Month: June 2019
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A friend’s paw: Veterans celebrate with their Service Dogs
The Florida-based nonprofit that has partnered highly trained Service Dogs with 21 local Military Veterans will break ground in October on a multimillion-dollar dog breeding and training facility in Robinson, Washington County. One of Pittsburgh’s highest profile Military Veterans has been hired as general contractor. RBVetCo is owned and operated by Rocky Bleier, a Veteran…
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VA and White House launch Veteran suicide-prevention task force
WASHINGTON — As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and White House initiative to curb Veteran suicide, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Joe Grogan will launch a cabinet-level task force June 17 to develop a national roadmap. The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and…
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Life-saving partners: Veterans honor their Service Dogs at Duquesne U. ceremony
Army Veteran Sami Erbecker stopped her car on a bridge last month and got out of the vehicle because, she said, “I was going to jump.” Her dog, named Angel, “blocked” her, she said, preventing the Mount Pleasant resident from walking to the bridge rail. “I got back in the car and went home because…