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Adding Insult to National Guard Injury

This is simply awful, after everything they're going through already. Associated Press:

Mississippi National Guard soldiers and airmen should monitor credit card statements, checking accounts and credit reports in the wake of a massive theft of soldiers' personal information from a Veterans Affairs employee, Guard officials say.

The Veterans Administration said last month that a laptop stolen from an employee contained the personal information of thousands of veterans, but a new disclosure warns that almost all military personnel — active, Guard and Reserve — could be effected.

No identity theft related to the security breach has been reported, the U.S. Department of Defense said.

"I think we should take a common sense approach and monitor credit card statements, and perform regular checks on credit reports and banking accounts," said Lt. Col. Tim Powell, a Mississippi Guard spokesman.

Powell told The Associated Press that the Defense Department is working to notify anyone who may be at risk of identity theft.

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