NORFOLK, Va. — The Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it finalized its Major Incident Investigation (MII) Report into the July 2016 death of a Coast Guard recruit at Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Cape May, N.J. Seaman Recruit Aaron Redd died July 7, 2016, after collapsing at the training center during an initial fitness assessment run with his recruit company.

Saturday, February 11, 2017 - CHICAGO – Governor Bruce Rauner today attended a deployment ceremony for the 

Tragically, every day in America, 20 veterans take their own lives. Many of our nation’s veterans face post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other serious mental health issues upon their return home, and these veterans have sacrificed too much to ever feel alone when in a crisis. When these veterans reach out, we as a country owe it to them to answer their call.

State to receive federal funds to help reimburse cost of new water plant at Quincy Veterans Home

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station Tuesday after cutting a resupply channel through more than 60 miles of Antarctic ice in the Ross Sea.

PORT HUENEME, Calif.- “We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees”, for the past 75 years.  Clinton, Iowa native and Camanche High School graduate, Constructionman Cody Featherston, builds and fights around the world as a member of a naval construction battalion center located in Port Hueneme, California.

Wednesday January 18: Military Veterans and Public Sector Unions – Preserving good jobs for those who served.

Press Conference in Room 22 to encourage veterans to talk to their elected representatives

Aurora, CO. —TREA: The Enlisted Association (TREA), a federally chartered Veteran’s Service Organization  headquartered in Aurora, CO, recently got stronger by adding 11,353 former members of the National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS) to its roster.   

Sen. Chuck Grassley is a long-time whistleblower advocate. Grassley made the following comment on the findings of the independent Office of Special Counsel that a Department of Veterans Affairs whistleblower exposed significant and continued patient wait times at the Phoenix VA.

Declares 2017 the Year of Scott Air Force Base

SCOTT AFB – Governor Bruce Rauner today declared 2017 the Year of Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, marking the base’s centennial birthday. He presented the proclamation to the base today at its centennial ceremony.

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