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From the desk of Kathy Benson, Towner County Veterans Service Officer
September 12, 2014 a group of Towner County Veterans traveled to Devils Lake to tour the new US Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic (CBOC) located on 3rd floor of Mercy hospital
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By Carolyn Freundlich
Medill News Service
Aug. 12, 2014 - 01:42PM
It was in 1990 that 22-year-old Melissa Davis went to the Veterans Affairs Department office in Houston to seek treatment for depression.
Davis, a former Army specialist, joined the military at age 17. She says she was raped more than once by a superior officer at her first base. She didn’t report the assaults but told her husband, who urged her to keep quiet to avoid retaliation.
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As veterans complain of health impacts from toxic fumes, advocates warn that burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan might come back to haunt the administration.
By Jordain Carney
July 10, 2014
The Obama administration prides itself on righting the sins of past regimes, including expanding access to health care for Vietnam veterans who suffered from exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2014
WASHINGTON –Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson met with the leadership of 27 Military and Veterans Service Organizations (MSOs and VSOs) following the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) release of results from its Nationwide Access Audit, and other facility level access data.
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Baillie, Norsby honored for 60, 50 years with Legion
April 18, 2014
Tim Chapman - Tribune Editor , Pierce County Tribune
The dedication of Fred Duane Baillie and Ray Norsby is laudable to say the least.
The 86-year-old Baillie, a World War II and Korean War veteran, still makes a point of sending his regrets to the families of fellow veterans when they die.
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Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post
Published on April 8, 2014
Most Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ injuries didn’t occur during combat. But their ailments have become an enduring consequence of the conflicts.
Army sniper James Crowell went to war 70 inches tall. He returned home an inch shorter and in constant pain, his spine compressed by the collective trauma of a rooftop fall, a Humvee accident and his heavy body armor, worn almost every day on four deployments.
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Categories: MilitaryOlder troops largely reject changes; younger troops more receptive
Mar. 13, 2014 | By Andrew Tilghman, Staff writer
The Pentagon’s new proposal for reforming military retirement is drawing sharply negative reactions from today’s career-minded service members, according to a recent survey of Military Times active-duty readers.
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Categories: EmploymentBy Cheryl Pellerin
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (2/12/14) - First Lady Michelle Obama announced Monday that more than 100 construction industry companies have committed to hiring more than 100,000 military veterans over the next five years.
Obama and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez delivered remarks at the National Symposium on Veterans" Employment in Construction, hosted at the Labor Department.
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Categories: TransportationBy Bethany Wesley on Jan 18, 2014 at 12:23 a.m.
BEMIDJI — Local veterans have a new set of wheels for medical trips to Fargo, N.D..
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Raymond Spicer enlisted in World War II at the Grand Forks Post Office in 1942.
On Wednesday, the World War II vets registered for the North Dakota Victory Roll Call workshop through the Grand Forks County Historical Society at the Myra Museum.