Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans for Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Updates for Veterans

Updates for VeteransHere are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans, Veterans assistance programs, Veterans jobs, Veterans counseling, Veterans recognition, Veterans oral history, Veterans museums, military history and World War 2.

70th D-Day Anniversary: National World War II Museum Events
As the world comes together to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion, The National WWII Museum will host two days of events to honor, educate and reflect on the invasion that paved the way to the Allied Victory in Europe.
Remember the men who fought and explore the obstacles they faced during the special events happening at the Museum. Join us in New Orleans at the Museum, where the iconic Higgins boats used to storm the beaches were manufactured, to commemorate D-Day and to celebrate the Museum’s 14th Birthday.

Read more here.

WW II Veterans in Normandy that would like to preserve their oral history for free for their family and the future should contact me at russell@russellaw.com.

Enjoy and stay tuned for next week’s Weekly review for U.S. Veterans.

Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans – Friday, 3/21/14

Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans for the week of March 21, 2014

Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans for the week of March 21, 2014Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans, Veterans assistance programs, Veterans jobs, Veterans counseling, Veterans recognition, Veterans oral history, Veterans museums, military history and World War 2.  Enjoy!

 

Veterans receive belated Medals of Honor:

CNN’s Jake Tapper talks with SSG Melvin Morris about receiving a long-awaited Medal of Honor.
Watch here

 

24 Soldiers to Receive Medal of Honor:

Prejudices of earlier decades meant heroism was not fully recognized.

Read more here

 

Federal Government Signs Off On Study Using Marijuana To Treat Veteran’s PTSD:

The federal government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a development that drug researchers are hailing as a major shift in U.S. policy.

Read more here… 

 

How PTSD affects families of veterans:

Not all our casualties of war served overseas in combat. Some are children who never left our shores. Collateral damage, some might call it.

Read more here

 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for next week’s Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans.

Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans for Friday, March 14, 2014

U.S. Veterans Updates

U.S. Veterans UpdatesHere are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans, Veterans assistance programs, Veterans jobs, Veterans counseling, Veterans recognition, Veterans oral history, Veterans museums, military history and World War 2.

 

Support our Veterans: War’s true toll 
22 veterans kill themselves each day. Another group is also coping with suicide: military spouses, siblings and parents.

Read more…

 

‘Band of Brothers’ veteran William Guarnere dies:

William Guarnere, a World War II veteran popularized by the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, has died. He was 90.

Read more…

 

Groups show vets how to market their abilities:
After serving as a tanker for four years, Edner Seme spent a year looking for a job. Eventually, he turned to the Texas Veterans Commission for help finding work.

Read more…

 

Enjoy and stay tuned for next week’s Weekly review for U.S. Veterans.

Weekly Review for United States Veterans for March 7, 2014

Weekly Review for United States Veterans for March 7, 2014

Weekly Review for United States Veterans for March 7, 2014Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans, Veterans assistance programs, Veterans jobs, Veterans counseling, Veterans recognition, Veterans oral history, Veterans museums, military history and World War 2.

Enjoy and stay tuned for next week’s Weekly Review for U.S. Veterans!

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