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Veterans abuse alcohol at higher rates since coronavirus pandemic, study shows
A new study in the American Journal of Medicine shows alcohol abuse among veterans climbed in the second and third year of the coronavirus pandemic after dipping at the onset of the lockdowns in 2020.
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Ghost Army veterans set to receive Congressional Gold Medal in March ceremony
Congress will bestow its highest honor to the Ghost Army on March 21 in recognition of the unique role the unit played in helping defeat Nazi Germany by misleading German forces about the size and location of Allied troops.
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House GOP lawmakers attack VA for processing medical claims for illegal immigrants
Reps. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., and Jennifer Kiggans, R-Va., of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs questioned whether VA’s financial agreement with ICE is exacerbating health care shortages for veterans.
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Veterans Affairs launched a suicide help program; 50,000 veterans used it
The one-year total comes as data shows that more than 6,000 veterans die by suicide each year, amid a worsening mental health crisis across the country.
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Military veteran charged in Capitol riot is ordered released from custody
A military veteran charged with attacking police officers with a baton during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was ordered released from custody on Tuesday, a day after his arrest.
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Charles Osgood, former host of ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ and Army veteran, dies at 91
Charles Osgood, the bow-tie-wearing former host of “CBS Sunday Morning” and a fixture for decades on network radio, died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, CBS News reported. He was 91.
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Nobel laureate and Army veteran Arno Penzias dies at 90; helped find traces of Big Bang
Arno A. Penzias, who fled Nazi Germany in childhood, settled in the United States and in 1978 shared the Nobel Prize in physics for helping find vital early evidence of the Big Bang Theory about the creation of the universe, died Jan. 22 at an assisted-living center in San Francisco. He was 90.
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Army chaplain releases debut documentary about disabilities, motorcycles and resilience: ‘You can’t quit’
Lt. Col. Deborah Brown’s debut documentary, “Pounders: We Are Who We Are,” chronicles the lives of four individuals as they overcome the challenges of living with spinal cord injuries and pursue their passion of riding motorcycles.
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Korean War veteran, missing 74 years, to be laid to rest
Gloria Johnson was a small child when her father — Army Master Sgt. Roy E. Barrow — went off to war and never returned. Until now.
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Senators seek reduced VA wait times in legislation proposal
The Department of Veterans Affairs would have to establish a standard time frame for veterans to receive specialized care after a VA doctor’s referral under a bill introduced this week in the Senate.
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Family of WWII veteran Merle Hillman, lost at Pearl Harbor, finds closure
It was a dozen years ago that the Navy asked for DNA samples from surviving relatives of WWII veteran Merle Hillman who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He had been one of 25 unknowns from the battleship USS California interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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