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TRICARE Sets Gray Area Retiree Premiums
Featured Discounts: Discounts Worthy of a Hero
Panel Calls for Reduced Pay and Retiree Benefits
VA Ordered to Release Agent Orange Rule
Servicemembers Save With ASMBA
Higher Education Just Got a Little More Affordable
Featured Job: There is More to Retail Than Sales
GI Bill Video Series: Transferability
The GI Bill Entitles You to More Than Just Higher Education...
Register for Military.com Fantasy Football to Win Prizes
The Lavelle Affair and the Afghan War
Resume Writing Isn't What it Used to Be
Navy Ships Agent Orange Exposure List
New Support -- AfterDeployment.org
Anti-Terrorism Awareness Month
Free Suicide Prevention Webinar
New Navy Message System
New Blog Launched
Job Program Helps Wounded Vets
Stop-Loss Pay Available
Gulf War: The 20th Anniversary
Gulf War Illness Hearings Held
VA Health Care Application Made Easier
American Legion Seeks Pepsi Grant
House Conducts Vet Jobs Hearing
Test Results Released
Print and Post This Week's Veterans Report
Headline Military News

TRICARE Sets Gray Area Retiree Premiums
Last year Congress approved the creation of the TRICARE Reserve Retired program, a premium-paid TRICARE Standard coverage plan for "gray area" Reserve retirees. The program is planned to start in October. More

Featured Discounts: Discounts Worthy of a Hero
Looking for that special gift? What about a get-a-way? New Car? Military.com's new and improved discount channel is the most comprehensive listing of military only discounts we've put together for our members yet. More

Panel Calls for Reduced Pay and Retiree Benefits
In July, two separate advisory groups reached the same general conclusions regarding what needs to be done to sustain the force. In the nearer term, they say, one step that must be taken is to make military retirees pay more out of pocket for their health care benefit. More

VA Ordered to Release Agent Orange Rule
A coalition of veterans' service organizations won their case to force the VA to issue a final regulation authorizing payment of claims for ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease, or B-cell leukemia for any veteran who stepped foot in Vietnam during the war, or their survivors. More

Servicemembers Save With ASMBA
The Armed Services Mutual Benefit Association, established in 1963, provides comprehensive, affordable life insurance coverage to military personnel and their families. More

Higher Education Just Got a Little More Affordable
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that they have entered into "Yellow Ribbon" program agreements with more than 1,100 schools for the upcoming academic year. More

Featured Job: There is More to Retail Than Sales
Other jobs include: IT, marketing, communications, loss prevention, finance and merchandising. Past experience can lead to an array of retail management opportunities. More

GI Bill Video Series: Transferability
Did you know that you could transfer your Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to your spouse or children? In this video Terry Howell shows you who is eligible and how to apply for GI Bill transferability. More

The GI Bill Entitles You to More Than Just Higher Education...
...it puts you on the road to a better life. Education opens the doors to higher paying positions and careers. More

Register for Military.com Fantasy Football to Win Prizes
Registration is now open for Military.com Fantasy Football league. Sign up now to be the general manager of your own football team. Doesn't matter if you're a rookie or a two time retiree, all are welcome to play. More

The Lavelle Affair and the Afghan War
It took nearly 40 years, but the nation is finally trying to right a wrong done to an Air Force General who was victimized by an anti-Vietnam agenda, partisan politics and the media tornado that can sometimes viciously sweep good leaders into its turbulent maw and deposit them shattered and broken in the blink of an eye. More

Resume Writing Isn't What it Used to Be
It used to be that a resume was something you brought with you to the interview, today it's the single most important item that gets you the interview. More

Navy Ships Agent Orange Exposure List
The Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pension Service has issued two lists of naval vessels it has verified conducted operations on the inland "brown water" rivers and delta areas of Vietnam. More

New Support -- AfterDeployment.org
In a recent episode of the program Dot Mil Docs, Dr. Robert Ciulla of the National Center for Telehealth & Technology discussed AfterDeployment.org, a website full of resources for servicemembers facing various post-deployment issues. More

Anti-Terrorism Awareness Month
The Department of the Army declared August 2010 as the Army's Anti-terrorism Awareness Month. During August, the Army will promote heightened awareness and vigilance. More

Free Suicide Prevention Webinar
SOS is a nationally recognized suicide prevention and depression screening program designed for middle and high school students. For more information or to sign up for the Aug. 26 webinar, visit the Military Pathways website. More

New Navy Message System
The Bureau of Naval Personnel and Navy Personnel Command will transition to a new message system beginning this month. More

New Blog Launched
A new Defense Department blog seeks to bring "lessons learned" to an accessible online platform. Titled "In Their Own Words: Lessons Learned in Today's Military," the blog aims to provide a platform for servicemembers, veterans and families to share their thoughts and experiences on a variety of topics. More

Job Program Helps Wounded Vets
The Recovery and Employment Assistance Lifelines program helps wounded servicemembers and veterans to transition back into the civilian sector. More

Stop-Loss Pay Available
Thousands of current and former Airmen remain eligible to receive $500 in retroactive special pay for each month they were affected by stop loss. Airmen have until Oct. 21 to apply through the Air Force Personnel Center. More

Gulf War: The 20th Anniversary
On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait, initiating the first Gulf War. By June 1991, 697,000 men and women had served in what became Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. More

Gulf War Illness Hearings Held
A subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs recently conducted the third hearing in a series of Oversight and Investigations hearings focused on Gulf War Illness. More

VA Health Care Application Made Easier
The Department of Veterans Affairs has removed the signature requirement for Veterans who electronically submit an online 10-10EZ "Application for Health Benefits." More

American Legion Seeks Pepsi Grant
The Legion is re-entering the Pepsi Refresh Project contest for the month of August with its veterans career fairs initiative as the beneficiary. Voting has officially begun. More

House Conducts Vet Jobs Hearing
The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity recently held a hearing to examine programs developed by the Department of Labor, Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans transitioning from a military to civilian career. More

Test Results Released
The Department of Veterans' Affairs recently released the results of tests taken by dental patients at the John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis. More