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Military.com
President Donald Trump welcomed a group of wounded soldiers to the White House and declared his administration will support soldiers and veterans "every single day, now and always."
Trump met with the group to kick off the annual Soldier Ride. The Wounded Warrior Project sponsors the four-day event in the Washington area to inspire service members with injuries and disabilities.
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Military.com
Veterans groups have begun to express concerns that the Department of Veterans Affairs will ignore pressing problems because of the leadership vacuum resulting from the nomination of embattled Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson.
The furor over Jackson's qualifications and charges that he drank on the job as head of the White House medical unit also led the ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee to call on him to withdraw his name from consideration to head the VA.
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TIME
The father of a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who was shot at a government clinic in Oregon blames Veterans Affairs for letting down his son.
Gilbert "Matt" Negrete, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in jail in the former timber town of Medford, Oregon, charged with attempted assault and other crimes after he allegedly displayed a knife during a confrontation at the VA clinic in nearby White City on Jan. 25. A VA guard shot him in the chest. "First they shoot him, now they're gonna try to put him away," his father, Gilbert Negrete, told The Associated Press in a Facebook message. "You would think they would have some concern about us. My son needs help not prison."
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Military Times RebootCamp
Veterans service organizations banded together in Washington last summer to convince Congress that it was time to expand education benefits.
Now, on the tails of that victory, sealed into law as the Forever GI Bill, many of those same organizations are throwing their weight behind a new cause: changing the way service members are prepared for life after the military.
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The Washington Post
As senators consider the nomination of the next secretary of veterans affairs, they should first reflect on the story of an Army veteran named Jason White.
White served our country in Afghanistan, where he was severely injured by an IED explosion. His spine was crushed, and he suffered a traumatic brain injury, but thanks to the skill and training of our nation’s brave combat medics, he survived. Yet on his return to the home front, he battled the hidden wounds of war — insomnia, depression and the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. He was not alone.
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Holland Sentinel
SpartanNash, and its line of stores, which includes Family Fare Supermarkets and D&W Fresh Markets among others, has been named a Silver-Level Veteran-Friendly Employer for its efforts to hire, retain and recognize the role veterans play in the workforce.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
Veterans and their caregivers need help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but they don't know what's available or where to turn.
We can offer this guidance.
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The Progress-Index
Hardeep Grewal was a 29-year-old Air Force computer operations specialist suffering a mild case of pneumonia when he deployed to Saudi Arabia and a series of other Southwest Asian countries in 2003.
The staff sergeant stayed ill and returned to the United States "looking like a scarecrow," he said. He was diagnosed with asthma, which would require two medications daily for the rest of his life. By December 2004, Grewal was medically discharged with a 10 percent disability rating and a small severance payment.
The Air Force physical evaluation board "lowballed me," he recalled in a phone conversation last Wednesday from his Northern Virginia home. "They were trying to get rid of people" from a specialty that, after offering an attractive reenlistment bonus, quickly became overmanned.
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By Catherine Iste
 Even after all the seemingly nonstop, massive weather events around the country this winter, spring is still fighting its way into our lives. Encourage it by using these three tips to add a little spring to your step and re-energize at work. First, embrace whatever it is that makes it spring where you are and bring it to the office. Fresh asparagus at the farmer's market? Add it to a lunch salad. Spring blooms fighting their way through frozen ground? Put a bouquet in the break room.
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CNN Money
Work can be stressful: running from meeting to meeting, juggling deadlines, dealing with rude customers or callous bosses and a never-ending string of emails.
There comes a point when it becomes too much. That's when you experience burnout.
Our bodies are equipped to handle stress in short bursts, explained Dr. David Ballard, the head of American Psychological Association's Center for Organizational Excellence. "Burnout is when we experience that stress over an extended period of time."
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Sunshine State News
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is championing an effort to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, saying his proposal will help veterans transition into the civilian workforce.
Recently, Rubio teamed up with U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., U.S. Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, and Mark Takano, D-Calif., to unveil the "Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act."
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration announced plans to make it easier for permanently disabled military veterans to have their federal student debt wiped away.
People with severe disabilities are eligible by law to have the government discharge their federal student loans, but the benefit has not been widely publicized. Working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Education will begin identifying eligible veterans who will receive an application for loan forgiveness. Disabled veterans must sign and return the application to complete the process.
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Veterans Association of America wants to know ...
What opportunities have been provided you for housing and or employment since leaving the military?
- Housing Vouchers from the your state or local municipality
- Employment leads that identify concrete job proposals.
- I haven't received much in the way of expedited assistance as expected.
- This process has become tiresome, time consuming and emotionally draining.
Click here to provide Veterans Association of America your answer.
We assess all answers with the utmost of care and consideration. Survey results revealed in next week's VAA Dispatch.
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'Food Stamps' Results
In the previous issues of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "Do you as a veteran rely on food stamps to help support your family?"
Here's how our readers responded:
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