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		<title>U.S. Agencies Join Forces to Honor and Support Military Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet As part of the Joining Forces initiative to support our nation’s service members and their families, several U.S. government agencies announced an annual pass to active duty service members and their dependents, granting free access to more than 2,000 &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/05/15/u-s-agencies-join-forces-to-honor-and-support-military-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Internships for Wounded Warriors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetAre you a wounded, ill or injured Servicemember looking to increase your career readiness and use your time productively while you recover?  Consider participating in an Operation Warfighter internship!  To get an idea of how an internship could help you &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/04/12/internships-for-wounded-warriors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better late than never</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWASHINGTON, March 7, 2012 – Some service members traveling out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport soon will be able to speed through security as part of a joint Defense Department and Transportation Security Administration program. In cooperation with the &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/04/12/12960/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012 Update</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetLast week, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., joined Sens. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii and Mark Begich, D-Alaska to unveil the GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012. The bill would give servicemembers and veterans using the GI Bill &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/04/04/gi-bill-consumer-awareness-act-of-2012-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Military Coalition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe Military Coalition, a group of 34 military-related associations , collectively represents over 5 million members. Numbers like that resonate on Capitol Hill. One of the ways that the Coalition advocates before Congress is through testimony at congressional hearings. This &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/04/01/the-military-coalition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Army Establishes Hotline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe Army Medical Command has a hotline available for Soldiers and veterans who have been screened by forensic psychiatric teams since 2007 as part of the evaluation process for medical retirement. Soldiers and veterans with concerns about their diagnosis may &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/31/army-establishes-hotline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Injury Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/27/brain-injury-awareness-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetMarch is Brain Injury Awareness month. The Defense Department has identified the leading causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the military as blasts, fragments, bullets, motor vehicle crashes and falls. Traumatic brain injuries are broken down into three levels &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/27/brain-injury-awareness-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daughters of US Military Sailing Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/26/daughters-of-us-military-sailing-scholarship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetSisters Under Sail, a non-profit dedicated to teaching teenage girls leadership skills and life lessons through sail training, will award several scholarships this summer to daughters of our military for a six-day passage.  The program is open to daughters of &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/26/daughters-of-us-military-sailing-scholarship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VA Offers Marriage Retreats for Returning Vets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetThe VA currently has marriage retreat programs for all Veterans up and running at two locations: the VA San Diego Healthcare System and the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, GA. These retreats are conducted by VA chaplains, social &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/07/va-offers-marriage-retreats-for-returning-vets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VA Launches Personalized Health Benefits Handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetVeterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have begun to receive personalized booklets that explain their health care benefits and contain other useful information.  The new booklet, called a Health Benefits Handbook, will &#8230; <a href="http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2012/03/06/va-launches-personalized-health-benefits-handbook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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