Military in Perilby Sean D. Naylor The Iraq war has left the U.S. military “in a position of strategic peril,” retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey has warned in the wake of a recent trip to Iraq. “This whole Iraq operation is on the edge of unraveling as the poor Iraqis batter each other to death [...]
How Divorce Affects Members of the Military, Guard and Reserves, Coast Guard, The Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and The Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Twenty-five years ago in 1981, the United States Congress passed a law, hastily conceived, as an amendment to the 1983 Defense Appropriation [...]
TALKPLUS, A GROWING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, JOINS HIREVETERANS.COM by Marcy Jones TalkPlus announced today that it is teaming up with HireVeterans.com to search for qualified customer service representatives for its rapidly growing business in San Mateo, CA. "We believe that veterans have some of the best training in the world, and we welcome their experience in [...]
Major U.S. Bank and Financial Service Company Reaches Out to Employ U.S. Military Veterans HSBC North America joins HireVeterans.com by Gordon Gates HSBC North America, one of the top 10 financial services companies in the United States with assets approaching $300 billion, is actively seeking to hire U.S. Veterans. HSBC North America includes all of [...]
House Acts to Improve Care for Veterans by Jim Abrams Reacting to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the House on Wednesday created a coterie of case managers, advocates and counselors for injured troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The “Wounded Warrior Assistance Act,'' approved 426-0, also establishes a hotline [...]
Actor moved by story of 18-year-old scheduled to serve in Iraq PHOENIX – Actor Alec Baldwin was so moved by the story of an 18-year-old Army soldier who is scheduled to serve in Iraq, he’s going to help pay for her college education after she leaves the military. Baldwin was so moved by a March [...]
Marines Ban Big and Garish Tattoosby Thomas Watkins OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Five tattooed skulls stretch from Marine Cpl. Jeremy Slaton's right elbow to his wrist, spelling out the word "Death." He planned to add a tattoo spelling "Life" on his left arm, but that's on hold because of a Marine policy taking effect Sunday. The [...]
With a Charity for Soldiers, Youths Make Recycling Payby Ariel Sabar Left, Robbie and Brittany Bergquist of Norwell, Mass., sorting used cellphones they will sell to a recycler. NORWELL, Mass.— Their bedrooms are strewn with the everyday flotsam of a teenager’s life: heaps of unfolded laundry and a bottle of “passion” red nail polish, muddy [...]
VAOIG REPORT: FAULTY COMPUTER SECURITY CONTRACT COST VA MILLIONS — VA backdated key document, made duplicate payments and can’t find $35 million worth of equipment.By Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs backdated a key document and violated other rules as it pushed through a $100 million computer security contract that [...]
The number of soldiers deserting the U.S. Army is rising. A defense lawyer discusses what they're saying about leaving their posts-and whether they're likely to find sanctuary in Canada.by Sarah Childress, Newsweek Left, American deserter Brandon Hughey is applying for refugee status in Canada Why are so many soldiers deserting their posts? This week, the [...]
Pentagon conducting research into adverse effects of anthrax vaccine while maintaining it is safe–Volunteers for study to be questioned for eight years by Julie Weisberg The Pentagon resumed its controversial mandatory anthrax vaccinations program for selected troops last week despite the fact that its own doctors are quietly conducting research into adverse effects of the vaccine, [...]
Young learn about war from Teach Vietnam Veterans Networkby Donna Teresa Everyone has those special moments that mark the personal journey of where you have been and what you have become as an individual. For me, being a part of the Class of 2005 Teach Vietnam Veterans Network, has played a key role in inspiring [...]
Leading City in Wyoming Seeks to hire U.S. Veterans Energy Capital of the Nation Needs America's Veterans by Marcy Jones Welcome to Gillette, an incorporated city in Campbell County Wyoming. Located in Northeast Wyoming – midway between the Black Hills and the Big Horn Mountains – on the rolling plains of the ancient Powder River [...]
Combat Fatigue Creeps Up on Iraq Vets The U.S. Army has been studying combat fatigue (or PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder) a lot more these days. Currently, about 400 soldiers a year are sent home from Iraq because of severe PTSD, and thousands have less serious bouts of PTSD, which are treated in Iraq, with the [...]
US Soldiers against the Iraq War seeking a way outby Mary Wiltenburg GERMANY–As criticism of the Iraq war grows at home, some US soldiers abroad are rejecting Bush's mission. On military bases across Germany, many are now seeking a way out through desertion or early discharge. When he goes underground, he won't tell his mom. [...]
Veterans Lose Again: War Vets Being Charged Multiple Copays for Prescriptions by William H. Heino Sr. Lets assume you are at the VA picking up your prescription. You and the veteran in line in front of you are prescribed the exact same identical prescription of 30 pills. Both supplies carry a copay of $8. Right? But, [...]
Dissent Is Not Terrorism by Chris Pifer An e-mail went out to people in Springfield, Mass., on February 28, 2005, asking them to join in a protest against the second anniversary of the war in Iraq. “All are welcome,” the e-mail said. To the Department of Defense, this was suspicious—so they added it to a secret [...]
Injured veterans are being labeled with 'Personality Disorder' in order to avoid paying them by Joshua Kors Jon Town has spent the last few years fighting two battles, one against his body, the other against the US Army. Both began in October 2004 in Ramadi, Iraq. He was standing in the doorway of his battalion's headquarters [...]
CBS News Exclusive: New Finding in Pat Tillman's Death WASHINGTON (KCBS) — CBS News has learned that an investigation by the Pentagon inspector-general into the "friendly fire" death of San Jose's own football-star-turned-soldier, Pat Tillman, will blame nine officers, including four generals, for failing to follow regulations and using poor judgement in a series of [...]
A former Educator and Congressional Candidate is discounting building lots for veterans to be able to afford more home than usual in Fluvanna County Virginia. William A. Foster, III, Ph.D., is going to contribute a portion of his potential earnings in a discount to veterans that may want to and is looking to build a [...]
Allegations from a former inspector at Walter Reed of widespread and dangerous problems in nearly all the buildings at the Army's premier hospital.by Bruce Leshan Burst steam pipes near electrical cables, rats, mold, and holes in floors and walls — all of that extends far beyond the well-publicized problems at the notorious Building 18. And [...]
“We must not put our war wounded in longer lines for care,” Craig says U.S. Senator Larry Craig, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, today thanked his colleagues for their efforts to help America’s warriors. But at the same time he issued a strong warning about the latest budget resolution [...]
Judges Robbing Veterans to Pay Alimonyby John Waltz, Special Assignment Writer, Firebase Network 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 [...]
World War II women pilots had ‘the right stuff’by Valerie Gray, Texas National Guard Public Affairs CAMP MABRY, Texas (March 21, 2007) – “Way out in West Texas where the water is sweet,With cactus and rattlesnakes six feet deep,They cut off the top of a big ole hillAnd they named it Avenger … Avenger Field!” This [...]
Paralyzed Veteran Wins $1.7 Million Landmark Veterans Affairs Claim – With Advocacy from Paralyzed Veterans of America A 76-year-old veteran of the Korean War and Hurricane Katrina has been granted a $1.7 million claim by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — thanks to the can-do and caring advocacy of the Paralyzed Veterans of America [...]
Vets winning job suits: New rulings empower vets seeking jobs, promotions by M.Z. HEMINGWAY William Jolley wouldn’t strike most as the rebellious type: Ten years enlisted in the Air Force in the 1950s, then a long career in federal civil service culminating with his current job as a GS-15 overseeing policy and programs at the [...]
Gathering of Eagles warm graves of fallen soldiers:Miracle in Washingtonby Judi McLeod The day after Saint Patrick's Day 2007, a group of ordinary patriots, known nobly as The Gathering of Eagles, achieved something no one else ever could. Ragtag by nature, Gathering of Eagles' membership includes the wounded, both walking and in wheelchairs, the gratefully and [...]
Iraq War Anniversary: Today Marks Start of Fifth Year of War in Iraq It was four years ago today, that President bush announced the start of the war in Iraq. And this weekend, that anniversary was marked with protests locally, nationally, and around the world. Four years ago today, the U.S. began its fighting against [...]
Aging Filipino WWII veterans forced to live apart from families WAIANAE, Hawaii — Manuel S. Pablo crouched in foxholes to defend the Philippines against invading Japanese soldiers in World War II. He watched a Japanese guard stab one of his comrades to death with a bayonet during the Bataan Death March when the starving prisoner [...]
Ski Clinic Inspires Disabled Veterans to Reach for Moreby Kevin Casey Snowmass, CO – It wouldn’t be everyone’s first thought to ask an Iraqi war vet with one leg to go skiing. Peter Engel, 23, lost half of his left leg one year ago after being shot by insurgents in Iraq. Eight months later, his [...]
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