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Summit Highlights Challenges for Student Veterans

DANVERS — Instead of recalling the fog of war, a group of college veterans spoke about the support they have received and the fog of trying to navigate their school and their veterans benefits, during a Veterans Education Summit held at North Shore Community College Wednesday. The daylong summit brought together representatives from 22 state […]

August 23, 2016

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Veterans Center Starts Textbooks to Troops Program

University of Southern Mississippi senior Ashley Thames, a member of the Air Force Reserve and a nursing student, said a new program called Textbooks for Troops will help her save money on the nursing textbooks she needs to complete her education. “It will be helpful”, she said. “We spend a lot of money on tuition. […]

August 23, 2016

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A Veteran Makes His Own Success Story

Measuring success is much more than quantifiable and qualitative results. Depending on a person’s culture success could be defined with several different meanings. Business success may be determined by revenue, success on the battlefield is determined by victory. But, how does a person measure personal success? “Success is to be measured not so much by […]

August 23, 2016

Mental Health Aid Helps Veterans in Transition

Military service teaches resilience, responsibility, teamwork and persistence — traits that translate well into the civilian business world. But the chain of command, the path to promotion and the freedom to make your own decisions are very different in the military versus civilian settings, and that can be daunting to service men and women transitioning […]

August 23, 2016

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Michigan Tech Recognized as Veteran Friendly

HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech is the gold standard in many areas of academics. Now they are also getting recognized for helping veterans. Michigan Tech is now a gold-level Veteran-Friendly school, the recognition coming from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency. Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Director James Redford said, “There are seven standards that we measure against […]

August 19, 2016

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Programs Help Veterans in Transition

Military veterans often face significant challenges in re-acclimating to ‘normal’ life in the United States. These challenges may be rooted in mental, emotional and psychological issues resulting from the trauma and stresses of war. Physical injuries can be seen, but internal struggles (what Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton calls “invisible wounds”) frequently remain […]

August 19, 2016

Skills Program Aids Transitioning Military

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) and Southside Virginia Community College are offering a free course to train veterans or transitioning military members as computer numeric controlled machinists. “This is a huge opportunity worthy of consideration,” Bruce Sobczak, director of workforce development at CCAM, a Prince George County-based research consortium between industry and university […]

August 18, 2016

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 […]

August 18, 2016

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 […]

August 18, 2016

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 […]

August 16, 2016

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. […]

August 16, 2016

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 […]

August 12, 2016

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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 […]

August 12, 2016

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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 […]

August 12, 2016

‘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, […]

August 12, 2016

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 […]

August 11, 2016

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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 […]

August 11, 2016

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 […]

August 11, 2016

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