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  • 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

  • VA helping build women veterans communities, networks

    The Department of Veterans Affairs opened registration on July 8 for a women veterans forum that will address the quality of VA health care, the provision of benefits for women, and ways for VA to continue improving access to the care and benefits for women veterans."The VA forum will bring

  • 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

  • Be prepared for hurricane season

    Hurricane season is under way, and being prepared is the best way to keep you and your family safe in the event of a natural disaster. Even if you are not one of the more than 35 million people who live in regions most affected by hurricanes, being informed of and prepared for what you should do in

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