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Vet News: Administration Seeks $63.6 Billion for VA
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi announced details today of President Bush's proposed $63.6 billion fiscal year 2004 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which includes a 7.4 percent increase in discretionary funding over the current year's expected budget.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Scholarships for Military Children Deadline Feb. 18
January 23, 2004 -- Didn’t find any "college cash" in your stocking? Don’t worry. There’s still time to apply for Scholarships for Military Children money. Applications for the $1,500 scholarships are due at the nearest commissary by close of business Feb. 18.
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Vet News: Oldest West Point Grad Celebrates 102nd Birthday
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Retired Colonel Frank Steer, the oldest living graduate of West Point and a veteran of World War I, celebrated his 102nd birthday January 12 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: VA Sets Priority List for State Veterans Home Grants
WASHINGTON (Jan. 9, 2003) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi has approved the priority list of pending state home construction grant applications for FY 2003.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Veterans Advantage ® Honors SEC Chairman nominee with Top Veteran award
Veterans Advantage Inc., a nationwide membership program providing private-sector benefits for U.S. Veterans, National Guard, Reservists, active duty military and their families, announced that William Donaldson, President Bush’s choice to serve as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, was named a “TopVet,” an honor that appeared on www.Veteransadvantage.com.
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Vet News: First Veterans Complete FastTrac Segment of Veterans Entrepreneurship Training Program
Maine, November 26 -- Maine Governor-elect John Baldacci congratulated 25 Veterans tonight completing the first FastTrac class comprised solely of Veterans at the University of Southern Maine School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business. The program was offered by The Veterans Corporation as part of the Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Program (VET Program).Military & Veterans News
Vet News: VA Reports Progress in Battling Claims Backlog
WASHINGTON, November 26, 2002 -- After years of battling a rising backlog of applications from Veterans and survivors seeking financial benefits, the VA appears to be reversing the trend.
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Vet News: VA Overhauls Funding Process for Medical Facilities
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi has announced an overhaul of the five-year-old system that determines how much federal funding the VA's regional health care networks of the receive for treating Veterans.
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Vet News: VA Announces New Members Of Committee on Women Veterans
WASHINGTON -- Secretary Anthony J. Principi has announced the appointment of four new members to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, a panel that advises him on issues and programs affecting women Veterans.
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Vet News: The Last WWII Comanche Code Talker Visits Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery
WASHINGTON -- After meeting with the defense secretary and other top Pentagon officials on November 5, Charles Chibitty, the last surviving World War II Comanche code talker, donned his feathered Indian chief’s headdress and offered a prayer in the Pentagon Chapel for those killed in the terrorist attack on the building.
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Vet News: VA Offers New Treatment For Veterans with Hepatitis C
WASHINGTON - Less than 10 days after a new treatment for hepatitis C was approved by the Food and Drug Administration FDA, the VA made it available to enrolled Veterans.
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Vet News: Veterans Benefits to Increase by 1.4%
WASHINGTON - Monthly compensation for 3.3 million Veterans and survivors will increase 1.4 percent in December.
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Vet News: Veterans, Service Men and Women Recognized and Remembered With Veterans Day Activities
With U.S. troops continuing to serve our country and defend our freedom, Americans are reminded of the gratitude we owe our military and Veterans of all wars. Veterans Day is an especially important time to honor those who have dedicated their lives to protecting ours. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the VFW Foundation and the Ladies Auxiliary VFW have aligned with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), on a variety of programs to honor our Veterans and bring our service men and women a little closer to home.
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Vet News: War Trophies Can Be Illegal – and Dangerous
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Throughout history, soldiers serving overseas have returned home with souvenirs and relics to remember their tours. Many war- related items on display in museums were brought over by individual service members.
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Vet News: VA to Care for New Generation of Combat Veterans
WASHINGTON - Military personnel who recently served in a combat zone are eligible for two years of free medical care from the VA for most conditions.
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Vet News: Sailor's Mom Organizes ‘Blue Star Mothers’
Jean Campbell’s son, Navy Petty Officer Steven Stefanowicz, is on active duty with the Navy in the Middle East. She is championing his service by uniting service members’ mothers in her home state.
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Vet News: Gen. Howell Estes, USAF (Ret) /Space Man
General Howell M. Estes III, who retired from the United States Air Force in 1998 after 33 years of service, currently heads Howell Estes & Associates, Inc., a wholly owned consulting firm to CEOs, presidents, and general managers of aerospace and telecommunications companies worldwide.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: A Hero on 9/11, Colonel Cites Indignities of Internment During WWII
If he were alive today, Kinzo Wakayama would be proud of the Soldier’s Medal on his son’s Army uniform.
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Vet News: Hispanic American Exceeds Dreams; Became Marine General
Michael J. Aguilar was in the seventh grade when he decided he wanted to be a military pilot and fly combat missions.
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Vet News: A Wartime Romance Blossoms at Bagram
Just over a month after 1Lt. Valencia Delavega got engaged last August, she received orders to Afghanistan.
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Vet News: Anchors away for Joe Parenti
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2002 -- Seaman Joseph Parenti is going to be a "nuke" - in Navy parlance, a nuclear propulsion plant operator aboard a submarine or aircraft carrier.
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Vet News: A Mom, a Recruit, and a War on Terrorism
MOUNT STERLING, Ohio, April 17, 2002 -- When Sonya Schilling learned terrorists had attacked the United States, her first thought was of her 18-year-old son, Joseph Parenti.
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Vet News: Old Guard Honors Tradition In Pentagon 'Battlefield'
Troops going into combat count on one thing: No matter what happens, their buddies won't leave them behind.
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Vet News: Authors Explain Special Ops in 'Shadow Warriors'
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces was recently released after Tom Clancy and retired General Carl Stiner added a chapter on the aftermath of September 11 and the current war against terrorism.