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Op-Ed: Tennessee Department of Veterans Official Touts New Resource

'Tennessee's Veterans Have a New Front Door. Help Us Make Sure They Find It.'

By The Banner News Team
From the Jun 9, 2026 e-Edition
Tennessee is home to more than 430,000 veterans. They live in every one of our 95 counties—in the cul-de-sacs of Williamson County, the river towns along the Mississippi, and the hollers of East Tennessee. They are our neighbors. And too many of them do not know what they've earned—or where to begin looking for it. That is the gap our new statewide resource, the Veterans Connect Portal, is built to close.

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