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Senate passes the PACT Act to provide more help to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins The PACT Act seeks to provide an easy path to health care and benefits for veterans who served near open-air burn pits, which were used throughout the 1990s and the post-9/11 wars. Read more >

Service members exposed to blasts at little risk of CTE, study finds Researchers examined 225 autopsied brains from service members and veterans but lesions associated with CTE were found in only 10 brains examined, the study said. Read more >

Michigan teen raises more than $140,000 for Vietnam veterans to visit DC On Saturday, an Honor Flight from Michigan flew more than 80 Vietnam veterans to D.C., which included a ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Alice Kraatz, 17, made it happen. Read more >   Veterans fighting in Ukraine won't get wartime protections, Kremlin spokesman says Two Americans who fought for Ukraine before being captured by Russia will not be granted the protections afforded to prisoners of war by the Geneva Conventions, the Kremlin's top spokesman said. Read more >   For unsung Black military women, a gold-medal day with Broadway pizzazz The country is at long last training a spotlight on a long-unsung World War II unit of Black women, with Congress bestowing its highest honor on them — and with a new musical on the way, too, to sing about their astonishing story. Read more >

US veterans missing in Ukraine formed bond over background Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh are both military veterans from Alabama, so it was natural that they formed a bond once they met in Ukraine. Read more >   Navy veteran who crashed car into Times Square pedestrians in 2017 ‘not responsible’ due to mental illness, jury finds Richard Rojas, 31, was found “not responsible by reason of mental defect” of second-degree murder and 23 other counts for the May 2017 carnage. The Bronx man who suffers from schizophrenia will be involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric facility. Read more >   Army veteran who threw Molotov cocktails at Oregon police sentenced Prosecutors say Army veteran Malik Fard Muhammad traveled from Indiana to Oregon and in September 2020 threw Molotov cocktails at police, broke windows in buildings, and ran from police with a loaded handgun. Read more >   Former Army Ranger objects to US attempt to bar self-defense claim in Capitol assault case Federal prosecutors want to bar former Army Ranger Robert Morss from raising a self-defense claim when he goes to trial on charges of assaulting police during the Capitol insurrection, but his lawyer says the government has no right to prevent him from using that defense. Read more >   For veterans in Colorado Springs, fly fishing leads to healing waters Since 2005, Project Healing Waters has been dedicated to the recovery of combat veterans. That recovery is through this rhythmic sport so often associated with zen. A study by Harvard Medical School, for one, found veterans experienced reduced stress and improved sleep after a fly-fishing retreat. Read more >   Missouri GOP Senate candidate, a Navy SEAL veteran, releases video implying he is hunting members of his own party In the video Eric Greitens, a Republican, carries a gun and identifies himself as a Navy SEAL. He says he’s hunting RINOs, an acronym that means “Republicans in name only.” Read more >

 

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