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When Michael Tioran of Bloomfield Hills ended an eight-year stint in the U.S. Navy in 2008, the economy he came home to was mired in the Great Recession.

Some people who join the military choose to make a career out of it, while others eventually decide they want to do something else for a living.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program gave unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the United States before age 16 temporary work authorization and relief from deportation.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced his "Housing Our Heroes" program during his State of the City address in January 2016 to much fanfare.

The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand an appeals court ruling that upholds a much-watched Texas program that promises free college educations to military veterans if they lived in the state when they enlisted.

“They always say you stand on the shoulders of the people who went before you and I think in many cases that is very, very true,” and, in Charlie Summers’ case, that’s a long line of relatives stretching back in history; a record of service woven into the fabric of who he is.

University of Southern Mississippi senior Ashley Thames, a member of the Air Force Reserve and a nursing student, said a new program called Textbooks for Troops will help her save money on the nursing textbooks she needs to complete her education.

Federal and state officials spoke today at the Manchester Community College, Lobby of the Arts, Sciences & Technology Center about the next phase of the advanced manufacturing enrollment program specifically for veterans.

It is estimated there are about 30,000 homeless veterans in the United States.

On Monday, James Dorsey sat with Nevada’s attorney general in a conference room, drafting up his will.

Veterans are entitled to a lot of federal and state benefits, but figuring out how to get and use them can be hard. A new program at Spectrum Health is helping veterans pay their hospital bills and much more with benefits that already exist.

Invited to a meeting with the top brass at the Manchester VA Medical Center, Mayor Ted Gatsas said on Wednesday that he didn’t make it through the front door before hearing a complaint about the Veterans Choice system.

The Florida SBDC Network, in partnership with Veterans Florida, welcomed the first class of participants in the new Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program, a statewide initiative offering qualified veterans the opportunity to receive an accelerated entrepreneurship education at no cost.

March 22, 2016 – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it is creating a program to train active duty military in the pipefitting trade to assist service members who desire to pursue an industrial civilian career following their military service.

Yancey Farrington survived six years on the battlefields of Kuwait and Afghanistan. Now he’s dying in his walkup in the Bronx.

The U.S. Air Force veteran said he gained great skills in the military, but had a hard time translating them to the private sector.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley launched the Veterans Economic Communities Initiative (VECI) Wednesday in an effort to increase employment and educational opportunities for veterans.

When JP Morgan saw the unacceptably high level of unemployment among recent veterans, it decided to hire thousands of veterans and form a coalition of companies that wanted to do the same.

Now that they’re done serving their nation, a group of about 30 veterans is learning how to serve their community by starting a new business.

Strezeski, 35, of Natrona Heights said she appreciated the help, but she was over-qualified. She has bachelor's and master's degrees and served as an intelligence analyst in the Army. She said the agencies stereotyped her: “People think that anyone coming out of the Army is young, male and undereducated,” she said. “That's not who we are.”

Getting struggling veterans back on their feet, that’s the goal of a unique program a the Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital. The first step is to help veterans find jobs, and then keep them.

Alamo Colleges is proud to serve more veterans than any other community college system in Texas. It’s an honor that we do not take lightly. We have always endeavored to be on the forefront of providing resources for veterans and their families.

After more than a decade of deployments, the unemployment rate for veterans from all wars remains higher than that of the general population in Utah.

Kauzlarich, who had lived in Des Moines and Winterset, joined the Air Force a year after high school and signed up for a position handling and inspecting bombs and other explosive devices.

When our men and women in uniform complete their military service, they fulfill their solemn vow and commitment to our nation. It is our duty to honor our commitment to them. Unfortunately, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) too often fails in fulfilling its pledge to provide quality medical care to our nation’s veterans.

A Giles County veteran who lives more than 40 miles from the Salem VA Medical Center could see a doctor closer to home if only he could find one willing to participate in the Veterans Choice Program.

Barry is 58 years old. He sometimes sleeps in the park, sometimes in the woods. Barry served honorably in the U.S. military.

More than 500 jobs were created in Rutherford County in 2014 and only 10 percent of those open jobs were filled by military veterans, according to information from the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez was in San Diego on Tuesday to get a firsthand look at a program credited with helping more than 200 veterans transition from homelessness to employment over the past two years.

Donnell Williams had five job interviews March 19. He hopes one of those works out before his unemployment benefits expire next week.

A new program aiming to simplify private health care coverage for veterans and reduce wait and travel times hasn't caught on in the Black Hills region.

Thomas Edison State College has the largest enrollment out of any other veteran institute across the country and it's looking to expand.

Hamilton-based Grand Bank has given Rider University a $50,000 grant to continue and expand its Veteran Entrepreneurship Training program established last year.

Senator Grassley recognizes the outstanding military service of returning Iowa veterans and the challenges they can face after leaving military service.

Larry Jones of Frisco has been job searching for more than six months since he was laid off.

A recent ruling by a federal judge could turn a state program that waives college tuition and fees for military veterans into one of the most expensive in Texas history.

A public-private partnership is giving America's most elite military veterans a new mission on a domestic battle field.

A Virginia program aimed at hiring veterans is claiming 10,000 jobs pledged to vets.

Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) has introduced legislation that would establish a dog training program for veterans with post-traumatic stress.

Marywood University's new veterans center opened last semester without any permanent student housing, but veterans moved in anyway.

Dartmouth has become the third institution of higher learning to partner with the Posse Foundation as part of a program that aims to recruit exceptional post-9/11 veterans to various top-tier universities around the country, the College announced in early December.

Military veterans serve their country at home and overseas, in some of the most dangerous and desolate places in the world. They go into battle – and some make the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives so others may live in peace and with freedom.