Report Finds High Employment Placement Rates but Low Employment Retention ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With President Obama announcing plans for a new Veterans Job Corps, Volunteers of America has released a new report, drafted in partnership with Wilder Research, which analyzes the success of programs helping homeless veterans rebuild their lives and ...
Tuesday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. at PETCO Park SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute are pleased to host the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) at their “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” reception. The event will be held at PETCO Park on January 24 at 6:30 p.m. and will ...
New bargaining unit covers more than 1,400 employees at BRAC-consolidated HR center FORT KNOX, Ky., Oct. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Federation of Government Employees is now the exclusive representative for more than 1,400 Army civilian personnel specialists who provide human resources services to soldiers, veterans, retirees and Army families. Employees at the ...
SPRINGFIELD, Va., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS), a national military advocacy organization, announces an online higher education partnership between NAUS and Excelsior College, a nonprofit, accredited distance education college in Albany, NY. The partnership provides NAUS members with access to reduced tuition and fees for associate and bachelor’s ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — At a congressional hearing Feb. 17, The American Legion urged Congress to invest wisely in key infrastructure areas, such as construction and vital research, in VA’s fiscal 2012 budget. Currently, VA is asking for $590 million in major construction and $550 million in minor construction. The amount falls far ...
CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — UBM Studios Milicruit, the recognized leader for virtual career fairs for veterans, today announced that Deutsche Bank Americas has signed on as a platinum sponsor for the Veterans Virtual Career Fair. The Veterans Virtual Career Fair is open to all active duty personnel, veterans and military spouses and will ...
JANUARY 3, 2010 \ PHILADELPHIA, PA \ DIVERSE NEWS — I found this website incidentally, which was linked to another story. For the returning veterans, it should be of some use to you. -JT Coming Home “I think one of the biggest problems with the veterans coming back – myself included – is that you’re ...
Leaders Take New Positions in Military Support Non-Profit PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Soldiers’ Angels, the largest military support organization of its type, announces three major changes in personnel. As the organization continues to grow exponentially in the support it provides to active duty and wounded personnel, veterans and military families, these additional ...
NDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “There they go again,” said The American Legion’s National Commander Jimmie Foster about the recommendations of two debt reduction commissions which would decrease military retirement benefits. “Every time Washington wakes up with a deficit hangover after decades of spending binges, those who study the serious problems of our national ...
LENEXA, Kan. — (October 28, 2010) /PRNewswire/ — Once again, Applebee’s will thank our nation’s veterans and active duty military by inviting them to their neighborhood Applebee’s for a free meal on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Last year, Applebee’s served more than one million military men and women and expects that number to ...