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GI Bill

DoD Announces Policy Change on Transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits

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…]

Lost Children of Chon Than

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…]

NAVIGATE Sites

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…]

Ensign Sarah Mitchell

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…]

Lt. Christopher Carey Short

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…]

Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer

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 event

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…]

Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Conrad,

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…]

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