Tag: Veterans

Marshall “Doc” Leary, a chaplain with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1634, used picture day Monday at Skyview High School to help the football team get the big picture on struggle of veterans returning home following combat.

One of the first contractors hired for the construction of Syracuse University’s planned National Veterans Resource Complex is a former United States Marine.

A group of Army Rangers will be racing in the IRONMAN competition in Louisville to bring awareness to veteran’s issues.

An estimated 32,000 veterans in Thurston County now have a local one-stop shop for crucial services that can raise their quality of life.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain told veterans groups this week that he’ll oppose controversial plans to limit federal hiring preferences for individuals with military experience, an advantage advocates argue is critical in helping them find employment.

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A lot of guys, especially veterans, they've got that pride, where they don't say 'hey, I need a little help. I need a little guidance,'" Army veteran Sean Smith said.

On Monday, Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island) held a joint press conference at the Staten Island Marine Corps League in Sunnyside with Councilman Steven Matteo (R–Mid-Island) and Councilwoman Debi Rose (D–North Shore) to announce that legislation,

Ten years ago, Blake Hall was nearly blown up at work. A platoon leader in the Army Rangers, Hall was in charge of a reconnaissance unit stationed in Mosul, Iraq.

Veterans coming back from conflict often struggle with the transition to civilian life. They have higher rates of depression and suicide, and they’re more likely to be unemployed.

Stereotypes about Armed Forces veterans as potentially “mad, bad and sad” are driving an unspoken discrimination against former servicemen and women in the civilian jobs market, according to the Royal British Legion.

A projected 604,000 US veterans will not have health insurance in 2017, according to a new report.

The Butler County Veterans Service Commission approved a $2.2 million 2017 budget on Wednesday that represents a 15 percent increase over this year.

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Army Cpl. Tyler Wilson was 20 years old when he was hit in a firefight in Afghanistan and paralyzed from the waist down.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is billing veterans who were incarcerated at any time since 2008 for benefits they received – but shouldn’t have – while in prison, a VA official said Tuesday.

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The 100th chair was donated to Twin Falls-based nonprofit Outdoor Salute to Veterans during a ceremony Saturday at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center in Fort Hall.

Thousands of people showed their support and patriotism on Saturday while attending a benefit for veterans in Wadsworth.

The Veterans Crisis Line is a toll-free, confidential resource that connects veterans in crisis and their families with qualified caring U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs responders.

Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Jacob Zimmerman researched the idea of establishing a special court for veterans when he joined the office three years ago.

It was one of her husband's dying wishes that she work to help veterans, Melissa Jarboe said. In the last hours of his life she promised to honor that wish.

Veterans struggling with homeless and underemployment in Kalamazoo County will be lent a helping hand this week.

Marine Sgt. Tim Wynn was home from Iraq less than three days when he wound up in handcuffs, arrested for aggravated assault at a bar in his native Philadelphia.

An East Tennessee organization dedicated to help veterans held its 5th Annual Skeet and Trap Shoot competition in Oak Ridge.

MILLIONS of pounds of public cash designated to help war veterans has disappeared into unknown charities.

As Green Hill Cemetery completes the first two phases of its new veterans memorial, the organization is now reaching out to the community for help in completing the third phase of the project.

Two senior enlisted advisers made a passionate pitch for the idea of expanding exchange online shopping privileges to all honorably discharged veterans which would be a way to bring in more money for shrinking morale, welfare and recreation programs.

The Town of Huntington held its first Veterans Services Day last week to help veterans learn about and take advantages of services available to them.

They are the ones putting their lives on the line and going overseas to protect our nation’s freedom, but when they return home, their lives are forever changed.

Serving a cause higher than yourself is a goal that author and Navy veteran Mike Schindler believes most US veterans possess.

James Boggan, a 58-year-old Marine Corps veteran, says despite five months of joblessness his confidence is as high as ever.

The 15 seconds it takes to unlock a gun lock might be all that’s needed to save a life.

Ask any Silicon Valley CEO what some of their biggest challenges are and you likely will hear “finding and retaining great people.”

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A charity group that provides services to veterans recently announced plans to restructure its organization and move its Alaska office responsibilities to Seattle.

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Many veterans in the Greater Cincinnati area said they will be paying close attention to NBC News and MSNBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum.