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Employment, News and Press
The Army is now offering a journeymen apprenticeship program that can be completed with training and job skills a soldier would already possess. The United Services Military Apprenticeship Program lets soldiers pick more than a hundred job titles that would relate to their Military Occupation Specialty. They can enroll at no extra cost or use […]
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News and Press
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on November 27 informed Congress it will not follow through on a recent promise to repay student veterans who were underpaid their GI Bill benefits. The announcement, first reported by NBC News, runs counter to the VA’s recent promise to make good on delayed or omitted payments to student […]
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News and Press, PTSD, Uncategorized
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a closer look at the instances of veterans engaging in binge drinking and its potential causes. The rate of binge drinking has climbed from roughly 14% in 2013 to just under 16% in recent years. With this increase of alcohol abuse has come a rise in […]
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PTSD
Combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who suffered multiple traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have a much greater risk of suicide than those who did not suffer such head injuries. A new VA study indicated veterans with multiple TBI injuries are about twice as likely to report having suicidal thoughts during a week […]
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News and Press
The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently extended special monthly compensation benefits to veterans afflicted with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The special monthly compensation is an aid benefit that the VA in June extended to qualifying veterans with TBI. The pay is in addition to disability benefits already approved for veterans. For veterans with […]
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Medical Issues / Disability, Mental Health, News and Press, PTSD
It’s no secret that our armed forces have a passion for energy drinks. Take just a cursory look in any military installation and the rampant use of liquid caffeine can be seen anywhere and everywhere. This sugary substance abuse stems from a need to remain alert and active. Troops in active combat areas have regularly […]
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Claims Processing
The inspector general for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) reports a backlog on processing veterans’ benefits applications is much worse than initially indicated. The September report indicates the VA ignored or omitted tens of thousands of cases that are more than 125 days old when recently reporting improvements in processing benefits applications. The […]
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News and Press
The nation’s and Michigan’s military veterans recently received great news with an increase in their cost of living allowance (COLA) from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA implemented a 2.8 percent boost in their annual benefits pay for veterans this year. The increase is the largest single-year boost since 2012 and is […]
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Employment, News and Press
Pingree Detroit has recently sprung up, a working cooperative that aims to help veterans by hiring them specifically to make all kinds of footwear from recycled material. The cooperative gets its name from Hazen S. Pingree, one of Michigan’s Governors that started out as a civil war veteran that went on to make boots after […]
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PTSD
About 22 percent of the nation’s veterans drawing federal disability benefits are afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The number of disability cases arising from PTSD among veterans almost tripled from 345,000 in 2008 to more than 940,000 in 2017, with even more anticipated. While 22 percent of all veterans receive PTSD benefits, the rate […]
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