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Veterans Town Hall Meetings Scheduled PDF | WORD
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VA data shows increase in number of Virginia Veterans PDF
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Virginia is for Heroes Conference slated for Hampton Roads PDF
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Study identifies optimal location for state veterans cemetery PDF
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Veterans Day open house planned for veterans cemeteries in Suffolk and Amelia PDF
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Study shows need for additional veterans care facilities in Virginia PDF
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Richmond area veterans to be served at multiple locations PDF
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State opens new veterans care center PDF
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Virginia’s first conference on polytrauma and combat stress in returning
military personnel slated for October 17 PDF
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Virginia’s veterans cemeteries growing in popularity PDF
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Danville Forum Will Examine Long-Term Care for Veterans PDF
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Danville Office Relocating PDF
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New itinerant location at Smith Mountain Lake PDF
- Forums Will Examine Long-Term Care for Veterans PDF
- Ceremonies Honoring Veterans to Be Held May 28 at State Veterans Cemeteries PDF
- Veterans Town Hall Meeting Scheduled for Richmond PDF
- Tidewater Veterans Benefit Services Office Relocating PDF
- Veterans Town Hall Meetings Scheduled PDF
- Veterans Benefits Service Office
Now Located at Salem VA Medical Center PDF
- Veterans Day (November 8, 2006) PDF
- DVS employees honor veterans by running in the ntellos 8K run (November 8, 2006) PDF
- Veterans Day Closing (November 6, 2006) PDF
- New location in Chatham--revised (September 18, 2006) PDF | WORD
- Veterans Expo Poster Radio Advertisement (September 18, 2006) MP3
- Veterans Expo Slated for September 16 2006 in Wytheville (August 24, 2006) PDF
- Veterans Services and WalMart Team Up (August 11, 2006) PDF
- Spouses of Military Service Members Killed and Disabled Now
Eligible for Education Benefits (August 7, 2006) PDF | WORD
- Virginia War Orphans Eduaction Program Renamed and Expanded (July 6, 2006) PDF | WORD
- Governor Kaine Directs State Agencies to Look for Opportunities to Improve Services to Veterans (June 29, 2006) PDF | WORD
- Governor Kaine Signs Legislation Granting In-State Tuition to Military Families;
Signs bills establishing family support fund, “Support Our Troops” License Plate (June 19, 2006) Click Here
- Virginia National Guard and Reservists Could Be Affected By Recent VA Data Loss; Veterans Also Affected (June 8, 2006) PDF | Word
Back Fence Series
On Sunday, April 2, 2006, the Richmond Times Dispatch printed the first two in a series of columns on veterans issues. The articles will be available on this site as they are made available from the Richmond Times Dispatch.
- Back Fence Series 1: "Veterans Can Play Vital Role On Homefront Battleground" & "Through Actions, Commitme Can Be nt Military Veterans Love Virginia" PDF
- Back Fence Series 2: "Agency Does Much to Aid Virginia’s Veterans" & "How Do
Armed Forces
Get Recruits?" PDF
- Back Fence Series 3: "Does Virginia Love Veterans? No, But Relationship Grows" & "Selfless Service and Courage Define the AmericanWarrior", & "How Will Military Solve the Recruiting Dilemmas It Faces?" PDF
- Back Fence Series 4: "MacArthur Was Right When He Said: 'Old Soldiers Never Die" & "Support for Veterans Remains High, But More Can BeDone" PDF
- Back Fence Series 5: "Memories of Vietnam Service Remain Vivid 40 Years Later" & "When Veterans Vote, They Should Look at Records" PDF
- Back Fence Series 6: "Veterans’ Organization Works
To Help Injured Servicemen" & "U.S. Veterans Might Insist That Iraqis Shape Iraq’s Future" PDF
- Back Fence Series 7 : "Don’t Consider America’s Armed Forces ‘Victims’ ", "Virginia Agencies, Assembly Aid State’s Veterans", & "Assembly Appreciates What Military Has Done" PDF
These articles are made availabe by permission from the Richmond Times Dispatch
Articles
- The Progress Index OP-ED article: "Virginia supports our troops" July 16, 2006 PDF
- Richmond Times Dispatch article: "Va. Veterans agency bars home use of its laptops" June 21, 2006 PDF
- Richmond Times Dispatch article: "Burgess wins state's Lifetime honor for transportation saftey" June 5, 2006 PDF
- Roanoke Times article: "Stately Homecomings" June 24, 2006 PDF
- Richmond Times Dispatch article: "Memorial: Together, Joint Council Fights for Veterans' Issues" November 26, 2006 PDF
- Richmond Times Dispatch article: "More True Stories: On the Dangers of War, Navy Wives, and the
Absurd" November 26, 2006 PDF
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