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Hirono introduces bipartisan bill to help adjust military life insurance for inflation
The Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act seeks to help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of living and inflation.
Inaugural Honor Flight from Hawaiʻi will pay tribute to 26 local veterans
For the first time, a group of veterans from Hawai‘i will be making the journey to Washington, DC as part of the Honor Flight Network. The Honor Flight Network pays tribute and honors veterans of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam with a trip to the nation’s capital to visit and reflect at the memorials built in their honor.
$600,000 to Help Homeless Hawai‘i Veterans Re-Enter Workforce
The US Department of Labor will award a total of $637,258 to the US VETS and Catholic Charities Hawai‘i to assist homeless veterans with workforce reintegration
Hawaiʻi Awarded $330,000 for Housing of Homeless Veterans
The US Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs awarded more than $330,000 to the Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority to help provide housing for homeless veterans in the state.
Island Air Offers Veterans Day Discount to Service Members
Island Air will salutes active and retired military members with a special 50% discount off base fares on interisland flights from Dec. 1 to 17, 2015, and Jan. 6 to March 15, 2016.
Rep. Gabbard Introduces HIRE Vets Act
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D, 2nd District) and Rep. Paul Cook (R, CA-8th District) introduced the HIRE Vets Act of 2015 (H.R. 3286). This bipartisan bill would promote a voluntary and efficient program of private sector recruiting, hiring and retaining of veterans who served honorably in the US military.
