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After nearly a
decade of bureaucratic slowdowns, advocacy efforts and stalled
legislation, veterans may be getting increased access to one of the more
effective treatments for combat-related mental health conditions: a
service dog.
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The inspector general’s office directed the VA on
Thursday to review all of the claims in which inspectors had found
errors and correct them.
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Paul Whelan, a 51-year-old former corporate security
executive and former U.S. Marine, was arrested in Moscow in 2018
and sentenced to 16 years in prison after being convicted of
espionage. He reportedly is being held in the IK-17 penal colony in
the region of Mordovia, an area known to house Russia's toughest
prisons.
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Marking the anniversary of Tice’s captivity, and his
40th birthday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was
personally committed to securing his freedom.
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“The other one doesn’t fit so good now, and the moths
got to it,” Hall said. “I wanted a new uniform ready to go for when
I’m buried. My friends were all buried in their uniforms, and I
want that, too.”
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Short in stature but long on stamina, the San Diegan
was a fixture at annual public events honoring military veterans
and a frequent speaker at local schools and in front of service
organizations.
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Summer was recently named the nation's "Military
Dog of the Year" in the 2021 American Humane Hero Dog Awards,
after being nominated by her trainer, retired U.S. Air Force Master
Sgt. Micah Jones. The win puts her in the running along with six
other canines for the contest's top title of American Hero Dog,
according to a news release.
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Dave Severance, the Marine company commander whose
troops planted the American flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, a
moment captured in one of the most iconic war photographs in
history, has died. He was 102.
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After serving in the military, Luke Kirwan used the GI
Bill to attend culinary school at The Arts Institutes. While there,
he competed on the student edition of the Chopped Food Network
series, and came in second place. In 2016, he was also part of the
James Beard Award-nominated Oveja Negra, a restaurant in San Jose's
Hotel Valencia.
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While rummaging around river beds during low tide, Joe
Daley's quick to spot good sticks: sturdy, straight, well-balanced
and supportive. Some of those features may also be considered
guideposts of healing, a value behind Daley’s new company, River
Walking Sticks. It aims to help veterans and some who have lost
their way by employing them and donating to causes that assist
them.
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The rally celebrated and honored those who have served
their country Tuesday with a special Military Appreciation Day
motorcycle ride and a ceremony at Harley-Davidson Rally Point
Plaza. Two B-1B bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base flew over
downtown Sturgis.
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