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Here’s why you’re paying less for military life insurance
July 11, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
About 2.1 million service members are seeing a slight bump in their paycheck, as the monthly premiums for life insurance for themselves and their spouses have decreased, effective July 1.
For those with the maximum $400,000 coverage under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, or SGLI, the premium has decreased by $4 a month, from $29 to $25. Most service members have the maximum coverage.
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Defense Department, VA Gear Up to Host Suicide Prevention Conference
July 10, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments will team up in August to hold a conference on suicide prevention in Nashville.
The meeting, the first in two years, will bring together the suicide prevention offices of both departments and the military services, as well as subject-matter experts from academia, nonprofit groups and veterans and military support organizations, to address the ongoing battle against active-duty and veteran suicides.
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SBA Offers $300K in Grants Aiding Service-Disabled Veteran Entrepreneurs
July 9, 2019
Rob Borkowski | Warwick Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration wants to give service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs a fighting chance, so they’ve set aside $300,000 so eligible organizations can prepare them.
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Why Every Veteran Should Know What’s in Their Military Service Records
July 7, 2019
Sean Bigley | Clearance Jobs
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a security clearance holder say, “I had no clue that was in my file,” I’d be a rich man. The context varies – human resources files, security databases, law enforcement records, etc. – but the surprise is rarely a good one. Common examples include an old disciplinary write-up, a long-forgotten security infraction, or a police report with highly unflattering details about the subject.
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VA-Verizon Partnership Offers Unlimited Access to Department’s Video Telehealth Service
July 7, 2019
WASHINGTON — As a result of a partnership with Verizon, Veterans who are customers of the telecommunications company, as of June 27, will have unlimited access to the U.S. va logo300Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) VA Video Connect telehealth app.
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VA MISSION Act: Answers to the top five questions about urgent care
July 3, 2019
VAntagePoint Contributor | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Urgent care is one of the new benefits offered as part of the VA MISSION Act that gives Veterans greater choice in their health care. The benefit is offered in addition to the opportunity to receive care from a VA provider, as VA also offers same-day services. We are working to ensure Veterans understand how to use the new urgent care benefit as part of VA’s comprehensive benefits package. In this article, we answer some common questions about the new urgent care benefit.
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All military spouses can now apply for professional relicensing fee reimbursement
June 29, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Navy spouses – like spouses in the other services – can now apply for reimbursement of up to $500 in costs for relicensing and recertification each time they relocate with their service member.
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Historic Million-Veteran Study Could Lead to PTSD Research Breakthrough
June 29, 2019
Richard Sisk | Military.com
The VA has teamed up with the Defense Department and thousands of veteran volunteers on what could be breakthrough research to get at the root causes of post-traumatic stress disorder and open up paths to new methods of treatment, according to VA officials.
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Benefits for ‘blue water’ veterans finalized after years-long fight
June 27, 2019
Leo Shane III | Military Times
The “blue water” Vietnam veterans benefits act is now law.
Late Tuesday night, President Donald Trump signed the legislation, which grants presumptive status for disability benefits to an estimated 90,000 Navy veterans who served in the seas around Vietnam during the war.
Unlike their fellow service members stationed on the ground and on inland waterways, those veterans faced additional paperwork barriers to prove exposure to toxic defoliants during their deployments, even after developing identical serious cancers and respiratory illnesses.
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After Decades of Fighting, the Blue Water Navy Benefits Bill Is Now a Law
June 26, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
President Donald Trump signed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act into law late Tuesday, a move that will fast-track disability compensation for personnel with medical conditions related to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange.
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