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Vet unemployment is up in December. But there’s still good news.
January 5, 2019
Natalie Gross | Military Times
The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans may have gone up slightly in December, but 2018 is still the best year on record, according to the latest government data released Friday.
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- Employment
- Post-9/11
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New in 2019: Will this year’s moving season be better than 2018?
January 3, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
After the unfortunate moving season of 2018, with numerous military families reporting damage to their household goods and delays, U.S. Transportation Command has been working with defense and service officials to improve the relocation experience.
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- Active Duty
- Benefits
- Family
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New in 2019: The new year brings strict limitations on changing your Tricare plan
January 3, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Thinking about switching between Tricare Prime and Tricare Select? You’ll have to wait until next November to do it, unless you have some sort of qualifying life event, such as the birth of a baby, a move to a new duty station, marriage or retirement.
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Poll asks troops, veterans thoughts on women in combat, mixed-gender training and more
January 2, 2019
Dianna Cahn | Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON -- Female servicemembers and veterans were 10 times more likely than their male counterparts to answer that they faced or witnessed gender discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual assault in the military, according to an online poll of 1,708 Stars and Stripes digital subscribers around the world.
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New Poll of U.S. Troops and Veterans Reveals Their Thoughts on Current Military Policies
January 1, 2019
Terence Monmaney | Smithsonian Magazine
In a new Smithsonian poll, conducted with the help of Stars and Stripes, current and former members of the armed forces take aim at conventional wisdom.
It’s no secret that many Americans are fatigued by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it’s clear for the first time that the troops are, too, according to a new poll conducted by Smithsonian with two partners, the Defense Department publication Stars and Stripes and the Schar School at George Mason University.
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Vets interested in STEM degrees could get more GI Bill money in 2019
December 30, 2018
Natalie Gross | Military Times
Some college degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields take longer than four years to complete, which is why the new Forever GI Bill authorizes an additional school year of GI Bill funds on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Tricare to Stop Covering Some Vitamin Supplements
December 27, 2018
Patricia Kime | Military.com
Starting Jan. 1, Tricare will stop covering certain vitamin supplements, including some multivitamins, fluoride and iron, for roughly 25,000 beneficiaries.
Those affected received letters at the end of November from Express Scripts, the company that manages Tricare's pharmacy benefit, notifying them that only vitamins that have been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration through clinical trials are considered prescription medications and therefore eligible for coverage.
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VA Suspends All Discharges from Caregiver Program
December 21, 2018
Patricia Kime | Military.com
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced it would temporarily stop discharging veterans from a program that provides compensation and benefits to family members who take care of them.
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1,300 disabled vets are getting billed for thousands of dollars ... because VA didn’t check their email
December 21, 2018
Natalie Gross | Military Times
Approximately 1,300 disabled veterans were overpaid thousands of dollars under a Veterans Affairs Department education benefits program last year and now must figure out a way to pay that money back.
Why? Mostly because staff at VA regional offices didn’t check emails, a recent investigation by the VA Office of Inspector General has found.
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VA vows to spend full suicide prevention budget after revelation it left millions unused in 2018
December 19, 2018
Nikki Wentling | Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs officials promised Wednesday to use the agency’s full budget this year for suicide prevention outreach, following the discovery that the VA didn’t use nearly $5 million allotted for that purpose in fiscal year 2018.
“This year, I’m making sure that we are spending the funding 100 percent,” said Dr. Steven Lieberman, who is in charge of the Veterans Health Administration. “I’m reviewing the budget monthly and making sure we have obligated all the dollars. We have to get it right.”
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- Active Duty
- Mental Health
- Post-9/11
- Suicide
- VA
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