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Center for Excellence Enhancements Coming in FY2012
The YRRP Center for Excellence (CfE) provides National Guard and Reserve support staff, program managers and event planners with tools, briefings and documents to help them deliver tailored, dynamic and relevant information to Guard and Reserve members and those who support them at Yellow Ribbon events nationwide. Currently, the CfE contains Policy & Guidance, Event Curriculum, Event Plannin...
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Hero2Hired: A Virtual Job-Seeking Resource
In December 2011, DoD Reserve Affairs introduced its Hero2Hired (H2H) website (www.H2H.jobs) to connect job-seeking Reserve Component Service members and veterans with employers. Established in conjunction with YRRP, H2H.jobs is a free online search engine and community that enables job seekers to search for jobs using military specialties and other criteria, take a career assessment to mat...
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PCFSN Distributes Free Fitness Benefits to Families of Deployed National Guard and Reserve Members in Support of the Joining Forces Initiative
In May 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama joined the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN) to announce a new fitness industry effort to support our military families, particularly National Guard and Reserve families, to further the goals of both of the First Lady's initiatives, "Let's Move!" and "Joining Forces." PCFSN is collaborating with the Department of D...
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DoD Releases Updated Compensation and Benefits Handbook to Assist Wounded, Ill and Injured Service Members and Their Families
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently published the 2011 DoD Compensation and Benefits Handbook, a comprehensive resource guide describing compensation and other benefits service members and their families would be entitled to upon separation or retirement as a result of serious injury or illness. “The intent of the Handbook is to give seriously ill and injured service members and their famili...
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ESGR Launches Nomination Season for 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
“Employers who go above and beyond in their support of Guard and Reserve members are providing a tremendous service to our country; they are contributing to the resiliency and peace of mind of the more than one million men and women who stand ready to serve when our nation calls on them,” said David McGinnis, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. “Guard and Reserve members who...
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