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Vet News: National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE)

In a groundbreaking on June 5, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a national leader in supporting the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and their families, will launch an important new effort to serve our military community. The Fund will design and build the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), an advanced facility dedicated to research, diagnosis and treatment of military personnel and Veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health issues.

Vet News: Miss Utah Credits Military Service With Her Civilian Success

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2008 – As the reigning Miss Utah and as a combat medic who has deployed to Afghanistan with her National Guard unit, Sgt. Jill Stevens said her experiences as a soldier have helped her in her civilian life.

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Vet News: President's Proclamation Honors Troops' Spouses

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2008 – Military spouses embody the courage, nobility of duty, and love of country that inspire every American. On Military Spouse Day, we pay tribute to the husbands and wives who support their spouses in America’s Armed Forces during times of war and peace.

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Vet News: Raytheon Sarcos Exoskeleton Robotic Suit Linked to Iron Man Superhero

Known as an "Exoskeleton," it is essentially a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance, and agility. In its May issue, Popular Science magazine likens the Exoskeleton to the "Iron Man"® in the movie of the same name and suggests a blurring of the lines between science fiction and reality.

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Vet News: Rolling Thunder's 21st Anniversary Memorial Day Demonstration To Include Families of Iraq War POWs/MIAs

Rolling Thunder Inc. will hold its 21st annual Memorial Day weekend demonstration May 23-25, 2008, in Washington, D.C., in support of POW/MIA and Veterans’ issues.

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Vet News: TRICARE Offers Choices for Maternity Care, Family Health Care

In planning for maternity care, military families have a choice between TRICARE Standard or enrolling in TRICARE Prime. Beneficiaries whose first prenatal visit occurs on or after Dec. 28 will have more health care choices with TRICARE.

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Vet News: Tuskegee Airmen Honored with Historic Site in Alabama

Lt. Col. John Mulzac (pictured right) stood on the asphalt at Moton Field — the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country’s first black military pilots — and wept.

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Vet News: Navy Seal, Medal of Honor Recipient, to be Inducted Into the Hall of Heroes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Medal of Honor awarded for combat in Afghanistan will be presented Monday, October 22, to the family of a Navy SEAL from Long Island, N.Y, who gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team.

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is accompanied by MTV News Correspondent Sway Calloway as she arrives for a taping of "Choose or Lose" where she met with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans at Lancaster Brewing Company in Lancaster, Pa., Tuesday, March 18, 2008.

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Vet News: Hillary Clinton Sits Down With Young War Veterans

Hillary Rodham Clinton told a group of young Veterans Tuesday that one lesson of the Iraq War is not to commit troops "unless you are prepared to go all the way and are prepared to be successful."

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Vet News: Sears Holiday Fundraiser to Grant Wishes for Military Families

Dec 3, 2008 -- Rebuilding Together is pleased to once again join Sears in supporting America’s military veterans and families. Sears customers will be able to turn their shopping into dreams come true for military families and veterans. The retailer recently launched an in- store and online fundraising effort to benefit Heroes at Home(SM), a charitable program created in association with the nation’s leading non-profit home rehabilitation organization, Rebuilding Together. Through Heroes at Home, the retailer seeks to improve the lives of military families and veterans in need across America by making necessary repairs, improvements or modifications to their homes.

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Vet News: U.S. Military Says 2,000 Troops Leaving Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some 2,000 U.S. soldiers are being withdrawn from Baghdad as part of a planned reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

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Vet News: Nicholson Praises SBA’s Patriot Express Loans

WASHINGTON -- With nearly a quarter of newly discharged Veterans considering starting their own businesses, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson praised a new Small Business Administration venture to make business ownership easier for all Veterans.

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Vet News: 'Bear Hug a U.S. Soldier' to Ship 300,000 Teddy Bears Overseas; Estero Couple Created Organization to Show Support for Those Serving

Next Memorial Day 300,000 red, white and blue teddy bears will be delivered into the arms of men and women serving or having served in the U.S. Armed Forces, thanks in part to the efforts of David Hamblett and his wife P.J.

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Vet News: Last Marine in Iwo Jima Photo Dies at 82

Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.

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Vet News: Army Blocks Soldier From Bringing Puppy Back

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind.

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Vet News: Servicemembers Encouraged to Invest in Thrift Savings Plan

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- A money savvy servicemember serving in Iraq did not wait to get back home to buy a shiny new car with his $30,000 military re-enlistment bonus. Instead, he invested all of it into the Thrift Savings Plan.

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Vet News: Stephen Colbert Presents $171,525 to the 'Yellow Ribbon Fund' Charity on 'The Colbert Report' for the Sales Generated by his WristStrong Bracelets

$171,525 is a lot of money for a joke to raise.

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Vet News: World War I Veteran Louis de Cazenave Died Sunday at age 110..leaving just one Known French Survivor of the 1914-1918 Conflict

De Cazenave, who took part in the Battle of the Somme, died in his home in Brioude in central France, said his son, also named Louis de Cazenave.

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Vet News: Vets Cleared to Sue U.S. over PTSD Claims

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 (OneWorld) - A federal court in San Francisco has cleared the way for a major national class action lawsuit on behalf of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Vet News: Face of Defense: Soldier Follows in Father’s, Grandfather’s Footsteps

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2008 – When Christopher J. Forit Jr. decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather more than two years ago, he started a voyage that would lead him halfway around the world.

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Vet News: Petraeus Not Interested in Presidency

WASHINGTON - President Bush’s top Iraq war commander said Sunday that as far as he knows, his command performances now and in the future will be strictly military, not political.

Some 500 American soldiers watched an all-star USO cast perform under a steady snowstorm at a U.S. base in Kabul late Thursday.

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Vet News: Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong on Holiday USO Tour

KABUL, Afghanistan - Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong took a swipe at the French, Kid Rock strummed "Sweet Home Alabama," comedian Lewis Black grumbled about the falling snow, and Miss USA told the troops to keep "kicking butt."

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Vet News: Combat Veterans Connect With America Through 'Why We Serve' Program

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2007 – Wrapping up three months of speaking engagements around the country, recently returned combat Veterans said Americans long to hear firsthand accounts about duty on the front lines without media filters.

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Vet News: Peake Sworn in As VA Secretary

WASHINGTON – In a ceremony today Dr. James B. Peake, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and former Army Surgeon General, was sworn in by President George W. Bush as the nation’s sixth Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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