A new version of the Stolen Valor Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), has passed the House of Representatives with a substantial majority of the vote.

Until the economy improves, the folks hoping that a job in the US military will save them from unemployment are finding out that Uncle Sam doesn't want them. Since the military is lowering the amount of soldiers in service after pulling out of Iraq and approaching the end of our time in Afghanistan, the US Army just has too many soldiers. That means that only the best recruits are able to enlist!

From CNN Money's article about recruiting:

A look back at the last 11 years of US military camouflage. Yikes!

The unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans fell dramatically in April, from 9.2% in March to 7.5%. The unemployment rate for all veterans also fell from 7.1% to 6.2%.

Although these drops are great news, they may be statistically invalid. The change in Post-9/11 unemployment shows huge gender differences (women dropped from 11.8% in March to 7.2%, while men went from 9.2% unemployment to 7.6%) that may reflect a small sample size of Post-9/11 veteran women, which would skew the sample results.

It's like trying to turn down food at your grandmother's house, it seems.

Senior Army officials have repeatedly turned down more M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, but there is a bipartisan push to spend $436 million on tanks the Army said it doesn't need or want.

The reason, of course, is politics.