Local News
American Veterans Work Force Opens for Business!
LAS VEGAS, NV — One of our main goals is to help U.S. veterans find work in a tough job climate. But ...
Defense Department News
DOD contracts
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACT AWARD
Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded $397,900,000 (not-to-exceed ceilin ...
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee moves into high gear
Exactly three weeks before Inauguration Day, the buzz of activity at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee here is a notable exception to the tradition ...
Health News
Medicare Part D: Penalties for Brand Drugs Hidden From Beneficiaries
AARP has called on Medicare to prohibit a little-known practice that some Part D drug plans are using to charge enrollees a sometimes substantial pena ...
Health Discoveries: Strength Training for Your Brain
Lifting weights and other forms of resistance training can help shape up your brain as well as your muscles.
Canadian researchers found that streng ...
TRICARE offers respite for caregivers of severely injured service members
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – TRICARE now offers primary caregivers of active duty service Members much needed rest, relief and reprieve thanks to section 1633 ...
Money News
Some Veterans to See Another Travel Reimbursement Increase
WASHINGTON – Service-disabled and low-income veterans who are reimbursed for travel expenses while receiving care at Department of Veterans Affairs (V ...
It’s pay raise time for troops, DOD civilians
WASHINGTON — Troops worldwide will receive a 3.9 percent pay raise starting on Thursday, but Defense Department civilian employees working overseas wi ...
Veterans Administration
VA Ramps Up Job Search for Injured Vets
WASHINGTON – Thirty percent of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are veterans – the second highest ranking among cabinet department ...
New Members Appointed to Committee on Women Veterans
WASHINGTON – Four new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an expert p ...