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TIME
A tweet from the U.S. Army asking veterans and soldiers to share how serving influenced their lives prompted an outpouring of grief and pain.
Veterans, service members and their family gave thousands of responses to a tweet from the Army account asking, "How has serving impacted you?"
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LGBTQ Nation
This Memorial Day, we wanted to take a look at photographer Devin Mitchell's mirror portraits of LGBTQ military veterans, which show the "double lives" they lead. Despite their uniforms, their reflections show their unique personalities, struggles and the difference between how others see them and how they see themselves.
Although it has been nearly a decade since the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," some lesbian, gay and bisexual military members stay closeted for personal safety reasons. Today, Trump's ban on trans soldiers affects an estimated 1,320 to 15,000 trans military members. Off the battlefield, many veterans live in states where you can still be fired for being an out queer person.
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Military Times Rebootcamp
With veteran unemployment rates at record lows, companies have more competition than ever for top vet talent. So what do companies need to do to attract, retain and support military-connected employees?
That will be the focus of the first Employing U.S. Vets Conference, which will include panels and wide-ranging discussions centering on the challenges employers face and effective tactics they can use when pursuing veteran employees.
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VAA Security Inc.
We're looking for all military personnel (Active, Retired, National Guard & Reserves, etc.) of all branches who seek an invaluable service in security that protect our clients best interest and uphold a safe environment to each of their locations. We provide great pay and flexible hours.
You may use your existing security license, and/or, if not, we will provide classroom training to obtain your 8-hour and 16-hour certifications for eventual approval of your license via state application for armed and unarmed security.
Apply Today! Send an email inquiry to rworks@vetsaa.org, or call 1-800-590-2173. All veterans MUST be registered with the VAA organization to obtain gainful employment.
VAA Security, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Veterans Association of America, Inc. that provides detailed training for security guards/officer openings throughout the continental US.
Click Here for further information and/or for membership enrollment.
| | THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION |
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Veterans Association of America wants to know ...
Has the VA Medical Facilities helped or hindered your road to recovery or alleviated any of your mental, physical or emotional traumas you've had?
- No, they have not. I'm still dealing with the same problems as before.
- Yes, they've made it easier for me to cope with my conditions.
- I'm not really sure how to assess their service. I guess it's debatable.
- It's too much "red tape" just trying to see a specialist when you need them most.
- I'd rather see a private outside physician or specialist that would focus specifically on me.
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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'VA Care for Vets' Results
In the previous issues of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "Does the VA actually take care of their veterans like they're supposed to?"
Here's how our readers responded:
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NRF
At face value, tariffs on imported goods from other countries might sound like a reasonable way to protect American businesses and jobs. The reality is quite the opposite: Tariffs are a tax paid by American companies and consumers — not by the foreign governments targeted by the tariffs.
The administration moved forward with plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent. This is bad news for nearly every sector of the American economy — retail, farming, manufacturing and technology, to name a few.
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Military Times
Advocates from six military and veterans organizations renewed their push for a key federal consumer agency to resume monitoring lenders to protect service members and their families from predatory practices.
Military and veteran groups are concerned about what amounts to "removing the sentries from the guard tower," said Mike Saunders, director of military and consumer policy for the nonprofit Veterans Education Success, during a press conference held in Washington.
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Yahoo Finance
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Desert Hope Treatment Center, an American Addiction Centers' facility and leading provider of substance use treatment services, is providing a lifeline to the countless veterans who suffer in silence with drug and/or alcohol addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions. Through its new Salute to Recovery program, Desert Hope offers a specialized curriculum focused on addressing the unique challenges veterans and first responders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, and helping them navigate the path to recovery.
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By Roy Phillips
 If you've deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, especially in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, you were probably prescribed mefloquine. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the drug, it is an anti-malarial with some odd and obvious side effects. The drug, a white pill, was to be ingested every Monday morning for the duration of the deployment, followed by a two-week-long daily dose of primaquine. Earlier this year, the VA established a committee to study the long-term effects of mefloquine toxicity.
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AMA
Medicare recently began paying for advance care planning conversations. Many physicians, however, may have a shortage of the training needed to excel with these encounters, which involve exploring a patient's end-of-life health values, discussing relevant treatment options and then developing a plan and communicating it to loved ones and care teams. Physician experts recommend ways to incorporate this essential component of end-of-life care into standard practice.
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Military Times Rebootcamp
Long-serving troops and reservists have a little less than two months remaining to transfer their Post 9-/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouse or children before a new restriction kicks in on July 12.
While soldiers still must serve for six years before being allowed to request a GI Bill transfer, they will no longer have the opportunity to do so after they have served longer than 16 years.
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