Veterans
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‘I do seek help’, SECVA says on walk for military suicide awareness
VETERANS — SECVA Denis McDonough joined about two dozen Gold Star families on a walk for military suicide awareness Saturday.
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FBI investigating suspicious package found at Florida VA facility
The FBI is investigating a suspicious package found at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Florida that tied up traffic for four hours Wednesday afternoon.
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College kicks disabled vet, dog off campus
Bill Smith, a 100 percent disabled retired Green Beret colonel, survived the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, several deployments to war zones and ailments seen and unseen as a result. But when two St. Petersburg College police officers approached him on the evening of Feb. 17 while he was sitting at the Hard…
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Hometown Heroes: Retired veteran, friends help homeless
Wednesday mornings start early in the Dolasky house in Riverview. “My wife started cooking eggs at 4:20 this morning,” says Kent Dolasky, a retired Army sergeant major, standing on the Kennedy Boulevard sidewalk shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, one of the year’s coldest mornings. Dolasky says his wife cooked up 66 eggs, two pounds of…
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Veterans battle high tuition costs
When Tyler Garner was in Afghanistan as a staff sergeant with the 1st Special Forces Group, he taught villagers how they could help set up stable, functioning governance, with one of the goals being eventually creating an accessible education system for all. But when Garner, 29, left the service last year and came to St.…
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Lt. Dan comes to Tampa veteran’s aid with concert
TAMPA – Mike Nicholson sat in his wheelchair at the bottom of the stairs leading to the stage set up at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park. Surrounded by thousands who filled the park for a fundraising concert in his honor, Nicholson smiled broadly as the man with the bass guitar walked down the stairs and began…