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Vet News: SAIC to Support Veteran-Owned Businesses
The Veterans Corporation is working with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to assist Veteran-owned businesses in gaining access to the Federal marketplace. The Veterans Corporation will provide SAIC with access to information on Veteran-owned businesses offering products and services specific to SAIC’s customers’ requirements.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Twenty Years Later: Remembering Victims and Survivors of Beirut Bombing
"When we fight, we strongly believe in God, Corps and Country, but we fight for our buddies."
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Vet News: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Chooses PNC Bank to Automate Insurance Payment Processes for Veterans' Health Care
PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), is working with two federal agencies to automate the processing of health care insurance claim payments and associated data for Veterans receiving treatment for non-service- connected conditions in more than 1,100 Veterans’ medical facilities nationwide. PNC Bank has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Management Service to automate this process.
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Vet News: DoD Kicks Off National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Born with no hands and no legs, John Kemp wants to educate and inform people about what his life is like.
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Vet News: Scotland School for Veterans' Children Kicks Off $2.1 Million Capital Campaign
Led by General Barry McCaffrey of Desert Storm fame, the Foundation for Scotland School for Veterans’ Children today kicked off its $2.1 million capital campaign.
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Vet News: USO Honors Service Heroes During Gala Event
To the United Service Organizations, they are heroes -- the men and women of the armed forces who, among many attributes, characterize bravery, courage and selfless service to their country.
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Vet News: VA Increases Payments to Medal of Honor Recipients
Monthly federal payments to 136 living recipients of the Medal of Honor are rising 67 percent this month.
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Vet News: VA and Operation Hope Sign Cooperation Agreement
WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Operation Hope Inc. recently signed an agreement that will provide Veterans the needed tools in financial planning, both for individuals and small business owners.
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Vet News: Study: Gulf War Vets Have Higher Rate Of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
WASHINGTON, DC - In a large epidemiological study, researchers supported by both the VA and the Department of Defense have found preliminary evidence that Veterans who served in Desert Shield-Desert Storm are nearly twice as likely as their non-deployed counterparts to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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Vet News: VA Seeks Expansion of Benefits for Former POWs
WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the needs of service members who were prisoners of war during Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush has proposed legislation to Congress that would improve benefits for former POWs.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: World War II POW Receives Medals
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, September 21, 2003 -- A prisoner of war during World War II received a Purple Heart and a Prisoner of War Medal 58 years after being rescued by U.S. Army Gen. George Patton.
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Vet News: Attention Retirees: Junior ROTC Seeks Teachers
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, September 19, 2003 -- The Air Force needs more military retirees to take on teaching roles in high-school classrooms as the service expands its Junior ROTC program.
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Vet News: Veterans Advantage Nationwide Drive to Reward the Troops Accelerates
On September 11th 2003 in New York City's Grand Central Station, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued a challenge: Donate a million used cell phones to thank the troops.
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Vet News: Military Recruiting, Retention Picture Looks Good
Despite predictions to the contrary, Americans are continuing to volunteer for the military, and those already in service are re- enlisting at a vigorous rate.
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Vet News: Officials Discuss Plans to Rebalance Guard, Reserve, Active Forces
The days of the "weekend warrior" are gone, Thomas F. Hall, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, said here today.
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Vet News: Veterans Affairs Proposes Health System Overhaul
The Department of Veterans Affairs is asking an independent commission to review a plan devised to reshape the way the department handles Veterans’ health care.
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Vet News: U.S. House Committee Kills Bush Plan to Increase Veterans' Fees
The House Appropriations Committee voted Monday to kill a Bush administration plan that would have imposed new fees on some "lower-priority" Veterans who seek access to Veterans’ hospitals and clinics.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Senate Acknowledges Unjust Treatment of Former POWs
WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Senate action Thursday, July 17, to provide compensation to U.S. servicemen who were forced into slave labor by Japanese companies during World War II is a good first step in the appropriations process this year, according to Justice for Veterans, a national coalition of former POW slave laborers.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Rumsfeld, Myers Thank Employers of Guard and Reserve Members
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2003 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked about 20 of the nation’s top business leaders today for their support of employees serving in the National Guard and reserves.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Stamp to honor Korean War Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A photograph of the Korean War Memorial shrouded in heavy snow, reminiscent of the bitter winter fighting in Korea, is about to become a U.S. postage stamp honoring the war’s Veterans.Military & Veterans News
Vet News: Hometown Support for Operation Tribute to Freedom is "Extraordinary"
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 - More than 1,000 hometowns across the nation will join the Defense Department this Fourth of July in recognizing hometown heroes and honoring the men and women who have served in the war on terrorism.
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Vet News: VA Recovers Millions from Health Insurers For Treating Non Service-Connected Veterans
WASHINGTON – Empowered by Congress to seek reimbursement from third-party health insurers for the cost of medical care provided to unsured, non-service-connected Veterans, the VA now collects in excess of $100 million a month. In May, the VA received a record $123 million.
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Vet News: VA Improves Grave Marker Process
WASHINGTON (June 5, 2003) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revised its application form to make requesting a VA grave marker easier. The new form, Application For Standard Government Headstone or Marker (VA Form 40-1330), includes updated information about changes that expand eligibility for a government marker. The new form and instruction sheets also permit better communication between VA and Veterans’ families.
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Vet News: 'A Day in the Life of the Armed Forces' Exhibit Opens at Women's Memorial
An exhibit featuring photographs from the newly released book, "A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces," opened May 8 here at the Women’s Memorial.