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LYNN Glenda Baca has plenty of help caring for her three children during her husbands absence, but she smiled and thanked Jeffrey Hollett Friday when the Army veteran handed her a book that could have

Detroit Panic rose in David Addison as fire ripped through the transitional home where he and three fellow military veterans were staying. “We were shocked there for a minute,” said Addison, 63, recalling the blaze

A car ride changed her life. It was 2007 and 21-year-old Christina Batiz worked as a hostess and a To-Go specialist at Olive Garden to save up for a car. Careless and running on fumes,

PENNSVILLE TWP. Winter’s role in modern human conflict is long: George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River, the failed invasions of Russia by both Napoleon and Hitler, the Ardennes Offensive of 1944 or the “Frozen

The graves of 950 veterans at Woodlawn National Cemetery will have to wait a week longer for a special remembrance. The first communitywide Wreaths Across America ceremony there went on as planned Saturday morning, but

Our country is suffering from an enormous deficit thats growing exponentially every year. Im not speaking of our mind-boggling foreign debt, nor am I speaking of our dwindling supply of intellectual capital. I am referring

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, applauded the bicameral, bipartisan spending agreement that includes a provision that protects veterans’ benefits from government spending lapses by providing advance

The unemployment rate for U.S. military veterans is at its lowest level in more than six years, but advocates say many men and women still face significant employment hurdles after being discharged. The unemployment rate

The White House on Wednesday pressed the Senate to adopt a House bill designed to help bolster suicide prevention programs for military veterans. Press secretary Josh Earnest said the administration was encouraged that the House

OTEEN, N.C. — The medical center director for the Charles George VA Medical Center hosted a town hall meeting to allow veterans to voice their questions and concerns Wednesday night at the hospital. Everybody is

The St. Helena Parish Veterans Affairs Office in Greensburg recently welcomed new service officer Ken Marcantel. Marcantel, a retired Navy cryptologist, whose military career spanned more than 22 years before his retirement in 2011, served