Military recruiters suffer at hands of American bulliesby Donna Teresa, Homefront Journal Do you remember the bullies who always teased other children who felt a personal satisfaction at the painful expense of another? Our troops and military recruiters have been on the receiving end of harassment, and other expletives shouted at them from Americans who [...]
Veterans Offered Jobs at Construction Company Charley Company Joins HireVeterans.com By Gordon Gates Charley Company is a Family Owned Business that has been servicing our customers with high quality Roof and Waterproofing Contracting Services since 1977. Charley Company prides itself on being able to offer services competitors cannot match. Specifically Charley Company can value engineer [...]
Iraq War amputee's bionic hand moves all five fingersby Tali Yahalom, USA TODAY Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo, left, one of the first recipients of a bionic hand with independently moving fingers called the i-Limb, shakes a reporter's hand during an interview in New York. NEW YORK — Iraq War veteran Juan Arredondo sports [...]
SNIPER-MAN! SNIPER-MAN! Does Whatever a Sniper Can by April Fitzsimmons, Sgt. USAF (1985-1989)LOS ANGELES, Ca – “I was a sniper,” he said. “But you’re out now?” “Yeah. I did six years but I’ll probably re-enlist.” “Why?” I asked. “He’s got kids,” Galley-man hollered from his post. I was charging my lap-top down in the galley [...]
Iraq war veteran's parents sue U.S. after suicideby Svea Herbst-Bayliss Left, The boots of Jeffrey Michael Lucey, who committed suicide six months after returning to the US from Iraq, at a vigil outside last year’s Republican convention. BOSTON (Reuters) – The parents of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide sued the U.S. government on [...]
Salvation Army Announces The Liberty Program for Veterans Veterans Get Assistance from the Salvation Army By David Leonard The Salvation Army Social Services Department of Los Angeles County is proud to announce it will be expanding services to Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans through a new program entitled The Liberty Program. The Salvation Army recently [...]
Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam may be related to rise in blood pressure WASHINGTON (AP) – Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam may lead to high blood pressure in some veterans, but the evidence is limited and only suggestive, the Institute of Medicine said Friday. The IOM, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, [...]
I'm tired of hearing about the next Presidential election already. I'm tired of hearing who has raised how much money and I'm really sick and tired of hearing about Hillary and Obama, Romney and Giuliani. I’m tired of hearing about the next Presidential election already. I’m tired of hearing who has raised how much money [...]
Newly released documents confirm that it was a deliberate shooting that killed Pat Tillman, not friendly fire. This post, written by TRex, originally appeared on FireDogLake "This war is so fucking illegal." (Patrick Tillman) From the AP: SAN FRANCISCO – Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in [...]
Panel promotes changes in the way the government determines disability status and benefitsby Jim Rutenberg and David S. Cloud WASHINGTON: A presidential panel on military and veterans health care released a report Wednesday concluding that the system was insufficient for the demands of two modern wars and called for improvements, including far-reaching changes in the [...]
FUBAR: United We Stand? Are the current state of affairs for disabled veterans acceptable? By Aaron R. Cathcart IV A long haired, scruffy sort of man pulled himself from under a fishing pier to ready himself for a day that is more suitable for a dog than a human. Before moving on for the [...]
US has naturalized 32,000 immigrant soldiers since Iraq war by Virginie Montet WASHINGTON (AFP) – Dressed in US military uniforms, an Iraqi, a Mexican and a Colombian stand proudly at their naturalization ceremony, each clutching a miniature American flag in one hand and a copy of the constitution in the other. "You are part of [...]
By Sean T LewisVeteransToday.com Staff Writer in memory of Vietnam Veteran Sean Daly Not on any Wall Lines and shapes etched in a stark face of black,Paper rubbings to take memories in tow,Strong men stand with arms on another's back,One hand on the wall and one on his brow.Another made it out but never home.Lost [...]
Vietnam War Fighters Suspect Illnesses May Be Linked to Agent Orangeby Scarlet Sims Lloyd Patrick Elnicki never asked what the Circle of Life Hospice nurse wrote in her evaluations every day. Secretly, he knew. "I'm dying, aren't I?" he asked his wife, Sharon. "Well, Pat, you're not getting any better," she said. Three years before, [...]
Frustrated by delays in health care, a coalition of injured Iraq war veterans is accusing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment. The class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco, seeks broad change in the [...]
Veterans Get Jobs at Granite Stone Industry Leader AGM Imports Joins HireVeterans.com by Gordon Gates AGM Imports, a leading east coast provider of granite to the building industry, is hiring U.S. Veterans. John Antunes, a native of Portugal, is the owner and President of family owned AGM Imports. John entered the stone business in 1981 at [...]
Program helps disabled vets get defense business contractsby Gerry J. Gilmore, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFRNS) — Thousands of disabled military veterans have enrolled in a governmentwide program that is designed to help them succeed in new careers as business owners, a Defense Department official said here July 18. The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business [...]
Injured veterans could be shortchanged in their government disability pay depending on where they live WASHINGTON —Injured veterans could be shortchanged in their government disability pay depending on where they live because of wide disparities from state to state, an internal study concludes. The 1 1/2-year investigation, conducted by the Institute for Defense Analysis, is [...]
A court says the agency must provide benefits to Vietnam veterans with a type of leukemia.By Henry Weinstein, Times Staff Writer In a stinging ruling, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ripped into the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday for its continued resistance to paying benefits [...]
SIMI VALLEY FREEDOM WALK TO COMMEMORATE 9/11 What:The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is joining forces with MilitaryConnection.com to bring to our city the second annual Simi Valley Freedom Walk. Please join us as we remember the victims on the sixth anniversary of September 11th, and honor our troops and Veterans on our second annual walk. [...]
Harry Potter and PTSD By Sean T Lewis VeteransToday.com Staff Writer As the parent of two teenage girls, and partner of a bookseller, I naturally was pulled into J. K. Rowling's wizarding world of Harry Potter several years ago. Recently, in preparation for the release of the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the [...]
A group of gay and lesbian veterans is touring the country in a campaign called Legacy of Service, to speak out against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and the impact it has on service members.by Lornet Turnbull Left, Antonio Agnone and his partner, Brandon, were featured as the cover story in Pride magazine, the official [...]
Nicholson's abrupt resignation comes amid intense political and public scrutiny of the VA following reports of shoddy outpatient care for soldiers and war veteransby Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) – VA Secretary Jim Nicholson abruptly resigned Tuesday after months of the Bush administration struggling to defend charges of shoddy health care for veterans injured in the [...]
Pentagon balked at pleas from officers in field for safer vehiclesby Peter Eisler, Blake Morrison and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY A U.S. soldier slouches from the gunner's turret of his Humvee holding his head after an improvised explosive device hit the vehicle in March during a patrol in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of southern [...]
Veteran Care Under Review as More Than 22,000 Are Discharged With 'Pre-Existing' Personality Disorder, Which Some Say Developed During War by BOB WOODRUFF, JAMES HILL, JAIME HENNESSEY and JOSHUA KORS Left, Army Spc. Jonathan Town went from earning a Purple Heart to challenging the Veterans Administration to maintain his benefit claims. (ABC News) Army Spc. Jonathan Town [...]
Forward to the Pastby Rich Carroll The “WHOOSH” you hear regularly is the air escaping from Washington’s ideological promiscuity bag. The Socialist Party now has control of both floors. Politicians of both parties, propagandists, poets, global warming hypocrites and “human rights” impersonators are all plugged into the same cultural grid, which somehow has its main [...]
Priority Solutions Joins HireVeterans.com Major Employment Solution Agency Reaches Out to Place U.S. Veterans in Top Jobs by Gordon Gates Priority Solutions, a major North American employment solution and placement agency, is currently looking for U.S. Veterans to fill top jobs offered by their clients. They have made the committment to attract and place U.S. [...]
Wounded soldiers who allege that the government is downplaying their injuries and cheating them out of benefits have some new legal ammunition: three major law firms offering free legal services. by Tresa Baldas, The National Law Journal Concerned that injured soldiers are getting a raw deal upon returning home, three firms — Foley & Lardner; [...]
Desperate G.I., wife hired man to shoot him: cops by Chrisena Coleman Left, Jonathan Aponte following his graduation from Ft. Sill, Okalahoma. Aponte allegedly hired someone to shoot him so he would not have to return to Iraq. A Bronx soldier who lost his stomach for war allegedly hired a hit man to shoot him in [...]
Injured Veteran Uses Own Experience to Inspire Others With Traumatic Brain Injuriesby Donna Miles Left, Retired Army Pfc. Chris Lynch uses his own experience with traumatic brain injury to help inspire others. The former 82nd Airborne Division Soldier is pursuing his education, runs marathons and competed in the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in [...]
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