Military Family Appreciation, Lowest Veteran Unemployment, Team Rubicon, Greyhounds for Veterans

According to the Facebook site, The Inside Battle, November has been designated as Military Family Appreciation Month, with a different military family photo (like this one from their site) being posted every day of the month.  Send in yours or check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/TheInsideBattle and read more about the history of the Presidential Proclamation which began in 1993, at: http://www.military.com/military-family-appreciation-month 

Stars & Stripes reports that veterans' unemployment in October hit the lowest level in the last four years (6.3%), see the article at: http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-ruptured-duck/the-ruptured-duck-1.160117/veterans-unemployment-drops-to-lowest-rate-in-four-years-1.195646

Team Rubicon, a non-profit comprised entirely of 4,000 volunteer veterans, has helped with search, rescue, and emergency management in over 50 disasters since it was created in 2010. See the full story about their efforts during Sandy at: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/01/14838500-war-veterans-hit-sandys-front-lines-for-rescues-cleanup?lite

Proudarmymomvv highlighted a special website about rescued/retired racing greyhounds being given to veteran families at: http://www.purpleheartgreyhounds.org/  To learn more about this rescue organization, see the video at: http://youtu.be/gxRbPFtNKQk and don't forget our local greyhound rescue efforts such as Verde Valley Greyhounds (see: http://campverdebugleonline.com/49499.35) or Greyhound Pets of Arizona (http://www.gpa-az.com/index.html) for adoptable dogs.