Four years ago, Veronica Witherspoon was stationed in Baghdad, enduring roiling sandstorms and nearly daily rocket fire as she worked as a Navy petty officer at Camp Victory. By January, she had left the military, lost her job as a civilian contractor, split with her husband and ended up virtually homeless, bunking with family members. Deeply ashamed of her predicament and desperate for a way out, she ran across a story on a military Web site for a new program for female veterans called Final Salute . Read full article > >

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New shelter helps rising number of homeless female veterans

Memorial Day originated after the Civil War, an effort at reconciliation in the aftermath of a young nation’s most savage years. But where? That is a more complicated question.

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Many Claim to Be Memorial Day Birthplace

A Senate panel is trying to determine if a charity intended to help disabled veterans deserves tax-exempt status after doling out millions to a direct-mail company.

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Lawmakers probe disabled vets charity

Says he’s dedicated to Medicare and veterans.

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Obama Ads Target Seniors, Soldiers

The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

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Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

World War II veterans who served on Arctic convoys should be given a dedicated campaign medal, Scottish government minister Keith Brown says.

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Minister calls for Arctic medal

The Department of Veterans Affairs may need to hire more mental health workers on top of the 1,900 new positions announced last month, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a House panel Tuesday. Skinseki made the comments at a hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held in response to the release of a report from the VA’s inspector general that found the department has greatly overstated how quickly it provides mental-health care for veterans. Read full article > >

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Shinseki: VA may need more mental health workers

The veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder

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Falklands War: Life with PTSD

Military veterans’ disability claims are buried under so much paperwork that the average wait for processing and a decision in the Bay Area is now 313 days.

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The Bay Citizen: Bay Area Veterans’ Disability Claims Are Buried Under Paperwork

Iraq war veteran Jake Wood started Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that brings military veterans together to help communities hit by natural disasters. Since 2010, the group has grown to 1,400 volunteers and carried out 14 missions around the world.

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Former Marine gives vets new mission

Recent suicides of veterans point to serious communications failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, one of the agency’s elite campuses.

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The Bay Citizen: Recent California Suicides Highlight Failures of Veterans’ Support System

The fanfare over Tuesday’s parade for the New York Giants has touched off anger and unease among some returned Iraq veterans, who are eagerly awaiting their own recognition.

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Calls for a New York Parade Honoring Iraq Veterans

President Obama will announce details Friday for a $1 billion Veterans Job Corps that the White House says will put up to 20,000 veterans to work over the next five years on projects to preserve and restore national parks and other federal, state and local lands. Read full article > >

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With help from a program that aids badly burned veterans, Joey Paulk received surgery that revived a measure of his self-confidence.

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The Hard Road Back | Scars of Battle: For Soldier Disfigured in Afghanistan, a Way to Return to the World

Even before the doors officially opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday for an enormous veterans job fair at the Washington Convention Center, hundreds of job-seekers had shown up and were going through security, getting in lines and signing up for interviews. Read full article > >

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Thousands of veterans line up in Washington for job fair