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		<title>Defense Bill Affects Pay, Separation Bonuses, More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama today signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which increases active-duty and reserve pay by 1.6 percent and governs Defense Department activities, from procurement to military personnel policy. Several provisions in this year’s act will potentially affect active-duty and retired service members and their families. Section 347 requires DOD to finance an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2012/01/03/defense-bill-affects-pay-separation-bonuses-more/</link>
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		<title>Gulf War vets with &#8216;undiagnosed&#8217; illness get more time to qualify for benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Veterans of the Persian Gulf War with undiagnosed illnesses have an additional five years to qualify for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. &#8220;Not all the wounds of war are fully understood,&#8221; said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. &#8220;When there is uncertainty about the connection between a medical problem and military service, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2012/01/03/gulf-war-vets-with-undiagnosed-illness-get-more-time-to-qualify-for-benefits/</link>
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		<title>Rules changed after uproar from soldiers told to remove memorial &#8216;Killed in Action&#8217; wristbands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picked this story up from a UK Website. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- To the troops they are a somber reminder of those who did not make it home, but for their superiors the &#8216;Killed in Action&#8217; bracelets have been little more than &#8216;unauthorised jewelry&#8217; &#8211; and have to be removed. Marines have reacted with fury to orders that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/12/27/rules-changed-after-uproar-from-soldiers-told-to-remove-memorial-killed-in-action-wristbands/</link>
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		<title>Saluting 1LT Ashley White</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A community salutes 1st Lt. Ashley White Stumpf, who died in Afghanistan Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 7:32 AM     Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 7:45 AM  By Brian Albrecht  Follow 5 Tweet ShareEmailPrint &#160; EnlargeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerThe coffin of Army 1st Lt. Ashley White Stumpf is carried out of St. Joseph Catholic Church with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/12/26/saluting-1lt-ashley-white/</link>
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		<title>Send Care Packages !</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, As I write to you at this very moment, there are still more than 100,000 American troops in Afghanistan. Another 100,000+ are deployed in foreign countries and on ships at sea &#8212; an American &#8221;911 Force&#8221; ready to respond at a moment&#8217;s notice to terrorist attacks, hostile enemy aggression or natural disasters. We must not forget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/12/26/send-care-packages/</link>
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		<title>Please Help Feed A Veteran! Just $10 will pay for five meals.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please Help Feed A Veteran! Just $10 will pay for five meals. When our Veterans Winter Shelter opened yesterday morning it was 37 degrees.  There were already about 100 homeless vets waiting to get in.  They were served a hot breakfast. We will feed them 3 hot meals a day, but we need your help.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/12/26/please-help-feed-a-veteran-just-10-will-pay-for-five-meals/</link>
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		<title>Marine Corps ends ban on &#8216;Killed in Action&#8217; bracelets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Marine Corps has ended its controversial ban on bracelets honoring U.S. troops killed in combat. Until Tuesday, bracelets honoring U.S. troops killed in combat were considered unauthorized jewelry according to Marine Corps uniform orders. Commandant Gen. Jim Amos announced Tuesday that Marines in uniform are now authorized to wear so-called killed-in-action bracelets recognizing friends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/10/19/marine-corps-ends-ban-on-killed-in-action-bracelets/</link>
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		<title>Check time at HeroBracelets.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is why we do this. We get to send big checks to fantastic non profit organizations that are doing great things for our Heroes and their families. Some of these organization are small, volunteer run and doing really amazing things. The money we&#8217;re able to send them has genuinely dramatic effect on the work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/09/09/check-time-at-herobracelets-org/</link>
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		<title>SEAL&#8217;s last letter home. July 4th.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;HAPPY 4th! Love ya! P.S. Half way through the deployment&#8211; can&#8217;t wait to see all of your faces&#8221;&#8230;..those were the final words from my son&#8217;s last letter home in 2006. Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee was killed weeks later on Aug 2 as he made the choice 3 different times on his final day to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/07/04/seals-last-letter-home-july-4th/</link>
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		<title>Rally to support RI4GI&#8217;s.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RI4GI&#8217;s is a nonprofit Rhode Island based organization dedicated to supporting disabled and needy veterans in Rhode Island . The organization is registered with the Town of West Warwick as a nonprofit group. Our IRS EIN is 27-1957088. http://ri4gis.blogspot.com/ . On June 26, 2011 we are holding our second annual bike (motorcycle) run. Proceeds from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://herobracelets.org/2011/06/11/rally-to-support-ri4gis/</link>
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