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On January 29, Starbucks announced plans to hire 10,000 refugees around the world in the 75 countries where it does business over the next five years.

Presence Health is now hiring U.S. Veterans to fill new jobs created by their new growth as a full hospital and healthcare company.

Acumen, LLC is committed to the improvement of public policy through information management.

DeKalb County is launching a court for veterans with substance and mental health issues contributing to their crimes.

Walk inside Infinitely Fit, a new gym in San Diego, and you'll find L.J. Eastmead in her element.

'Tis the season for seeking out scholarships, and the Fisher House Foundation has launched a free search tool to help troops, veterans and families get their share of these education-budget boosters.

Whether you’re a past active-duty Vet or just completing your first day of basic training, you made the decision to serve your country.

Right after college, I served in the United States Marine Corps for four years. In Iraq, I led counter-insurgency patrols during the surge in 2007 and then joined a sniper team fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

When San Jacinto College student Jacob Eldridge left the U.S. Navy, he knew he was going to have a difficutl time transitioning to the civilian workforce.

For Electric Boat, the hiring of military veterans is anything but an act of charity.

An estimated 32,000 veterans in Thurston County now have a local one-stop shop for crucial services that can raise their quality of life.

Stereotypes about Armed Forces veterans as potentially “mad, bad and sad” are driving an unspoken discrimination against former servicemen and women in the civilian jobs market, according to the Royal British Legion.

Ask any Silicon Valley CEO what some of their biggest challenges are and you likely will hear “finding and retaining great people.”

There’s a sizable number of veteran-owned businesses in the U.S., but most aren’t tech companies. Now, a startup program, working with a tech accelerator for vets, is trying to change that situation.

Dozens of military veterans have come to Detroit to rebuild neglected areas of the financially distressed city.

According to the American Council on Education, approximately 1.5 million service members will be transitioning out of the military in the next three to five years and will be seeking employment opportunities. Owning a home-based franchise provides veterans flexibility to maximize family time while earning a living.

The veterans treatment court here is society's recognition that often the reason a veteran is facing a judge is because of trauma suffered defending the nation, speakers at a ceremony said Friday.

Military veterans looking to get into farming and ranching were able to get more information on the ins and outs of agriculture, as well as receiving federal and state financial assistance at a workshop Saturday in College Station.

It’s a world away from the desert sands of Iraq, but it was still a something of a combat mission on Orcas Island, Monday. Fifty military veterans prepared to do battle with a new enemy: wildfire.

With around 1.5 million veterans calling the sunshine state home, Florida continues to make its claim as the most veteran friendly state in the country.

In spite of prevailing clichés about corruption in Russia being out of control, the scale of the scourge is of an incomparably larger scale...

Gordon Duff - We have more than strong evidence, we can say "inexorable proof" that the US and Israel are commanding ISIS operations in Iraq. Those who have been ordered to participate in this are not happy about it.

"Jets from the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have conducted 302 sorties and hit 1,093 targets in the provinces of Idlib, Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Hama...

Any allegations of Vladimir Putin acknowledging Russian military presence in Ukraine are “absolutely incorrect,” presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has told reporters.

As Turkey faces international backlash over provocative actions, Ankara plans to expand its military footprint abroad.

Jessie Adams was on his way to Georgia Square mall on Wednesday morning when he saw a sign advertising something called a “supermarket of veterans benefits” at The Classic Center in downtown Athens.

The Takfiri terrorist groups acknowledged on their social media pages the death of a number of their members, including senior commanders, in Syrian military operations in Aleppo province, admitting that they retreated from vast areas on Monday.

Most troops have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fewer than 10,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Afghanistan, down from a peak of more than 100,000 in June 2011.

China is apparently set to open its first military base in Africa. The move has already thrilled the US media, which was quick to...

Cathy Cook personally sees the impact of her work with a charity that provides donations of all sorts of equipment and tools to veterans.

The government shouldn’t be taking the life of people who spent part of their life serving the government and were wounded mentally in that process,’ said Richard Dieter, the report’s author.

Tens of terrorists were killed in an army offensive against their positions and a pursuing blast at their arms cache in the Southern province of Daraa.

Ex-Gen. Petraeus - I think first of all it is actually publicly known that we have been arming them with considerably additional systems, as have some of our partners in the Gulf… Those TOW weapons systems are coming from somewhere.

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After agreeing to renewed cooperation, Russia and Israel have begun practicing "hotline" communication procedures to ensure safety in the skies above Syria. Last Thursday, Russia’s...

China is waiting only for a "nod"

Who really rules the roost and calls the shots in the West Bank? The settlers or the military?

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army troops, backed by Russian air force, advanced in the territories under the control of the ISIL in areas near...

Ret. General Flynn admitted that he “didn’t have any words to describe” Washington’s training program aimed at tackling ISIS, which came at a cost of $500 million and has resulted in just a handful of fighters still on the ground.

This Pacific Islander group has overcome military racism and prejudice through love and forgiveness and they have all discovered not only more of themselves in the process but truly another choice of behavior in their life.