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PAVE Program Assists Veterans in Campus

The University of Michigan Health System and the Student Veterans of America have developed a peer-to-peer program to assist veterans with campus support. The Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program was developed in Michigan and has been fully implemented at 12 schools across the country. This fall 30 more schools nationwide will be joining […]

States Offer Veterans Benefits

Everyone knows about the federal benefits available to veterans, but did you know many states also offer great benefits to their veterans? State benefits range from free college and employment resources to free hunting and fishing licenses. Most states also offer tax breaks for their veterans and specialized license plates, some states even provide their […]

Washington State Officials Want to Aid Military Transition

For many service members, the military is their first nonpart-time job. As such, many service members don’t have much experience in writing resumes, nor do they have a large network of professional associates outside their military peers. The Service Member For Life-Transition Assistance Program and the Washington State Military Transition Council are striving to change […]

CEO Addresses Senators’ Concerns About Wounded Warrior

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman’s staff met Wednesday with the new chief executive hired to steady the Wounded Warrior Project after investigations by the News4Jax I-TEAM, other media and the committee reported how the nonprofit spent millions of dollars in contributions. The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) met with the CEO, retired Army Lt. […]

Veterans Museum and Education Center Finds a Home

After years of searching for a permanent home for this Veterans Museum and Education Center, Ormond Beach resident John Brinkley finally has a new address for his collection of items honoring those who served. I just a few months, the center will be 166 S. Beach St. in Daytona Beach, on the second floor of […]

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CEO Makes Long-Term Care Priority for Wounded Warriors

The Wounded Warrior Project is about to get more low-key, but more effective, for veterans, said its new CEO, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Linnington. “We are shifting a bit,” said Linnington, who came onboard after the charity’s previous CEO was criticized for spending too much on fundraising and lavish retreats instead of on services […]

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Sports Camp Challenges Veterans

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Marine veteran Joyce Ralph sometimes stays at home in Massachusetts instead of going for a bike ride or doing other things she likes to do. She feels too anxious because of her post-traumatic stress disorder. Army veteran Paul Miosek sometimes feels isolated at his home in New York. No one else he […]

‘Boot Camp’ Prepares Military Vets for College

To prepare post-9/11 veterans to the demands of an academic environment, the Warrior-Scholar Project was launched, and the University of Arizona is this week hosting more than a dozen veterans in an immersive, academic boot camp. Earlier this year, the Warrior-Scholar Project named the UA and others, including Georgetown University, Harvard University and Yale University, […]

VFW Scholarship Aids Veterans and Families at Minnesota

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5039 recently created a scholarship for veterans and their families at the University of Minnesota, Morris. New for 2016–17, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5039 of Morris Scholarship has been designated for a veteran, the son or daughter of a veteran, or the grandson or granddaughter of a veteran […]

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Benefit for Disabled Vets Begins in November

By Kellie Lunney | The Office of Personnel Management on Friday will publish the final rule implementing a law that gives new federal employees who are disabled veterans the equivalent of a full year’s sick leave up front to go to their medical appointments. The 2015 Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act gives 104 hours of […]

Injured Marine Finds Healing in Woodworking

Retired Gunnery Sgt. Ernesto Aquino was wounded 12 years ago during his fifth deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan and came home with back injuries that left him wheelchair bound with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. He was close to taking his life, but the thought of his children without a father held him […]

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A County Searches for Veterans Who Missed Getting Diplomas

The Riverside County Office of Education is searching for World War II, Korean and Vietnam war veterans who never received a high school diploma due to their service in the military. RCOE has awarded more than 300 diplomas to veterans and Japanese-American citizens interned during World War II since the county began its Operation Recognition […]

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