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Nation of Change
If you still follow the mainstream media, you're probably part of the 38% of registered voters who knew something about the op-ed Senator Tom Cotton, R-AR, published in the New York Times early in June, exhorting the president to use the Insurrection Act to "restore order to our streets." This was in response to what he called "anarchy" but others saw as peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. And yet that op-ed was actually less incendiary than an earlier tweet of Cotton's demanding "no quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters" or his Fox News call to send the 101st Airborne onto the streets of America.
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MilitaryBenefits.info
2020 VA Disability Rates saw 1.6% cost-of-living increase based on the COLA calculations. For a 50% disabled veteran with a spouse and one child who currently receives $1,026.36 per month, this amounts to about $16 more per month. Use the VA combined disability calculator or the charts to find your monthly or annual disability payments.
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CNBC
Military veterans, like many Americans, are struggling to find work as the coronavirus pandemic stretches on.
While vets' June unemployment rate is lower than the overall number, at 8.6% compared to 11.1% for the general population, it is still at more than double the number reported in March, the Military Times said.
The Labor Department survey was also conducted mid-month, before anystates paused or rolled back their openings due to a resurgence in cases.
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WVEC
Tens of thousands of military veterans may be falling through the cracks. They should be getting the VA benefits they earned, but, they aren't.
In all, more than 500,000 military veterans served their country, but for one reason or another, they received other-than-honorable discharges.
Besides those who were convicted in a general court-martial, went AWOL, or were conscientious objectors, the vast majority of vets with so-called "bad papers" are supposed to be entitled to benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Military.com
Since mid-June, the Tricare Dental Plan (TDP) started giving its policyholders an extra $300 to spend on dental care this year as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency.
Since many people were unable to receive necessary dental procedures as a result of social-distancing requirements and state medical office restrictions, the $300 increased coverage is designed "to compensate for the downtime when services weren't available," Tricare officials said in a release.
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Follow Us and Support Vets
Veterans Association of America strives to serve veterans that continue to struggle by assessing their economic condition through programs, diverse employment and becoming innovative leaders helping our coveted heroes.
Get what you need with these resources available to veterans and family members.
Victoria Advocate
July is Military Consumer Month, which is a perfect time to reflect on how the marketplace affects service members and their families. Last year, BBB released the Military Consumers and Marketplace Trust Report, which revealed military consumers report more scams and more money lost. With the arrival of COVID-19, BBB launched a report investigating employment scams, the riskiest scam two years in a row.
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Waging Nonviolence
It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Donald Trump's latest folly, an election 2020 rally where he was to parade his goods and pretend all was well with this country.
Our boots-on-the-ground coalition of two national antiwar veteran organizations — About Face and Veterans for Peace, or VFP — had thrown together a rather risky direct action event in coordination with the local activists who invited us.
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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 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.
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'Newsbrief Topics' Results
In the June 23 and June 30 issues of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "Is your disability rating where you'd like it to be or do you think your sustained injuries deserve more of a percentage reevaluation??"
Here's how veterans responded:
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