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By Roy Phillips
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced that it has awarded $14.8 million in grants for adaptive sports in 2019. The funds were distributed to organizations that support adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and current service members who are disabled. More than 125 organizations and 11,000 veterans are expected to benefit from the grants. The grants were made primarily to veterans service organizations, municipalities, and community-based groups.
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Military Times
When you think of hearing aids, canes, knee pain, memory issues, and heart problems, you might envision a grandparent or elderly person. But these indicators of aging may also describe a military veteran in their late 30s or early 40s who served on numerous deployments, worked on a flight line, or parachuted from aircraft for a living.
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Show your pride as a Veteran and an American with these "Honor Their Sacrifice" shirts designed and printed in the USA. Add Personalization with your group name on most items to create an exciting, unified look in your organization. Deadline to order is November 21, 2019.
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Credit & Loan
I think all Americans can agree that veterans shouldn’t have to fight for a job once they’ve come home from the fight overseas. But, all too often, those who have sacrificed so much for America struggle to find a job worthy of their talents. As the President has said, “if you can save a life in Afghanistan, you can save a life in an ambulance. If you can oversee millions of dollars of assets in Iraq, you can help a business balance its books here at home.”
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Military.com
On Oct. 5, 2014, the President, bipartisan members of Congress, veteran leaders and hundreds of veterans dedicated the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C. Within eyeshot of the U.S. Capitol, the President and other speakers talked about the continuing cost of war for those who returned with visible and invisible injuries, most permanently changed, and our sacred obligations to them.
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Military Times
Two years ago, then Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin decided to add three health conditions to the list of diseases eligible for Agent Orange benefits, but White House officials challenged his authority and impeded enactment, according to internal documents obtained by a veteran through the Freedom of Information Act. Now tens of thousands of veterans are still waiting.
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U.S. News & World Report
Among the harshest critics of the military health system are surgeons who say their skills are eroding because they so rarely get to practice surgery.
As part of an ongoing investigation of military health care, U.S. News invited asked 140 U.S. Army surgeons to participate in a confidential survey.
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ATD
A main hurdle for veterans trying to transition into civilian jobs is explaining how their military skills and experience transfer to the workplace. What's more, the military and veteran community struggles with conveying to potential employers how that experience can help their business excel.
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Task & Purpose
Rusty Thomas knows the value of veteran employees. A vet himself, he recognizes the specific benefits that military experience lends to the civilian workforce. Today, through his work at Bayer, Rusty is using that knowledge to serve veteran and military employees and to educate the civilian workforce on the myriad benefits that these employees bring to the table.
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Military.com
Veteran-owned businesses are getting a lot of attention these days. But a subgroup of veteran entrepreneurs must contend with misaligned resources, a side effect of stereotypes in the general public about what it means to be a veteran. With six women veterans in office on Capitol Hill, efforts are finally being made to bring long-overdue women veteran issues to the forefront. The creation of the Servicewomen and Women Veterans Congressional Caucus and the launch of the House Veteran Affairs Committee's new Women Veterans Task Force are a start at bringing these issues into focus.
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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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