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After Arlington mixup, vet to be buried
The daughter of a World War II veteran plans to bury her father in Florida, years after an urn filled with rocks was interred in his name at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Veteran killed trying to make VFW deposit
The 65-year-old Vietnam War veteran who suffered broken ribs and hurt his knee during a strong-arm robbery in south suburban Midlothian earlier this week died from his injuries.
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Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
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Pfc. Pearson 'gave his life for our country'
Not long before the body of Pfc. Michael S. Pearson arrived at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, a single plane appeared.
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Homeless people line up for services
Michael and Margaret Walker are in a better place this year but remain grateful for Operation Stand Down.
State's former Veterans Dept. chief indicted
The former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services was indicted Thursday, accused of enriching friends and family at taxpayer expense while cutting benefits to the veterans he served.
Pentagon launches sweeping probe of Fort Hood violence
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a Pentagon investigation of the tragic Fort Hood shooting.
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Fort Drum contract cited in fraud report
A septic tank contract at Fort Drum is one of those cited in a government report on fraud, according to the Associated Press.
Critical report cites MacDill contract with disabled vet's company
Officials at MacDill Air Force Base knowingly approved a $900,000 contract with a business owned by a disabled veteran, even though the work was performed by an unqualified company, a government report states.
Gates names West, Clark to lead Fort Hood review
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings.
New Va Clinic For Upstate Sc In Spartanburg
The Dorn VA Medical Center is opening a new outpatient clinic for veterans in South Carolina's Upstate.
GAO: Fraud in Disabled Vets Contracts
The Small Business Administration failed to check if companies were eligible for the no-bid contracts for veterans with service-related injuries, allowing, for example, a contracting employee at a military base in Tampa, Fla., to improperly funnel a $900,000 Air Force contract to his wife's firm.
Halfway house for accused fake veteran
Richard Strandlof is the first Coloradan charged under the Stolen Valor Act. Richard Glen Strandlof will be released to a halfway house pending his upcoming trial on charges that he made false claims about being a decorated military veteran.
Review Finds Fraud in Contracts Awarded in Disabled Veterans' Program
A program intended to help disabled veterans win government business awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the work, a federal review has found.
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Even old veterans scorched by strain of current wars
A small group of U.S. war veterans, the age difference among them as wide as 70 years, gathered earlier this month at American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., for a special event at the annual Veterans' Day Community Fair.
Being a Veteran hurts at times for Jobs...Back from war, still in a fight
Staff Sgt. Ron Pedersen spent a year in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard.
Jobs to VA medicial to a home:Fort Carson soldier convicted in double homicide
A Fort Carson soldier convicted Wednesday of killing two people with an AK-47 and of wounding a soldier in two drive-by shootings last year will face a mandatory life sentence without parole.
Family, Friends Say Farewell To Soldier Slain At Fort Hood
About 200 family members and friends gathered Wednesday on a cold windy cemetery hillside in a tiny northeast Tennessee community to bury Army Spc.
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President Obama's executive order expanding job opportunities for veterans in federal agencies made headlines last week.
Lawyer: Soldier Mom Not Using Baby To Shirk Duty
An Army mother who refused to go to Afghanistan because she failed to get someone to care for her son wants the military to discharge her rather than enforce a policy thousands of single mothers have abided by.
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