Army tests soldiers in Alaskan extremes by Rachel D’Oro DELTA JUNCTION, Alaska – The Humvee’s headlights shone incredibly bright, casting daylight clarity on a line of spruce trees, every needle standing out in stark contrast to the dark night of Alaska’s interior. Next to the vehicle, the incandescent lights on another Humvee glowed like mere [...]
Marine in iconic image now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorderby Jim Warren LONG FORK, Ky. The steep mountainsides in western Pike County are painted in the drabbest of winter browns and grays now, but already there is a feeling in the air that the land is ready to break out with spring color in a [...]
VA Home Loans: What is an “entitlement”? Many veterans have used their entitlement or are currently using their entitlement in the VA Home Loan Guarantee Program. This valuable benefits program allows veterans to purchase a home with no down payment and no closing costs because part of the loan is guaranteed from default by the [...]
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We the people, becoming indifferentby Robert Schneider Why have we allowed ourselves to become so indifferent ? Now we’re paying a stiff price. Let me try to illustrate the problem. If I am wrong—write. But if I’m right– act. There is no pleasure in writing a piece like this, however, there is no reward for [...]
The disparity between rich and poor is growing in America as the federal minimum wage has remained flat for years, union membership has declined and industries have faced global competition, according to a study released Thursday.by Mark Johnson ALBANY, N.Y. – The report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy [...]
Former Pentagon chief sees damage to U.S. militaryby Will Dunham The U.S. military’s ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday. “If the strain is not relieved, [...]
Two US Firms Ordered to Pay $62 Million in Medical Compensationby Kim Tong-hyung Left: Korean war veterans, who fought in the 1965-1973 Vietnam War, react after the Seoul High Court ruled that two U.S. makers of the herbicide Agent Orange should pay compensation to Korean victims, in front of the court building in Socho-dong, southern [...]
Brothers band together to honor one of their ownby Michelle Gladden A replica of almost every medal and ribbon that has ever been produced by the United States military can be found in the basement of Frank DeAngelis’ Middletown home. Many are on display in a room next to his workshop, but for the most [...]
Troops returning home with cash to spend HINESVILLE, Ga. — Army Spc. Sherrod White, left, shops for computers in Hinesville, Ga. with the help of Freedom Furniture & Electronics store manager Monica Doering. Business has boomed in this southeast Georgia military town since thousands of troops from neighboring Fort Stewart began returning from a yearlong [...]
Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, has offered free eye operations to impoverished Americans and asked the US government to let them travel to his country for treatment. Castro made the offer late on Sunday as he criticised American policies toward his country during a three-hour appearance on state television and announced a protest march for [...]
The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress “A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment,” an administration source said. Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process could begin with hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee in February. They said the hearings would focus on the secret electronic surveillance program [...]
The Pentagon has its own domestic spying program. Even its leaders say the outfit may have gone too far.by Michael Isikoff The demonstration seemed harmless enough. Late on a June afternoon in 2004, a motley group of about 10 peace activists showed up outside the Houston headquarters of Halliburton, the giant military contractor once headed [...]
Americans have had differences of opinion over the war in Iraq since it began nearly three years ago. But that shouldn’t preclude unified national pride in our armed forces – and a unified commitment to properly caring for our wounded. The U.S. military casualty list from Iraq and Afghanistan isn’t confined to the more than [...]
Depleted Uranium – A Hidden Looming Worldwide Calamityby Stephen Lendman Forget about Avian (bird) flu. The threat of it becoming a pandemic is more a political scare tactic and potential bonanza for drug company profits and its major shareholders’ net worth (including Gilead Sciences, the developer of the Tamiflu drug and its former Chairman and [...]
There’s no languishing for some torn apart in Iraq. Their orders: Be what you wereBy Johanna Neuman WASHINGTON — Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Gubler was on foot patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, when he noticed the rusty truck hood on top of a mound of dirt beside the road. Seconds later, the mound exploded, and the [...]
Legislature pumps money into fund, Vilsack supports billby Aimee Tabor State lawmakers in both houses unanimously approved Wednesday injecting another $2 million into a veterans home buyers assistance program. Legislators approved the additional money after the program, approved last year, ran out of money. Besides the $2 million for the home buyers program, the bill [...]
The proposed Iranian Oil Bourse will accelerate the fall of the American EmpireBy Krassimir Petrov, Ph.D.A nation-state taxes its own citizens, while an empire taxes other nation-states. The history of empires, from Greek and Roman, to Ottoman and British, teaches that the economic foundation of every single empire is the taxation of other nations. The [...]
In an innovative online portal funded by the US Department of State, hirers internationally can now find Foreign Service spouses trained to provide professional services remotely. Woodstock, CT (PRWEB) January 19, 2006 Staffcentrix, a leading provider of virtual careers training and related resources to the Armed Forces and the US Department of State, announced the [...]
Is the United States about to launch a second preemptive war, against a nation that has not attacked us, to deprive it of weapons of mass destruction that it does not have? by Patrick J. Buchanan With U.S. troops tied down in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Pakistanis inflamed over a U.S. airstrike that wiped out 13 [...]
Soliciting a protitute is now a criminal offense in the Militaryby William M. Arkin With President Bush signing the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act servicemembers convicted of patronizing a prostitute can now receive a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and one year of confinement. Of course, ever since the United States military [...]
A US Marine who absconded from his base more than 36 years ago as a protest against the Vietnam war has been arrested and may face a court martial. Ernest Johnson Jr, 55, fled his camp in North Carolina in 1969 after becoming disenchanted with the war in Vietnam after the 1968 My Lai massacre [...]
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