By Associated Press1:57 p.m. CST, February 29, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The travel industry is promising to create nearly 3,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses by 2014 as part of a program announced Wednesday by Michelle Obama. The first lady’s office said the American Society of Travel Agents was creating a coalition to help…
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-02-13/ge-hires-5000-vets/53070622/1 Updated 2/13/2012 9:17 AM WASHINGTON (AP) – General Electric says it will hire 5,000 military veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. The announcements are part of a four-day event that the global conglomerate is hosting with partners in Washington, D.C., that focuses on issues like…
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-02-19/stolen-valor-supreme-court/53149024/1 WASHINGTON (AP) – Xavier Alvarez was in good company when he stood up at a public meeting and called himself a wounded war veteran who had received the top military award, the Medal of Honor. Alvarez was lying about his medal, his wounds and his military service, but he wasn’t the first man to…
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February 02, 2012|By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times A Pasadena woman who served 12 years in theU.S. Army, including tours of duty in Iraq, filed suit Wednesday against the Department of Veterans Affairs for denying her full disability benefits because she is married to a woman. The lawsuit filed in federal court in…
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By RYAN TRARES Daily Journal8:00 a.m. CST, January 27, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS— For Jason Jones, returning from military service was like dropping into an alien world. The Indianapolis resident served a three-year stint with the U.S. Army in Germany. His days were strictly regimented, with the focus solely on the day’s mission. Once he was discharged,…
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January 25, 2012 http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2012/01/25/us-soldiers-face-host-of-mental-health-issues Studies found they were prone to depression, substance abuse and suicide WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) — U.S. military personnel and veterans are plagued by substance abuse, depression and suicide, three new studies indicate. In one study, researchers surveyed nearly 600 veterans returning from war zone deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan,…
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By Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune reporter7:00 p.m. CST, January 22, 2012 For-profit colleges are coming under attack again, this time for allegedly preying on military veterans. Sen. Dick Durbin, D.-Ill., is scheduled to hold a forum on the issue in Chicago Monday and plans to introduce legislation later in the day that would eliminate the…
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December 14, 2011|By Monique Garcia | Tribune reporter Gov. Pat Quinn today announced a program aimed at helping veterans and active duty military members purchase homes by providing $10,000 grants for down payment and closing costs. Qualified applicants also will be able to lock in low-interest loans at 4 percent for a 30-year mortgage and…
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October 23, 2011|By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Fayetteville, N.C — As a soldier, Ruth Donaldson was an accomplished ammunition specialist. As a civilian, she became a stressed-out single mother struggling to find a job and raise her child. After a five-year stint in the Army, Donaldson lost her job at a…
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By Lila Shapiro 1/10/12 www.huffingtonpost.com Young military veterans saw little to celebrate in last week’s much cheered unemployment report. Data released the same day by the Department of Labor revealed that one in three young veterans was out of a job in the last quarter of 2011 — an employment picture even worse than…
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