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  VA reports staff vacancies nearing 49,000 across the country

  Of the vacancies, 42,790 are within the VA health care system, with 24,800 in the medical and dental fields, the data shows.

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  Navy shows off Super Hornets, Poseidon aircraft during Aero India 2019

  The Navy sees the demos and displays at the aircraft extravaganza as an opportunity to strengthen its military ties with India, a regional partner.

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  Bill would expand American Legion membership eligibility to more veterans

  The Legion introduced a resolution in October 2018 that called for Congress to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider all veterans who served honorably since the start of World War II, in 1941, as “war-time veterans.”

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  Navy returning to traditional blue-and-white flag after 17 years of flying First Navy Jack

  The Union Jack will fly on each Navy ship starting June 4, corresponding with the 77th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Midway in 1942. The only exception will be aboard the USS Blue Ridge.

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  'They could have saved themselves': Flyover in England honors memory of WWII aircrew credited with saving British kids

  The flyover, the first to commemorate the crash of a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed “Mi Amigo,” had been long sought by a local resident who for years has tended a memorial to the crew of the downed bomber.