Veterans Day is a time for Americans to honor those who have served this country and made great sacrifices to maintain the freedoms of our nation. I am incredibly grateful to those who have served our country, and as a ...

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Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit based in Rockville that operates a network of comfort homes for military families, reached a new milestone.

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U.S. Army veteran Mary Pratt knows the exact day she came to the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training in Baltimore. On March 24, 2016, after the end of an 8-year marriage and  having just lost her job, she ...

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POTOMAC — Twenty unemployed or under-employed military veterans are graduating from a computer skills program run by a nonprofit organization in Montgomery County. Retired Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan is the chairman of the organization, called NS2 Serves. He says ...

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In an effort to help some of the thousands of service members who leave military active duty each year, the Baltimore CASH campaign is increasing its services through an effort funded by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Armed Forces ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would allow employers to give preferential hiring and promotions to veterans and to spouses of a disabled or deceased service member, was heard in the Maryland Senate Finance committee last week after passing through the ...

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More than 700 Farmers Insurance agencies and territorial offices in six Eastern states, including Maryland, will collect donated suits for veterans through Dec. 11. The collection is part of the company’s drive to support Suits for Soliders, a nonprofit operated by ...

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Maryland officials are highlighting a unique partnership between the state and a nonprofit group to help veterans. Sen. Ben Cardin and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton are scheduled to talk about the new partnership Monday in Gaithersburg. ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is complying with a law designed to increase the number of federal contracts awarded to small businesses owned by disabled veterans. The justices on Monday agreed ...

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For the last six years, the Veterans Legal Assistance Conference and Training has provided a doorway for private attorneys who want to help low-income veterans overcome legal hurdles to obtaining their disability benefits. This year, however, the June 5 conference ...

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