President Obama has come out today to announce a major increase in funding that will help Veterans of the Armed Forces. Funding for programs such as electronic medical records will help veterans when separating from the military and transitioning to veteran status. President Obama also stressed that thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are […]
Military Bloggers
Well I don’t know when blogging really became well known throughout the internet, but I know I started to blog once i created my website www.transitioningveteran.com . A friend of mine told me about adding a blog to my website gaining the attention of many bloggers. It was a great idea as now i have […]
Combat to College program
Combat to College program is beginning to branch out all across the U.S. This program Is setup to help veteran’s transition from the war zone to the classroom. Here is an article by Jessica Lawson who writes for Military Times, The Edge. http://www.militarytimesedge.com/education/veteran-campus-life/ed_combat_tocollege_032309/ Colleges have many programs setup for us Veterans along with many programs […]
Military.com Career Expo
Though these days we find people struggling as the economy takes a downturn, companies layoff workers and millions of Americans are now competeting amongst each other to find work, us who are Veterans do see many opportunities still. The government is spending millions to create more government jobs to help stimulate the economy and those […]
Military Spouses, you are not alone!
For those of you who are Spouse’s in the military, here are a few links i found that can help you to get involved with your own well being while your loved one is deployed. http://www.military.com/spouse/fs Military.com has a great family support for spouses, helping them on matters pertaining to education, deployments, child care, relocation […]
Just added how to BUYBACK MILITARY TIME for retirement on Transitioning Veteran’s Wiki
This link will bring you to my sites WIKI where I have steps to take when buying back your time WHICH I’m currently completing. The steps are from DEFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Services) http://transitioningveteran.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Here is also an article about buying back military time. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=43341
Organizations created to help assist service members and their families during this poor economic time.
Here is a list of organizations created to help assist service members and their families during this poor economic time. http://www.transitionassistanceprogram.com/portal/transition/resources/PDF/MyHelpList.pdf Make use of these organizations, they were created to support us in many ways and many give free services.
Removing Educational Roadblocks for Disabled Veterans
http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1231&p=1#0 Great article by Joni Kirk associate director of media relations at the University of Idaho writes an article about the growing need for better and more education benefits for disabled Veterans. I found this article after reading a news clip by author Jessica Lawson which is posted on the Military Times Edge website. To […]
Obama drops plan to charge military personnel’s medical insurers for medical benefits
Here is the article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031803394.html
Military.com’s own resume center
Just another resume website helping us Veterans to properly create a resume. Take every opportunity these sites have to offer as many sites attempt to have you pay for their services. Military.com is a site created for us Service members, great information that’s free and only created to help us. Take advantage of it. http://www.military.com/Careers/Content1?file=resume_center.htm&area=Reference