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Military Times
Americans are less personally connected to military service than ever before. According to the Department of Defense, the number of young adults with parents who have served in the military has dropped from 40% in 1995 to 15% today, and less than 1% of the U.S. population currently serves in the armed forces, compared with more than 12% during World War II. One proven solution to build understanding and increase engagement is the creation of hands-on volunteer opportunities during which civilians can meet our military and first responders in person and learn what they do and what they experience.
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By Roy Phillips
 Federal law is found in the United States Code (USC). Title 4, Chapter 1 of the USC pertains to the United States flag. While the law specifies the manner in which the flag is to be treated, there is no official penalty. Furthermore, the Supreme Court has ruled that defacing the flag is a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment in two cases. These two cases did not strike down Title 4, Chapter 1, but they did rule against the constitutionality of local and state flag protection laws. Why is protecting the flag important?
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We Are the Mighty
There are a lot of choice for veterans to leverage their time in the military to get great financial services at a competitive cost. The fact that so many businesses and bank are geared towards veterans is a blessing but one institution stands out among the rest – and has for nearly a century.
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Military Times
After years of growth, the number of people using the Post-9/11 GI Bill has now fallen substantially for each of the past two fiscal years, federal data indicates.
About 54,000 fewer people used the GI Bill in fiscal 2018 – a 7% decline from fiscal 2017, which was itself down about 7% from fiscal 2016's GI Bill enrollment total, according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Veterans' Pulse:
Do you use the GI Bill? If so, why do you feel there is a decline in usage of the GI Bill by veterans?
ITPro Today
Workers with proven records in meeting deadlines for deliverables, collaborating successfully and working well under pressure are in great demand among IT departments and in tech companies. So to get an edge on finding and hiring the candidates that can rise to the demands of increasingly competitive markets, tech companies are building their own talent pipelines by tapping a proven workforce: military veterans who are leaving active duty service and re-entering the civilian workforce.
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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.
Task & Purpose
A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife indicates that a lot of small businesses may want to hire veterans, but only 1 in 10 have actively done so. Based on a survey of 1,000 small business owners, an overwhelming majority (roughly 80%) of small businesses say it would be good for business to hire veterans, but fewer than half (46%) reported hiring a veteran, and only 10% have intentionally recruited veterans. As far as why businesses want to hire veterans, on the whole they're seen as having more positive attributes: Disciplined; Punctual or Timely; Team Player; Loyal; and Hard Working.
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Military.com
A federal court has ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs wrongly denied reimbursements to veterans who received emergency medical care at non-VA facilities, a decision that could result in payouts to veterans totaling billions.
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Washington Examiner
Earlier this year, the Trump administration purged 270,000 pending Veteran's Affair applications that were the subject of multiple ongoing congressional committee and Government Accountability Office investigations.
Dr. Richard Stone, head of the Veteran's Health Administration, known as VHA, allegedly consented to the purge during a site visit to VA's national enrollment office in Atlanta, which manages the VHA enrollment system one week after the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, by a 28-year-old Marine Corps veteran.
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'PTSD Treatment' Results
In the Sept. 3 issue of VAA Dispatch, we asked, "What are your thoughts on prolonged exposure (PE) as a way of treating or minimizing the effects of PTSD?"
Here's how readers responded:
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