The Associated Press Posted Nov 10, 2011 @ 07:11 AM Illinois will get $493,325 from the federal government to improve access to local and affordable transportation for veterans and military families. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the grant as part of a $34.6 million program to help veterans and their families get to work,…
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By Leo Shane III Published: October 31, 2011 http://www.stripes.com/ WASHINGTON — Researchers studying troops’ respiratory problems released findings Monday that suggested poor air quality in Iraq and Afghanistan may be a bigger threat to servicemembers’ long-term health than exposure to toxic smoke from burn pits. But they caution that their work still leaves many questions…
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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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Thursday, September 1st, 2011 | Posted by Veterans Today Over $2.2 Billion in Retroactive Agent Orange Benefits Paid to 89,000 Vietnam Veterans and Survivors for Presumptive Conditions WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that more than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits has already been paid to approximately 89,000 Vietnam…
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Thursday, August 18, 2011 http://iava.org/press-room/press-releases/time-cover-story-features-iava-leaders NEW YORK- Today, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation’s first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, celebrated the release of a historic TIME cover story profiling IAVA Member Veterans as the new face of American leadership. Five IAVA…
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ORD Home July-August 2011 Reviewing data on more than 456,000 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans who enrolled in VA health care between 2002 and 2009, a team with VA and the University of California, San Francisco, found that around 11 percent of the patients had received a diagnosis of an alcohol or drug use disorder. About…
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By Craig Roberts – August 1, 2011 http://legion.org A Senate Veterans Affairs’ Committee hearing on July 27 addressed growing concerns about the long-term economic effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dean Stoline, deputy director of The American Legion’s Legislative Division, attended the “Lifetime Costs of Supporting New Veterans” hearing and reported that the committee…
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Study Shows Some Service Members Return From the Middle East With Constrictive Bronchiolitis By Jennifer Warner WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD July 22, 2011 — Breathing problems in some soldiers returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan may be signs of a respiratory disorder rarely seen in healthy young adults, a…
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ By Steve Vogel, Published: July 14 Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues often face “unconscionable” waits for treatment that leave them at risk of suicide, according to testimony at a Senate hearing Thursday and new reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general. The reports come as VA faces…
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Although the national unemployment rate continues to decrease slightly, the unemployment number for veterans keeps climbing. In effort to reduce the veterans unemployment rate, Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, recently introduced the Tax Credit to Hire Veterans Act (VOW) of 2011 (H.R. 2443) – a piece of legislation that…
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