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Jennifer Anthony, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, writes: "'Of course you landed a good job. You were a Chief!'
'It's great to see your successful transition.'
'I knew you'd do well after you left the service.'
My transition from the Air Force looked successful. Yet, in the privacy of my commute, in the evenings at home or during my lunch break, it looked anything but. No one saw my uncontrollable sobbing, how unsure and alone I felt, or how scared I was of what was to come."
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HomeCare
The House of Representatives Veterans Affairs committee held a hearing on September 11 on H.R. 1527, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act, a bill to expand access to homecare for veterans and help keep them out of institutional settings.
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Military.com
More veterans are giving a thumbs up to how they are treated when seeking Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare, according to the annual "Our Care" survey released by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
And they are feeling positive so far about the new Mission Act, with its private-care options, which went into effect in June, it found.
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Veterans' Pulse:
How do you feel about the improvements in VA healthcare options?
Military Times
Exchanges on Army, Air Force and Navy installations are in the process of removing e-cigarettes and vaping products from their shelves and from concessionaires by Oct. 1, in light of recent deaths and illnesses associated with vaping.
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Military Times
Just based off their resumes and cover letters, veterans' military service is working against them when they apply for jobs in certain fields, a new study says.
The study — conducted by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and released Sept. 24 — found employers believe veterans are less suited for jobs that involve social-emotional skills and interacting with people than their nonveteran counterparts.
Veteran service organizations, like American Legion, however, take issue with the study, saying it promotes the stereotype of veterans as brooding malcontents.
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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.
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Military Times
Doctors have told Navy veteran Bobby Daniels that he may only have another two years before his terminal prostate cancer takes his life, so he was furious in June when Veterans Affairs officials announced a six-month delay in processing "blue water" Vietnam benefits cases.
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Military.com
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are gearing up for what will be the largest expansion of patrons to the military commissary system and exchanges in 65 years, making sure that shoppers will be able to get on base and find the shelves fully stocked.
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Military.com
The amount of money the Department of Veterans Affairs will give disabled veterans to make their homes accessible will soon be increasing.
The VA offers grants for certain disabled veterans to make an existing or new home accessible. There are basically two different grants: the Specially Adapted Housing Grant and the Special Housing Adaptation Grant.
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Military.com
A proposed change to the post-9/11 GI Bill could pave the way for thousands of veterans and active-duty troops to pass the benefit to a family member instead of using it themselves. The proposed bill, introduced by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would change the Defense Department's current transfer policy and block an upcoming plan to further reduce the number of troops who can transfer the benefit.
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