As all eyes turn to Capitol Hill tonight for the State of the Union address, I’ll join 20 fellow Iraq vets on the House floor and millions nationwide and overseas who are looking for crucial promises from the president. Read more: Michelle Obama, Jobs, Veterans, War, Suicide, Mental Health, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Post-9/11 Gi Bill, [...]
Ten years ago this April, I enlisted in the U.S. Army. During that time, I jumped out of airplanes, crawled, marched and ran thousands of miles, blew stuff up, met some of the most amazing people on Earth and served two tours in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne. Five years ago this week, I got [...]
Inspired by her dedication to military service members, Army veteran Al Lee gave his Purple Heart coin to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being attacked during a “Congress on Your Corner” event on January 8. As reported by an article in the Tucson Sentinel, Lee was awarded the Purple Heart [...]
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has successfully deployed a new automated system that is delivering faster, more accurate payments to Veterans attending school under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. “VA is relying upon the latest technology to provide a high-tech solution for administering the most generous educational benefits since the original GI Bill [...]
Despite an overhaul of post-9/11 GI Bill benefits this August, Veterans Affairs officials don’t expect a repeat of the major tuition delays and paperwork headaches they saw with the education benefits two years ago.
Veterans Affairs Department officials are optimistic about making changes this summer to the Post-9/11 GI Bill after having great success in cutting the processing time of benefits claims. Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News
By Meredith Melnick in Time In his Oval Office address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced the end of combat operations in Iraq — and with it a return to challenges at home, especially those faced by veterans. Obama pointed to his Post-9/11 GI Bill — which came into effect in August 2009 and has [...]
Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fee caps for the 2010-2011 have been released by the Veterans Affairs Department, providing key numbers that will allow the processing of payments to colleges and universities for students enrolled in the fall term. Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News
Veterans Affairs Department officials announced Thursday they have now fully automated Post-9/11 GI Bill claims, a process that includes calculating and paying benefits that should streamline the year-old program. Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News
President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave an upbeat yet sobering appraisal of his six-month-old administration’s treatment of the nation’s military veterans, touting spending to improve health care, the introduction of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and a greater effort to reach out to vets. But he acknowledged continued deficiencies in areas such as smoothly transitioning service [...]
