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margin-top: -12px; margin-bottom: -8px;">Unite NJ Veterans - Get Connected to the Resources You Need.  <a href="/military/veterans/services/unitenjveterans/" rel="noopener">Learn more »</a></h5></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="skip"><a name="content"></a></div> <div class="container-fluid dk-blue-bar joinBanner"> <div class="row justify-content-center "> <div id="" class="col-12 col-xl-10 pt-2 text-center text-md-right"> <a href='https://dmava.org' target='' class='mx-1 ml-md-3 mb-2 d-inline-block'> <button type='button' class='btn btn-danger'> <i class='fa fa-envelope'></i> Mailing Lists </button> </a> <a href='https://dmava.org/events' target='' class='mx-1 ml-md-3 mb-2 d-inline-block'> <button type='button' class='btn btn-danger'> <i class='fa fa-calendar'></i> Events Calendar </button> </a> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="container-fluid dept-dmava-carousel-container"> <div class="row justify-content-center x-mb-3 x-mt-4"> <div class="col disabled-col-xl-10 px-0 p-0"> <div class="container-fluid "> <div class="row"> <div id="dept-dmava-carousel" class="sonj carousel slide carousel-fade col-12 p-0" data-ride="carousel"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="carousel-item active"> <img class="d-block w-100" src="/military/veterans/assets/images/vbb-heroimage2.jpg" alt="Heroimage " /> <div class="carousel-caption disabled-d-none d-md-block"> <a href="https://www.nj.gov/military/assets/documents/NJ%20Veterans%20Benefits%20Guide.pdf" class="btn btn-primary btn-hnj-blue" target="_blank"><h5 style="padding-top: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;">NJ Veterans Benefits Guide</h5></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>    <div class='container-fluid gray-bar'> <div class="row justify-content-center py-5"> <div class='col-11 col-xl-10'> <div class="row justify-content-center ">  <div class=" row-of-3 col-lg-4 x-col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex mb-3"> <div class="card dk-blue list " style=" max-height: 710px; overflow:auto; "> <div class="card-header font-weight-bold h5"> <h4 style="margin-bottom: -2px;">Quick Links</h4> </div> <ul class="list-group list-group-flush "> <li class='list-group-item '> <p><a href="https://dmava.org" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><img class="img-fluid" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/military/assets/images/DMAVA Mailing List.jpg" alt="" /></span></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/assets/documents/OutreachSchedule.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Veterans Outreach & Medal Ceremony Schedule</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/vso/">Veterans Service Offices</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/unitenjveterans.shtml">Unite NJ Veterans</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a title="Bringing Veterans Home" href="https://bvh.dca.nj.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bringing Veterans Home</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/cemetery/index.shtml">BG Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/funeral-honors/index.shtml">Military Funeral Honors</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/diversion-program/index.shtml">Veterans Diversion Program</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/memorial-homes/"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Veterans Memorial Homes</span></a></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/vetshavennorth/index.shtml/">Veterans Haven North</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/vetshavensouth/index.shtml">Veterans Haven South</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/request-military-records/">Request Military Records</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/awards/index.shtml">NJ Service Medals</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/veteran-profiles.shtml">Veteran Profiles</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a title="NJ Veterans Benefits Guide" href="/military/assets/documents/NJ Veterans Benefits Guide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NJ Veterans Benefits Guide</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a title="NJ Veterans Transportation Guide" href="/military/assets/documents/NJ Veterans Transportation Guide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NJ Veterans Transportation Guide</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a title="GCADA Resource Guide" href="/military/assets/documents/NJ Military Veterans Families Resource Guide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NJ Military Veterans & Families Resource Guide</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a title="NJ Veterans Journal" href="/military/veterans/publications/journal.shtml">NJ Veterans Journal</a></span></p> <hr /> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="/military/veterans/services/women/index.shtml">Women Veterans Information</a></span></p> <hr /> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class=" row-of-3 col-lg-4 x-col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex mb-3"> <div class="card dk-blue list " style=" max-height: 710px; overflow:auto; "> <div class="card-header font-weight-bold h5"> <h4 style="margin-bottom: -2px;">Spotlight</h4> </div> <a href="https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/lpt/lpt-veterans.shtml" target="_blank" class="image-link"> </a> <ul class="list-group list-group-flush "> <li class='list-group-item '> <p><a href="https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/services/unitenjveterans/"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><img class="img-fluid" style="background-color: blue; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/military/veterans/assets/images/unitenjveterans2.jpg" alt="" /></span></a></p> <h4>Unite NJ Veterans - Get Connected to Resources </h4> <p>The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has partnered with <a href="https://uniteus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unite Us</a> to connect individuals and families to a wide variety of services and resources<em>. </em>Unite Us can connect our New Jersey military and veteran community to resources to obtain benefits, food assistance, housing, education, transportation, behavioral health services, peer support and more. <br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a style="color: #595959;" href="https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/services/unitenjveterans/">Learn More »</a></span></p> <h4><a href="https://bvh.dca.nj.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="/military/veterans/assets/images/bvh-logo2.png" alt="" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="img-fluid" /></a></h4> <h4>Working Together to End Veteran Homelessness</h4> <p>The mission of Bringing Veterans Home (BVH) is to effectively end veteran homelessness by enhancing existing systems, creating rapid access to housing, and ensuring homelessness becomes rare, brief, and non-recurring.<br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a style="color: #595959;" href="https://bvh.dca.nj.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn More »</a></span></p> <h4>Flu Vaccines</h4> <p>VA New Jersey Health Care System is offering FREE Flu vaccines to all enrolled Veterans. Find your local VA New Jersey site using the link below.<br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a style="color: #595959;" href="https://www.va.gov/new-jersey-health-care/programs/flu-vaccine-clinics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn More »</a></span></p> <h4>$250 Veterans Property Tax Deduction</h4> <p>Effective December 4, 2020, State law (P.L. 2019, c. 413) eliminates the wartime service requirement for the $250 Veterans Property Tax Deduction. Veterans must have active duty service with an honorable discharge. 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This means that all Veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Global War on Terror, or any other combat zone after 9/11 will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care without first applying for VA benefits. Additionally, Veterans who never deployed but were exposed to toxins or hazards while training or on active duty in the United States will also be eligible to enroll.</p> <p>As <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/11/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-veterans-day-wreath-laying-ceremony-arlington-va/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directed by President Biden</a>, this expansion of VA health care eliminates the phased-in approach called for by the PACT Act — meaning that millions of Veterans are becoming eligible for VA health care up to eight years earlier than written into law. 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Additionally, VA health care is often <a href="https://www.va.gov/health-care/copay-rates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more affordable</a> than non-VA health care for Veterans.</p> <p style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px;"><a id="" href="https://news.va.gov/press-room/veteran-toxins-hazards-serving-eligible-va/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><button class="btn btn-primary btn-dmava " type="button"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Full Press Release</span></button></a></p> </div>  <div class='col-12 col-sm-4'> <img src='/military/veterans/assets/images/va-logo.jpg' alt='va' class='img-fluid w-100 pb-3 ' /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class='container-fluid none'> <div class="row justify-content-center py-5"> <div class='col-11 col-xl-10'> <div class="row justify-content-center ">   <div class='col-12 col-sm-6'> <img src='/military/veterans/assets/images/wvov1.jpg' alt='WVOV' class='img-fluid w-100 pb-3 ' /> </div>  <div class='col-12 col-sm-6'> <h4>New Jersey's 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style="text-align: center;">American Legion Post 170</h5> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Rochelle Park, NJ</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;">May 3, 2024</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class='container-fluid none'> <div class="row justify-content-center py-5"> <div class='col-11 col-xl-10'> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <h2 class="col-12 text-center mt-0 mb-3"> Center for U.S. War Veterans' Oral Histories<br/><br /> </h2> </div> <div class="row justify-content-center ">  <div class=" col-12 col-sm-5 video-Left mb-3"> <div class='embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9'><iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/krvJ8iTdi90" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> <div class=" col-12 col-sm-7 mb-3"> <p>The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is the home of the Center for U.S. War Veterans’ Oral Histories. It is the Center’s mission to collect and preserve the memories of veterans through recorded oral history interviews.</p> <p>The interviews are recorded on DVD formats and housed at the museum’s Sea Girt location, where they are accessible to researchers and scholars. As part of its program of providing historical information to the public, the museum posts summaries of interviews on their website.</p> <p>To date, the Center’s collection contains over 600 interviews of veterans of all branches of service from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and other American military campaigns.</p> <p>To access the online archives or to participate in the program, please visit the museum's website.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a id="" href="https://njmilitiamuseum.org/oralhistory" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><button class="btn btn-primary btn-dmava " type="button"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Veterans' Oral Histories</span></button></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class='container-fluid blue-bar'> <div class="row justify-content-center py-5"> <div class='col-11 col-xl-10'> <div class="row justify-content-center ">   <div class='col-12 col-sm-4'> <img src='/military/veterans/assets/images/Solomeno.jpg' alt='DCVA ' class='img-fluid w-100 pb-3 ' /> </div>  <div class='col-12 col-sm-8'> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 12px;">Deputy Commissioner of Veterans Affairs</h3> <h4>Vincent Solomeno</h4> <p>Vincent Solomeno was appointed by Governor Philip D. Murphy to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA), and Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the State of New Jersey in January 2023 and unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on May 22, 2023. In this role, he has led an historic expansion of state delivered veterans benefits, programs, and services alongside a team of nearly 1,600 professionals committed to delivering world-class support to over 300,000 Garden State Veterans.</p> <p>Since beginning his tenure, Solomeno has overseen the expansion of the corps of trained and accredited veterans service officers and increased the number of dedicated State of New Jersey Veterans Service Offices from fourteen to one in each of the state’s twenty-one counties. He has also driven efforts to increase wages for frontline healthcare workers, upgrade medical equipment, and implement new technology and evidence-based best practices that have resulted in documented improvements in clinical care and quality of life at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes at Menlo Park, Paramus, and Vineland. He served on the New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety and is currently a member of the New Jersey Task Force on Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness</p> <p>As Chair of the <em>Governor’s Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families</em>, Solomeno has collaborated with public and private partners to deliver over 45 Mental Health First Aid trainings in every New Jersey county, training over 500 community leaders on how to identify the signs of suicidal ideation and how to intervene to help individuals in crisis.</p> <p>Prior to his appointment, Solomeno served as the Superintendent of the National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt, where he managed an installation and facilitated the training environment for the New Jersey National Guard, State Police, Department of Corrections, Division of Criminal Justice, and the Juvenile Justice Commission. He was previously the Executive Officer to The Adjutant General and Commissioner of Military and Veterans Affairs. He is co-author of the 2019 and 2024 <em>Resource Guide for New Jersey Military, Veterans, and Families</em>.</p> <p>A U.S. Army Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Solomeno is a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Scranton. He commissioned as a Corps of Engineers Second Lieutenant in 2007. In 2010, he transferred to the New Jersey Army National Guard. In addition to his overseas service, he served on active duty during Hurricane Irene, Superstorm Sandy, and as an operations officer for the National Guard’s statewide COVID-19 response. He currently holds the rank of major and is the recipient of the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal.</p> <p>In addition to his Bachelor of Science from the University of Scranton, Solomeno earned his Master of Arts from the University of Amsterdam. He is the recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and the J. 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