Initiative helps disabled vets stay active

11/16/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A recent initiative launched by officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Olympic Committee is giving disabled veterans a chance to rediscover their potential through athletics and competition.

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Funeral highlights search for missing servicemembers

11/18/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery; a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his dress blue uniform presents a folded flag to the fallen's next of kin, a man in his 60s.

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Encourage Congress to pass honors for Cold War veterans | Portland Press Herald

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Pentagon, VA officials expand disability claims test

11/16/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense and Veterans Affairs officials today announced another step in their efforts to streamline the process of determining veterans' disability ratings.

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Airmen speed delivery of vital vaccine

Recently, the cargo they handled would, soon enough, find its way to every servicemember in the AOR.

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Dolphins fly to New Caledonia with Hickam C-17 crew

11/17/2009 - HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFNS) -- Airmen aboard C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Hickam AFB transported dolphins from the Navy Marine Mammals Program in San Diego, Calif., to Noumea, New Caledonia, Nov.

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Obama's pledge: America will fulfill obligations to veterans

11/12/2009 - ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (AFNS) -- America will fulfill its obligation to take care of and value those who have sacrificed for the country, President Barack Obama said here Nov. 11.

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