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Vet News: DoD Working to Increase Tricare Access for Reserve Components
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2005 –- The Defense Department has made "tremendous efforts and strides" to meet the needs of Reserve and Guard servicemembers who now qualify for health-care coverage under the Tricare program, the program manager said today during an interview on Fox News.
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Vet News: Veterans Benefit From VA, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Training Agreement
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2005 – Veterans Affairs Department and Walter Reed Army Medical Center leaders took a step today toward helping severely injured servicemembers transition to civilian jobs.
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Vet News: The History of Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, May 26, 2005 -- Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for Veterans of every war and conflict in American history. Even though it has been more than 140 years since the first soldier was buried in the cemetery, more that 20 funerals take place there every day.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Program Returns Wounded Guard, Reserve Troops Home to Recover
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2005 – When wounded active-component soldiers get sent home from a deployment for medical care, they’re generally treated directly at their home bases.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Program Helps Disabled Veterans Regain Independence
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2004 -- Learning to live with a disability is difficult enough. Factor in a wheelchair and living accommodations that aren’t so accommodating, and the result is frustration and a loss of some independence.
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Vet News: Commemorations to Honor 60th V-E Day Anniversary
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2005 – A full lineup of commemorations is scheduled to kick off this weekend in observation of the 60th anniversary of V-E - for "Victory in Europe" - Day, the end of World War II there.
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Vet News: VA Secretary Backs Low-Cost "Traumatic Injury" Insurance
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson has backed proposed legislation creating low-cost "traumatic injury" insurance for members of the armed forces.
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Vet News: Rumsfeld Supports Extended Careers, Longer Tours
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2005 – Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he’d like to see sweeping changes to the military services’ personnel systems.
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Vet News: Paul R. Smith, Medal Of Honor Recipient
The children of the first US soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor in Iraq unveiled a commemorative plaque in the Pentagon, adding the name of Sergeant First Class Paul Smith to a roll call of American combat heroes.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Increased National Guard Bonuses Outlined
ARLINGTON, Va. March 28, 2005 -- A substantial increase in enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for Army National Guard Soldiers that the chief of the National Guard Bureau announced in mid-December has begun to pay dividends, according to the Army Guard’s Strength Maintenance Division.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: "Honor Our Fallen Heroes"
WASHINGTON – The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has called upon all Americans to pause on Memorial Day to honor the 1.2 million men and women who have died in the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War.
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Vet News: Widows of Combatants Killed in Iraq, Afghanistan Meet
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 23, 2005 – They’d talked on the telephone and in Internet chat rooms for a few months, but had never met face-to-face until March 22, when nearly 40 young widows of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan attended a luncheon sponsored by the Gold Star Wives.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: DoD Announces New Heath Care Benefit for Guard and Reserve
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2005 -- A new health care plan, with coverage comparable to that enjoyed by federal employees under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plan, will be available to eligible members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families April 25, Defense Department officials announced today at the Pentagon.
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Vet News: Faces of Fallen' Exhibit Opens at Arlington
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Virginia, March 23, 2005 – The faces remind us of what we have lost.
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Vet News: Here's to The Heroes: Hero Salute
Budweiser is honored to salute the men and women of our armed forces and their families. Throughout 2005, members of the military and as many as three direct dependents may enter Anheuser-Busch's SeaWorld, Busch Gardens or Sesame Place parks with complimentary admission.
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Vet News: Army Launches Web Site for Community Partnerships
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2005 -- The Army has launched a new Web site to help strengthen partnerships between the Army and the communities around installations and ranges.
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Vet News: Senior Community for Retired Military Opening This Summer
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Vet News: New Program Offers Subsidized Child Care to Guard, Reserve
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2005 – The Defense Department has joined forces with national agencies to help Guard and Reserve families in finding and affording child care while Mom or Dad is deployed in support of the global war on terrorism.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Army Misses Recruiting Goal, Raises Enlistment Bonuses
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2005 – The Army "is a particularly stressed force" and officials are studying ways to increase recruiting, Pentagon spokesman Larry Di Rita said.
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Vet News: New Members Appointed to Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
WASHINGTON – Six new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an expert panel that advises VA on issues and programs affecting women Veterans.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Pentagon, Senate Seek Doubling Of G.I. Survivors' Benefit
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2005 – Pentagon leaders and Capitol Hill legislators want to increase the current available combined government death benefit for families of fallen servicemembers by about $250,000.
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Vet News: America Supports You: Foundation Benefits Servicemembers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2005 -- A nonprofit foundation created by a military- related credit union has expanded its services to help servicemembers and Veterans deal with more than just their finances.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Texas Opens Army's Second Amputee Center
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 18, 2005 -– More than 200 people attended the opening ceremony of the Army’s second Amputee Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 14.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: New Book Shows America's Newest Disabled Veterans Facing the Future with Determination
Washington, December 29, 2004 -- American Soldiers wounded on the battlefield are traditionally awarded the "Purple Heart," as a token of their nation’s appreciation for their sacrifice. But a medal can’t help seriously wounded soldiers face the challenge of moving on in life without an arm or a leg, or with a profound psychological injury.