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Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – April 23, 2013

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Lead public affairs specialist for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office Capt. Ron Freeman turns on the computer monitor in his Heidelberg, Germany home and sits anxiously re-reading his resume one last time before his video conference call begins with a federal agency in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

April 23rd, 2013 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

New Automation Process Cuts Post-9/11 GI Bill Claims Processing Times by More Than Half

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As part of its ongoing transformation from paper-based to electronic claims processing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has continued to improve the automated payment of benefits for Veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill education program.

March 13th, 2013 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – January 04, 2013

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VA has a program that can help Veterans successfully lose weight and change their lives. It’s called MOVE! Find out how it can help you lose weight and keep it off.

January 4th, 2013 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools

Hayleigh Perez with her daughter, Calleigh, says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized.(Photo: Jose Perez, AP)

In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life.

January 3rd, 2013 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

VA Registers “GI Bill” as a Trademark

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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that GI Bill is now a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and VA is the sole owner of the mark.

December 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Home But Not a Resident: Some Student Veterans Fighting to Stay on GI Bill

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Some 250,000 student veterans are being forced to pay $10,000 for tuition each academic year because many colleges are misclassifying the residency status of those veterans — often for the schools’ own financial gain — according to a student veterans organization.

October 24th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Vet News | Read More »

Unemployed Vets Requesting Retraining Program to Enhance Job Skills

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved more than 36,000 applications for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), a new training and education program for unemployed Veterans to upgrade their skills for in-demand jobs.

August 28th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Post-9/11 GI Bill Celebrates Start of Fourth Year

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August marks the third anniversary of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and since it was implemented Aug. 1, 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs has provided educational benefits to 773,000 Veterans and their family members.

August 10th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

States’ Attorneys General Action A Victory for Veterans and the GI Bill

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Officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs applauded a decision by the attorneys general of several states to give VA the rights to use the GIBill.Com website, after the website’s original owners QuinStreet Inc. agreed to give up the internet site to settle a lawsuit by the states.

June 28th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – June 25, 2012

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Just a reminder, pre-registration for VA’s Veteran Hiring Fair in Detroit on June 26-28 closes at midnight tonight. 22,000 jobs will be available nationwide at this event.

June 25th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News June 14, 2012

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On Tuesday, New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver “and Assemblywoman Addie Russell…announced the passage of legislation requiring the Division of Veteran’s Affairs to develop a program that will assist New York’s men and women veterans who are suffering from military sexual trauma (MST).

June 14th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

VFW Supports Expanding Service Members’ Housing Protections

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Yesterday afternoon the VFW joined Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., at the U.S. Capitol, where Reed formally introduced the Servicemember Housing Protection Act, S. 3179, alongside Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as well as Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and leading veterans’ advocates.

May 29th, 2012 | Posted in Education,Vet News | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News April 09, 2012

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Many websites offer information on Veterans education benefits and the GI Bill, but only VA offers detailed and accurate information on the benefits you’ve earned. Learn more at VAntage Point.

April 9th, 2012 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Debt-To-Income Ratio: Does it Make Any Difference to VA Loans?

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VA loan was officially introduced through the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) on June 22, 1944.

April 3rd, 2012 | Posted in VA Home Loans,Vet News | Read More »

Former Navy Doctor spearheading “Remote Medicine Initiative” to Pakistan

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Let me introduce you to Dr. Gary Levin. Dr. Levin was in the US Navy from 1969 to 1971 serving as a general medical officer. He was in an amphibious group, and served on the USS Jeneau, LPD 10.

March 16th, 2012 | Posted in Support the Troops,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

VA Takes Action to Address Post-9/11 GI Bill Concerns

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Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was enacted in 2008, VA has issued approximately $17.24 billion in benefit payments to 702,576 individuals and their educational institutions.

March 9th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Veterans Can Use G.I. Bill Benefits for Post-Secondary Education Programs

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Thanks to the expanded Post 9/11 G. I. Bill, many veterans are opting to return to school. With more than 1,000 approved post-secondary educational programs, Virginia has a lot to offer veterans.

February 24th, 2012 | Posted in Benefits,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Google+ Plus and the “L-Shaped” Ambush

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I was invited to attend a symposium at the US Naval War College in Newport, RI last summer to learn something about how our Navy deals with terrorist threats to our fleets worldwide.

February 14th, 2012 | Posted in Opinion Maker,World | Read More »

Connecting the Military Dots

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She walked onto the campus of the West LA Veterans Hospital in her Anne Taylor outfit and instantly could feel her throat tighten. “You OK Ma’am?” said one of the VA tour guides, a young male half her age.

January 20th, 2012 | Posted in Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations | Read More »

CIA – DOD – Panetta and the Hidden Truth

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Former CIA Director Panetta condemns Marines peeing on dead Taliban with “utterly deplorable” comment. Ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black? .

January 16th, 2012 | Posted in Military | Read More »

Pissed off Marines

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As many of you already know, I volunteer at the “National Veterans Hotline” a few nights per month. The hotline website can be found at www.Veterans911.com Last night, I was on duty for close to four hours and during that time I talked to over twenty callers.

January 13th, 2012 | Posted in Of Interest,Vet News | Read More »

New Online Group for Out of Work Veterans

Americans just want to work but Washington has allowed corporations to send jobs overseas.

I was sent an email by a veteran who had lost his job last summer, and has been searching hard for a place to find work.

January 5th, 2012 | Posted in Economy,Jobs & Careers | Read More »

Sons of the Fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan

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I seldom get moved about a movie, or a cause, beyond the confines of my own home, where I take time for my own kids every day, day after day, week after week.

January 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Editor,Heroes,Military | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – December 29, 2011

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VA’s GI Bill page can help you apply for education benefits, answer frequently asked questions, and even help you decide on the best school that suits your needs. Also, keep up to date with the Post-9/11 GI Bill Facebook page.

December 29th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Homeless Veterans, Cable TV and the FBI

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Once upon a time, I ran the largest shelter for Homeless Veterans in the USA, located in Boston Massachusetts. Here is a story that I remember with a smile:

December 28th, 2011 | Posted in Education,Humor,Living,Of Interest | Read More »

Homeless Veterans need to Stand Up – Not Stand Down

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Almost 20 years ago I met a combat Vietnam Veteran named Robert Van Keuren and his partner in crime Dr. Jon Nachison both advocates like me doing work for homeless veterans in San Diego.

December 19th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Syrian Dissidents Reach Out. Yes, Assad is Killing Children

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“Yes, Children are being Killed the dissidents say”   NOTICE:  GRAPHIC VIDEOS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS STORY.    by Ken Smith   I admitted upfront in an earlier post that I know even less than you do (the reader), about the twisted and fragmented history of Israel and it’s interactions with Arab and non-Arab neighbors in the middle east especially [...]

December 15th, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Middle East,Syria | Read More »

Prosthetic’s for Peace. The costs of Land Mines and War.

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A friend of mine called and said: We should try to find ways to advance ourselves with our allies and even our perceived enemies by sharing our knowledge of prosthetics.

December 12th, 2011 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Veterans Support Organization

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I was searching the internet the other day and came across a story online about a group collecting money for homeless Veterans outside a shopping center.

December 9th, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Regional,Top 10,VA Home Loans,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

“Occupy HUD” Movement Gains Traction

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Forget about Occupy Wall Street. My readers and other Veteran Advocates nationwide say “Occupy HUD” and ask How many Iraqi or Afghanistan Combat Wounded Veterans Live in HUD Subsidized or Disability Housing?

December 1st, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editor,Government,Legislation,Politics,Veteran Service Organizations,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

 

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