The United States is heading for bankruptcy, according to an extraordinary paper published by one of the key members of the country’s central bank. by Edmund Conway A ballooning budget deficit and a pensions and welfare timebomb could send the economic superpower into insolvency, according to research by Professor Laurence Kotlikoff for the Federal Reserve [...]
Veterans Calling Congress on the Floor for 31 Years of DOD Abuses The Congress, both houses, have failed the veterans used in hazardous substance experiments from WW2 thru the end of human experimentation in 1975, when after public outcry and congressional investigations, by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and then the Church Commission, exposed the depth of [...]
AMERICA, LETS WAGE WAR ON OIL NOT TERROR! Our Foreign and Energy Policy Stinks by William Johnston Disneyland to build in Iran. Walmart Opens up in Damascus. World War III averted. Oil at $ 25 a barrel for USA! Ya think? So amid the backdrop of our soliders dying in Iraq, extremists fighting against one another in [...]
Many 20- to 24-year-old veterans returning from overseas are struggling to find work. In recent years, the unemployment rate has soared for vets in that age group, while nonveterans the same age are doing better finding jobs.by Christina Rexrode Military veterans, many companies will tell you, make great hires. They’re hardworking, resourceful and respectful. And [...]
Dear Mr. President, I expect to drop my endeavor to get an apology from Japan. Recently I suggested to you that the United States FORGIVE Japan instead because an apology approach has not worked. I am considering dropping my effort because in about ¾ years, I have received no replies from your office or the Congress [...]
She Captured Vietnam by Susan Mansfield In 1966, at the height of the Vietnam War, a 21-year-old French girl bought a one-way ticket to Saigon. Taking little but her cameras and her bikini, Catherine Leroy went on to become one of the war’s most celebrated photographers. A petite, stylishly dressed French woman, she had courage and [...]
What US Wants in its Troops: Cultural Savvyby Mark Sappenfield Lt. Thomas Tompkins had a decision to make. His unit had come under fire from a band of insurgents, who had just fled for cover in a mosque. Strictly speaking, the rules of engagement allowed Lieutenant Tompkins to storm the front door and spread through [...]
Old Glory Deserves Our Respectby Donna Teresa Every once in awhile you come across a special book. One of those books — “Flags of Our Fathers,” by James Bradley — made it onto my summer reading list. It is the story of the five Marines and a Navy corpsman who were immortalized when they raised [...]
Outpatient Prescriptions Fill your medical prescriptions from a private provider VA will provide medications that are prescribed by VA providers in conjunction with VA medical care. Medications are prescribed from an approved list of medications called a formulary. VA will not simply fill or rewrite prescriptions prescribed by your private physician. Medications are an important [...]
New York’s Rockaway Residents Give Veterans a Celebration to Rememberby Mike Taibbi NEW YORK – It was an amazing parade most New Yorkers never saw: About 30 wounded war veterans, most injured in Iraq, perched high on a couple of antique fire trucks for the last part of the trip up from Washington’s Walter Reed [...]
The Vietnam Veterans of America says an Inspector General’s report on the Veterans Administration data breach leaves too many unanswered questions, including why the VA was collecting all that data in the first place. by K.C. Jones Vietnam Veterans say they want more than a scathing report on the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ poor [...]
Boeing 757 Did Not Hit the Pentagonby Christopher Bollyn Samuel Danner (electrical engineer for AmTrak), was involved in the clean-up at the Pentagon crash site and inspected the debris at the site. He said, “It was not a Boeing 757 that hit the Pentagon. The plane looked like a hump-back whale.” He thinks a Global [...]
Men At One Base Say The Army Is Ignoring PTSD Cases FORT CARSON, Colo. According to a recent report from the Veterans Administration, more than 50,000 vets from Iraq and Afghanistan are believed to be suffering from mental health problems nearly half of them from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. It’s well documented and, [...]
Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vetsby Bridgett Siter FORT BENNING, Ga.– Pvt. Jay Grassel believes he has a lot in common with Pfc. James Murphy. Both Pittsburgh natives joined the Army at 19, fresh out of high school. Both were assigned to 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment.When the going gets tough, Grassel looks to [...]
Veterans Who Have Recently Left the Military Receive Fed Hiring Preference by David Hammer WASHINGTON – Veterans who have recently left the military received hiring preference for federal government jobs Tuesday, allowing them to join their brethren from previous military conflicts. Congress extended the veterans’ preference to all personnel who were honorably discharged after serving at [...]
When the Personality Disorder Wears Camouflage by Benedict Carey When a war crime doesn’t look quite like a war crime when it seems cold and deliberate like a serial murder, rather than an impulsive act of vengeance it can be especially disturbing, as United States Army officials have learned over the past week. According to federal [...]
The transition from a military career to a civilian job isn’t always easy, but there’s new private and public help for those making the leap.by Martha Brant Thousands of veterans return to the work force each month. Many have in-demand high-tech skills as well as so-called “soft skills” like being a team player and showing [...]
Three decades after they fled the United States to avoid the Vietnam War, a small group of former draft dodgers gathered in Canada Thursday, more convinced than ever that their anti-war stand was right. The start of the four-day “Our Way Home” conference in Castlegar, in southeastern British Columbia, coincided by chance with a White [...]
The yearly cost of unemployment benefits for disabled military personnel has ballooned to $3 billion. Is the U.S. prepared for the oncoming wave of Iraq war vets?by Martha Brant Many former soldiers are finding it difficult to return to 9-to-5 America. The number of disabled vets from all wars deemed “unemployable” by the U.S. Department [...]
Veterans enlisted to teach new soldiers about waging war the right’ way Whether it’s firing a rifle from 100 feet away or directing a bombing raid from a mile or more in the air, the military objective is the same: Kill the enemy. Troops get instruction in deadly skills from the first time they put [...]
It’s been more than 30 years since American troops left Vietnam, but deep in the Mississippi woods, a group of men tried to recreate the experience with role-playing. There’s a farm outside of Jackson, Miss. where the Vietnam War never ended. Jeff Foster led soldiers on daily patrols. Fletcher Isaacs planned an attack on the [...]
Letter From a “Dead” Vietnam Veteranby John A. Evans My name is John A. Evans, according to the United States of America. I was declared dead by our government in July of 1994. And also four years later in 1998, I was still classified as deceased. I am still alive. I served my country in [...]
American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. by David Adam, science correspondent The US food and drug administration has given the go-ahead for the soldiers to be included in an experiment to see if MDMA, the active [...]
Pentagon incorrectly had captain’s discharge date as 2010, instead of 1999 MOUNT ORAB, Ohio – A former National Guard captain whose military service was supposed to end seven years ago was sent to Iraq for a year by mistake because of an incorrect discharge date in his records. Jim Dillinger was 43 when he received [...]
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