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Military Times
A military softball tournament at the All-Star Game. Veteran tributes. Surprise military family reunions. Camouflage uniforms. Checks to charities.
At face value, Major League Baseball loves veterans and military families. The league appears to check the right boxes, until you dig deeper, which is what I did as one of the few post-9/11 veterans employed in MLB.
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Task & Purpose
Maura Sullivan was a Marine captain in Iraq.
With a Sept. 11 primary fast approaching, two female congressional candidates are defending their military service after they were criticized for using the word "combat" in their political campaigns.
Rochester City Attorney and 1st District Democratic candidate Terence O’Rourke of Alton, Maine, lit the first fuse after accusing primary rival Maura Sullivan of Portsmouth of lying to inflate her service record as a Marine captain in Iraq.
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The Wall Street Journal
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate a former operations officer who played a critical role in the 2011 raid targeting Osama bin Laden to head of the U.S. Special Operations Command as part of a series of military promotions in coming months, according to U.S. officials.
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U.S. News & World Report
One-third of U.S. military veterans who own firearms keeps at least one of their guns unlocked and loaded with ammunition – a storage practice widely viewed as unsafe.
Researchers studied 3,949 people, of whom, 561 were veterans who owned guns. Approximately 33.3 percent of gun owners who were veterans stored at least one of their guns loaded and unlocked. About 22.5 percent stored all of their firearms unloaded and locked. Sixty-six percent stored at least one of their guns unlocked and 46.7 percent stored at least one gun loaded, according to the survey.
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Four month average turn around with the VA’s Pension with Aid and Attendance
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Task and Purpose
There are plenty of routes to go once you leave the military. For many, it means going back to school. For some, it means stepping straight into industry. Manufacturing is often an attractive sector for veterans for a number of reasons. For one, jobs in this category can offer you the satisfaction of creating something, or being in charge of people who are creating things. Secondly, you generally don't need to go back to school for those type of jobs. And, it's a sector that includes a number of union positions, which come with benefits.
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Military.com
If your business or organization has employment vacancies to fill, learn how you can hire veterans who are exiting homelessness by visiting the VA Homeless Veterans website. Visit www.va.gov/homeless to learn about employment support and other programs for veterans exiting homelessness.
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Military Times
In 2013, combat veteran Adam Gonzales found himself in anguish every morning as he sat in his truck in the parking lot before work.
"I am now a slave here in America," Gonzalez, now 38, remembers thinking about that slightly more-than-minimum-wage job in Chicago.
But in that struggle, Gonzalez found inspiration to help his fellow vets.
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WRAL
The Department of Veterans Affairs wrongly denied hundreds of benefits claims in recent years, potentially leaving thousands of former servicemembers who were sexually assaulted while in the military without necessary care, a government watchdog found. The Veterans Benefits Administration processes around 12,000 claims per year for vets who claim to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder due to "military sexual trauma."
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By Lisa Mulcahy
 Your staff is in the middle of a huge project — and stress levels are rising. A small misunderstanding between two team members can lead to a mistake that the whole group then needs to pitch in and take care of — and if you're not careful, resentment and disagreement can fester and make everyone less than productive. Need to step in? Use these proven tips to restore harmony and get everyone back to doing their best work.
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Safety + Health Magazine
Members of the military may face an increased risk of developing skin cancer, according to a recent study from the American Academy of Dermatology. Researchers analyzed nine published studies covering cases of melanoma – the most serious form of skin cancer – and non-melanoma among active and veteran military personnel.
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Task & Purpose
Conventional wisdom about being a veteran in school focuses on benefits or jokes about being an older student. And most of it holds up, no matter the kind of program, whether you're a first-time, first-generation college student, or getting a Ph.D. But here's what nobody tells you.
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Do you see a changes in assistance being provided under the Trump Administration?
- I have been provided more assistance than before for employment.
- No, I think the system is the same with a lot of talk.
- I'm not really sure what's changed other than the transfer of Administrations.
- I'm on the fence when it comes to assistance being provided.
- I think it's tough to say as it depends on what services are being provided.
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We assess all answers with the utmost of care and consideration. Survey results revealed in next week's VAA Dispatch.
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