Honor bound with red tapeby Brian Bowling Left, Romayne and Thomas McGinnis may have to wait more than to years to find out if their son, Pfc. Ross McGinnis, will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor. McGinnis died Dec. 4 from wounds suffered after a grenade tossed into his vehicle from a Baghdad rooftop. PITTSBURGH–Pfc. [...]
Veterans With No Where to Call Homeby John Waltz, Special Assignment Writer, FIREBASE NETWORK Right now as you read this article there are at least 200,000 veterans who do not have a home to go to. Which according to national statistics makes it one in every three homeless adult males is a veteran. Desperate and wandering [...]
Forced Anthrax Vaccinations for Our Troops: Another Instance of Government Abuseby John Waltz, Special Assignment Writer, Firebase Network Recently the Department of Defense has started forcing the members of the Armed Forces to get Anthrax vaccinations after the FDA deemed it as safe. If they do not take the vaccinations they are subject to punishment [...]
Wounded Iraq Veterans Given Housing, Jobs by Brian Foley Left, Sgt. Cristian Valle, who lost his legs in Iraq, returns a salute Wednesday at a ceremony given by the Livermore Sentinels of Freedom. Valle and Pfc. Justin Leon, who lost his right arm, were honored at Veterans Memorial Hall. SAN FRANCISCO, Ca–SGT. CRISTIAN VALLE lost [...]
Pulling out of Iraq would be an imperially momentous decision. It would mean the abandonment of more than two decades of American foreign policy in the Middle East. by Michael Schwartz, Tomdispatch.com The report of James A. Baker’s Iraq Study Group has already become a benchmark for Iraq policy, dominating the print and electronic media [...]
Judges Robbing Veterans to Pay Alimonyby John Waltz In an ongoing travesty of veterans being abused is happening in our halls of justice, veterans who are considered 100% disabled should be afforded the right to forgo paying alimony considering they earned it with blood, sweat and tears. How does a former spouse deserve any of [...]
Farewell Message From Defense Secretary Donald H. RumsfeldAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2006 For these past six years, I have had the opportunity — and, I should add, the privilege — to serve with the greatest military the world has ever known. To all of the men and women in uniform, all across the [...]
Get To Know Companies That Support U.S. Veterans Noble Corporation Actively Recruiting Military Veterans by Lynn Earle Noble Corporation www.noblecorp.com celebrates its 85th anniversary in 2006. Very few companies, and even fewer drilling contractors, can claim this milestone. But there is more to the Noble story than just its years of existence. [...]
Get to Know Employers Who Support Our U.S. Veterans Aerotek & HireVeterans.com in 2007 Hanover, MD., December 11, 2006 Aerotek recently announced it will add HireVeterans.com to its lineup of key job boards utilized by over 120 nationwide offices. We are proud to recruit veterans and work with them during their transition back to [...]
Jessica Biel talks about Home of the Brave In the ensemble drama of Home of the Brave, Jessica Biel plays Iraq war veteran Vanessa Price, who comes home with an amputated hand. Her struggle to adjust to life with a disability and rifts with her loved ones reflects many veterans’ current experiences. “I think everybody [...]
Troops Pay Hidden Costs of Multiple Deploymentsby Diane M. Grassi The ravages of war are hell and collateral damage that includes loss of life, permanent disability and war-related illness in both military and civilian populations is expected. But too often American soldiers have been stung by the treatment they have received with respect to their [...]
Job Fair Schedule for 2007 Civilian Job News has just announced it’s Job Fairs for U.S. Veterans for 1st Quarter 2007. Civilian Job News is a tabloid style newspaper that features practical information for the military person transitioning from the military and seeking a civilian job. Civilian Job News is distributed throughout all of the [...]
VA Sleep labs help war veterans to rest easy COLUMBIA, S.C. — Army veteran Joe Green gazes skeptically at the alien-looking vinyl mask his respiratory therapist says will help him find the peaceful slumber he so desperately seeks. “How long will I be on this?” Green asks therapist Amy Stanley. He’s wary of the device designed [...]
Loved Ones Remain Resolute or Doubtful In Aftermath of Study Group’s Reportby Christian Davenport and Joshua Portlow, The Washington Post Nancy Hecker hasn’t read the Iraq Study Group’s report. She doesn’t need to. She knows her son, Army Maj. William F. Hecker III, died at 37 for a just cause, no matter what the antiwar [...]
Virtual Reality and combination of drugs will help PTSD patients Could some time in a computer-generated world while on a fear-fighting drug help troops deal with post-traumatic stress disorder? Emory’s Dr. Barbara Rothbaum University of California’s Dr. Charles Marmar think so. A tuberculosis drug called D-cycloserine, or DCS, could be the key, notes Army Times. DCS affects [...]
The biggest threat posed by the 9/11 Truth Movement is the danger that it will discredit the healthy skepticism Americans increasingly show toward their leadersby Christopher Hayes, The Nation According to a July poll conducted by Scripps News Service, one-third of Americans think the government either carried out the 9/11 attacks or intentionally allowed them [...]
Serial Killers within VA Healthcare Systemby Jere Beery, Operation Firing For Effect Left, Paul H. Kornak, who posed as a doctor for veterans, in 1999. Let me begin by stating the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system employs some of the best physicians and nursing staff, not only here in the U.S.A., but in the [...]
MILITARYCONNECTION.COM & MEETING SITE SOLUTIONS SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS & THE PRIVACY OF THEIR FAMILIES As we approach the holidays and New Year, MilitaryConnection.com and Meeting Site Solutions are joining forces to send a special greeting to the men and women serving our fine nation. We know that the holiday season can be difficult for families [...]
Congress passes comprehensive VA legislation Washington, DC) A comprehensive bill which will benefit millions of veterans was passed by the U.S. Senate around 3 a.m. Saturday morning the last day of the 109th Congress. It now goes to President Bush to be signed into law. The legislation (S. 3421) was sponsored by U.S. Senator Larry [...]
NEEDED: A WWII British Veteran Who Knows About “Short Snorter” Clubs Lion Television, an independent production company in the United States, is currently researching stories for the fifth season of PBS’s History Detectives. History Detectives is a prime-time series about the discovery, documentation and preservation of historic American buildings and artifacts. Our program revolves around [...]
Widow wins settlement in corrupt cancer study, but 6 others kept waiting by Brendan J. Lyons Left, Mary Snavlin smiles at the memory of her father James DiGeorgio. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union) ALBANY — The federal government agreed to pay $500,000 to settle the first of seven federal lawsuits brought by the widows [...]
Troops find safety in silly string by Erik German Left, Marcelle Shriver sprays Silly String from a can as she stands next to some of the more than 1,000 cans stored in the garage of her Stratford, N.J., home, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. American troops use it to detect trip wires around bombs, as Shriver [...]
Business Leaders Who Transitioned from the U.S. Military Meet Dylan Raymond of Noble Drilling Services Dylan Raymond had been working for Noble Drilling Services, Inc., for about four months when he was promoted in the US Army Reserve and selected to attend Warrant Officer Candidate School. The advanced training meant 38 days out of the [...]
For waning number of Pearl Harbor veterans, this Dec. 7 one to remember PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. This, they say, will be their final farewell. With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl [...]
There has never been resolution between the US and Japan following WWII–is it too late?by Robert W. Schneider Today is the day that the Japanese attacked the US in Pearl Harbor. Does the caption Do You Remember World War II disturb you? I hope so–or perhaps you feel that I’m naïve. Either way, too many people [...]
Gates is the new Secretary of Defenseby David Stout The 95-to-2 vote came a day after Mr. Gates won unanimous endorsement by the Senate Armed Services Committee after testifying that the United States was not winning in Iraq and that American failure there could ignite a regional conflagration in the Middle East. Mr. Gates’s appearance [...]
Sergeant H’ hits the note of experienceby Andrea Brown Left, Norsia Harrison this month in his basement, where he records his material. He travels to civic and military events to perform his patriotic songs. I mostly do songs I write, with the exception of the national anthem and a few patriotic classics, he said. He [...]
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