Chief judge warns of backlog of disability appeals, delays in federal veterans court WASHINGTON – A special federal court that hears veterans’ disability appeals is facing its highest caseload ever as the government increasingly turns down benefits for war veterans, its chief judge said Tuesday. Judge William P. Greene Jr., who presides over the U.S. Court [...]
Fundraiser for Veterans at Hugh Hefner's Place on May 31st Veterans Invited to Enjoy the Playboy Experience By Lori Denman The National Veterans Foundation in Los Angeles is holding a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion. Soldiers and veterans are thrilled! Tickets are still on sale for the May 31 event, the 11th annual High-Flyers' Charity Ball. [...]
The National Veterans Foundation in Los Angeles is holding a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion. Soldiers and veterans are thrilled! Tickets are still on sale for the May 31 event, the 11th annual High-Flyers' Charity Ball. For $400 per person and $6,500 for a table of 10, attendees will enjoy a delicious meal, entertainment, live auctions [...]
How Veterans are treated by our own government–"'Bout time we started "telling it like it is!"by Charles Kelley, A Vietnam Veteran Every segment of our society has a constitutional guarantee of the right to an attorney of law in a “fair and just” legal system. Whether it is the rapist, pedophile, murderer, serial killer, terrorist, and [...]
Memorial Day is a day to reflect on the sacrifices and services of our veterans and courageous military men and women, past and present, who continue to inspire us by their unwavering courage and valor. by Senior Master Sgt. Ish Mohammed, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard first sergeant The senseless tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, [...]
Thundering for causes of veteransby Donna Teresa I have a list of places I want to see, things I want to do and people I hope to meet, before I leave this Earth. My list is big, but unique. I've been fortunate to have accomplished some of those items. One of them is to have [...]
Surgeons rebuild war veteran's nose using his own body parts It took only seconds for the Humvee to flip over and crash on a highway near Camp Bucca in southern Iraq in August 2005. The force of impact was blunted by the body armor protecting Senior Airman Michael Fletcher. But his gear was not strong [...]
A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.by Gene Johnson SEATTLE— Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he [...]
Agent Orange Raises Vietnam Vets' Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer Exposure four decades ago to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War appears to boost veterans' risk for a recurrence of prostate cancer even after the organ is surgically removed, a new study shows. And if the cancer does return, it tends to be more aggressive [...]
The Dixie Chicks Were Rightby Amy Branham Last night, while surfing for something to watch on the television, my husband ran across the show “Austin City Limits.” The Dixie Chicks were playing, so he stopped his surfing and we watched them perform. It was good to see them up on stage performing again, especially in [...]
Punk. Soldier. Blogger. And now author. A young veteran shares his war stories.by Justin Berton Colby Buzzell had little time to hunt for an apartment in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon, what with appearances scheduled for both NPR's "Talk of the Nation" and CNN's "Paula Zahn Now." It was a surreal week for the 28-year-old [...]
A veteran and his wife started putting up 3×5 cards on the window of the room used by recruiters in a library. Then the police came. by Matthew Rothschild Tim Coli served in the first Gulf War and now suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. On March 12, he and his wife, Yvette, went to the [...]
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may be the Military's Achille's heelby K. Morgan Barker, Veterans Today The "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was designed by the Military to allow homosexuals to serve in the armed forces, as long as they don't disclose their sexuality. To date, over 11,000 openly gay soldiers have been discharged since the policy was established [...]
One of the most common symptoms associated with combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is paranoia, the delusional fear that someone is out to get you. Recent revelations within the nation’s veteran community seem to imply these fears are not all that imaginary. by Jere Beery, Operation Firing For Effect The Veterans Administration was originally established [...]
Scientists working with the Defense Department have found evidence that a low-level exposure to sarin nerve gas — the kind experienced by more than 100,000 American troops in the Persian Gulf war of 1991 — could have caused lasting brain deficits in former service members. by Ian Urbina WASHINGTON— Though the results are preliminary, the [...]
Despite promises that hospitalizations after anthrax vaccinations would be reported, the Pentagon withheld data on more than 20,000 cases.by Bob Evans, Daily Press The Pentagon never told Congress about more than 20,000 hospitalizations involving troops who'd taken the anthrax vaccine, despite repeated promises that such cases would be publicly disclosed. Instead, a parade of generals and [...]
The Iraq War: Going, Going… by Robert Parry How should the American people interpret the extraordinary fact that George W. Bush couldn’t convince a single retired four-star general to sign up as the new “war czar” for coordinating the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan – and finally had to settle for an active-duty three-star general who [...]
Prunedale couple battles bureaucracy and VA says he owes it a big bundle of moneyby Sunita Vijayan Left, Kathleen and Ray Blount of the Royal Oaks region of Prunedale go over some of the paperwork and letters they’ve exchanged with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which listed Ray Blount dead and unmarried. He’s still alive and [...]
Motorcyclists riding for Vietnam veterans who can'tby Tiffany DeMasters Left, A few dozen motorcyclists from the Blackhorse Troopers Motorcycle Group ride through St. George on Monday on their way to Ontario, Calif., to participate with hundreds of other motorcyclists in this year's Run for the Wall. ST GEORGE – With some Vietnam veterans still struggling [...]
YouTube is chafing at being one of 13 Web sites now off limits on the computer networks used by U.S. military personnel.by Ben Charny The military blocked those Web sites, citing the need to protect military secrecy and to throttle Internet traffic on the military's computer networks. YouTube, the world's most popular Internet video site, [...]
Replete with fake blood and hired nuclear fallout victim actors, the Pentagon is in the midst of simulating one of the largest nuclear detonation exercises ever.by Nina Berman Islamic terrorists steal highly enriched uranium from Pakistan, transport it to Somalia, then on to Mexico, where they smuggle it across the U.S. border. A 10-kiloton bomb [...]
Pin Point Talent Offers U.S. Veterans Career Jobs Major Talent Agency Seeks to Hire U.S. Veterans by Gordon Gates PinPoint Talent, a premier full service human resources firm & solutions provider, is actively seeking to hire and prepare U.S. Veterans to enter the civilian job market. PinPoint Talent engages in on-site and off-site Human Resource [...]
To veterans who wouldn't mind hiring someone to deal with the VA bureaucracy: The lawyers are coming.by Cory Reiss WASHINGTON – Harold Youmans earned a law degree during a pause in his 28-year Army career, making him better armed than most veterans to battle the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability benefits. Still, Youmans, who [...]
YouTube, MySpace, 11 other sites blocked DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday. The Defense Department will begin blocking access "worldwide" to YouTube, MySpace and [...]
Blind Skier Helps Other Veterans See What They Can Accomplishby Joe Frollo Jr. Left, SHOWING HIS METTLE Dave May, 57, of Canton received a National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic medal for participating in the annual event in Grand Junction, Colo. May, a 1968 Timken High School graduate, is legally blind but still enjoys cross [...]
About 9,500 mariners died during the warby Dean Kahn Left, World War II Merchant Marine Poster PENDING LEGISLATION Parallel bills in Congress, H.R. 23 and S. 961, would provide “thank-you” payments to World War II seamen. Cosponsors include U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray. Some of the aging [...]
Troops aren't the only thing that are part of Bush's escalation of the war. by Dina Rasor, Huffington Post The Washington Post had a front page article on Wednesday describing the extent and timeline for surging the troops. Besides planning to surge up to 35,000 troops, the DOD wants the flexibility to keep the surge going [...]
VA Says Veteran's Service Records Were Lost by Alan Cohn A presidential task force has announced new measures to improve what it describes as unacceptably poor coordination between the veterans administration and the defense department when it comes to helping wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan prove their disability claims. Just last week veterans affairs Secretary [...]
Veterans Express Their Feelings On War Deserters MILWAUKEE — During the Vietnam War, Canada became a haven for draft-dodgers. Now, American soldiers fleeing the war in Iraq are turning to Canada again. Two American soldiers were in different parts of Iraq but came to the same conclusion: Their government lied to them about the reasons [...]
Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of suicide because not all Veterans Affairs health clinics have 24-hour mental care available, an internal review says.by Hope Yen The report released Thursday by the department's inspector general is the first comprehensive look at VA mental health care, particularly suicide prevention. It found that [...]
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