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Military.com
A commission studying health care is just one vote shy of endorsing a privatized Department of Veterans Affairs, a gathering of veterans and VA employees in Tomah, Wisconsin, was told recently. The American Federation of Government Employees local that represents workers at the Tomah VA medical center organized the town hall meeting to warn that the "national VA system is under attack."
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Oswego County Today
Recently, New York state extended to all veterans who are members of the New York State retirement system the ability to purchase military service credit.
The new law will allow all honorably discharged veterans to buy back up to three years of their military service to credit their pensions for military service performed.
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Army Times
The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat. "As a woman in the United States Army, I think ... we are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I'm powerful, I am dedicated," Deshauna Barber said. "Gender does not limit us in the United States."
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USA Today
About 2.7 million veterans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, sometimes repeatedly. At least 970,000 have a recognized physical or psychological disability, and others have hidden scars. We're still at war, but this time the enemy is silence, and we can't win without your help.
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Military Times (tiered subscription model)
Two years after they received a proposal to expand online shopping at military exchanges to all honorably discharged veterans, Pentagon officials are still mulling over the idea.
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The Coalition to Save Our Military Shopping Benefits
Privatizing your commissary is once again being considered by Congress. Prices will increase. Stores may close. Thousands of military families may lose employment. And it puts the benefit at great risk. Please take 60 seconds and let your Senators know how important the commissary benefit is to you and your family, and ask for their support of the Inhofe-Mikulski amendment.
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Military Times (tiered subscription model)
Senate lawmakers want to radically overhaul how military housing stipends are awarded and end the practice of troops pocketing extra cash from the payouts.
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Boston Business Journal
A new Cambridge, Massachusetts, startup launched out of stealth mode with the mission of helping military veterans transition into collegiate sports. Athletes of Valor was founded by Alex Stone, a U.S. Marine Corps. veteran who previously worked as a product line manager and development manager of Maryland-based athletic apparel firm Under Armour. According to Athletes of Valor, two-thirds of military veterans played high school sports and 1 million veterans are transitioning out of the armed services over the next four years. The startup connects veterans and active-duty military men and women with college coaches and recruiters.
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Military.com
Dozens of veterans groups — large and small, nationally known and not-so-well known — are receiving more than $5 million in donations from presidential candidate Donald Trump. Spokesmen for the groups all said they are grateful for the money.
But one veterans' organization that picked up a $75,000 donation has a history of questionable fundraising and spending practices, with several charity watchdog groups panning it for how little it spends on veterans.
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Military Times (tiered subscription model)
In 1958, Frank Farmer was a young sailor on the USS Hooper Island, one of many deckhands who took part in an operation so secret, they couldn't talk about it for almost 40 years.
Afloat in the Pacific, the ship participated in Operation Hardtack I, a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted in the throes of the Cold War arms race with the Soviet Union. Farmer personally witnessed 18 of the explosions. The "Atomic Vets" installment of Retro Report, is a collaboration of Reveal News, from the Center for Investigative Reporting and The New York Times.
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The Huffington Post
Veteran and political activist Hal Donahue writes: Military and their families are different. Last month, I attended an American Veterans Committee event with the World Veterans Federation. Full disclosure, I am a senior advisor to AVC. Mr. Dan Viggo Bergtun, President of the federation, briefly addressed the gathering. President Viggo Bergtun’s remarks were a powerful reminder of what military veterans hold in common. "Nearly every military veteran sacrificed for a country, belief or cause." Veterans realize that it is not all about them and that they cannot do it all on their own.
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