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Military Times
Veterans will have same-day access to primary care appointments and mental health services at Veterans Affairs facilities by December, VA Secretary Bob McDonald promised recently. Addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, McDonald said veterans wait an average of five days for primary care, six days for specialty care and two for mental health services, but VA plans to reduce those further by the end of the year.
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TREA
Isn't that the truth! Jumping off of that — now is the time to register for TREA's 53rd Anniversary, National Convention. It will be held September 14th (registration) through the 17th, 2016 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas. I could go on and on about what a great place Vegas is to visit, but everyone knows that already. So instead, let's take a minute to talk about TREA and why TREA has a convention and why it's important that YOU attend.
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Defense News
As the clock ticks down on the final term of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is believed to be reviewing a potential disarmament agenda for his last months in office, there has been a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill to try to influence the internal debate. Lawmakers both pro and con for nuclear modernization have fired off dueling letters — the latest a July 20 letter to Obama from five key House Democrats who want to scale back standing nuclear modernization plans.
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Military.com
Before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took the stage recently at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Veteran Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald make an impassioned defense of the department and argued that its transformation was "well underway." McDonald, a former Army captain who ran the consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble before becoming secretary in July 2014, didn't mention Trump by name, but he clearly took aim at his plan to "reform" the department.
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The Associated Press via Military Times
Following a massive attack in Kabul, the Afghan military has launched a major offensive against the Islamic State group in the country's far eastern region near the border with Pakistan, Afghan and U.S. officials said recently. The offensive began over the weekend in Nangarhar province, where ISIS has had a presence for the past year, said Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Defense Military.
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Military Times via Navy Times
Women veterans have become a key talking point at both political conventions this month, but community leaders say that attention alone won't be enough to address the challenges facing their population. "I think that the core problem we need to address is that when people think of veterans, they don’t think of women," said Allison Jaslow, chief of staff at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
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War on the Rocks
The U.S. Army is often accused of being slow to change and unimaginative. Indeed, these are fairly predictable indictments that have been dogged military organizations for centuries. Yet militaries do evolve over time to meet new challenges. The United States entered World War II with the Army's horse-bound 26th Cavalry Regiment engaging Japanese tanks during the Philippines campaign. By the end of the war, the Army had evolved into a competent and robust mechanized force.
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The Associated Press via Military Times
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said progress is being made with Russia on a potential military partnership that could strengthen a faltering truce in Syria despite grave doubts expressed by the Pentagon and joint chiefs of staff. Speaking after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Laos, Kerry made no promises of success but said he hoped discussions with Russia could produce a tangible result in the next week to 10 days.
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U.S. Department of Defense
Service members must be agile and flexible in the battlefield, where they scale walls, navigate through rough terrain, work in extreme temperatures and carry heavy loads over long distances, Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell said, so the workouts need to mimic situations the troops could face on a mission.
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