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1. World War II veterans encouraged to share their stories at Dec. 7 event. The Saratogian Of the more than 16 million Americans who served in the Armed Forces during World War II, the US Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that only 1.7 million nationwide are still living. This event is an opportunity to honor and appreciate World War …
2. Local WWI vet’s lost remains among first ID’d by project. Dayton Daily News According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Otto Mathiasen served in the Navy from Oct. 12, 1918 to Dec. 7, 1918 — at the tail end of World War I. He went on to Oberlin College, then later to Harvard University before ending up at Antioch …
3. What will automatic budget cuts mean to vets? While most of the conversation surrounding the super committee’s deficit plan failure has focused on whether the Pentagon can handle another $600 billion in defense cuts, veterans groups worry that programs for separated military personnel could absorb a significant and unexpected hit as well.
4. Tricare beneficiaries get letters on security breach. Many of the 4.9 million Tricare beneficiaries whose personal data may have been compromised are just receiving word of the security breach now, through letters sent to their homes.
5. Tricare scrapping troubled system in Philippines to address fraud, military retiree care. Tricare acknowledges that the Philippines system is one of its most dysfunctional and troubled ‘ so much so that the agency decided in September to scrap the program and start over, according to interviews with beneficiaries, a Department of Defense investigation and Tricare’s own assessments.
6. Prosthetic Sensing Array Gives “Feeling” to Artificial Limbs. PR.com The Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory of the University of Washington, in collaboration with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, has completed development of a prototype Fringing Field Sensor …
7. Veteran’s hospital promoting outreach program. Midland Daily News There’s a new program a the Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center to help veterans who are in legal trouble. The Veterans Justice Outreach Program is a newly-designed program that collaborates with the VA Homeless Program to identify and work …
8. Memorial dedicated to veterans. phillyBurbs.com The “We Honor Veterans Program” was launched a year ago by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in cooperation with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The program provides hospice and palliative care providers with the resources …