An e-mail from a reader with some first-hand experience and a follow-upby Joshua Holland Yesterday, I wrote about the number of vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder — much of it undiagnosed — even while veterans' care is on the chopping block in the next budget. I want to share [...]
Soldiers Back From War Fight Different Battle PITTSBURGH — Soldiers who were paralyzed, suffered brain damage and lost limbs owe the government enlistment bonus money. They must pay the money back because they didn’t fulfill their tour of duty. Bob Truska, who was in the Navy, got an honorable discharge for what the Navy calls [...]
Air Force confirms demotion, removal from active duty, but status unclear SAN ANTONIO – An Air Force drill sergeant and former Iowa National Guard member who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she said Wednesday. Whether that amounts to an honorable discharge, as Michelle Manhart also says, is unclear. Manhart, [...]
Not Your Typical Love Story: Science Makes Fallen Soldier a Fatherby Gregg Zoroya AUSTIN — Seven-month-old Benton Drew Smith is the spitting image of his father, with the same blue eyes, fair hair and infectious grin. Bouncing on his mother's lap in olive-green overalls and slippers festooned with lizards, he also holds a special place in [...]
VA Notifying 1.8 Million Veterans Their Data May Be Missing BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Department of Veterans Affairs began notifying 1.8 million veterans and doctors Monday that their personal and business information could be on a portable hard drive that has been missing from an Alabama hospital for nearly three weeks. The hard drive may [...]
Bush wants to support the troops by slashing VA funding by Joshua Holland I've been struggling with a nasty bug and I was starting to feel a bit sorry for myself, as men tend to do after being laid up for a few days. But then I saw this, and got a little bit of [...]
Women's History Month is approaching, and it's a time to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary individuals who overcame incredible odds to accomplish what others thought impossible.by Donna Teresa As a girl, I remember my grandmother telling me stories about the Great Depression and living through World War II. She always made sure to emphasize that [...]
U.S. Army Veteran Subjected to Armed Police Raid in Mexico by Hobart Sullivan Former Army Combat Medic, Lee William Sachs´s luxurious Mexican condominium was literally attacked on Thursday afternoon, January 18 at 16:00 hrs local time when police from the Palacio wielding machine-guns attempted to break down his door at the La Fortaleza Condominiums in [...]
VA unveiled plan to ensure that disabled veterans receive state benefits they may not know they have Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson unveiled a plan Monday aimed at ensuring that disabled veterans, such as those severely injured in Iraq or Afghanistan, receive state benefits they might not know about because of a federal privacy law. VA officials will ask [...]
Personal information on 535,000 people could be on a portable computer hard drive missing from the Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, a Department of Veterans Affairs investigation says. by William Thornton The 535,000 number is more than 10 times the number of people originally said to be on the missing drive. The hard drive also [...]
When Our Democracy Is Subverted The Axis of the Delusional & No Credibility by Joseph Allen Since when is our democracy permitted to be subverted from external and internal forces? Since Barack Obama is the candidate for President of the United States! That's when! A voice from the Axis of the Delusional speaks whether on cue [...]
Create a Resume that Speaks to Employers' Needs by Kim Isaacs Now that your objective is defined, you are ready to create a winning resume. Consider a resume's purpose: To answer the employer's question, "What can this person do for me?" A great way to start thinking about employers' needs is to research your target [...]
As more members of the military come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon and other government agencies are coming up short in identifying their post-military employment difficulties, especially if they are disabled. Michael Roston A report out on Thursday from the Government Accountability Office warns that the federal government is "understating" [...]
As in the 1940s, US citizens should shoulder relatively minimal civilian costs and inconveniences. by Roger K. Miller MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. – For many reasons I resented being in the US Army during the Vietnam War, but topping the list was the essential inequality of it all. For one thing, the draft itself was openly unequal and [...]
Virtual War, Real Healingby Larry Gordon San Diego — NONE of this is really happening, but the experience is almost overwhelming in "virtual Iraq." The Humvee plows along a desert road. The engine rumbles underfoot and Blackhawk choppers whirl overhead. A sandstorm blows in, and insurgents pop up and start to shoot with sickening blasts [...]
Separated by more than 7,000 miles, two different generations and two very different wars, a California Army National Guardsman in Baghdad wants to help bring Ben Waldron's World War II journal back home.Crystal Carreon Left, Ben Waldron, 84, of Orangevale holds out hope for the return of the stolen diary detailing his experiences as a [...]
Army made video warning about dangers of depleted uranium but never showed it to troops by David Edwards A special investigation on the effects of depleted uranium reveals the Army made a tape warning of the effects of depleted uranium which was never shown to troops despite the fact the Pentagon knew the agent to [...]
Watada Mistrial could define free speech in the militaryby Anna Badkhen As opposition to the war in Iraq spreads among Americans, the question of whether servicemen and women have the right to voice their own criticism of the war has come to the forefront. Next month, an Army court-martial at Fort Lewis south of Seattle [...]
Motor Cycle Towing Business Offers Business Opportunities to U.S. Veterans Grandpas Motor Cycle Towing offers Vets Opportunities for Self Employment By Eric "Grandpa" Olson First, let me introduce myself. In the Central Florida area all my customers just call me grandpa. My real name is Eric R. Olson, but to my granddaughters I am "PaPa". [...]
Part 3: Current War Policy: Creating the Demise of our Free Republic by John Waltz A vast majority of our government’s ideas do not come from within the Pentagon. Rather they are shaped by independent think tanks outside and independent of the government. Problem is that think tanks are making very important decisions with no accountability. [...]
Soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division had so little time between deployments to Iraq that they had to cram more than a year's worth of training into four months. by Anna Badkhen Some had only a few days to learn how to fire their new rifles before they deployed to Iraq – for [...]
HONOR…DUTY…COUNTRYby Amy Branham These three words may be only words to you and to me, ordinary citizens of the United States of America. To our Servicemen and women, however, they are a code to live by as they serve our country. They live with honor. They do their duty and they serve their country. [...]
Dear HireVeterans.com It has been an exciting year so far here at the Veterans' Business Training Center (program of the Purple Heart Service Foundation). Here at the VBTC we train combat wounded and disabled veterans Microsoft Office software, Five9 call center software, and Web Surveyor software in a 15 week training course. Our goal is [...]
Hard drive missing from Birmingham VA Medical Center WASHINGTON – A portable hard drive that may contain personal information on some veterans and was used by an employee at a Veterans Affairs office in Birmingham is missing and may have been stolen, the Department of Veterans Affairs said in a statement Friday. An employee at [...]
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Public television stations seeks World War II veterans' stories With World War II veterans dying at a rate of 40 to 50 a day, the importance of capturing the stories of the greatest Generation in written, audio and visual archives is becoming increasingly important. It is the motivation behind famed director Ken Burns’ new do*****entary [...]
Part 2: History Refresher: Iraq War Goes Back 50 Years by John Waltz The war going on in Iraq now has a direct connection to events that occurred 50 years ago. In 1953 the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Moseddeq was irritated that the British were ripping off his countries natural resources. ( Reference ) The [...]
Songs seem to have a deep connection to the human mind, a form of nonverbal communication evoking feelings.by Shankar Vedantam Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody/ I've got some money 'cause I just got paid/ Now, how I wish I had someone to talk to/ I'm in an awful way … It came [...]
America Supports You: Wounded War Veterans Reach New Heightsby John J. Kruzel, American Forces Press Service Sterling, Va., Feb. 4, 2007 – The sky was the limit for six wounded Iraq war veterans who met here Feb. 2 at Sport Rock Indoor Climbing Center. Disabled Sports USA and Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project sponsored the event [...]
History Repeating Itself?Part 1: The Creation and Build Up of the Military Industrial Complexby John Waltz For many people in America they do not have any concrete theories as to why we are at war with Iraq. America went to war with Iraq under the banner of “War on Terrorism”. President Bush did this by [...]
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