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Subject: IAVA Daily News Brief- September 3, 2014
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 07:23:12 -0600
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IAVA Daily News Brief - Wednesday September 3, 2014
Lance Cpl. Julio C. Miranda Jr. rappels down a cliff during Mountain Exercise 2014 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif. | Military Times >> |
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| TODAY'S TOP STORIES |
Sharing records called key to VA health care
"If you do not have medical records, you can't prove that you had an injury or that you were seen for any issue," Bryan said. "Without that, you're dead in the water." The record-sharing relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense should allow them to share patient health records across agencies and clinics, yet records such as Bryan's are still falling through the cracks. | The Arizona Republic >>Suicide prevention means watching out for each other
Preventing military suicide is one of DoD's highest priorities, and something I'm personally committed to as Secretary of Defense. As we observe Suicide Prevention Month, we must rededicate ourselves to actively working not only every month, but every day to fulfill our collective responsibility to watch out for each other and take care of each other. | Defense.gov >>
Unions warn of problems with referrals outside Veterans Affairs system
Federal officials vow veterans will experience drastically shorter wait times for health care as the Department of Veterans Affairs refers thousands more patients to private medical centers, including UPMC. Yet several unions that represent VA workers across the country argue the referral boom could set a risky precedent, sending veterans away from familiar doctors and nurses in what union executives see as a potential shift toward privatization. | Pittsburgh Tribune >>
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| AFGHANISTAN |
After nearly 13 years of war in Afghanistan, NATO leaders had hoped at this week's summit in Wales to hail the first democratic transition of power in the country and to reaffirm a commitment of military and monetary support beyond the departure of international combat troops at the end of the year. | Stars and Stripes >> The campaign team of Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister running against Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai for the presidency of Afghanistan, has issued a 24-hour notice to the United Nations and international observers that if changes are not made to processes in the ongoing audit of all 8 million votes cast in the second round of the election, they will back out of the election process entirely. | LA Times >>
Fighters from a militant Islamic group in Afghanistan, allied to the Taliban, have told the BBC they are considering joining forces with Islamic State (IS). | BBC News >>
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| IRAQ |
Islamic State's stunning success this summer as it swept across northern Iraq and Syria flows from a highly organized structure controlled by a tightknit cadre led by an Islamist zealot who learned from the mistakes of his al Qaeda predecessors. | Wall Street Journal >>
An international rights group accused the extremist Islamic State group on Tuesday of carrying out a systematic campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in northern Iraq that includes mass killings, abductions and other war crimes. | Associated Press >>At the start of a news briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby gave more details about U.S. strikes in Iraq and Somalia. He said the Pentagon is monitoring reports of the execution of an American journalist by Islamic State militants. | Washington Post >>
Iraqi forces have made further advances in their fightback against jihadis, while hundreds of people have stormed parliament over the fate of missing soldiers who surrendered in June. | The Guardian >> |
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| MILITARY AFFAIRS |
A marine helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Aden, off Africa's east coast, on Monday - but all 25 people on board survived, the Navy said. The CH-53E Super Stallion chopper went down as it tried to land on the deck of the naval ship Mesa Verde. | NY Daily News >> A smaller force means more emphasis on soldiers doing their jobs at optimum levels - including the job of staying healthy. There's no shortage of programs to assist troops, but some of the more advanced health theories and techniques were on display at the 3rd International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance, held Aug. 18-21 in Boston. | Army Times >>
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Women who have served in the military are less likely to drink than their counterparts in the civilian world, a new study has found. Research published in Armed Forces & Society noted that many female service personnel are conscious of the negative link between alcohol use and the threat of sexual assault and harassment. | British Psychological Science >>
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| NEW GREATEST GENERATION |
Matthew Hayes had always planned to become a police officer, following in the footsteps of his father and older brother. In 2008, he joined the Marine Corps to burnish his resume and increase his chances of landing a good law enforcement job. | Poughkeepsie Journal >> Several different cultures around the world have depended on horses for thousands of years. There are many different theories that suggest horses may have begun being domesticated around 4,500-2,000 BC. Horses have been used for battle, to gather food, for comfort, and to discover new lands. For several decades in America, horses have been used as therapy for suffers of autism, trauma, cerebral palsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other ailments. | Huffington Post >>
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Four female Iraq veterans who bonded over the loss of their limbs are now sharing a much happier experience together. The women told the "Today" show about first getting wounded while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan but then finding each other at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. And now the women have all opened a new chapter of their lives by becoming mothers or pregnant. | NY Daily News >>
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| INSIDE WASHINGTON |
VoteVets Action Fund is out with a new ad attacking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for his role in blocking legislation earlier this year that would have expanded medical benefits and education programs for the nation's veterans. | The Hill >>
The White House is moving ahead with plans for another slimmed-down pay raise for troops in 2015, and outside advocates still aren't happy about it. Late Friday, President Obama formally notified Congress that he wants to cap next year's military basic pay raise at 1 percent, unless Congress comes up with an alternative mandate. | Navy Times >>
A "rent-a-vet" scheme to fraudulently obtain $23.5 million in federal contracts reserved for disabled veterans ended with a guilty plea in federal court by the owner of a Nebraska construction company. | Washington Examiner >> |
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