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All posts during May 2012

Daily News Brief 05.16.12
Posted by Jacob Worrell on May 16 2012

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.  Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking?

Daily News Brief 05.15.12
Posted by Jacob Worrell on May 15 2012

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.  Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking?

IAVA Gathers Vets for Windy City Smart Job Fair
Posted by Christina Kim on May 14 2012

It’s well-known that your average job fair doesn’t work - there are too many employers, it’s difficult to have meaningful interactions with recruiters and HR personnel, and you’re surrounded by job seekers of all different levels and experience.

Daily News Brief 05.14.12
Posted by Jacob Worrell on May 14 2012

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.  Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking?

Could There be a Physical Reason for the Military Suicide Epidemic?
Posted by Moran Banai on May 11 2012

The U.S. Army released its monthly suicide numbers yesterday and the news is once again tragic: 27 soldiers may have taken their lives in April, one less than the 2012 high of 28 in March. Each suicide is its own tragedy, but the fact that the numbers continue to stay high, even as the Army has made fighting this suicide epidemic a top priority, raises many questions.

IAVA Honors Military Spouses
Posted by Blake Henderson on May 11 2012

Service members enlist. Their families are drafted.The entire IAVA family is proud to celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Celebrated the Friday before Mother's Day since 1984, our country takes this day to acknowledge and thank military spouses for the sacrifices that they make.

Daily News Brief 05.11.12
Posted by Jacob Worrell on May 11 2012

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.  Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking?

Daily News Brief 05.10.12
Posted by Jacob Worrell on May 10 2012

Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA.  Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking?

IAVA and Got Your 6
Posted by IAVA Staff on May 9 2012

IAVA is proud to unite with Hollywood and the veterans community to launch Got Your 6, a groundbreaking awareness and activation campaign to support returning veterans and their families. This innovative year-long effort partners the entertainment industry with the nation’s leading VSOs and nonprofit organizations, including IAVA, ServiceNation, Team Rubicon, The USO, The Clinton Global Initiative, Give an Hour, The Mission Continues and more, to encourage Americans to support and invest in veterans and military families as leaders for our country and local communities.

VA Evades Blame As More Failures Reported at Texas VA Offices
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on May 9 2012

Today, as the Houston Chronicle revealed a staggering claims backlog at the Houston and Waco VA Regional Offices, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation’s first and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released the following statement in response to testimony by the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs:

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