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  • DOD resuming restructured Military Spouse Career Program

    The Department of Defense announced July 20 the resumption of a restructured military spouse career advancement account program - MyCAA -- following a comprehensive review. The program will be available to spouses of service members in the pay grades of E1-E5, W1-W2 and O1-O2 beginning Oct. 25 at 8

  • Cancer survivor takes on challenge of open road

    A C-130 flight engineer with more than 700 deployed flying hours who is also a cancer survivor is embracing another challenge. He is riding his bike 4,000 miles across America.Senior Airman Brian Petras from the 50th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., is participating in the Sea

  • Fact sheet outlines new rule for PTSD claims

    The Veterans Affairs Department has posted a fact sheet including questions and answers about the new rule governing post-traumatic stress disorder claims. This new rule, to be published in the Federal Register, relaxes the evidence requirement of certain PTSD stressor claims by veterans. The fact

  • VA eases claims process for veterans with PTSD

    The Veterans Affairs Department will publish a final regulation July 13 intended to ease the claims process and improve access to health care for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, VA officials announced July 12. "This nation has a solemn obligation to the men and women who have honorably

  • Air Force wounded warrior rides from coast to coast

    A combat controller who last year was laying in a hospital fighting for his life is now riding his bicycle across America as part of his rehabilitation and to inspire other wounded warriors.Along with 19 of his teammates, Staff Sgt. Marc Esposito from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Air

  • A message from President Obama

    The Veterans Affairs Department will begin making it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain the benefits and treatment they need starting next week, President Barack Obama said July 10 in his weekly message, calling veteran care the nation's "solemn responsibility." The

  • Poll reveals job challenges for military veterans

    A poll from the Society for Human Resource Management shows the greatest challenge military veterans face in the civilian job market is how they translate and describe their military experience. On the hiring side, HR professionals are largely unaware of Department of Labor programs that help them

  • VA offers newest edition of benefit handbook

    The 2010 edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors is available online at www1.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp.Produced by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the handbook's chapters cover such topics as VA pensions, home loans, medals and records, special

  • Labor Department awards $5 million to aid homeless veterans

    The Labor Department is awarding more than $5 million in grants to help homeless female veterans and veterans with families find jobs and work toward a "bright future," the secretary of labor announced June 30. "Millions of hard-working, responsible families are at risk of losing their homes as a

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