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Retired Sgt. 1st Class Tom Snipp first enlisted in 1991, serving in the U.S. Coast Guard before joining the Army National Guard in 1999. Snipp deployed to Kuwait in 2005 and then Afghanistan in 2010, and says it was important to have a strong support system back home.
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Today, highlighting the stories of Vermont veterans and ways to find support.
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Hosts Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak guide listeners through some of their favorite Vermont Edition conversations from the past year.
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This hour, Vermont Edition hears from multiple Vermont veterans as they share stories of military service and the transition to civilian life.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus speaks with author and journalist Jasper Craven about his new book Our Veterans.
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Newfane resident Chase Stanley, who served in the Army and was a Brattleboro police officer, will walk 22 miles on Sunday to raise awareness around the high rate of veterans dying by suicide.
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The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage.
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Service dogs have long helped veterans with vision or mobility problems. Now the PAWS Veterans Therapy Act will help connect specially trained dogs to some veterans with symptoms of traumatic stress.
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The two federal holidays recognize members of the U.S. military, but have their origins in two different wars and were created to celebrate different segments of the veterans community.
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Every Monday night, a group of veterans in the Upper Valley meets for a virtual book club. They are not reading the latest bestsellers. Instead, they discuss works by Sophocles and Homer. In stories written thousands of years ago, they find parallels to what war has meant for them.