VA "Returning Veterans" Web Site

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched its new "Returning Veterans" Web Site to welcome home Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts with a social, Veteran-centric Web site focusing on their needs and questions.

     The web site features videos, Veteran's Stories, and a blog where Veterans are encouraged to post feedback.  The site also restructures the traditional index-of-benefits format found on other VA pages into categorized, question-based topics with easily navigated links for more information.

This new structure will allow Veterans to find benefits easily as well as discover related benefits as they explore.

DoD Changes Identification Cards

(March 30, 2009)

The Department of Defense (DoD) began the process of removing Social Security numbers from issued identification (ID) cards in an effort to prevent identity theft. The exception to this applies to Geneva Convention cardholders whose last four numbers of their Social Security number will remain on their cards. All ID card holders should wait until their cards are in need of renewal before replacing their cards with ones devoid of a Social Security number. The DoD instructed retirees with indefinite expiration dates on their cards to start replacing them in January 2010. Cardholders whose cards have expired may contact the nearest Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System site. If the cardholder does not know where their local RAPIDS site is located, they can visit the Rapid Site Locator to find a location nearby.