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Empowering Veterans in Civilianhood: Reshaping the Narrative through the VET OPP Act. Statement before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on H.R. 2409; H.R. 5452; H.R. 5644; H.R. 5649; and a Draft Bill Titled, "To Amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to Provide for the Termination by a Spouse of a Lessee of Certain Leases when the Lessee Dies while in Military Service"
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Burgess, Rebecca – American Enterprise Institute, 2018
Veterans are the unacknowledged permanent ambassadors of national service. How veterans are publicly portrayed directly relates to how society conceptualizes military service, including what happens to an individual during that service. In an all-volunteer force, reputation is key to the attractiveness of joining a profession that can end in death…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Federal Legislation, Economic Opportunities, Empowerment