The Making of a Cynicby Robert W. Schneider For the most part, this is a true story: You go through life a normal person and then you decide it’s time to help your country or you become involved and start communicating with politicians. You develop the feeling that something is wrong but you can’t quite [...]
“Magnum” Opus: A Soul-Baring Tribute to TV’s Noblest Vietnam Vetby K. F. Smith “Magnum P.I.” was more than a TV show, it’s a vindication of America’s unsung Vietnam vets. SOCIAL STUDIES WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE CLASS at Franklin Elementary School in North Andover, Massachusetts. That was where we learned about history, geography and current events. We [...]
War Vet Who Lived For a Month on a Raft Raises $7 Grand For Rehab Facility In Keys MARATHON A Vietnam vet who spent the last month living on a raft anchored off the Seven Mile Bridge in the lower Keys has returned to dry land. 55-year old Bill Sampsel had hoped to raise $6 [...]
The commander of New Mexico's National Guard is demanding an apology from the Army brass after dozens of his soldiers in a mostly Hispanic unit were ordered to strip to their gym shorts and searched for gang tattoos while on duty in Kuwait. Army officials said the searches last May of 58 New Mexico National [...]
Lawmakers seek files on Tillman's deathby Scott Lindlaw A congressional committee on Friday requested documents from the White House and Pentagon describing how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death. The House Oversight Committee is investigating why Tillman's family and the public were misled about the circumstances of his death. [...]
Actor, War Hero James McEachin Joins G.I. Film Festival The GI Film Festival, which will be held on Memorial Day Weekend 2007 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington , DC , is proud to announce that actor, author, filmmaker and war hero James McEachin has joined the festival line-up. Mr. [...]
Fitness Test Could Force War Veterans Out of Jobsby Shelby Sebens Carl Sisco is personally insulted by the US Army’s decision to start requiring a physical agility test for all guards who serve the nation’s 67 Army installations. He and other military vets working as guards at the Sunny Point cargo terminal near Southport say [...]
David Halberstam, Iraq and the Shadow of Vietnam by Michael Young To steal a laconic phrase from Fouad Ajami, say whatever you will about the American experience in Vietnam, the war was well written. Few wrote it better than David Halberstam in his 1972 masterpiece "The Best and the Brightest." News that Halberstam had been killed [...]
Soldier Missing From The Korean War Is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Clarence R. Becker, U.S. Army, of Lancaster, Pa. [...]
The American public backs a phased withdrawal, like the Democrats are proposing, but Bush isn't listening. by Erik Leaver The showdown over Iraq that's been brewing since the November elections will finally come to a head this week as Congress sends a war-spending bill to President Bush. Though the bill authorizes $100 billion for the war, [...]
An American Soldier Desperately Needs Help, Your Help! Specialist Mario Lozano was recently indicted for murder in Italy. Unfairly persecuted for doing his duty, following orders and protecting his fellow soldiers, Mario’s trial resumes in Italy next month. We are currently raising funds for his defense. The circumstances of his case are tragic. In Baghdad [...]
WWII GI's used "comfort women" Dcuments show American GIs used a "comfort women" system in Japan after VJ Day • Brothels used despite reports of Asian women being coerced into prostitution• Tens of thousands of women employed to provide cheap sex to troops• Gen. MacArthur placed brothels, other places of prostitution off limits in 1946 [...]
Are You Kidding Me? Mother Rebukes Laura Bush on How War Feels by Amy Branham Laura Bush on The Today Show April 25, 2007: ANN CURRY: Do you know the American people are suffering… watching [Iraq]?LAURA BUSH: Oh, I know that very much, and, believe me, no suffers morethan their president and I do when [...]
A soldier's letter homeby Richard Engel, Middle East bureau chief Left, Lt. Col. Dale Kuehl, left, and a colleague from the 1st Battalion -5th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army. I often exchange e-mails with soldiers, officers and, sometimes, their families back home. Last week, I received an e-mail from Lt. Col. Dale Kuehl, a smart, energetic [...]
'Little girl Rambo' decries US propagandaby Mark Tran The former US private Jessica Lynch today condemned what she said were Pentagon efforts to turn her into a "little girl Rambo", and accused military chiefs of using "elaborate tales" to try to make her into a hero of the Iraq war. Speaking at a congressional hearing [...]
Use of Wiccan Symbol on Veterans’ Headstones Is Approved by Neela Banerjee WASHINGTON— To settle a lawsuit, the Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to add the Wiccan pentacle to a list of approved religious symbols that it will engrave on veterans’ headstones. The settlement, which was reached on Friday, was announced on Monday by [...]
NEW REPORT CONTAINS BLUEPRINT TO HELP “CUT THE RED TAPE FOR VETERANS,” CRAIG SAYS (Washington, DC) Officials from the Department of Defense and Department Veterans Affairs would work together on a joint process of assigning disability ratings under a new plan presented to President Bush. The joint process would determine fitness for duty, the levels [...]
Courage and Honesty: The Only Solution for Peace U.S. Middle East Policy: The 10 Points for Peace by Joseph Allen When it comes to Iraq, as Colin Powell once said, "the Pottery Barn rule applies". We broke it and it is incumbent upon us to help fix it. Along the way we might actually gain from it [...]
Vet said the program will be for veteran rehabilitation. So far, he has only $500. by Andy Newman Left, Vietnam War veteran Bill Sampsel talks on a cell phone on Saturday while living on a raft anchored off the Florida Keys near Marathon. He is raising money to build a facility to help veterans rehabilitate. MARATHON [...]
The most lasting wounds are hard to measureby Roger Boyes LANDSTUHL: The front line is only a few hours away, and there is still sand stuck to their desert boots as the wounded are lowered on to the waiting trolleys. "OK, next one is coming out feet first," shouts a nursing sister as yet another [...]
DU: Soldier health scare back in news by Audrey Parente Left, Lori Brim poses for a portrait holding up a button to promote a campaign to raise awareness of the depleted uranium at her office at Riverside Bank in Holly Hill. The Ormond Beach resident believes her son Dustin died from exposure to depleted uranium when [...]
THE DESERTERS | More soldiers are breaking ranks, raising questions of cowardice and convictionby Jenny Dean Toronto – Just before midnight July 4, 2006, as his fellow soldiers slept in the barracks, Justin Colby began to pack. Fort Carson was quiet that time of night. Colby, two weeks shy of his 23rd birthday, felt his [...]
Female war vet suffers centuries-old method of torture by Sultan Mohammad More than two years ago, like many other non-publicized barbarities throughout the country, a female Gulf war veteran visiting relatives in the small town of Unadilla, Georgia was questionably arrested and subsequently ended up strapped to a 13th century-styled “restraining chair” in excess of 12 [...]
Keep Veterans In Mind When Hiringby Elaine Chao When an American soldier’s tour of duty ends, it is America’s duty to help them successfully move back into civilian life. A major part of that transition usually is the resumption, or beginning, of a civilian career. More than 112,000 service members, including active duty soldiers and [...]
Bush Thanks Military Families, Urges Congress to Pass War Spending Bill by Jim Garamone WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Bush thanked families of troops serving overseas for their sacrifices and praised organizations that support veterans and military families today at the White House. He also urged Congress to quickly pass an emergency war spending bill so that [...]
About Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army It was the moment the war turned: On March 31, 2004, four Americans were ambushed and burned near their jeeps by an angry mob in the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah. Their charred corpses were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River. The ensuing [...]
Returning troops left waiting for months for disability payby Dirk Perrefort DANBURY — Adam Sismour had to wait more than six months for his disability pay after returning home last year from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Marine Corps. Sismour, a 25-year-old city resident, is receiving disability benefits because of a [...]
Hire Heroes Program Launched to Place Veterans with Disabilities in Healthcare Jobs ATLANTA–Hire Heroes, a program designed to help veterans with disabilities find careers in the healthcare industry, was launched today by Health Careers Foundation, a non-profit healthcare education organization. The announcement was made during the general session of the MedAssets’ Healthcare Business Summit in [...]
Job Seekers' Guide to Resumes: Twelve Resume Posting Truths by Pam Dixon It is important to circulate a resume when looking for work, but these days criminals and identity thieves are all too interested in finding and using resumes for all the wrong reasons. In the information economy, your resume has a “street value.” It's [...]
Ken Burns, PBS join forces to take oral histories by Natasha T. Metzler WASHINGTON — Documentarian Ken Burns is hoping his upcoming World War II series "The War" will generate an outpouring of interest in citizen interviews of veterans of that conflict. Burns and the Public Broadcasting Service announced a partnership Tuesday with the Library of [...]
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