Veterans Affairs

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Veteran Benefits: Outside Opportunities for Marines

The Pentagon’s current template for drawing down the size of the military calls for a reduction in the Marine Corps’ overall end strength. The recent widening of the Voluntary Enlisted …

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VA Budget Challenges A growing strain on VA expenditures and funding priorities

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As with all government agencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing an unknown number of tight – even declining – budgets, just as the number of veterans they …

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Saving Service Members’ Homes from Illegal Foreclosure How more than 15,000 service members and veterans were denied their rights as homeowners – and how to keep it from happening again

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In February 2011 – after multinational bank JPMorgan Chase publicly admitted it had either overcharged or processed illegal foreclosures on the home mortgages of 18 military families – Holly Petraeus …

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TRICARE: Today and Tomorrow

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When it was signed into law Dec. 23, 2011, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) fiscal year 2012 budget contained a provision that had never appeared in a military appropriation, despite …

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Honor Flight Movie Review

In this divisive day and age, what cause could possibly be so important as to unite a community and engender contributions of hundreds of thousands of dollars and volunteer hours? …

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Jerry Yellin

Book Review – The Resilient Warrior The Resilient Warrior, by Jerry Yellin and Dr. Sarina J. Grosswald; TotalRecall Publications; 142 pages

One of the biggest concerns facing U.S. military leaders today is suicide. Just one service branch, the Army, had 40 suspected suicides in July, the most recent month for which …

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High Ground

High Ground Movie Review

The jaw dropping scenery of the Himalayas may seem like an unlikely place to understand the hardships returning veterans face here at home, but the documentary High Ground (in theaters …

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Director Michael Brown

Interview with Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker Michael Brown: Director of High Ground

Filmmaker Michael Brown has had a long and distinguished career in adventure film making. Since founding Serac Adventure Films in 1992, Brown has directed critically acclaimed documentaries such as; Farther …

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Spanish-American War Memorial

Saving Hallowed Ground One Monument at a Time

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Have you even been driving through a small town or city somewhere in the United States and seen a small monument or marker honoring the military service of the town’s …

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25 Lucky Readers Will Win a Print Edition of The Book on VA Loans

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Between Sept. 6 and Sept. 21, twenty-five lucky winners will win a print copy of Chris Birk’s, The Book on VA Loans: An Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Home Loan …

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