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1.    Pathfinders’ preparedness is tested by deadly IED blasts.  When they landed, Pathfinders with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bounded from the aircraft with their Afghan partners. They knelt and readied for the fight as the helicopter lifted. But when the brownout settled, they were met with desolation and an eerie silence. The soldiers had been dropped into a sophisticated and deadly trap.
 
2.    Iraq buys US drones to protect nation’s oil exports.  The United States has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq’s navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation’s oil exports amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf and to strengthen U.S.-Iraqi ties.
 
3.    Amid budget austerity, Reserve looks for new ways to maintain capabilities.  As combat winds down and the military faces a budget crunch, the Army’s reserve forces are looking for new kinds of deployment opportunities and cheaper ways to train.

4.    Police: Corning man stole & sold bronze Veteran’s Memorial Markers.  News 10NBC
… stole the seven markers from Houghey Funeral Home in Corning and later sold them to Swarthout’s Recycling as scrap. Swarthout’s Recycling have assisted in this investigation and all markers have been returned to The US Dept of Veteran’s Affairs.

5.    ‘We Pretend the Vets Don’t Exist’.  Newsweek  Pull up your local newspaper online and search “veteran suicide,” and you’re likely to come up with at least one link to a story. Based on data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, Mark Kaplan of Portland State University asserts that male …

6.    Disabled vet Sherman Barton battles for military contracts for business.  Philadelphia Inquirer  Those injuries earned Barton an honorable discharge and classification by the Department of Veterans Affairs as having “a 100 percent permanent and total service-connected disability.” It was a tough-to-take classification for the Edgewater Park …

7.    New Program Seeks to Place Unemployed Veterans in High-Demand Jobs.  Patch.com  The US Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Labor have partnered to offer the program, which is geared toward veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. The program provides benefits toward education costs for up to one year. The Veteran …

8.    SBA names Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year.  Norwalk Plus Magazine  By US Small Business Administration (SBA) Hartford, CT – The US Small Business Administration (SBA) announced its annual award winners for 2012. Michael Zacchea, Program Director of the University of Connecticut Entrepreneur Bootcamp for Veterans with …

9.    Appeals court blocks overhaul of VA mental health system.  American Medical News  Veterans groups are working on an appeal to the US Supreme Court after a federal appeals court halted a revamping of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ mental health system. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said May 7 that it does not have jurisdiction …

10. Veterans Disability Lawyer Urges Changes in VA Mental Health Care Delivery.  Law Firm Newswire  The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA ) announced in April that the agency needs about 1900 new positions, but Shinseki told the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee that the VA needs additional workers in mental health care beyond the 1900 already ..