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Jeffrey Benaim, Army National Guard veteran and founder of Project Patriot 22

Army National Guard veteran runs to highlight mental awareness

An Army National Guard veteran is on a mission to make others aware of mental health resources – one marathon at a time. During Mental Health Awareness Month last May, former infantryman Jeffrey Benaim ran five marathons in five consecutive days, in each of the five New York City boroughs. He raised $2,000 for Reps for Responders, which has a mission of supporting the ...

Soldiers from Nashville’s 1130th Finance Management Support Detachment pose for a photograph at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Forces Headquarters prior to departing Tennessee in September, on the first leg of a year-long deployment to the Middle East. Photo by Lt. Col. Darrin Haas

Debt management tips from Tennessee National Guard’s 1130th Finance Management Support Detachment

Approximately two dozen guardsmen from the Tennessee National Guard’s 1130th Finance Management Support Detachment embarked on a year-long mission to the Middle East to support finance-related tasks for other forward deployed units.   “We have an incredibly professional and well-trained team,” said Capt. Jeffry Rennert, commander of the 1130th Finance Detachment, in a press release. “We have been working hard to prepare for this mission ...

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Soldiers unpaid: National Guard hasn’t paid out thousands of enlistment bonuses

The National Guard is behind paying at least 9,000 soldiers the bonuses they were promised for signing up, according to a service component source with direct knowledge of the situation, with some soldiers and their families telling Military.com that payments have been missing for years. The delays are so severe that Guard officials are tracking an additional 3,900 soldiers who completed their service and left the ...

Photo courtesy of District of Columbia National Guard

Army National Guard seeks to increase usage of military education benefits

A survey of military members and veterans revealed that more than half joined the armed services for education benefits, but one expert says tuition assistance is mostly underused and ignored. The findings, according to Institute for Veterans and Military Families, show 53% of respondents state a top motivation for military service is education benefits. Dr. Kenneth Hardy, chief of the Army National Guard’s Education ...

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