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Military news…
| Pentagon running low on money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine, DOD comptroller says |
| Of the roughly $26 billion that Congress previously authorized to replace weapons and equipment for the embattled country, only $1.6 billion remains, Pentagon Comptroller Michael McCord wrote in a letter to House and Senate lawmakers. |
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| Army to create new specialty, put three-star general in charge of recruiting to help boost enlistment efforts |
| The Army plans to create a new recruiting specialty after missing its enlistment goal for a second straight year as the service aims for a recruiting force styled after talent-acquisition models used by private businesses. |
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.
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Suicides By US Veterans Are Still Tragically High
Despite the increased awareness of PTSD and other mental illnesses, despite a push by VA hospitals to do more outreach and offer better mental health care, and despite new technologies that aim to help our vets recover from mental illness, the number of suicides among veterans remains high.
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Today I go to have my toenails clipped. It’s called old age. I can not bend down enough to clip my own. The old soldier is now 84, and feeling it. No war wounds, but pain from a jeep accident I had back in 1961. I am still trying to get the VA to give me compensation for that.
Never give up if you feel you should be getting compensation. I can see that they stall, and are hoping you will die before you get your just do. Don’t let them do that.
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The are many stories about the military that have been forgotten, but I interviewed four WWII veterans for my new book, and they are amazing. Each one had a near death experience. They didn’t do anything heroic, but put their lives on the line.
The book is called, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life.
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Checking in on you. How are you doing? Is everything going OK, or are you fighting back memories?
FEAR NOT!
There are over 15,219 Veterans on this site who have your back.
If you are battling mentally, but you are losing, GET HELP!!
Here is a toll free number that you can call 24/7. There are highly qualified counselors there to help you, and they will not hang up until they know you are OK.
1-800-273-8255…texting 838255. Call 988.
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Remember:
You are never alone.
You are never forsaken.
You are never unloved.
And above all-never, ever, give up!
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