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VICE News
A prominent U.S. veterans organization is making a Hail Mary plea to President Barack Obama in hopes that he'll help thousands of vets before he leaves office and Donald Trump takes over. The Vietnam Veterans of America is asking Obama to issue pardons to post-9/11 veterans who left the military with what's known as "bad paper," discharge records reflecting anything from criminal violations to diagnoses of mental disorders. Bad paper can affect a veteran's ability to take advantage of military benefits like disability, housing, and money for education.
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U.S. Department of Defense
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, Navy Adm. John M. Richardson, chief of naval operations, paid tribute to World War II veterans and the men and women who serve around the globe today. "I am inspired by the brave sailors who gave their lives on [the battleship USS] Arizona, by the heroes that fought in the Pacific and witnessed the peace treaty signed on [the battleship USS] Missouri, and by all those who raise their right hand and take an oath to serve our country."
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VentureBeat
I'm always on the lookout for companies doing amazing things that have a beneficial impact on others, and Shift.org appears to be one of them. The company launched with an honorable mission: to help people successfully transition from their military careers to a civilian one. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty since September 2001 was 5.8 percent in 2015. One of the issues plaguing the men and women who have placed their lives on the line to defend our country is having an inability to convert the skills they've learned in the armed forces into something similar in the workplace.
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Military.com
Tom couldn't sleep.
After six years in the U.S. Navy, he found himself in the civilian world unable to readjust from his time on a ship, when a commanding officer would often wake up the sailors every few hours.
He tried prescription sleep aids, but nothing really worked until he smoked some weed, reported The Times-Call. "I tried it very sparingly and slept the whole night for the first time in like months," Tom said.
For members of the U.S. military, admitting to using marijuana could result in an investigation and in most cases, punishment or separation from the military. Because of this, many of the veterans who use marijuana chose not to reveal their last names to the Times-Call for this story.
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Military Times
Need medical attention? You might be able to do some grocery shopping while you're there, if the Navy's planned test of putting medical clinics in some commissaries is successful.
The test, which will take place in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, is in the planning phase. The clinics will be run by Navy corpsmen, said Vice Adm. Forrest Faison III, the Navy surgeon general, during a Dec. 1 session at the conference of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, held just outside Washington, D.C.
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Military Times
Service members demobilizing after World War II returned to civilian life and accomplished great things for our nation, their contributions now well known thanks in large part to journalist Tom Brokaw's 1998 book "The Greatest Generation."
The GI Bill adopted after World War II greatly expanded veterans' access to higher education. They enrolled in massive numbers, and colleges and universities found that student veterans' resiliency and aspirations more than compensated for their years away from the classroom, thus making education paramount in creating "the greatest generation."
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KBTX-TV
Several different colleges at Texas A&M are collaborating to help veterans cope with post-traumatic stress, and they plan to use technology to address the issue.
Cpl. Dan Murany, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), continues to carry his military experience with him, as he lives with post-traumatic stress disorder.
"I was in Afghanistan for seven months in 2010 and lost a couple of friends," said Cpl. Murany. "Sometimes, it gets to be too much. I'll just shut down."
A&M researchers are working to help veterans like Murany to better manage the disorder. The team has created an app that can pair with wearable technologies like heart rate monitors or fitness trackers.
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New America
While veteran unemployment has improved recently, and is now down to single digits, military spouse unemployment continues to hover near 20 percent (about four times the general unemployment rate). The cost to military families is significant because they cannot reliably depend on a second income, nor expect the spouse to earn what they would in civilian life. When policymakers debate cuts to military compensation and benefits this reality should be a key consideration.
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Boston University Medical Center via ScienceDaily
Veterans with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder who participated in in Tai Chi not only would recommend it to a friend, but also found the ancient Chinese tradition helped with their symptoms including managing intrusive thoughts, difficulties with concentration and physiological arousal.
The findings, which appear in the journal BMJ Open, are the first to examine feasibility, qualitative feedback and satisfaction associated with Tai Chi for this population.
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