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The Building Solutions
for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Act of 2021 would extend
indefinitely the extra resources and flexibility given during the
pandemic to the federal, state and local agencies that provide services
to homeless veterans.
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The
department is the first federal agency to implement a vaccine
mandate. Employees have until Sept. 20 to be fully vaccinated, VA
Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement.
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The
Supporting Expanded Review for Veterans in Combat Environments
bill, introduced by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., would extend access
to mammograms for all female veterans who served in areas with burn
pits or other toxic exposures, regardless of their age, symptoms or
family history.
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In
a letter Monday, six members of the House committee urged David
Ferriero, the archivist for the United States, to apply for funding
through the Technology Modernization Fund to help with the
digitization efforts. The fund is intended to help federal agencies
with technological challenges.
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In
2018, Terrie Boley decided to start a website about her daughter,
36-year-old Candance Boley, an Army and Marine Corps veteran who
was murdered in Killeen, Texas, 10 years ago this month — a place
where people could read about Candy’s life and death, a place where
she could be remembered and seen. Boley quickly realized there were
other mothers and families out there just like her who were waiting
for closure for their own loved ones.
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Cody
Melphy, formerly an enlisted bridge engineer and a member of the
Army World Class Athlete Program, recently finished his enlistment
and became a full-time professional rugby player.
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Daniel
Hale, 33, told a federal judge he felt compelled to leak
information to a journalist out of guilt over his own participation
in a program that he believed was indiscriminately killing
civilians in Afghanistan far from the battlefield.
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Capitol
Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said he was more scared on Jan. 6 than
he was during his Army tour of duty in Iraq. He said when he
arrived home at 4 a.m. on Jan. 7, he could not even hug his wife
because his uniform was so soaked in chemical irritants he had been
sprayed with. He faces multiple surgeries from his injuries and at
least a year of rehabilitation.
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Considered
one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, Capt. Dale “Snort”
Snodgrass’ military career began in the early 1970s and ran for 26
years. He accumulated more than 4,800 hours in the F-14 in both war
and peace, more than any other pilot.
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Marine
Corps veteran Sarah Rudder, 38, tied for second in the CrossFit
open adaptive trials this past spring, which qualified her for this
week's NOBULL CrossFit Games 2021, which will include more than 600
able-bodied and adaptive athletes from around the world, today
through Sunday.
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Marine
Corps veteran Tom McKenna hopes to create a welcoming, alcohol-free
gathering place for the modern-day veteran, trying to form
communities similar to those in American Legion or VFW posts.
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