unveiled
Washington, October 5, 2004 -- Injured servicemembers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan will get individualized job training, counseling and re-employment services, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced Oct. 4.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Administration Expands Benefits for Ex-POWs
WASHINGTON – Continuing its commitment to former prisoners of war, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi today announced that the Bush Administration will expand benefits to all former POWs with strokes and common heart diseases.
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Vet News: Active Guard Reserve Recruiter Program Expanding
ST. LOUIS, September 28, 2004 -- The Army Reserve is seeking 400 enlisted Soldiers to take active-duty tours to fill new recruiter positions located across the country.
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Vet News: Helping Military Families Achieve the American Dream They Are Defending
A nonprofit organization, Military Housing Assistance Fund (MHAF), is offering a solution for our service men and women who want to buy a home but cannot afford the down payment and/or closing costs.
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Vet News: Veterans Group Donates $20K in Support of Wounded Soldiers
A late-April visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany prompted the "Forty and Eight" Veterans group to raise $20,000 to benefit the Landstuhl Chaplain’s Fund. The check was presented today during a ceremony at the Pentagon.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Health Benefits for Military Families Aren't 'Automatic'
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2004 -- Department of Defense TRICARE officials are working to inform military families that non-active-duty beneficiaries must enroll in the health care system before they see a doctor.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Professional Football Honors Purple Heart Recipients
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2004 -- It was the Deacon’s doing. After visiting troops in Iraq and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, pro football hall-of-famer David "Deacon" Jones looked to his football past to bolster the servicemembers’ morale. The result was a trip here for the 2004 Hall of Fame weekend and game for four Purple Heart recipients.
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Vet News: VA Accepting Applications for Homeless Program Grants
WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is accepting applications from public and nonprofit private groups for $8 million in grants to develop or expand programs that help Veterans recover from homelessness.
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Vet News: Reserve, Guard Can Seek Reimbursement of Medical, Dental Claims
National Guard and reserve members who paid their medical and dental bills and saved their receipts may now seek reimbursement from Tricare, officials of the military health care system announced July 23.
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Vet News: Montgomery GI Bill Still Important 60 Years Later
Times were tough. The nation was slowly emerging from the Great Depression when World War II flared up in 1941.
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Vet News: Activated Guardsmen, Reservists Qualify Faster for Home Loans
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Department of Veterans Affairs home loans to members of the National Guard and reserves in recent years, according to a top VA official.
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Vet News: Military Families Need Comprehensive and Responsive Support System According to National Military Family Association (NMFA) Research
WASHINGTON, In a briefing before Congressional and military leadership and staff today, the National Military Family Association (NMFA) unveiled the findings of its study on military family support. The report, "Serving the Home Front: An Analysis on Military Family Support from September 11, 2001 through March 31, 2004," is the result of a six-month research project conducted by the NMFA.
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Vet News: Soldiers Preparing to Compete in 2004 Olympics
When the Olympic torch lights the flame at the 2004 Games in Athens, eight U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit soldiers and four other current and retired service members will be there to see it.
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Vet News: Some Extended Guardsmen, Reservists May Get GI Bill Boost
Guardsmen and reservists whose active duty time is extended past the normal 12-month call-up may be eligible for active duty-level benefits of the Montgomery GI Bill under certain circumstances, according to a senior Department of Veterans Affairs spokesman.
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Vet News: Emergency Measures, Not Desperate Attempts, Fill Troop Rotations
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2004 -- Pentagon leaders face tough questions on Capitol Hill on issues of deployment and force structure as the military gears up for another round of troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vet News: US Family Health Plan Enhances Service Areas, Facilities and Operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - US Family Health Plan announced the implementation of several strategies that improve the availability of health care options to military beneficiaries. The Plan finalized the augmentation of services in several geographic areas, instigated new operational improvements and completed key renovation efforts to answer the needs of active-duty personnel, retirees and their eligible family members.
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Vet News: Special Tribute Honors Unsung Women Heroes
A tribute called "Women Are Heroes, Too" was recently held here at the Women’s Memorial to highlight "the unsung heroes of rescue and recover efforts" who happen to be women, according to Susan Brewer. Brewer, founder of America’s Heroes of Freedom, pointed out that most first-response agencies are male-dominated. Still, she noted, women who serve in the military, law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, and as volunteers with other front-line agencies are important contributors to rescue and recovery efforts after a public tragedy.
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Vet News: Major Publishers Revive Free Books For U.S. Troops Serving Overseas
WASHINGTON -- Three major book publishers have kicked off a historic revival of the "Armed Services Editions" (ASE).Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Army activates Family Assistance Hotline
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Army News Service) -- The U.S. Army has established a toll-free Family Assistance Hotline for Operation Iraqi Freedom at (800) 833-6622.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Army to Call Up 5,600 IRR Soldiers
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2004 -- The Army plans to order 5,600 Soldiers in the Individual Ready Reserve to active duty for possible deployment with the next Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom rotations.
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Vet News: Blue Shield of California Begins Service to Nearly 900,000 Military Family Members
U.S. military personnel and their dependents will begin accessing health care services through Blue Shield of California from a network that includes more than 26,000 hospitals, physicians and other health care providers, effective July 1, 2004.
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Vet News: Veterans Go for Gold in Wheelchair Games
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2004 -- One Iraqi Freedom veteran who lost the use of his legs when his Humvee was sideswiped in Iraqi, has taken home a gold metal at the 24th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, in St Louis, Mo.
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Vet News: DLA Reaches Out to Service-Disabled Veterans
Kathy Williams, like the rest of the Defense Energy Support Center -- and the rest of the Defense Logistics Agency -- was stumped. She along with other small-business officers and senior procurement executives throughout the Agency were committed, indeed, mandated by Congress, to help service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses gain contracts in the federal government. Yet, when the DLA group convened their quarterly video teleconference in the fall of 2003, the picture was bleak.
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