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HonorAir Honors World War II Veterans With Flights to Washington, D.C.

Most of the American soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors who returned from World War II never got a tickertape parade. Many were met by family at a port, bus depot, …

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Caring for Aging Veterans Longer Lives Mean Increasing Demand for Health Care

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Since modern man first appeared in the archaeological record, life expectancy (at birth) has slowly increased, from only the mid-20s for early man to today’s global average high of about …

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Post 9/11 GI Bill

The G.I. Bill 2.0: New and Improved

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On June 30 of this past summer, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, more commonly known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill, turned three years old. Benefits under the new law …

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John Rowan to Serve Fourth Term As National President of Vietnam Veterans of America

Press Release
August 22, 2011
No. 11-24

(Washington, D.C.) – John Rowan was reelected August 20 to a fourth term as National President of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) at …

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Canyon Lake, which is 50 miles north of San Antonio, Texas, is not far from two of Texas' largest military installations: Fort Sam Houston/Joint Base San Antonio, and Randolph Air Force Base, headquarters of the Air Education Training Command and the 12th Flying Training Wing. USACE photo

Lakeside Living After Service Across the Sun Belt, many military retirees are settling on and around lakes created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

When Arnie Habig, a native New Yorker, tells you how he ended up in Arkansas, he makes it sound as if it were an accident – but you can tell …

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Veterans Cory Pollard, left, Colin Archipley, center, and veteran and farmer Robert Cogill harvest basil in a greenhouse at Archi's Acres, an organic farm in Valley Center, Calif. Archipley and his wife, Karen, own the farm where they conduct a training program for veterans and active-duty service members, Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training (VSAT). Photo courtesy of Archi's Acres

Back to the Land

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For Colin and Karen Archipley, the three-acre plot they purchased in the hills north of San Diego was a compromise: Karen wanted to return to the Italian homeland of her …

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U.S. Air Force veteran Brianna Brown, of Baggs, Wyo., and Veterans Affairs (VA) registered nurse April Branstetter participate in a video conference between the Craig Colorado TeleHealth Clinic and representatives at the VA Denver Regional Office. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs photo

TeleBenefits: Making a Connection

It’s only about 100 miles, as the crow flies, between the city of Denver and the town of Craig, Colo. – but in the winter, with several high mountain passes …

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Capt. Sam Brown hugs his wife, Capt. Amy Brown, after arriving in Baghdad Dec. 28, 2009, to take part in Operation Proper Exit. Sam Brown suffered full-thickness burns to 30 percent of his body in Kandahar, Afghanistan, but has returned to Iraq to tell his story to service members and help find closure. Lee Craker, Multi-National Corps-Iraq Public Affairs Office photo

Healing the Wounds of War: Operation Proper Exit

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It has long been a tradition for soldiers and Marines to return to old battlefields, to honor the fallen and perhaps see how the place has changed or come to …

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Robert Bailey, a veterans benefits coordinator for the Biloxi Veterans Hospital, briefs active duty sailors and retirees on the new Post 9/11 GI Bill at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport. The new GI Bill took effect Aug 1, 2009. Service members may be eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill if they served at least 90 consecutive days on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001, and were honorably discharged. U.S. Navy photo By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terry Spain

Housing Allowance Adjustments Under the New Post-9/11 G.I. Bill

The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act, more commonly known as the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill 2.0 or “Fix Bill,” was passed in December 2010 to make needed adjustments to the …

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danielle Struss, a medical laboratory technician with the 28th Medical Support Squadron, examines a medical sample at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Jan. 5, 2011. The knowledge and skills learned in the military may be accepted as credit hours at many degree-granting schools. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kasey Close

Earning College Credit for Service Your military service is probably already worth many credit hours – and thousands of dollars – toward a college degree.

Years ago, when he completed his service to the U.S. Marine Corps, Jim Selbe was convinced a college education was out of reach. “I was under the impression it was …

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