The New York Giant who died on Iwo Jima by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. We’ve seen it countless times: The stirring photograph snapped 62-years-ago of five U.S. Marines and one Navy Corpsman raising the second (larger than the first) American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima. It is a picture [...]
A Gathering of Eaglesby Michelle Malkin How many times have you sat in front of the television over the last four years, watching anti-war activists march on Washington, chase the ROTC off your local college campus, vandalize war memorials, insult the troops and wreak havoc under the surrender banner? How many times have you thought to [...]
Trinity Transport Reaches Out to Hire the Very Best Career Opportunities for Veterans Opens Up in the Transportation Industry by Gordon Gates Trinity Transport, Inc., one of the leading and most successful 3PL service providers in North America, is hiring U.S. Veterans. Trinity Transport Inc. has its headquarters in Bridgeville, Delaware and operates with more [...]
Stepping Stones for Vets provides transitional housing to homeless and/or chemically dependent veterans, some of which have a coinciding mental illness. "We owe them all we can give them, not only for when they're in harm's way, but when they come home, to help them adjust if they have wounds, or help them adjust after [...]
Questioning the treatment of Iraqi veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center by Donna Teresa When I wrote my January column, "Taking Care of Veterans," I had no expectations on the feedback I would receive. The e-mails I received from veterans was overwhelming. A few days ago, I received another e-mail from a veteran who sent me [...]
Baltimore County Works!!!Career Opportunities That Make a Difference for Veterans By Lynn Earle Baltimore County, Maryland is located amid the Baltimore-Washington market, surrounding the independent city of Baltimore. Over the past few decades, the basic demography of the County has changed from predominately rural to an urban and rural mix. With 598 square miles of [...]
Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen?by Sarah Childress Kevin Felty came back from Iraq in 2003 with nowhere to stay, and not enough money to rent an apartment. He and his wife of four years moved in with his sister in Florida, but the [...]
President Will Present Medal of Honor Today to Hero of 1965 Battle of Ia Drangby Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post left, Retired Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall, 74, a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, wears his flight jacket and holds his original helmet outside his home in Manchester, Wash. Forty-one years ago, Crandall flew his unarmed [...]
Get to Know Employers that Hire U.S. Military Veterans Northeast Aero Compressor Corporation Joins HireVeterans.com by Lynn Earle At Northeast Aero Compressor Corporation (N.E.A.C.O.) our mission has been, and is, to provide the highest quality service possible…we will keep you flying. Northeast Aero is a Federal Aviation Administration, FAR 145 Certified Repair Station. The [...]
Army Refiles Charges Against Watadaby Gene Johnson SEATTLE — The Army has refiled charges against a Fort Lewis-based lieutenant who refused to serve in Iraq, pursuing the case about two weeks after the lieutenant’s first court-martial was declared a mistrial. First Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, who refused to deploy with his unit last June because [...]
Dear men and women who wear the uniform of the military of America, I sometimes wonder what it must be like to pick up a newspaper and read some supposed military analyst's assessment of the war you're fighting, some left wing America hating, miliphobic nut case who tells a totally different story of what's happening than [...]
Hundreds of thousands may be eligible, says Veterans Affairs by Anne Thompson DALLAS – At 83, Byrdeen Goldsmith can still harmonize. To look at her, you wouldn't know she has Alzheimer's, but she can't live on her own. A year ago, her daughter Betty moved Byrdeen into an assisted living facility in Dallas, and got an [...]
U.S. Olympic Committee Reaches Out to Wounded War Veterans for Paralympicsby Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY In December 2005, James Stuck lost the lower half of his right leg when a bomb blew off the front of the security vehicle he was driving in Kirkuk, Iraq. This week, Stuck moved from his home state of Pennsylvania [...]
Renovations Under Way at Walter Reedby William H. McMichael, Army Times WASHINGTON — The moldy walls and leaking ceilings in Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Building 18 are being repaired and officials say the tangled evaluation process that determines whether troops who've suffered war wounds can return to duty will be streamlined. But the reassuring [...]
FBI offers $25,000 reward for drive with 1.8 million personal files. The FBI offered a $25,000 reward Tuesday for the return of a computer hard drive that was reported missing from a Veterans Affairs office last month with information on as many as 1.8 million patients and physicians nationwide. The desktop device – manufactured by [...]
One Soldier Recieves Long-Awaited Benefits…300,000 More Still Waiting by K. Morgan Barker On February 1, 2007 Veterans Today posted an article about Patrick Feges, a Purple Heart veteran who had received NO benefits after his family wrote to us. Apparently, the story captured the interest of the VA and Patrick's benefits were quickly given to him, except for his [...]
A US soldier was sentenced Thursday to 100 years in prison for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the slaying of her family. FORT CAMPBELL, United States–Sergeant Paul Cortez, 24, said he was among five soldiers who plotted the March 2006 rape and murders in Mahmudiyah, south of [...]
The British are Leaving! Where is Australia? 20,000 Australians Deploy to Iraq! Not! by Joseph Allen Ever since the beginning of this Iraq War tragedy, the deception was and as still is full speed ahead. To those who are fully committed to the Iraq War, Do Not Withdraw Please! It is vital, as the Australian [...]
Troops to Teachers Adds Advance Hiring Featureby Sgt. Sara Wood, USA Troops to Teachers is a U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense program that helps eligible military personnel begin a new career as teachers in public schools where their skills, knowledge and experience are most needed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2007 – Military members [...]
Hmong refugees rendered ineligible for asylum in US Left, Xee Vang of Menasha, Wis., with her husband and son, says her husband's brother and his family are in a detention center. WASHINGTON — Another irony of history: Sept. 11-era laws aimed at keeping terrorists out of the United States have disqualified many Hmong refugees, the [...]
Wyeth is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Corporate headquarters are in Madison, New Jersey. It's pharmaceutical division, which comprises the bulk of Wyeth's revenue and profits, is run out of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. They are known for manufacturing the over-the-counter drugs Robitussin and the analgesic Advil (ibuprofen), as [...]
Soldiers in Iraq are being exposed to DU–and it is killing themby R.B Stuart Since the war in Iraq began soldiers effected by Depleted Uranium toxicity have undergone a media blackout. While the U. S. Media and DoD jointly turn a blind eye to the truth about what soldiers are being exposed to in Iraq, [...]
Soldier Gives Iraqi Girl a Fighting Chance by Julian Kesner A shy 2-year-old Iraqi girl woke up in the Queens home of an American soldier yesterday, bewildered by her first day in America and anxious about today. Noor Sabah and her mother, Eman, stepped off a plane in New York this weekend and were greeted [...]
Five and a half years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center into a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatientsBy Dana Priest and Anne Hull Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down [...]
Bills Would Let Military Death Benefit Go to GuardianDonna St. George Lawmakers introduced companion bills in the House and Senate yesterday that would allow grandparents and other relatives raising children of fallen troops to be designated as beneficiaries of a $100,000 "death gratuity." The bills, by Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa), [...]
War Veterans Share Their Untold Stories – Before Its Too Lateby Robert Nolin FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla–Combat veterans are notoriously reticent about recounting their experiences. Former Marine Cpl. Ed Kennedy says there's a perfectly good reason: "A lot of them, they don't talk about it because they've never been asked." But this week, filmmaker Larry Cappetto will [...]
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SHORTCHANGES OUR NATIONS VETERANSby Senator Randy Bass Despite proposed increases, the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does not provide adequate funding for the services and benefits our veterans have earned, nor does it address pressing management and operational challenges undermining VA efficiency and accessibility. The [...]
A sharply divided House of Representatives passed a resolution on Friday formally repudiating President Bush’s decision to send more than 20,000 new combat troops to Iraq. by JEFF ZELENY and MICHAEL LUO WASHINGTON— The rare wartime rebuke to the commander in chief — an act that is not binding, but that carries symbolic significance — was approved [...]
VA and State Benefits that are Available to War Veterans and How to Apply A debt of gratitude is owed to the veterans who have served our nation and safeguarded our freedom. In war and in peace, they have risked their lives for our country. The rights and benefits available to you were won by yourself and [...]
Injured Iraq War Vet Signs With San Diego Padres Cooper Brannan is trading one uniform for another. The 22-year-old Marine corporal signed a Minor League contract this week to pitch for the San Diego Padres, despite an injury he suffered while in Iraq. "They say Marines don't cry, right? This is one of the [...]
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