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HelmetstoHardhats Training and Employment Program
	Program helps servicemembers and military veterans put their training to use as they transition to jobs in the building and construction trades.

New SBA Program Makes Business Ownership Easier for Vets
	Patriot Express program offers a wide variety of assistance to veterans interested in setting up or expanding their own small businesses.

DisabilityInfo.gov
	This user-friendly Web site contains links to information of interest to people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and other community members.

Justice Department Web Site Explains Military Rights
	Goal is to enforce civil rights laws for American service members.

VA Adds Maps to Online Gravesite Locator
	The grave locations of more than three million veterans and dependents buried in national cemeteries can be found more easily now.

What is Mental Health?
	An important element of life, which determines feelings and emotions.

Reducing Stigma Provides Key to Better Mental Health
	Seeking mental health help is alll right when suffering from depression.

VA Launches MyHealtheVet
	One-stop for VA benefits, special programs, health information and services, including a commercial health education library to give up-to-date information about medications and conditions.

Centers Offer Veterans Distinctly Qualified Assistance
	Helps combat veterans with readjustment issues.

eVetRecs Request Copies of Military Personnel Records
	Use system to create a customized order form to request information from your, or your relative's, military personnel records.

Understanding the Disability Evaluation System Part I

This article is about the Navy and Marine Corps disability evaluation system. It discusses the process by which a serious injury or illness is assessed by the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB), the physical examination report, non-medical assessment, line-of-duty determination, the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB), the PEB liaison officer (PEBLO), formal and informal PEB hearings, the petition for relief, medical retirement, disability severance pay, findings of fit or unfit for continued service, severance pay formula, and the VA rating system. Links to Navy PEB Web page, SECNAVINST 1540.4E (format for non-medical assessment), and PEBLO.

VA Benefits: What Can Your Country Do for You?
	This article is about the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA; Veterans Administration). It discusses VA benefits such as health care, disability benefits, loan guarantees, education, employment benefits, life insurance, burial, memorial, and survivor benefits. Links to several VA sites and a LIFELines article on Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI).