Good news story of the day
MedTech and BioTech Veterans Program Announces New Jersey’s First Veteran and Transitioning Military Re-careering Seminar (PR Newswire) On April 29th, the MedTech and BioTech Veterans Program (www.mvpvets.com) will host its inaugural re-careering event for transitioning military and veterans in New Jersey.
Military Transition and Jobs News
Businesses target veterans and civilians at job fairs (Clearwater Gazette) Two job fairs planned for next week target veterans and the general public.
Front Porch: Veterans Job Fair (Weekly Herald) Naval Station Everett Fleet and Family Support Center will host a biannual Veterans Job Fair today from 10 a.m.-2p.m. at their Smokey Point Totem Recreation Center, 13922 45th Ave, Marysville.
Blunt sponsors bill to encourage hiring vets (KSPR) Missouri Senator Roy Blunt has introduced the “Hire More Heroes Act” (S.2190), bipartisan legislation aimed at encouraging companies to hire more American veterans. Blunt serves as a member of the bipartisan Congressional Veterans Job Caucus.
Free Career Programs for Veterans and Spouses (Military.com) The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University is currently enrolling eligible veterans and their spouses in an online program to enhance their career skills and job marketability.
Wanted: Heroes (The Washington Post) A two-tour Army veteran of the Afghanistan war pulled on a pair of old combat boots and headed off to his $8-an-hour job washing cars at a Ford dealership in Wichita Falls, Tex. “My military background don’t mean nothing,” he said. “I am just another guy with a GED.”
Veterans News
We aren’t doing enough to help veterans transition to civilian life (The Washington Post) George Washington once declared that “the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.”
Iraq vet charged with soliciting money for Wounded Warriors, keeping it (St, Louis Post Dispatch) A wounded Iraq War veteran from St. Charles County is accused of soliciting unauthorized donations of at least $6,200 for the Wounded Warrior Project but keeping the money himself.
VA Pays $200 Million for Nearly 1,000 veterans’ Wrongful Deaths (The Daily Beast) Since 9/11 almost 1,000 veterans have died due to negligence in the Veterans healthcare system.
FDA Warnings to Body-Parts Vendors Overlooked by VA (Bloomberg) A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs safety office isn’t tracking a health agency’s warnings on the potential for contaminated body tissue, a federal auditor’s review found.
Benefits News
VA wants widow of WWII survivor to pay back benefits (MyFoxAustin) The widow of a Pearl Harbor survivor is not only fighting for her life but fighting with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Reno Veterans Affairs ‘Worst in Nation’ Rank Proves Need for Reform, Accountability (The Blaze) A recent Reno Gazette-Journal report cast a harsh light on the shameful reality of the local office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has been ranked the “worst in the nation” for processing veterans’ benefit claims.
Betrayed military spouses often keep quiet for fear of losing benefits (Los Angeles Times) Within the tight circle of Army spouses, Kris Johnson and Rebecca Sinclair became close friends as their ambitious husbands advanced rapidly in the officer corps.
Senate Panel Signals Possible Future Relief from Full Sequester Cuts (Seapower) After provided a break from deep sequester cuts in fiscal 2014 and 2015, lawmakers seemed poised to continue easing up in future years as well.
House appropriators cut military construction spending (The Hill) The House Appropriations Committee is cutting spending on military construction in its first 2015 appropriations bill, while boosting funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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