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Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Boozman-Led Bill Funding Military Infrastructure and Veterans Care

WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation crafted by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Subcommittee, that delivers $128.5 million to Arkansas for the future pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in addition to making significant investments to improve servicemembers and their families’ quality of life and robustly fund veterans’ health care and benefits.
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OEM Observes PTSD Awareness Month

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and educating others about this often-overlooked psychiatric condition. And while roughly six percent of the American population will be diagnosed with this mental health illness in their lifetime (National Center for PTSD), no other group has been more affected by PTSD than the military community.
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Crooked Creek

By now most likely the first cutting of hay is baled and in the barn. Hopefully enough hay was made to get through the winter.
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Fishin’ with Otters

I hate to be laughed at! But I know a bunch of you folks out there are going to laugh at this… In southern Bangladesh there are native people who live along the rivers that feed the ocean, who train otters and use them to fish in those tributaries. Those otters are bred in captivity and trained to herd fish into the nets of village fishermen.
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