The Year of the Noncommissioned Officer is well underway and NCOs are being honored Army-wide, but Fort Myer Military Community Command Sgt. Maj. Jefferson Varner III wants to ensure that the year-long celebration of enlisted leaders isn't limited to those currently serving. Read More...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Plan for hiring vets tacked on stimulus bill
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Feb 6, 2009 17:35:47 EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An amendment worked into the national economic stimulus bill would expand tax incentives to employers who hire veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., said the measure is needed because the current generation of soldiers and sailors are returning home after military discharge to find a shrinking work force.
The amendment was approved Friday as the Senate worked on the recovery package. The measure would apply to veterans who are discharged from September 2001 through December 2010.
To qualify for the tax credit, employers would need to hire a post-9/11 veteran who has received unemployment benefits for at least four weeks within the past year. The veteran would need to work at least 120 hours for the employer to be eligible.
Posted : Friday Feb 6, 2009 17:35:47 EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An amendment worked into the national economic stimulus bill would expand tax incentives to employers who hire veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., said the measure is needed because the current generation of soldiers and sailors are returning home after military discharge to find a shrinking work force.
The amendment was approved Friday as the Senate worked on the recovery package. The measure would apply to veterans who are discharged from September 2001 through December 2010.
To qualify for the tax credit, employers would need to hire a post-9/11 veteran who has received unemployment benefits for at least four weeks within the past year. The veteran would need to work at least 120 hours for the employer to be eligible.
Friday, February 6, 2009
$3.6 billion hike urged for VA health care
By Rick Maze - Staff writer Army Times
Posted : Friday Feb 6, 2009 15:11:06 EST
Four leading veterans groups called Friday for a $4.5 billion increase in veterans programs, including $3.6 billion for health care.
This is an even bigger increase than the groups asked for a year ago, and puts added pressure on President Barack Obama to keep campaign promises for full funding of Veterans Affairs Department programs.
The increase, which would result in a $54.6 billion discretionary VA budget, comes in the so-called “independent budget” prepared each year by AmVets, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The $54.6 billion budget includes health care, administrative and construction funds and some costs related to the administration of benefits, but not the costs of the benefits themselves.
Read the whole story.
Posted : Friday Feb 6, 2009 15:11:06 EST
Four leading veterans groups called Friday for a $4.5 billion increase in veterans programs, including $3.6 billion for health care.
This is an even bigger increase than the groups asked for a year ago, and puts added pressure on President Barack Obama to keep campaign promises for full funding of Veterans Affairs Department programs.
The increase, which would result in a $54.6 billion discretionary VA budget, comes in the so-called “independent budget” prepared each year by AmVets, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The $54.6 billion budget includes health care, administrative and construction funds and some costs related to the administration of benefits, but not the costs of the benefits themselves.
Read the whole story.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Stolen Valor
A Southern Illinois University administrator who told the student newspaper vivid stories of his heroism during the Vietnam War has been accused of lying about his military record. - St. Louis By Jim Suhr - The Associated PressPosted
Link to follow up story
Link to follow up story
Monday, February 2, 2009
Currahee Funeral
CPL Charles P. Gaffney, 2/506, who was killed in Afghanistan on 24 Dec 2008, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tues, 3 Feb. His funeral will be in the Old Chapel of Ft. Myer beginning at 8:45 AM. More information about him and his service is at the Arlington National Cemetery web site http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cpgaffneyjr.htm
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