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Women often face lower salaries and longer unemployment periods than men when seeking employment after military service, according to a report by Hire Heroes USA.
There will be 36 Army veterans in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate when Congress convenes in January.
The total for the 117th Congress, which convenes on Jan. 3, includes six new members of the House and one new senator who have Army experience.
The long-awaited National Museum of the United States Army will be opened Nov. 11 by Army leaders.
The event begins at 2 p.m. Eastern and will be livestreamed here. The celebration is closed to the public because of health and safety concerns.
Military retirees affected by new monthly enrollment fees for Tricare Select health care coverage can now set up their automatic payments.
The monthly enrollment fees kick in Jan. 1, 2021.
Most working-age military retirees will start paying monthly enrollment fees for Tricare Select health care coverage beginning Jan. 1, the first time this group of beneficiaries will be charged such fees.
The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to care for veterans—and some non-veterans—during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite halting face-to-face encounters, the department’s top official said.
“We have shown we are adaptable, we’re agile,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said during an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group July 7.
The Army is starting to put to work retired soldiers who volunteered to return to duty to help with the service’s COVID-19 response.
The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments have announced that commissary and post exchange services will be opened to a greater number of patrons beginning Jan. 1—a move supported by the Association of the U.S. Army.
It’s everyone’s duty to take care of America’s veterans and “make sure we live up to Abraham Lincoln’s vision,” the secretary of Veterans Affairs said at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is falling far short of achieving a 2017 goal to expand cemeteries because of significant problems finding land for new burials, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.