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Military Times
Plans are progressing to extend online military exchange shopping privileges to all honorably discharged veterans, Military Times has learned.
The Defense Department's Executive Resale Board voted unanimously Aug. 9 to recommend the policy change, sources said. Extended shopping privileges would apply only to the exchange system's online stores — not brick-and-mortar facilities located on military installations.
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Four month average turn around with the VA’s Pension with Aid and Attendance
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Military Times (tiered subscription model)
The creation of community-based, grass-roots programs focused on the psychological health of combat veterans has picked up considerably over the past decade. Funded by individuals, small businesses and corporations through donations of money, goods and services — and time — these organizations develop and provide cutting-edge services to those most in need. One particularly successful example is Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness.
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Please provide your unique response as we take each them very seriously..
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Stars and Stripes
The Defense Department's Executive Resale Board voted unanimously to recommend that military exchange services open online discount shopping to 19 million honorably discharged veterans starting in late 2017. The plan to extend shopping discounts to most American veterans has two purposes. One is to reward them for their service with product savings that, on average, should be 20 percent over commercial department stores, with military exemption from state and local sales tax part of the discount.
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By Mark Schremmer, Land Line
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a pilot program that would allow some military veterans between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce.
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act called for the pilot program, which would last three years and allow military veterans younger than 21 years old to drive a commercial motor vehicle across state lines if they received specified heavy-vehicle training while in the military and are sponsored by a participating motor carrier.
The notice about the veteran pilot program is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Aug. 22.
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Military Times
Veterans reform and military personnel issues are set to take center stage in the presidential election as candidates prepare for the final months of their marathon campaigns.
Recently, officials from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America announced plans for a Sept. 7 town hall forum with both Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump on "national security, military affairs and veterans issues."
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The Huffington Post
Veteran homelessness has dropped nearly in half since 2010, thanks to partnerships and programming, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD provides rental assistance to homeless veterans and the VA complements it with case management and clinical services. Since 2010, more than 360,000 veterans and their families have been permanently housed, rapidly rehoused or spared from becoming homeless.
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KXRM-TV
A Colorado Springs, Colorado, business started by a military veteran is putting former military men and women to work across the nation.
Sara Kinney graduated from the Air Force in 2002, planning for a career in the military until a head injury sidelined her goals. As a means to help other veterans transition into civilian life, Kinney started Rim Technologies — a company designed to help military veterans connect to jobs.
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Military Times
Across the nation, Americans are uniting in community to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. Why, you ask? This initiative is the main focus of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, a national 50th anniversary commemoration authorized by Congress, established under the secretary of defense, and launched by the president in May 2012.
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Brookings
The United States has the best military in the world today, by far. U.S. forces have few, if any, weaknesses, and in many areas — from naval warfare to precision — strike capabilities to airpower to intelligence and reconnaissance to special operations — they play in a totally different league from the militaries of other countries. Nor is this situation likely to change anytime soon, as U.S. defense spending is almost three times as large as that of the United States' closest competitor, China, and accounts for about one-third of all global military expenditures—with another third coming from U.S. allies and partners.
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