Veterans: Page 31

Veterans Look to Ease Transition to Civilian Life

Tucked away in the Military & Veterans Success Center in The Terrace, a year-long, nationwide program launched Thursday. The program looks to gather feedback on the transition from military to civilian life on behalf of Rep. Gus Bilirakis, vice-chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee. “It comes from a personal place for me, wanting to solve […]

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After Marine Corps Career, Veteran Offers Life of Service

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Col. Royal P. Mortenson served around the world during a 30-year career as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps. As commander of an infantry battalion of more than 900 Marines, he led the battalion in combat operations in Iraq in 2003. His battalion took significant casualties during the battle of Al […]

Career Step Partners with Staffing Service to Expand Job Opportunities

Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education and professional training, has partnered with RCM Health Care Services, a premier provider of staffing solutions for healthcare institutions across the nation. RCM intends to employ graduates of Career Step’s educational programs, specifically those trained for careers related to health information management. “We are thrilled for the […]

Love of Aircraft Led to Top Secret Satellite Mission

Each year, Hal Behnke gets to share stories and reunite with a group of guys who had the challenging task of retrieving (while in midair) film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, that had been ejected from some of the earliest spy satellites. He belonged to a top secret Air Force unit in […]

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Students Hike to Draw Attention to Veteran Education

Thousands of students attend the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, but only a few of them may realize hundreds of their classmates are veterans. “I had someone come up to me today and say, ‘Oh where did you get that scar on your arm?’ I said, ‘I was shot in Afghanistan.’ ‘Oh, I didn’t […]

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Civil War Historian at 100: Knew Eyewitnesses

Historian Charles P. Roland is one of the most recognized authorities on the Civil War, and he may be the last who grew up hearing firsthand accounts from battlefield veterans. He also is an expert on American military history, and his lessons to students at West Point, Tulane and the University of Kentucky included his own […]

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Jobless Rate for Vets Climbs as More Enter Market

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate for recent veterans jumped in November, but for a positive reason. Many of the veterans decided to begin actively seeking work — and if they didn’t immediately find a job, they were counted as unemployed. A growing perception that opportunities are growing to find work is an encouraging sign for […]

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How Veterans Are Plugging Tech Skills Gap

The tech skills shortage has got so bad that tech companies have decided to call in the troops. In March, Experis and Amazon teamed up to teach software development to military personnel and their spouses through its re:Start programme, while the non-profit TechVets launched a cyber skills training scheme for military veterans. The idea is […]

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Key Spouses Offer Support at Air Force Base

When Jennifer Brown’s family was based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, she found a program that helps spouses connect to the base. “The commander at Minot Air Force Base took me under her wing, brought me to the meeting, and showed me what the program was all about,” Brown said. And for […]

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Waco Considers Partnership to Keep Fort Hood Soldiers in Texas

The City of Waco is looking into a partnership that could keep hundreds of Army veterans leaving Fort Hood in Central Texas. The Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program eases soldiers and their families into civilian jobs. Organizers report that 900 soldiers leave Fort Hood every months and just more than half of them say […]

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Foundation Aims to Provide College Aid of Fallen Militar

Founded by an Army veteran and staffed mainly by veterans and Gold Star families, Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation is on a mission to provide college educations for people who lost a parent due to military service. To accomplish that goal, the group needs money and it needs to find the people it wants to […]

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Lawmakers Want Job Opportunities for Veterans

There are an estimated 331,000 veterans living in Minnesota, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and nearly 7 percent of Wilkin County’s population is veterans. Hiring veterans has become important in both the state’s private and public sectors in the last few years and officials want to continue adding veterans to the state’s economy. […]

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