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The Washington Post
Veterans newly enrolling for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs and requesting an appointment commonly wait for months before they first see a medical provider and the department's way of measuring those waits understates them, a House committee was told. VA officials faced a House Veterans' Affairs Committee skeptical of the department's response in the two years since a hearing there triggered a flood of revelations that veterans had been enduring long waits for care and that some patient records had been fudged to hide it.
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Military Times (tiered subscription model)
Defense officials are developing four courses to educate the military community about new retirement plan options for the 1.6 million service members who will make big decisions starting in 2018 — about whether to opt in to the new retirement system or stay with the current system.
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KGTV-TV
A group of veterans graduated from a specialty school and are now ready for their post-military careers. The Barrio Logan-based nonprofit school Workshops for Warriors helps vets transition into manufacturing jobs, and there are now 45 veterans eager to join the workforce.
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Military Times
"One of my priorities is that veterans not just have a job, but they have choices." Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates kicked off the "joint convening" of The Muster and the Veteran Jobs Mission with this sentiment in Washington, D.C., on April 14. More than 300 representatives from the private, public and nonprofit sectors attended the meeting led by Starbucks, the Schultz Family Foundation and JPMorgan Chase to discuss veterans employment and retention.
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NJ.com
Military veterans who are looking for a second career as entrepreneurs can go through a boot camp of a different kind this summer that will help them get their businesses off the ground. For the third year in a row, Rider University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is offering a free, nine-week program to help veterans develop a business plan for a new idea or an existing venture they may have.
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KING-TV
It's a world away from the desert sands of Iraq, but it was still a something of a combat mission on Orcas Island. Fifty military veterans prepared to do battle with a new enemy: wildfire. "It's very dangerous, but I think our members are used to that sort of risk," said Vince Moffitt, a member of Team Rubicon. Team Rubicon is an international organization of American military veterans who volunteer to serve on disaster and relief missions around the globe. The group is now partnering with the Bureau of Land Management to train firefighters to combat wildfires in Washington and beyond. They've trained a total of 500 veterans for duty over the past two years.
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Task & Purpose
Military service is a calling. It is a patriotic duty. But it is also a job that provides a salary and benefits. Are you prepared to manage the money you will make in 2016? As a young service member, spouse or veteran, you'll have a bewildering array of options, choices and financial decisions to make. Should you rent or buy? Do you need two cars? What's the right amount to spend on an engagement ring? How much money do you need to be saving? What is a smart investment? To start with a focus on the positive side of personal finance, here are three basic moves you can make today that could create a big difference in your life.
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Military Times
Military veterans continue to wait several weeks for medical care, according to a new watchdog report, contradicting assertions from top Veterans Affairs officials that most patients see a doctor within six days. The Government Accountability Office's review of appointment wait times for patients new to VA health care found that veterans wait three to eight weeks for medical appointments.
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Marine Corps Times
Officials from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America said the move goes back on a promise made to those families that the full benefit would be available when they need it, and for the first time pulls money out of the GI Bill to fund outside programs. They painted the legislative proposal as a betrayal of veterans' service and accused lawmakers of viewing earned benefits as a "piggy bank" for other wants.
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Military Times
New research finds that troops who are sexually assaulted are at higher risk for homelessness, with males in greater jeopardy than females. A study published in JAMA Psychiatry, mirrors earlier research on the association between military sexual assault and suicide: A study published last year indicated that suicidal thoughts and behavior are more prevalent in males who were sexually assaulted while on active duty than females.
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Latin Post
A group of congressional lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow deported veterans to reunite with families in the United States.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., along with Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Rep Ted Lieu, D-Calif., worked on a bill that will urge the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to exercise its authority, under current law, to readmit individuals who were deported despite serving the U.S. military. To be eligible, the deported individual must have must have a clean criminal record and served at least six months in the military.
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