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Military.com – The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments will team up in August to hold a conference on suicide prevention in Nashville. The meeting, the first in two years, will bring [...]

Military.com – The latest shutdown of a self-labeled veterans support organization comes against the backdrop of repeated warnings from the federal government, state attorneys general and [...]

Stars and Stripes – A smoking ban is set to go into effect at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities across the country starting Oct. 1 — more than 25 years after such bans [...]

ConnectingVets Radio – A bill introduced to the U.S. Senate would create a “911” for veterans in crisis. Instead of veterans having to dial the 1-800 number for the Veterans [...]

Military.com – The Pentagon is delaying implementation of a new restriction that limits which service members can transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, [...]

Politico – Most military enlistees sign up during boot camp to pay $1,200 to later use the so-called Montgomery GI Bill for their education— but few ever will. They don’t need it because [...]

The Hill – Lawmakers on Wednesday looked at ways to provide help for women veterans, particularly those who are homeless, at a hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic [...]

The Roanoke Times – Former Marines on Wednesday staged a campaign in front of the Salem VA Medical Center to let other veterans know that their illnesses might be related to their time at [...]

Military Times – House Democrats are pushing to end the military widow’s tax, repeal rules blocking troops’ medical malpractice lawsuits against the military, and increase the number of [...]

ConnectingVets Radio – After decades of trying to win disability benefits from the VA, thousands of Blue Water Vietnam veterans and others potentially exposed to toxic Agent Orange may have [...]