By SHELLY BIRKELO ( Contact ) Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, GazetteExtra.com
ANESVILLE — A growing number of Rock County’s 14,000 veterans are seeking help through the Rock County Veteran’s Service Office. “We have seen an increase in requests for filing claims for World War II to the newest vets, who are keeping us busy,” said John Solis, Rock County veteran’s service officer. Solis began noticing after January 2009 that more veterans were coming in for help. “That’s when the economy hit home with General Motors and all the other entities laying people off,” he said. Rock County veterans who lost health insurance through their employers wanted to know if they were eligible for Veterans Administration health care, Solis said.
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Open to all veterans, members of the military, their families, and supporters, as well as business and community leaders. Local, state and federal programs that support the veterans and military communities will be available to discuss their services.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Elliott University Center, Stirling Street
Panel on Education, Jobs and Workforce Development introduced by Senator Hagan 1-2pm. Resource Fair 2-4pm
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
To learn more or to register, visit: http://vetexpo.uncg.edu
Robert Langreth, 08.26.10, 11:20 AM EDT , Forbes Magazine dated September 13, 2010
Hit by rising suicide rates in the wake of two long wars, the Pentagon has suddenly become a prime mover in researching treatments for the suicidal. “They are leading the charge. There is nobody doing more for suicide prevention than the VA and the DOD,” says Catholic University psychologist David Jobes. The suicide problem first emerged in 2004 among soldiers in Iraq, says Colonel Carl Castro, a psychologist at the Army’s Medical Research & Materiel Command. Now the suicide rate for the whole Army, which historically has been low, exceeds the rate for civilians.
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This month we profile two individuals who have survived the tragic suicide of one of their sons and the death of another in combat, and then channeled their grief into a campaign to prevent other service members from taking their own lives. The suicide rate among soldiers is hitting record highs, and the Army and its leadership are undertaking aggressive steps to abruptly revert this. Read more to learn about how Maj. Gen. Mark Graham and his wife Carol are helping to spearhead the battle.
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By Linda D. Kozaryn, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2010 – President Barack Obama called on the American people today to provide new care, opportunity and commitment to the million military men and women who’ve served in Iraq.
After more than seven years, the United States “will end its combat mission in Iraq and take an important step forward in responsibly ending the Iraq war,” he said during his weekly radio address.
That responsibility, he stressed, includes caring for the men and women in uniform who volunteered to fight. “What this new generation of veterans must know is this: our nation’s commitment to all who wear its uniform is a sacred trust that is as old as our republic itself,” he said. “It is one that, as president, I consider a moral obligation to uphold.”
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