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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.

 

5 More Women Who Received the Distinguished Flying Cross
03/14/2017 07:00 AM EDT

An update from an earlier WATM story that brings the total to 12. [from We are the Mighty]
Women Veterans Needed to Share Their Stories in White River Junction
03/13/2017 07:00 AM EDT

The project is a collaboration between White River Junction VA Medical Center and the Center for Cartoon Studies. [from Valley News]
Women Veteran & First Responder Victory Garden-coming soon!
03/13/2017 07:00 AM EDT

The WVFR Victory garden will be a learning garden. [from Young Americans Overseas]
03/12/2017 #VeteranOfTheDay Crystal Womack, Camille and Candace Scott
03/12/2017 07:00 AM EDT

We honor your service, Crystal, Camille and Candace!
Marine Scandal Hits Home for Ohio Women Veterans
03/12/2017 07:00 AM EDT

Although women were disheartened to learn this month of reports that Marines had been sharing nude photographs of women Marines, Veterans and others on a secret Facebook page, they see progress in the investigative process. [from The Columbus Dispatch]
03/10/2017 #VeteranOfTheDay Mabel Kauffman
03/10/2017 06:00 AM EST

We honor your service, Mabel!
[Podcast] #21 Pamela Corwin - Army Veteran, Artist, Biologist
03/10/2017 06:00 AM EST

I asked Pamela to join me on the podcast because she is one of ten artists being featured in 2017 women Veterans art exhibit.
Celebrating Women's History Month
03/10/2017 06:00 AM EST

Learn about VA's history in serving women Veterans.
Topeka VA Showcases Women Veterans with Art and Poetry
03/09/2017 06:00 AM EST

There are ten national posters on display, along with poetry, oil paintings and photography. [from 13 WIBW]
Women in the U.S. Armed Forces Honored for Vogue's 125th Birthday
03/09/2017 06:00 AM EST

Today, more than 214,000 women serve on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, making up 14.6 percent of the 1,430,000 active-duty service members, per Statistic Brain. [from Air Force Times]
The Only 7 Women to Receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
03/09/2017 06:00 AM EST

One civilian and six Veterans. [from We are the Mighty]
Female Veterans with PTSD Getting Better Care from Veterans Affairs
03/09/2017 06:00 AM EST

Many women don't like seeking treatment in facilities that have focused almost exclusively on men. But the V.A. is changing that. [from 16 WNDU]
Here Are The Women Who First Joined Each Branch Of The Military
03/09/2017 06:00 AM EST

Women have sworn oaths of military service for more than two centuries. Here are the first to do so for each branch. [from Task & Purpose]
Sexual Assault in the Military and the Unlawful Command Influence Catch-22
03/08/2017 06:00 AM EST

The recent spate of unlawful command influence rulings began with a Navy judge's finding that President Obama's comments about sexual assault unduly influenced any potential sentencing. [from War on the Rocks]
03/08/2017 #VeteranOfTheDay Rachel Bryen
03/08/2017 06:00 AM EST

We honor your service, Rachel!
Military Monuments to Women
03/08/2017 06:00 AM EST

The VA National Cemetery Administration honors the Service of Women in or with the U.S. Military.
VA Honors Women's History Month with Veterans Art Exhibit Open House
03/08/2017 06:00 AM EST

The exhibit features art created by ten women Veterans from around various parts of the United States along with pictures of their art work and short biographies. [from JC Post]
VA to Start Offering Mental Health Care to 'Bad Paper' Veterans
03/08/2017 06:00 AM EST

Veterans advocates for years have pushed for that type of care for the estimated 300,000 Veterans who have been separated from the military with so-called "bad paper" discharges, making them ineligible for a range of VA health and education benefits. [from Military Times]
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Writes About WWI Female Marine Sergeant Lela Leibrand
03/07/2017 06:00 AM EST

Writer Tracy Crow links her own experience as a female Marine to the extraordinary yet forgotten history of Lela Leibrand, one of the first ten women to join the Marines in 1918 (Ginger Rogers' Mother!). [from The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission]
Remembering Navy WAVES During Women's History Month
03/07/2017 06:00 AM EST

On July 30, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Navy Women's Reserve Act into law, creating what was commonly known as the WAVES -- Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. [from U.S. Department of Defense]
03/06/2017 #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Gina Marie Jones
03/06/2017 06:00 AM EST

We honor your service, Gina!