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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- August 1, 2014
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 07:17:01 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Friday August 1, 2014
Damage Controlman Rebecca McMillen-Erickhoff helps Levi Rowell, 4, of Allendale, Mich., try on firefighting attire Wednesday during a public tour of the U.S. Coast Guard cutters Hollyhock, Bristol Bay and Mobile Bay, at the Coast Guard Festival at Escanaba Park in Grand Haven, Mich. | Military Times >> |
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
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| AFGHANISTAN |
The Afghan government would need all of its current domestic revenue to pay for an army capable of fending off the Taliban once the U.S. completes its military withdrawal at the end of 2016, a government watchdog reported Wednesday. | NBC News >> A federal inspector general said Thursday that more than half of the separation agreements signed by departing employees of a nonprofit that received hundreds of millions of tax dollars to work in Iraq and Afghanistan contain provisions that violate whistleblower protection laws. | Washington Post >>
A recent report by journalist Rukmini Callimachi details al-Qaida's strategy of kidnapping Europeans and demanding large ransoms - and how those ransoms are a key source of funding for al-Qaida operations. | NPR >>
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| IRAQ |
When the Sunni extremists ruling Mosul destroyed the shrine of a prophet whose story features in the traditions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism - the most important of nearly two dozen marked for destruction by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the first seven weeks of its reign - small groups of residents gathered to mourn. | New York Times >> In the early hours of 24 July a Saudi volunteer belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) drove a car packed with explosives towards the perimeter wall of a base manned by 300 soldiers of the 17th Division of the Syrian army near the city of Raqqa in north-east Syria. | The Independent >>
The scenes unfolding in Iraq as the Islamic State expands its territory have been alarming to many Americans, but for veterans who fought to stabilize the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein, they have also been heartbreaking and emotional. Some blame President Obama. Others are less critical of the administration and say what the US did can never be minimized. Almost all agree that the situation is complex, defying any simple solution - and hard to accept after all the sacrifices they and others made in Iraq. | Christian Science Monitor >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Combat uniforms featuring the service's newest camo pattern will be available for sale starting in the summer of 2015, the Army announced Thursday. The Army is calling its new camo the Operational Camouflage Pattern, though it's been referred to in previous tests as Scorpion W2. | Army Times >> From realistic films about the military like Act of Valor to shows with an apocalyptic bent, like "The Last Ship," the Navy and the other Armed Forces have long played a big part in Hollywood lore. But how does the entertainment industry learn about the specifics of military life? Exposure, for one, as the Navy hosted executives last week as part of the "Hollywood to the Navy" program. | Times of San Diego >>
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A popular health care program that serves more than 130,000 military family members and retirees is redundant and should be eliminated, the Government Accountability Office says. | Navy Times >>
A small military drone can fly as efficiently as most hummingbirds, but one still stands out ahead of the robot. Engineers may use those birds' wings to help create better drones. | Christian Science Monitor >> |
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
Sometimes, medication does not come in the form of a pill. At Hounds Helping Heroes Heal (H4), a Rendon non-profit which trains service dogs for disabled American veterans, healing comes complete with paws and wagging tail. | Crowley Star News >>Arriving in Afghanistan in 2010, U.S. Army Maj. Glenn Battschinger, homesick for his two Eagle Scout sons, knew right away how to make a difference. "There were hundreds of children who swarmed myself and the other soldiers coming and going from the base," he tells PEOPLE. "The kids wanted attention and needed something to do." | People Magazine >>
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For Ashburnham resident Leslie Lightfoot, serving those who serve overseas hits close to home. Lightfoot spent three years as an army medic in Landstuhl, Germany, yet when her time was up, she found herself still yearning to help those who had lived the same life she did. "When I got out, I just always worked with veterans," she said. | Sentinel & Enterprise >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
Lawmakers are stepping up pressure on the Pentagon to improve the paycheck allotment system that allows service members to direct portions of their biweekly pay to certain people or institutions. | Military Times >>
Veterans reading only headlines, hearing only sound bites, might have a few misconceptions about how Congress and the VA plan to use non-VA healthcare providers to ensure more timely and convenient access to care. A magical sounding item called a "Veteran's Choice Card," for example, won't be a limitless credit card given qualified veterans to cover whatever health services they receive from whatever physician they use. | Stars and Stripes >>
Michelle Obama said the statistic that the U.S. has more than 58,000 homeless veterans is "a stain on the soul of this nation," as the federal government expands its initiative to provide stable and affordable housing for service members. | Associated Press >>
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete, World War II veteran and subject of the best-selling book "Unbroken." | Dianne Feinstein >> |
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