Register today for professional development training for women veterans! On February 8, 2007 Business & Professional Women/USA (BPW/USA) will launch the Women Joining Forces Individual Development Program, day-long professional development training for military women who are entering or reentering the civilian workforce. This FREE training for women veterans is being held on Thursday, February 8th [...]
Marine's Suicide Marked The End Of One Man's WarStewart, Minn. A Minnesota family is speaking out about a side of war that rarely gets mentioned, suicide. Former U.S. Marine Jonathan Schulze committed suicide last week. A Purple Heart recipient, he became overwhelmed by grief after seeing several of his friends killed in Iraq. During the [...]
American dead of the Iraq and Afghan occupations come disproportionately from rural America. by Tom EngelhardtWhen we hear about the American dead in Iraq, we normally learn about the cir*****stances in which they died. January 20 for instance, was, for American troops, the third bloodiest day since the Bush administration launched its invasion in March [...]
'Red Dawn' Film Makes Comebackby Donna Teresa I came across a movie on television the other day that I hadn't seen since 1984. Thinking back when I first saw that movie, I really didn't think too much about it. Of course, who really analyzes a movie as a young adult? The movie I'm talking about [...]
Most VA disability claims filed by military retirees are resolved in less than a year. But lost paperwork, administrative errors, and appeals of rejected claims delay thousands of disability awards for years on end. The VA disability award is retroactive to the date of the application — making some portion of past military retired pay [...]
The center was funded by private donations to the Intrepid Foundation, a charity that has built dozens of houses to shelter families of wounded soldiers while they undergo treatment. by Michelle Roberts Left, Mary Robles, 5, stands with her father, Master Sgt. Daniel Robles, during a Purple Heart ceremony at the Center for the Intrepid [...]
Terrorism is now the stuff of fiction, as a glance at the best-seller lists will attest. But while Islamic plotters make the headlines, the terrorists we find on the bookshelves live in our own backyard. by Anneli Rufus Every era has its own built-in drama — its plague or despot by which it will be [...]
Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers by Steve Watson, Infowars.net You’d be forgiven for thinking that it was some new restriction on free speech in Communist China. But it isn’t. The U.S. Government wants to force bloggers and online grassroots activists to register and regularly report their activities to Congress [...]
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As Iraq War veterans enter VA hospitals, older veterans already in the system become the primary target of the deadly bacteria Acinetobacter Baumannii by Steve Silberman Left, the operating room at Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad, an Army facility implicated in the spread of Acinetobacter baumannii. (photo: Peter Van AGTMAEL/POLARIS) A homemade bomb exploded under [...]
Rather than argue over whether a 15-minute survey can determine if service members suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers are trying to find biological ways to make the diagnosis.by Kelly Kennedy We’re looking for an objective, independent, biological marker, said Dr. Charles Marmar, who directs the PTSD facility for the San Francisco Office of Veterans [...]
Never Forgotten bracelets raise money for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors B & E Enterprises was founded by two patriotic Americans working along side U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq. It was in Iraq that the idea and creation of the Never Forgotten Bracelets originated. Iraqi’s working on military installations all over Iraq would [...]
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman laid down a big marker Monday, introducing a bill that would provide five years of post-service health care coverage for combat veterans instead of the current two.by Rick Maze – Army Times Staff writerRep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., who became chairman in early January when Democrats took control of Congress, is [...]
Escalating the war in Iraq means the military will grant more “moral waivers” — permitting recruits with criminal records and emotional problems who would otherwise be unfit to serve. by Robin Morgan Brace yourself. Bush’s Iraq escalation, euphemized as “surge,” sends just over 20,000 more troops into that bottomless pit, and flirts with an invasion [...]
Paralympic Summit Held For Wounded Veterans COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - In the dining hall of the U.S. Olympic Complex, instantly recognizable speedskating champion Apolo Anton Ohno sat at a large, round table, talking to some unrecognizable young men who had gathered to meet him after the dinner rush ended. But on this night, it turns out [...]
Grow Your Own Limbs? We’ve all seen the pictures, at least: soldiers and marines coming home with legs and arms gone. It’s a long shot, but maybe this could help: “A newly created form of protein known as ‘elastin‘ may one day be used to build replacement body parts,” according to National Defense magazine. “This [...]
Troop Buildup Called “A Fool’s Errand” By Commander In First Gulf War Left, Retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom, second left, tesitifies before the Senate Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Jan. 18, 2007. Also testifying are retired Gen. Joseph Hoar, second right, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, right, and retired Gen. Jack Keane, left. The President’s [...]
Homeless veteran returns to service at shelterby Ryan Teague Beckwith RALEIGH, N.C. – As he walks the concrete hallways of the South Wilmington Street homeless shelter, Robert Durr snaps a crisp salute to the men who pass. If one salutes back, he knows that man is a veteran, too. It is a subtle way of [...]
Veterans: Alleged scam ‘sad situation’ CHICAGO–Adam probably told Eve that he planted the Garden of Eden. “Since the beginning of time, men have lied to make themselves look macho,” said Rick DeWolf, a disabled Vietnam War Army veteran and retired history teacher at Argo Community High School in Summit. “Guys lie, and guys brag. “And [...]
Surgin’ Generals’ Warningby Jim Fine The president, some members of Congress and several influential commentators have called for the U.S. to send thousands of additional military troops to Iraq. Advocates of this call for an escalation of troop levels argue that a surge will enable the U.S. to gain control of the violence, proceed with [...]
DANNY KATCH looks at the history of the movement against the Vietnam War. FROM 1965, when the first U.S. combat troops landed in Vietnam, to 1973, when the last troops left, there were thousands of protests, large and small, against the Vietnam War. These protests grew from representing a small minority of American students to [...]
As I listened to President Bush’s new plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq, concerns and questions plagued my mind.by Donna Teresa I heard nothing in this new strategy about veteran benefits and health care for those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Is the Veterans Administration across the country prepared to handle the hundreds of [...]
A US Air Force sergeant who appears nude in the latest edition of Playboy magazine has been stood down from duties as an investigation begins. Michelle Manhart, 30, is pictured in a range of poses, some while wearing uniform and striking a military pose, others while stripped naked. The air force said in a statement [...]
We want your stories and photos of World War IIby Tom Hennessy Left, Tom Broderick was featured in the Chicago Tribune in 1944. A member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, Broderick parachuted behind enemy lines in Holland in 1944. He lost his sight during the war. To paraphrase those old Uncle Sam recruiting posters, [...]
Dear HireVeterans.com We are excited for 2007 here at the Veterans Business Training Center (program of the Purple Heart Service Foundation). We train combat wounded and disabled veterans virtual call center technology. It is a 15 week course where we teach Microsoft Office software, Five9 call center software, and Web Surveyor software just to name [...]
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