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Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Finds Path Towards Possible Treatments for Gulf War Illness

This week the federal government for the first time ever held a day-long session hearing scientific and medical presentation on treatments for Gulf War Illness, with extraordinary results. The Congressionally chartered Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses is meeting at the Boston University School of Public Health to review scientific and medical information on this t… Continue

Posted by VET PAO on July 1, 2009 at 6:30am

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ SERVICES CO-HOSTS STATE’S FIRST MILITARY WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

(PHOENIX) – Today, nearly 14-percent of America’s servicemembers are women yet services for women veterans are not sufficient to stem a rising number of homeless women veterans on our cities streets.

That will be among the many issues taken up by the first Arizona Military Women’s Conference being held Friday, June 26th to Saturday, June 27th at the Radisson Phoenix City Center Hotel in downtown Phoenix.

This first-of-its-kind event is being co-hosted by the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Ser… Continue

Posted by M. David Hampton on June 25, 2009 at 7:55am

Virginia requests market response to proposed automated claims processing system

The Virginia Department of Veterans Services has posted a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain vendor ideas and information regarding the range of market options for improving and automating the disability compensation claims process. DVS expects responses to involve both process and technology improvements that improve claim accuracy, completeness, consistency and delivery such that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs is able to adjudicate claims (and award benefits) more quickly.

The RF… Continue

Posted by Anne Atkins on June 9, 2009 at 8:11am

Webcast Discussion for Veterans and Families

The Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services invites you to join us for an important online discussion about the programs and services available to Massachusetts veterans and their families.

Join us on Tuesday, June 16th at 7:00 PM EST
For more information and to register
www.weoweu.org

A live webcast discussion for veterans and families about the benefits and resources in Massachusetts available to them. Hosted by Mike Nikitas of New England Ca… Continue

Posted by tom kelley on May 28, 2009 at 7:40am

Alabama Governor Signs State Veterans Cemetery Bill

SPANISH FORT, ALA. - At a May 22 ceremony leading up to Memorial Day, Alabama
Gov. Bob Riley signed into law a bill authorizing the State Board of Veterans Affairs to establish the first state-run veterans cemetery, and allow the state to utilize federal grant money to pay for con… Continue

Posted by Robert Horton on May 26, 2009 at 9:00am

Memorial Day Remembrance at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

PHOTO: Senator John McCain exchanges words with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services Director Joey Strickland at the services held at the National Cemetery of Arizona.

Phoenix – More than four thousand people flocked to t… Continue

Posted by M. David Hampton on May 26, 2009 at 3:19pm

State of Georgia's Annual Memorial Day Ceremony

Photos from the State of Georgia's Annual Memorial Day Ceremony are now available at Governor Sonny Perdue's photo gallery (http://photos.gov.georgia.gov/gallery/8285737_t8qm6#542482952_rvsia) and at the… Continue

Posted by Jon Suggs on May 22, 2009 at 9:30am

Governor Bobby Jindal Awards More Than 270 Veterans With Louisiana Veterans' Honor Medals

Governor Jindal awards a Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal to the family of a Louisiana soldier who was killed in action. (Photo courtesy of Senior Airman Alexandra Sandoval/U.S. Air Force )

Governor Bobby Jindal awarded over 270 of the state’s veteran… Continue

Posted by Lane Carson on May 20, 2009 at 11:30am

Historic Soldiers Laid To Rest In Arizona

(Sierra Vista, Arizona) -The remains of 58 soldiers from the Civil and Indian wars who died in the Arizona Territory were reburied Saturday, May 16 at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista, two years after their remains were dug up in downtow… Continue

Posted by M. David Hampton on May 18, 2009 at 8:30am

Documentary produced by the NM Dept. of Veterans' Services Accepted for Screening at Third Annual GI Film Festival

(SANTA FE, NM)- "Soldiers of Honor"--a documentary movie created by the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services--will be shown at the prestigious Third Annual G.I. Film Festival next week in Washington, D.C.

Soldiers of Honor focuses on the first-ever visit of 40 World War II veterans from southern New Mexico to the National World War II Monument in Washington D.C. last fall. The group made the journey as part of the “Honor Flight Program” which pays for first-time visits of WWII veterans t… Continue

Posted by Ray Seva on May 8, 2009 at 2:12pm

SAVE Suicide Prevention Team Celebrates One Year of Outreach to Over 7,000 Veterans

The Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) Statewide Advocacy for Veterans’ Empowerment (SAVE) program… Continue

Posted by tom kelley on May 1, 2009 at 4:37am

Service Disabled Veteran Designation Now Available for SWaM Business Owners

Richmond, VA The Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise announced today that small, women- and minority-owned business owners can now obtain designation as a service disabled veteran business under the Commonwealth of Virginia’s SWaM Program.

The SWaM Program (Small, Women- and Minority-owned) is the Commonwealth’s supplier diversity effort to increase state spending with small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses. “Business owners that are service disabled veterans and who q… Continue

Posted by Anne Atkins on April 30, 2009 at 1:07pm

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ SERVICES CO-HOSTS STATE’S FIRST MILITARY WOMEN’S CONFERENCE