A Toxic Tale: Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune Part II By Andrea M. Byron I am a daughter, a sister and a mother. I am a hard worker, a tax payer and a contributor to society. I pay rising gas prices, day care costs and insurance premiums. I am an American and I have a dream. [...]
American Soldiers Are Virtually Promised A College Education, But Many Are Left With The Billby Sean Lengell, Washington Times Left, Todd Bowers says he had to drop out of George Washington University, despite loans and part-time jobs. He’s now working with a veterans group to change the GI bill. (CBS) A popular "21st Century GI [...]
But Carl Diekman, who served on Iwo Jima, doesn’t agree. by Jim Holt, The Signal Left, Carl Diekman, who served on Iwo Jima, received a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs telling him he was being cut off from his monthly $84 Santa Clarita Valley–Picture in your mind the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph [...]
Laos opens Vietnam war "city" housed in network of caves to tourists VIENGXAY, Laos (AFP) — Hidden deep inside the jungle-covered carst mountains of northern Laos lies a secret cave city where revolutionary leaders survived nearly a decade of US bombing during the Vietnam war. Now, over 30 years since the conflict ended, the communist country has [...]
Is the USA Really at War?Or is the NFL more important? by Billy Cuthbert Jones If ever there was proof that this country is NOT at war, this is it. In full cadet uniform, Army’s Caleb Campbell sat upright in one of Radio City Music Hall’s plush seats at last weeks 2008 NFL Draft. On [...]
Top Navy Contractor Partners with HireVeterans.com to Employ Military Veterans by Robbyn Wilson Founded in 1984 by Rex Eagan and John McAllister, the current CEO, Eagan, McAllister Associates (EMA) has more than 1,500 employees delivering services under 100+ contract vehicles with over $165 million in annual revenue. Acquired in July 2007 by Science Applications International [...]
A congressman cracks down on soft porn at the PX.by Dan Ephron, Newsweek You know something’s wrong when the word areola appears in a bill circulating on Capitol Hill. Republican Congressman Paul Broun, the representative from Georgia’s 10th District, wants to stop the sale of Playboy and Penthouse at military bases around the world, invoking [...]
Thousands of War Veterans Coming Home With Hearing DamageBY SARA GOLDENBERG GRAND JUNCTION (KJCT)- We hear every day of soldiers wounded in the War on Terror. As more and more troops come home to Colorado, many are experiencing problems with their hearing, from ringing in their ears… to not being able to hear their children’s [...]
Fleet Week is in town with five U.S. Navy ships, a fast-attack submarine, a Coast Guard cutter, and Marines from Camp Lejeune By Trish Forant (Photo by Robert Duyos) Five U.S. Navy ships and a Coast Guard Cutter with more than 2,500 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen arrived in Port Everglades around 7:30 a.m. today. [...]
A Call To Action! by Major Robert L. Hanafin, U.S. Air Force-Retired My gut feeling is like all else Congress does when it comes to seriously supporting America’s Veterans members of Congress will vote along party lines to either be fair or CHEAP! How many members of Congress have continuously tried to sell the War [...]
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) help Veterans file Claims by Robert L. Hanafin, SP/5, U.S. Army (69-76), MAJOR, U.S. Air Force-Retired Life Member, DAV This is the second letter I have received from Disabled American Veterans (DAV) within two years informing me of a DAV Mobile Service unit coming just 20 minutes from my home in [...]
by ROBERT L. HANAFIN, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired "It is increasingly obvious that responsibility for widespread and systemic abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan lies at the top of the chain of command, but no one has been held accountable," said Lucas Guttentag, ACLU lead counsel for the plaintiffs. "The rule of law and [...]
The Hatch Act 0f 1939: What is it and how does it relate to our Armed Forces by John P. Allen Does the Hatch Act of 1939 apply to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and prevent soldiers from engaging in partisan politics? Does this law apply to the leadership of the U.S. [...]
Got the Urge to Write and Become an Activist Soldier? Homeless Veteran Story Presented Watch "What Were You When You Were Alive" video On May 1, 2008, at the Grossmont Community College Student Union, 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, California, veteran English teacher and author, Jim Musgrave (a.k.a. Efraim Zimbalist Graves) will present his [...]
YouTube Video Raises Concerns About Fort Bragg Barracks Mad as Hell Parent Rages Against Military to Improve Living Conditions UNREAL! FORT BRAGG EXPOSED! UNREAL! Watch Video Now! By Greg Barnes A spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole said Dole’s staff is contacting Fort Bragg and Pentagon officials today in response to a just-posted YouTube video that [...]
BODY OF WAR: The Tomas Young Story Phil Donaue, the last objective Talk Show Host produces Compelling Movie Documentary about Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran A Feature Documentary That’s as Compelling as Any Fictional Drama!!! WATCH TRAILER by Nick Lento Body of War is a documentary following Tomas Young, an Iraq War veteran paralyzed from a bullet [...]
Godless Atheist Soldier claims harassment Army Specialist Jeremy Hall sues U.S. for religious discrimination Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism. But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed [...]
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE) — For the estimated 10,000 mothers serving in Iraq, Mother’s Day won’t include breakfast in bed or a warm family gathering this year. But technology and goodwill are stepping in to help fill that void and get Moms and their remote families closer to each other on this special occasion. Qipit (www.qipit.com), [...]
"What we have is a fat contractor in Colt who’s gotten very rich off our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan" By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press Writer No weapon is more important to tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan than the carbine rifle. And for well over a decade, the military has [...]
John Fernandez lost his lower legs in Iraq, but he will play in Saturday’s Heroes Cup lacrosse game at Madison Square Garden |By GEORGE VECSEY, New York Times At Madison Square Garden on Saturday, John Fernandez will enjoy the utter normalcy of being whacked with a lacrosse stick — exactly what a West Point grad would [...]
VA struggles to meet the demands of an increasingly over-burdened system By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to meet the skyrocketing demand for medical services as an unanticipated flood of former soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan seek help along with a parallel surge of claims from aging [...]
Site gives them new ways to share thoughts and reflectby Robert M. Cook, Fosters.com Left, Foster’s file photo Robert Jones, director of the Northeast chapter of the POW/MIA Network in Meredith, said the new online Vietnam Veterans Memorial Web site launched last week by Footnote.com and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., will make it [...]
This story is carried forward from Renewal tour of duty.by Paul Newell, www.GreenRecovery.org As Jon comes to his conclusion. I am already thinking of the most effective type of Green Recovery program for Jon. Regardless, the slightest of sound, sound travels. And with sound, travels vibration. These vibrations are real. Allowing these vibrations to reverb [...]
OLD AND NEW SUBJECTS AND IN UNENDING WAR BY G. DUFF It is hard to think about Iran and Iraq, even though everyone I know tells me we are planning to bomb Iran, when our roads are starting to empty out and the supermarket shelves are scaring people to death. Why bother bringing anyone home [...]
Making Jobs for Vets a Reality, Tax Breaks for Employers by Craig Dellimore, WBBM CHICAGO — Congressman Peter Roskam is spearheading an effort to make it easier for employers to get tax credits when they hire Iraq war veterans. Union officials with the Illinois Teamsters so-called "Helmets to Hardhats" program says unemployment is unacceptably high among [...]
Detonation of hazardous munitions will take place in two-story, 110-ton setup By William Cole SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — Over the next three weeks, the Army will destroy 71 old chemical weapons here — the largest concentration of unexploded, or "dud" chemical rounds ever found in the United States. "I don’t have an explanation yet in terms of [...]
The Army has stepped up mental health screening at the end of tours, but the Rand study says many soldiers are still undiagnosed. Less than half of the 300,000 affected veterans have been treated.By Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Nearly one in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars [...]
President Says He Knew His Senior Advisers Discussed Tough Interrogation Methods By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG and ARIANE de VOGUE President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive [...]
Retiree Offers ‘Armor’ for Bad Dreamsby Bryant Jordan | Military.com | Submitted by James Ramey, USN (RET) With her husband deployed first to Iraq and now to Afghanistan, Army wife Anna Rauscher has known nights of worry and of fear. But she’s an adult and copes with her fears as spouses of deployed Soldiers always [...]
"What we’ve done over there [in Iraq] is a lot more than people see on TV," by Abigail Shaha Left, Army Staff Sargeant Apryl Watroba hands out fliers to BYU students are part of a recruiting effort at Brigham Square. She previously was stationed in Iraq and is now an Army recruiter in Provo. People usually [...]
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