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In Case You Missed It:  The Center for Women Veterans is sharing recent news stories that may be of interest to women Veterans, military women, and their supporters on a weekly basis.  Share your thoughts about them on social media with the hashtag #womenVets.

 

Group Holds First Meeting for Women Veterans
12/05/2016 07:00 AM EST

Most of all the organizers want women Veterans to know there are others like them out there. The group is planning more events like this one. [from News 10]
<p>In her 90s, Doris Dennis was hard to miss as she waved and smiled to onlookers during annual Vet
12/05/2016 07:00 AM EST

Cortni Alexander, a student at Western Washington University and a Veteran who served in the Navy for four years experienced difficulties while in the military due to the combination of her race and gender. [from The Bellingham Herald]
Student Sues Walden University: 'I Wasted Six Years of My Life'
12/05/2016 07:00 AM EST

Experts say that for-profit schools have led to skyrocketing student loan debt. Today, Americans owe about $1.2 trillion in outstanding student loan debt. [from NBC News]
Birmingham VA Offering Maternity Resources
12/05/2016 07:00 AM EST

"We'll all come together to provide education, counseling, as well as treatment services for our Veterans," said Dr. Kanini Rodney. [from ABC 33|40]
I Am A Veteran
12/05/2016 07:00 AM EST

A PSA Campaign about Women Veterans from Veterans.
World War II Veteran Doris Dennis was Auburn Parade Star
12/03/2016 07:00 AM EST

Dennis never thought seriously about joining the Veterans Day parade until 2011. That year, the parade honored woman Veterans. She admitted after what turned out to be a triumphal procession that the old wool jacket needed very few alterations. [from the Auburn Journal]
Fort Hood Army Sergeant First Woman to Become a Cavalry Scout
12/02/2016 07:00 AM EST

History was made for the first time a woman graduated as a cavalry scout. [from KCEN TV]
13 Women Graduate from the Army's First Integrated Armor Officer Course
12/02/2016 07:00 AM EST

The women represent another milestone on the Army's path to full gender integration, following the first women to complete Ranger school in summer 2015 and the first to complete the Infantry Officer Basic Leader Course in October. The Army has chosen to build up its ranks of female leaders first, followed by enlisted recruits in infantry and armor schools next year. [from Army Times]
VA Health Care: Improved Monitoring Needed for Effective Oversight of Care for Women Veterans
12/02/2016 07:00 AM EST

General Accounting Office Report 17-52 - Are women Veterans getting the medical care they need?
This Week at VA #7: Kayla Williams - Army Veteran, Director of Center for Women Veterans
12/02/2016 07:00 AM EST

This Week at #VAPodcast episode seven brings us Army Veteran Kayla Williams. Kayla serves as primary advisor to the secretary on department policies, programs, and legislation that affect women Veterans as the head of VA's Center for Women Veterans.
Small Goals Lead to Big Dreams for First Woman Para Bobsledder
12/02/2016 07:00 AM EST

"My hope is to make people less scared about doing things for the first time. If someone asks me whether I'm scared to be a bobsled pilot, I'd tell them no. What's scary is taking that first initial step after someone tells you 'No' to develop your own goals even when the world seems like it's against you. That's what I hope to do and to change in the minds of other women out there." [from Team USA]
12/01/2016 #VeteranOfTheDay Women Airforce Service Pilot Ethel Meyer Finley
12/01/2016 07:00 AM EST

We honor her service.
Where is She Now?
12/01/2016 07:00 AM EST

Follow-up on the first female African-American prisoner of war. [from the Oprah Winfrey Network]
Soldiering On with Soldier On: Program Helps Women Veterans Build Lives
11/30/2016 07:00 AM EST

The Soldier On Women's Program is a complex operation focused on giving female Veterans back their sense of control. [from the Daily Hampshire Gazette]