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Los Angeles County Takes Proactive Steps to Improve Support for Veterans and Awards $160,000 Grant to NAVSO
September 4, 2018
NAVSO CEO returns to Los Angeles County where the concept for NAVSO was born.
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Report: LGB troops twice as likely to experience sexual assault as non-LGB population
August 29, 2018
J.D. Simkins | Military Times
A new study has found that military veterans who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to experience incidents of sexual assault while on active-duty compared to non-LGB service members.
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- Active Duty
- Mental Health
- VA
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Google aims to put military veterans back to work with new tools
August 27, 2018
Thomas Barrabi | Fox Business
Google on Monday launched a series of tools aimed at helping military veterans and their spouses transition to full-time careers once their service has ended, joining other leading companies that have prioritized veteran hiring amid a nationwide skilled labor shortage.
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An Unlikely Bond Between Chicago Teens and Veterans Is Saving Lives In The City
August 24, 2018
Joseph Darius Jaafari | Nation Swell
A YMCA-hemled program found that partnering at-risk youth with former service members lowered rates of violence while boosting self esteem.
“How many people have you killed?”
Former Marine Julio Cortes looked into the face of the curious teen interrogating him.
“Next question,” Cortes replied.
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Many enlisted women suffer adverse mental health effects after combat injury, study finds
August 24, 2018
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Within a year after suffering a combat-related injury in Iraq or Afghanistan, 40 percent of military women were diagnosed with a mental health condition, according to a new study.
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Millions of military retirees and families must act soon to get new dental, vision coverage
August 22, 2018
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Military retirees have new options for dental and vision care starting Jan. 1, but the changes won’t be automatic. To remain covered, they’ll have to make some decisions and take specific action beginning Nov. 12.
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- Benefits
- Family
- Physical Well-Being
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Report: VA may have mishandled thousands of sexual assault cases
August 21, 2018
Leo Shane III | Military Times
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials may have improperly denied benefits to thousands of military sexual assault victims in recent years due to paperwork and procedural mistakes, according to a department inspector general report released Tuesday.
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- Physical Well-Being
- VA
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VA, Walgreens Partner To Coordinate Veterans' Prescriptions
August 20, 2018
Bruce Japsen | Forbes
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its partnership with Walgreens Boots Alliance to better coordinate medication and immunization histories of the nation’s veterans.
The new "VA-Walgreens exchange” enables VA doctors to “easily view medications directly that are prescribed to VA-enrolled patients by community providers and filled at Walgreens pharmacies.”
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A Passion for Serving Veterans Isn’t a Strategy
August 15, 2018
Chris Ford | LinkedIn
This is the first installment of a several part series about effectively serving veterans and military families.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Leaving the military? You’ll get extra time to use benefits like free tax help, counseling
August 14, 2018
Karen Jowers | Military Times
Those leaving the military will have more time to use free resources such as income tax help, nonmedical counseling, spouse employment assistance and other resources via Military OneSource, thanks to a provision in the defense authorization bill
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