City of Portland Takes Lead in Supporting America's Troops Support from the roots in Portland, Oregon By Sean T LewisVeteransToday.com Staff Writer Over the past five years, many towns and cities across the United States have passed resolutions to "support the troops". With only rare exception, these resolutions have been limited to pledges of moral [...]
Wide range of services are helping veterans, reservists and National Guardsmen Two new efforts launched recently to help veterans get jobs and launch new businesses have earned the praise of the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. "Today we heard about a wide range of programs and services provided by both the [...]
VA acknowledges problems with bonuses By HOPE YEN The VA on Tuesday acknowledged problems in its award of $3.8 million in bonuses to senior officials who put health care at risk and said it would consider changes to avoid conflicts of interest and improve oversight. Testifying before a House panel, Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Gordon [...]
Disabled Vets Trained to Lead Technology Sector VetAccess Raises the Bar reaching out to empower Disabled Veterans Dennis Stone has served in a number of command and staff assignments — including Platoon Leader, Company Commander, Special Forces Detachment Commander, Special Forces Company Commander, and Information Systems Officer. However, his most recent assignment as a civilian is [...]
Lessons Not Learned When Genuine Leadership Raises our Hopes and Launches Us Forward By: Johnny Waltz During recent Republican debates, the name of President Ronald Reagan was invoked many times as candidates blatantly attempted to associate themselves with his legacy. Against all opposition, the integrity of Reagan was vital during a dark period of American [...]
A senior US defense officials today urged the Congress to fast track a section of the stalled immigration bill that would allow the military to recruit illegal aliens, after recruitment figures released by Pentagon showed that the Army failed to reach its targets for May. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, [...]
"American Soldier" Song Inspires and Touches the Heart Music for the Soldiers from Janet Bates by Mary Geddry Sitting in a coffee shop one cool, February, 2004, Portland morning, waiting for Pioneer Music to open, Janet Bates, a small and fiesty classical folk singer and songwriter grimly poured over the latest news from Iraq. There, in [...]
A program called Helmets to Hardhats is helping military veterans become construction workers and make the transition to new civilian lives. After serving in Iraq for 13 months, installing wire and cable to help soldiers communicate with each other, Eric Cohn was sure life stateside would be much easier than in a war zone. But [...]
Memory still sharp of a brother lostby Donna Teresa, Homefront JournalThe year was 1967, the Summer of Love. While many were in a celebration of love, flowers and peace, a young Marine corporal, Danny Joe Keith, lost his life on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam. Danny served with the 2nd Battalion, [...]
New prosthetic legs give hope to amputees home from Iraq and Afganistan. After having his leg shattered by a rocket propelled grenade in Baghdad, Army Medic John Keith calls his new prosthetic leg his "Cadillac." His power knee uses electronic sensors in a shoe-pad and Blue Tooth communication on the ankle. It sends signals to [...]
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT CALLS FOR COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF VA DISABILITY RATING SYSTEM – IOM report: "…the agency should make sure that the [proposed] revised Rating Schedule addresses the extent to which veterans’ disabilities affect their quality of life and limit any aspect of their daily lives, not just their ability to work…" The Institute [...]
Military 'pussed out,' says anti-war veteranby Nick Juliano, Raw Story An anti-war veteran who wore his uniform during a protest of the Iraq war would not receive an honorable discharge from the military reserves under recommendations delivered by a Marine Corps panel Monday night. In a case that former Marine Sgt. Adam Kokesh and his [...]
The Veterans Business Directory Launches in Support of Veterans Owned Business Business Guide for Veterans Offered to Help Veteran Owned Businesses and Veteran Entrepreneurs As the market grows to meet the demand of newly created U.S. Veterans, Veterans themselves are creating outstanding world class companies to to contribute supply of products and services. To meet the [...]
Veterans Medical Advisor to the Rescue Helping Veterans Toward Successful Claims by John P. Allen If you are an honorably discharged veteran, you served your country well and you earned certain benefits. These benefits include the right to receive compensation and medical care for any disabling medical condition that was incurred or aggravated while you [...]
D-Day Veterans mark 63rd anniversaryby Robert Burns COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) – Above a cliff of silent reminders, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday evoked the image of fallen warriors to mark the 63rd anniversary of the Normandy D-Day landings that turned the tide of World War II. The bloody beach assault on June 6, 1944 [...]
Some Extended Guardsmen, Reservists May Get GI Bill Boost By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service Guardsmen and reservists whose active duty time is extended past the normal 12-month call-up may be eligible for active duty-level benefits of the Montgomery GI Bill under certain circumstances, according to a senior Department of Veterans Affairs spokesman. Currently, members [...]
Soldiers' kids struggle to cope with multiple tours By DAVID McLEMOREThe Dallas Morning News KILLEEN, Texas – For kids in the military, the prospect of war has always been part of the package, almost expected. Moms and dads have to go away from time to time. But as the war in Iraq rolls into its [...]
Logistics of war mean that sizable chunk of the U.S. military never deploys to Iraq or Afghanistan–while others serve repeatedly in the war zone.by Pauline Jelinek WASHINGTON — Even as troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are serving longer and more often — three, four, even five times — roughly half of Americans in uniform haven't [...]
On June 8th, 1967, USS Liberty, a neutral ship in international waters, was attacked without warning by the naval and air forces of the State of Israel. USS Liberty had not engaged in any provacative conduct, nor was she a threat to other ships or aircraft in the area… Conclusions submitted in October 2003 to the [...]
General questions whether commander fully detailed Haditha killings By:MARK WALKER CAMP PENDLETON —- A general said Friday he now questions whether the battalion commander who led U.S. Marines accused of murder in the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha in 2005 reported everything he knew about the killings. The general, Maj. Gen. Richard Huck, said [...]
Multiple enemies complicate Iraq Insurgency, once thought the work of a few, involves a diverse array By Drew Brown, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Sunday, June 3, 2007 As insurgents in Iraq were first gaining ground in spring 2003, former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld dismissed them as a ragtag collection of die-hard Saddam Hussein [...]
Wars weigh on VA health care, experts say By Steve Liewer Even with big boosts in funding, the Veterans Affairs medical system is sagging under the burden of treating wounded troops from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, several experts on veterans' health said during a forum Thursday night at UCSD. Congress has approved a $13 [...]
A veteran's frustrationBy Rudi Keller All Jolani McCanless wanted to do was be a Marine. And for almost three years, the Oak Ridge resident was doing what he loved — working on logistics to support fellow Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. And despite repeated injuries, he carried on. But things changed Aug. 24, 2006, when [...]
Possible connection between MS and the Gulf War is subject of studies, legislation by Laura Ungar Bob Wolz blamed dehydration and the blazing sun for his mysterious blackouts during the first Gulf War. But he had no idea what to think when his left arm and leg got weaker and thinner than his right limbs. [...]
Over the weekend, a nightmare was unleashed as a young man was shot and killed on an American interstate after a chase and standoff with authorities. This man, a national guard soldier, died at the scene. Upon first thought, one would assume there were drugs, felonies, or alcohol involved. In which there may have been but that is not [...]
New Scam by Identity Thieves Targets Military Families The American Red Cross has issued a scam alert warning against a new tactic used by identity thieves, and you won't believe who they're targeting. Military families of deployed troops have become bait for identity thieves. The American Red Cross says there's no way to tell how [...]
Kentucky soldier left instructions to plan funeralBy: Bruce Schreiner Associated Press Pfc. Joshua Moore had seen a lot of death in Iraq — from suicide bombings aimed at civilians to roadside explosions that killed his Army friends. Having witnessed the precariousness of life, the 20-year-old Moore, known as a happy-go-lucky kid in his southern Kentucky [...]
TB Smokescreens Security Breach By Johnny Waltz Mass hysteria is being promoted because a 31-year-old lawyer named Andrew Speaker recently flew on two transatlantic flights and US domestic flights while infected with TB (tuberculosis). He was eventually placed in federal quarantine in Colorado. His father-in-law is a leading TB researcher at the Centers for Disease [...]
Veterans Group Helps Out VA Hospitals Soldiers' Angels Provides "Vet Packs" for Hospitalized by Shelle Michaels, staff writer The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) acknowledges that of the 25 million veterans currently alive, nearly three of every four served during a war or an official period of hostility. About a quarter of [...]
Don't We Have a Constitution, Not a King?by Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet Bush has issued a directive that would place all governmental powers in his hands in the case of a catastrophic emergency. If a terrorist attack happens before the 2008 election, could Bush and Cheney use this to avoid relinquishing power to a successor administration? [...]
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