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  • The Microsoft Systems and Software Academy has graduated more than 3,000 students to date, training veterans for in-demand tech jobs. (Photo courtesy MSSA)
    Microsoft training academy goes virtual, boosting efforts to prep veterans for tech careers

    Veterans and transitioning service members will now be able to prepare for a career in tech from anywhere in the world without using their GI Bill benefits.

    Harm Venhuizen
    1 day ago
  • Lindsay Church, executive director and co-founder of Minority Veterans of America (center left), and other members of the group march in the Seattle pride parade in June 2019. (Photo courtesy of MVA)
    Minority veterans groups hope new leadership promises mean better results for all vets

    Several new groups focused on minority veteran issues are being elevated by policy makers in an effort to ensure their views are being considered.

    Leo Shane III
    1 day ago
  • A man walks past a
    Veterans unemployment remains flat as pandemic enters its second year

    The unemployment rate for all veterans in February was 5.5 percent, the same as in January,

    Leo Shane III
    1 day ago
  • Protesters enter the Senate Chamber on Jan. 06, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The man wearing military body protection and helmet was later identified as Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
    New congressional investigation to examine the link between veterans and extremist groups

    The move follows a similar review by Defense Department officials announced last month.

    Leo Shane III
    2 days ago
  • A staffer at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico, checks the temperature of an incoming visitor during a coronavirus symptoms check on March 19, 2020. (1st Sgt. Rodolfo Armando Barrios Quinones/Army)
    By the numbers: VA’s coronavirus response one year later

    On March 4, 2020, VA officials announced their first recorded case of coronavirus in a patient from California. Since then, hundreds of thousands more have contracted the illness.

    Leo Shane III
    3 days ago
  • Acting VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Richard Stone (right) helps administer a coronavirus vaccine dose to a local resident during a mass vaccination event at the Yonkers Armory in New York on March 3, 2021. The event was part of VA's Fourth Mission responsibilities to provide backup medical care to local communities. (Photo courtesy of VA)
    VA’s next medical challenge: catching up on millions of missed veterans’ appointments

    The department has delayed or cancelled more than 19 million medical appointments over the last year, but hopes to reschedule them in the months ahead.

    Leo Shane III
    3 days ago
  • Jennifer Thomas, an U.S. Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program coordinator, speaks with service members during an event on sexual assault awareness at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee on April 25, 2019. (Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith/Air National Guard)
    VA leaders will take part in DoD’s sexual misconduct review commission

    Officials said the joint work will help establish better conditions for both current and former service members.

    Leo Shane III
    4 days ago
  • Members of multiple veterans organizations crowd a Senate hearing room during the groups' annual testimony before Congress on March 11, 2020. (Leo Shane III/Staff)
    This week in Congress: Annual parade of vets advocates on Capitol Hill forced online this year

    Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 1, 2021.

    Leo Shane III
    6 days ago
  • Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Denis McDonough on Jan. 27, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
    With new leadership roles, Tester hopes to bridge gap between defense, veterans policy work

    The Montana Democrat will serve as chairman of both the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and the defense panel of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

    Leo Shane III
    February 28
  • Retired Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor is remembered for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the special operations community, including the planning of the Son Tay Raid. (Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force)
    Son Tay Raid commander Leroy Manor dies at 100

    Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor served as a pilot in WWII and planned the Son Tay Raid in Vietnam. He died just four days after his 100th birthday.

    Harm Venhuizen
    February 27
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