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Actors and athletes have agents to help them find work. Now vets with PTSD can, too.
October 18, 2018
Leo Shane III | Military Times
WASHINGTON — After Bob Simonovich’s post-traumatic stress disorder left him anxious around large groups, loud noises and unpredictable environments, he was unsure what type of career he’d be able to handle in his post-military life.
So his therapists lined up a job for him with a baseball team.
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Veterans, military retirees will see a 2.8 percent COLA boost for 2019
October 11, 2018
Leo Shane III | Military Times
WASHINGTON — Veterans receiving disability pay and military retirees will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost starting in December, their largest increase in six years.
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- Benefits
- Financial Assistance
- VA
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Everything you need to know about tuition assistance, by service
October 8, 2018
Natalie Gross | Military Times
Did you know that you can earn a degree in the military without spending a penny of your own money and without using up any of your GI Bill benefits?
Through a benefit called tuition assistance, or TA, active-duty service members can take classes in pursuit of a college degree on the military’s dime.
TA covers $250 per semester hour, with a yearly cap, but each service can set its own requirements, and some rules vary.
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Efforts to help homeless veterans showing progress, VA, HUD leaders say
October 4, 2018
Leo Shane III | Military Times
WASHINGTON — After the first increase in annual homeless veterans estimates in seven years, the leaders of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development say they are confident in improvements made on the issue in recent months.
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Here are the best and worst VA medical centers
October 4, 2018
Leo Shane III | Military Times
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials claimed improvements at 66 percent of their medical centers across the country last fiscal year, with 18 earning the highest level of excellence in the department’s internal ratings system.
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Non-VA healthcare providers are uncertain how to care for veterans
October 3, 2018
Oxford University Press | Medical Xpress
A study published in Family Practice indicates that healthcare providers outside of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department are uncertain how to address veterans' needs. The study says that this is due to limited knowledge of resources and coordination problems.
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This program could lead to IT careers for military spouses with starting salaries of $70K
October 2, 2018
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Some military spouses in Washington state have started training for long-term portable careers in technology, with average starting salaries of about $70,000 a year, under a free pilot program launched by Microsoft.
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More Young Veterans Committing Suicide, VA Data Show
September 26, 2018
Ben Kesling | The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The rate of suicide among young military veterans has increased substantially despite efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to curb the problem, though overall veteran suicides declined slightly, according to new data to be released Wednesday.
The VA’s National Suicide Data Report paints a troubling picture for vets ages 18 to 34, for some troops who served in the National Guard or reserves, as well as female veterans.
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- Mental Health
- Suicide
- VA
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DoD Needs to Better Monitor Tricare Care Providers: Report
September 20, 2018
Amy Bushatz | Military.com
Pentagon officials need to do more to make sure civilian health care providers are giving military families good care, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The report, released Sept. 17, found that while military health care officials have created a way to monitor whether families and troops are getting quality care from military treatment facilities, those same benchmarks aren't applied to community-based providers.
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One in three gun-owning U.S. veterans don't store weapons safely
September 20, 2018
Tamara Mathias | Reuters
(Reuters Health) - A substantial percentage of U.S. military vets store guns loaded and ready to use, according to an American study that could have implications for suicide prevention.
“American veterans have a higher suicide risk than demographically matched U.S. adults and most of their suicides are actually related to firearm injury,” said lead author Dr. Joseph Simonetti of the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Colorado.
“On average, about 20 veterans die every day by suicide and about two-thirds of those suicides are firearm-related,” he told Reuters Health.
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- Mental Health
- Suicide
- VA
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