Veterans Transition Resource Center

Helping Veterans Transition from Military to Civilian Life

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WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94

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SANTA FE, N.M. — John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. He was 94. Senate colleague Michael Padilla confirmed Pinto's death in Gallup on Friday after years of … [Read more...]

NASCAR honors fallen service members at Coca-Cola 600, where top Marine will grand marshal

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The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller will be the grand marshal for Sunday’s NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte, North Carolina, race track where he will give the command to start engines, according to Marine officials. The 600-mile race will also honor fallen service … [Read more...]

Navy: Sailor contacted Russians, pleads guilty to espionage

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SAN DIEGO — A U.S. sailor has pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage and was sentenced to three years after admitting he took classified information about the Navy’s nuclear-powered warships and planned to give it to a journalist and then defect to Russia, officials said Friday. U.S. Navy … [Read more...]

Op-Ed: An American story, one soldier’s retirement recollections on the eve of Memorial Day weekend

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I heard it said that this set of remarks is sort of my last word in the Army. The last few years of political and social upheaval have given me much to think about as I prepared for closing this chapter in my life. It is not lost on me that this important milestone in my life comes on the eve of … [Read more...]

Mike Pence: West Point grads should expect to see combat

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — Vice President Mike Pence told the most diverse graduating class in the history of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday that the world is “a dangerous place” and they should expect to see combat. “Some of you will join the fight against radical Islamic terrorists in … [Read more...]

Iraq offers to mediate in crisis between its allies Iran, US

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BAGHDAD — Iraq offered Sunday to mediate in the crisis between its two key allies, the United States and Iran, amid escalating Middle East tensions and as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers steadily unravels. Iraqi foreign minister, Mohammed al-Hakim, made the offer during a … [Read more...]