It’s about passion and finding a company that’s a good fitBy ELIZABETH DAVIES There should have been a class about this stuff. There are so many etiquette rules and communication tips when it comes to job interviews, it’s nearly impossible for the novice applicant — and even many veterans — to know them all. A [...]
Veterans fighting drug fee increasesBy LEN MANIACE The Bush Administration’s proposed changes to veterans benefits, including higher prescription drug co-payments, have some veterans concerned. At stake The federal government wants to charge veterans more for benefits Imposition of annual fee of $250 to obtain veteran health services Increase in co-payment fee to $15 from $7 [...]
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) – A Film Review by James Berardinelli Is this the Greatest World War II Movie of All Time? Vote Now! by James Beradinelli Although it’s certainly a matter for argument, many cineastes consider David Lean to be one of the ten best directors of lavish epics. Although several of [...]
Hispanic group offers help to vets seeking banking jobs Dear Sgt. Shaft, On behalf of the Hispanic War Veterans of America, the first Hispanic all-veterans organization, we would like to thank you for your untiring efforts to improve the lives of our men and women in the military and our nation’s veterans and their families. [...]
Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq As of Sunday, April 17, 2005, at least 1,554 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March. At least 1,179 died as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department as of Friday. The figures include four [...]
The war she lost raged withinby Heidi Benson On a cloudy Monday morning in early November, author Iris Chang, 36, drove her white 1999 Oldsmobile Alero down Alum Rock Avenue toward the green foothills of East San Jose. She passed the iron gates of Calvary Catholic Cemetery, where marble statues of winged angels, their heads [...]
SANDS OF IWO JIMA – A Movie Review Greatest World War II Movie of All Time? Vote Now! U.S. Marine Corps Propaganda Film A Review by John Nesbit Saddle up, if you’re in the mood for a good old fashioned U.S. military propaganda film, complete with Marine complicity and steadfast use of the Marine Hymn [...]
Survivors mark 1945 liberation of Nazi camps300 former prisoners attend ceremony in Germany Left: Concentration camp survivor Jerzy Milewski takes part in the commemoration ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen in Oranienburg near Berlin, Sunday. FUERSTENBERG, Germany – Hundreds of survivors of Nazi concentration camps on [...]
No protection for veterans, troops, people seriously ill or the victims of identity theft Republican members of the House Rules Committee voted today in Committee to kill several amendments to S-256, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. These amendments were designed to protect veterans who have recently returned from Iraq or [...]
U.S. soldier accused of deadly 2003 attack on comrades Pictured left: Sgt. Hasan Akbar, left, is led Wednesday under tight security at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An Army sergeant charged in a deadly grenade attack on his comrades wrote in his diary that his fellow soldiers were mistreating him, and that once he was sent [...]
Nevada Gov. Guinn names Col. Cynthia Kirkland to Top State Military Leader ADJUTANT GENERAL OF NEVADA CARSON CITY Gov. Kenny Guinn today announced that he has named Colonel Cynthia Kirkland as Nevada’s new Adjutant General. Kirkland replaces Major General Giles Vanderhoof, who is retiring after serving as the state’s military chief of staff and commander [...]
April 28th Job Fair in Hampton Virgina Military Affairs Council of Virginia Presents……. The Military Affairs Council of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is proud to present it’s Semiannual Armed Forces Job Fair on Thursday, April 28th, 2005 from 9AM to 3PM at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Hampton, Virginia. (Click here or [...]
These and other provisions of the law are available at the following DoD link: http://www.esgr.org. Reservists and employers can also get help by calling the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (NCSEGR) toll free at 1-800-336-4590. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act It is important that reservists know that they will [...]
Is America becoming Fascist?by Anis Shivani Since mainstream media refuse to seriously ask this question, the analysis of where we are heading and what has gone wrong has been mostly off-base. Investigation of the kinds of underhanded, criminal tactics fascist regimes undertake to legitimize their agenda and accelerate the rate of change in their favor [...]
Injured soldiers help create computer simulated battles for training troopsBy Wes Smith Since he returned from Afghanistan with a ruptured disc in July, National Guard member Shannon Swain of Orlando, Fla., has been repeatedly shot, stabbed and bombed right here at home. Swain, 33, is recuperating from back surgery, but he’s still serving his country [...]
Experts are surprised at the vast numbers of U.S. soldiers who have been deployed after 9/11. Even if troop levels are cut next year, the military may be permanently damaged.By Mark Benjamin Three and a half years have passed since U.S. bombs started falling in Afghanistan, and ever since then, the U.S. military has been [...]
Vets help to construct GI Bill of Rights House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today unveiled the new GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century at a forum with veterans’ service and military organizations. Pelosi was joined by Retired Army General Wesley Clark and Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Lane Evans (D-Ill.). Below are her [...]
But said it isn’t time to start bringing U.S. forces home Fort Hood–President Bush marked the two-year anniversary of the liberation of Baghdad with a visit to a U.S. Army base in Texas. The president used the occasion to thank American troops for, what he called, their noble work. On the day Secretary of Defense [...]
Pictured left: Mildred Freiburger, 84, served in the Navy Medical Corps and now lives in Jennings, La., at the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home. WASHINGTON – Veterans’ nursing homes run by states and the federal Veterans Affairs Department – havens for more than 40,000 former service members – are under fire in this year’s budget [...]
Georgia army town struggles to cope with hundreds of straysCourtesy of MSNBC News HINESVILLE, Ga. – The 32 dogs look up with sad eyes or wag their tails as animal control officer Linda Cordry walks the row of chain-link cages toward a door concealing a gas chamber. These guys are mine, Cordry says with weary [...]
US veterans attend event remembering the liberation of Nazi camps German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Sunday at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp said that the crimes of the Nazis were a reminder of Germany’s continual moral responsibility. “We do not want nor will we allow injustice and violence, anti- [...]
Jury out on Gulf war syndrome and Iraq vetsBy Pat Hammond Early assessments of the health of Iraq War veterans have led a local specialist on Gulf War illness to conclude that servicemen in Iraq are not contracting the illness that struck thousands of service personnel in the Persian Gulf War. But some medical experts [...]
Gunner’ shoots straight, asks a lot of questionsBy Desson Thomson If there is one image that encapsulates the documentary “Gunner Palace,” it would be the one of a shirtless American soldier, silhouetted against a waning Iraqi sun in 2004, playing a Jimi Hendrix-styled rendition of the national anthem on his electric guitar. Spec. Stuart Wilf, [...]
Old soldiers face new foe in Veterans BankBy Luz Rimban When the country marked the 63rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan on Saturday Charlie Beloso was home, strapped to a wheelchair, and probably just watching the event on TV. But he often relives in his mind the year 1942, when he was among the [...]
Tale of grieving soldier’s widow takes a tragic turn WESTBROOK, Maine – Lavinia Gelineau was found dead in her home Friday, a year after she endured the bitter and overwhelming loss of her husband, Spc. Chris Gelineau, a Maine National Guardsman killed in Iraq. Gelineau’s grief-filled odyssey began a year ago when her husband was [...]
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