The average age of the officers whose names were listed as signing the letter was 74, the oldest was 98, and Servicemembers United noted that " only a small fraction of these officers have even served in the military during the ' Don't Ask, Don't Tell ' period, much less in the 21st century military.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network ( SLDN ) is a non-profit legal services, watchdog, and policy organization founded in the United States in 1993.

* Servicemembers United

United States law ( specifically the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ) significantly restricts default judgments against members of the military services.

Reports state that over half of US war veterans and active-duty Servicemembers receive health care outside of VA and / or Department of Defense facilities.

" Reports state that over half of US war veterans and active-duty Servicemembers receive health care outside of VA and / or Department of Defense facilities.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network originally defined its purpose as bringing an end to the U. S. military's DADT policy, which from 1993 to 2011 prohibited gays, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the military, either by repeal of the statute that enacted it or by winning a judgement against the policy in the courts.

Lady Gaga addresses the crowd at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network DADT " 4the14K " rally in Portland, Maine, on September 20, 2010.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network was founded in 1993 to advocate an end to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the U. S. Armed Forces.

UIU is a member of the Post 9 / 11 GI Bill ’ s Yellow Ribbon Program and works closely with Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges, GoArmyEd, Navy College Program Distance Learning Program, Army National Guard Education Support Program, Coast Guard Institute, and the Air Force AU ABC program.

Servicemembers are sworn-in as citizens aboard the USS Midway ( CV-41 ) | USS Midway in 2009.

Batie alleged Subway had violated the U. S. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Servicemembers in various geographic regions and combat situations often required different subsets of ingredients for food to be considered palatable over long periods.

He chaired the Federal Quality Institute in 1991, and was chairman of the Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance established by Congress in 1996.

Servicemembers using PTDY ( Permissive TDY ) are not charged while on leave but are also not granted travel pay.

Excelsior College is a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges ( SOC ) Consortium of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

SOC institutions are dedicated to helping Servicemembers and their families earn college degrees.

In response, in January 2011, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network produced its own plan for ending the policy.

The University is a member of the American Association of Higher Education, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges.

Korb is also a member of the Honorary Board of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an organization dedicated to ending discrimination against gay and lesbian people serving in the U. S. military, and to repealing the " Don't ask, don't tell " policy.

* 1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U. S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

* 1932 – U. S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the " Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D. C.

* American Legion, an organization of United States veterans

* 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the " Secret War " in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other " Secret War " veterans.

In some cases, however, veterans have been recommended for the Purple Heart, after the fact, by a United States Senator or Congressman.

The term has been used to describe veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces, and countries allied to them, whether or not they were actually stationed in Vietnam during their service.

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* May 15 – The United States government acknowledges existence of the " Secret War " in Laos, and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other " Secret War " veterans.

An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of intent, after only one year of residence in the United States.

The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans ' benefits and related matters.

To date, all appointees and acting appointees to the post have been United States military veterans, but that is not a requirement to fill the position.

Transister is an alternative rock band, formed in late 1995 in Los Angeles, by music industry veterans from both the United States and the United Kingdom.

In the United States, and some other allied nations, 11 November was formerly known as Armistice Day ; in the United States it was given its new name in 1954 at the end of the Korean War to honor all veterans.

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Category: United States military veterans from Indiana

Congress established a new system of veterans benefits when the United States entered World War I in 1917.

Further educational assistance acts were passed for the benefit of veterans of the Korean War, the Vietnam Era, the introduction of the " All-Volunteer Force " in the 1970s ( following the end of conscription in the United States in 1973 ), the Persian Gulf War, and those who served following the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Bush hailed the creation of the new department saying, " There is only one place for the veterans of America, in the Cabinet Room, at the table with the President of the United States of America.

Category: Military veterans ' affairs in the United States

In a new tradition, quilt makers across the United States have been making quilts for wounded veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.

However, on the day following the meeting with Brown, five Gurkha veterans who had applied for residency in the United Kingdom received letters telling them that their appeals had been rejected-many saw this as a betrayal, despite the fact that for the letters to have been received the day after the meeting they might have been sent before it ( and certainly after the 29 April Commons vote ).