By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY As wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, federal officials are seeing a growing number of young veterans on the street, according to a joint homeless study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Veterans Affairs released Friday. About 13,000 of the nation’s homeless in 2010…
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The American Legion – October 21, 2011 The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force has completed the draft of a comprehensive report that will outline how VA addresses the concerns of veterans who deployed during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991. Notification of the draft written report is being published…
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: October 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide if telling a lie about yourself is a crime — if the lie claims military medals you didn’t earn. The court said Monday it will rule on the constitutionality of a law that makes it…
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Posted: Oct 11, 2011 Updated on 10/13/2011 to include comments from Stanton’s mother, Mary Larkin: Timothy Stanton was 12 years old when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened. It was then he decided he would join the armed forces as soon as he was of age. After serving with the Army Reserve in Iraq as…
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By SHARON COHEN – AP National Writer | AP – Thu, Oct 6, 2011 Ten years after America began its war in Afghanistan, the decade can be measured by different yardsticks: Dollars. Deployments. Deaths. Or maybe this striking fact: Some soldiers have childhood memories of when the fighting began. A decade is longer than the time ground…
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By Ed O’Keefe http://www.washingtonpost.com This is not your typical training video. With thousands of military veterans returning regularly from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veterans Affairs is facing new pressures to adapt and serve a new generation that still regularly refuses government-backed health care and benefits provided to them. Consistent with a push to…
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By MARGERY A. BECK The Associated Press October 7, 2011, 6:45PM ET OMAHA, Neb. A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a Vietnam veteran Friday, saying his long-term disability insurance carrier can’t reduce his monthly payment by the amount he gets from veterans’ benefits. James Riley, 56, of Bellevue, left his job when symptoms…
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By DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer Published 12:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 4, 2011 BALLSTON — The Capital Region’s first residence for female homeless veterans opened in Saratoga County Monday amid other exciting developments for women who have served in the military. The Guardian House, the second shelter in New York strictly dedicated to female veterans, debuted with two…
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10:29 AM EDT on Monday, October 3, 2011 By G. Wayne Miller Journal Staff Writer By March 2008, John DiRaimo had been home from Iraq for nearly two years. Still an active member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard, he was living in a Cranston apartment and periodically visiting the Providence VA Medical Center…
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By Karen Caffarini Post-Tribune correspondent September 26, 2011 5:26PM CROWN POINT — Married couple Jeremy and Lindsey Lloyd, of Valparaiso, returned home from serving in Afghanistan together a month ago, both with anxiety issues and difficulties adjusting to life back home. “We still can’t sleep. We heard a commercial the other night and we thought…
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