The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.

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The University of Maryland has been awarded a $2 million, 5-year Small Business Administration grant to operate the first Veterans Business Outreach Center in Maryland.

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a retired federal law enforcement officer who was put in a chokehold and wrestled to the ground at a VA hospital security checkpoint.

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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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