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PublishedJanuary 3, 2018
Maine Voices: Early childhood education is as crucial to military readiness as jets and ships
It's important to get a head start on the building of academic and 'character' skills eventually needed to enlist or qualify for any career path.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2017
Three U.S. cities sue Defense Department over failures in gun-check system
The department must relay crime data on service members to curb mass shootings like the one last month in Texas, the cities say.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2017
Charles Jenkins, U.S. sergeant who defected to North Korea in 1960s, dies
He was 24 when he drunkenly stumbled across the border. He spent the next nearly 40 years in what he described as a 'giant, demented prison.'
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PublishedNovember 21, 2017
Maine Voices: Maine Hire-a-Vet successfully connects employers to job-seeking veterans
Launched 2 years ago, program urges 100 employers to hire 100 veterans in 100 days.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2017
Robert Palmer Coles Jr. of Machias, who took decisive action at Pearl Harbor, dies at 93
Though trained as a radioman, he took up a machine gun and fired at Japanese torpedo bombers from the deck of a destroyer during the attack.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2017
Critics at hearing say Maine bureau ‘cherry-picks’ veterans’ strong claims for benefits, rejects others
A bill seeks to address allegations that difficult disability cases are turned away, but the Bureau of Veterans Services says it's just adhering to federal criteria.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
Air Force relaxes policy on tattoos, body art
But the head is still an unauthorized area.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2017
TV show filmed in Maine, ‘Growing Home,’ to focus on veterans-turned-farmers
Each episode will focus on a veteran, or a veteran and their family. Their businesses include potato farms, blueberry fields, a winery and a deer farm, in towns from southern coastal Maine to Aroostook County.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2016
Maine Voices: Military spending must be cost-effective and proportional to real threats
Obscenely irresponsible fiscal behavior in Defense Department spending needs to stop.
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