“A brisk autumn breeze drowned out the words of the brief graveside service in which folded American flags were presented to relatives of the fallen soldiers.”
The Indianapolis Star reports $1 million in state funding used to aid the families of Indiana soldiers deployed overseas is sitting largely untapped. The Military Family and Relief Fund is partially supported by the sale of “Hoosier Veteran” specialty license plates. According to the paper, the state matches sales of these plates up to $450,000 a year.
The Los Angeles Times has a rundown of eight new bills recently signed by Governor Schwarzenegger to benefit veterans. The article also mentions “big-ticket items,” including college tuition benefits to National Guard members, that were not signed into law.
The Defense Department is reaching outto improve education for military children in both on-base, and public city schools.
“Sometimes, military families don’t want to go to an installation because they hear things through the military grapevine about the school system.”
The family of a recently deceased Vietnam veteran discovered someone had used the vet’s Social Security number for years, and was already buried in the local national cemetery.
