Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2018 By: DoD News The Defense Department issued a substantive change today to its policy on the transfer by service members in the uniformed services of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible family member recipients. Effective one year from the date of this change, eligibility to[Read More…]
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National Veterans Art Museum’s New Exhibit ‘The Lost Children of Chon Thanh’ Opens July 31
The exhibit, ‘The Lost Children of Chon Thanh,’ juxtaposes images of children photographed by U.S. Army medic Bob “Doc” Shirley in Chon Thanh, Vietnam in 1969, with recent photographs by Reed Young of these same children taken nearly 50 years later. Chicago, Ill—(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2018 Contacts: Brendan Foster and Larry Johns The National Veterans Art Museum is proud to announce ‘The Lost Children of Chon Thanh,’ our[Read More…]
NIH and VA Collaborate to Boost Veterans’ Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 Contact: NCI Press Officers Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes[Read More…]
U.S. Navy Identifies Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2018 By: U.S. Fifth Fleet Public Affairs A Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) died from injuries sustained while conducting small boat training July 8. Ensign Sarah Mitchell, 23, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, was medically evacuated to a hospital in Aqaba,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Army Casualty in Afghanistan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense has announced that Cpl. Joseph Maciel, a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel has died. Cpl. Maciel of South Gate, California, died July 7, 2018, in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained during an apparent[Read More…]
Department of Homeland Security Requests DoD House Up to 12,000 Migrants
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Defense Department (DoD) has received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare to house and care for an alien family population of up to 12,000 people, defense officials announced yesterday. DHS also requests that DoD identify[Read More…]
U.S. Navy Identifies Casualty
Norfolk, VA—(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The U.S. Navy announced June 23 the death of Lt. Christopher Carey Short, a Navy pilot who was involved in a mishap at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Lt. Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died June 22 when the A-29 aircraft he[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Navy Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense has announced the death of Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer, a U.S. Navy sailor who was deployed in support of Special Operations Command Forward – East Africa for U.S. Africa Command. Holzemer, of Tennessee, died June 17[Read More…]
Military and Family Appreciation Day at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Sunday, June 24
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: Friends of the National Veterans Art Museum In partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden, USO of Illinois, and the American Legion, we are welcoming military service members and their families on Sunday June 24th to a special day at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Army Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense has announced the death of Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Conrad, a soldier who was supporting Operation Octave Shield. Conrad, 26, of Chandler, Arizona, died June 8, in Somalia of injuries sustained from enemy indirect fire. The incident is under[Read More…]