MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS SELF DESTRUCT: MEDALS DECORATE NEOCON SURROGATES ON THE ATTACK CIRCUIT AGAIN BY G. DUFF In this election year two Medal of Honor Winners, Bud Day and James Livingston are starting out as leaders of Neocon groups funded by oil companies, defense contractors and Washington PR firms. Their mission is to run [...]
Bush: Never Invest for Tomorrow What Can Be Spent TodayTom Hanson, www.OpenEducation.net While the debate as to the formal legacy of President George W. Bush may go on for a while, there is no doubt our current leader will go down in history as one of the most consistent men ever to head the oval office. [...]
War veterans find employment through new programs by Jim Casey, Peninsula Daily News From the sun-scorched Iraqi desert with deadly enemies all around to a misty forest glade surrounded by silent trees — the transformation sounds too good to believe. But it’s among benefits belonging to the state’s Veterans Conservation Corps, designed to help vets return to [...]
Are We Fighting The Right Mission on the Right Battlefield? Is 2008 the same as 1973? by Janice Moore We call it the War on Iraq or the War on Terror or some other monikers that our esteemed and Machiavellian President has utilized to inspire us to the battle field. But really, this is the [...]
VA POLICY FOR HALF A CENTURY LEADS TO CHRONIC PATIENT ABUSE ANTI-VETERAN SYSTEM TURNS VETS AGAINST VETS by G. DUFF After every war, the VA seems to "retrench" in a war of their own, a war against the men returning from war, the wounded, the broken and most of all, the deserving. Long an organization, [...]
Wartime PTSD cases jumped roughly 50% in 2007 By David Morgan, Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to nearly 40,000, according to U.S. military data released on Tuesday. The statistics, released by the [...]
VACATIONS FOR VETERANS Vacations For Veterans is a nonprofit organization created to provide recently wounded veterans of the United States Armed Forces with a week of free lodgings donated by a vacation homeowner. Each wounded veteran faces new challenges: readjusting, rebuilding their lives, and reconnecting with their families. For many of our wounded veterans, time [...]
A Book for those in the Military or those with loved ones in the Military For the first time, Army Ranger hero Nate Self tells his story. Self recounts the Roberts Ridge Rescue mission, the ferocious battles in Afghanistan, and the lone war of attrition that Nate Self has waged against post-traumatic stress disorder. [...]
Four MLB player retirees were afforded a visit with over 400 troops By Diane M. Grassi On the heels of Memorial Day 2008 and in anticipation of the 232nd celebration of United States Independence Day on July 4th 2008, Americans traditionally give thanks to our nation’s military service members. And traditionally, Major League [...]
Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune III by Andrea M. Byron On this date, 8 years ago, my family’s lives forever changed. May 27, 2000 is when we received the letter from NORC (National Opinion Research Center) informing us that we had been exposed to contaminated water while my dad honorably served in the USMC at Camp [...]
Memorial Day 2008: A Look Back at it’s History and it’s Revelance Today Left: General John A. Logan, Library of Congress Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities [...]
Last Known WW1 Vet is Honored over Memorial Day Weekendby Brian Charlton, Associated Press Left, Frank Buckles poses for a photo as he tours the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Sunday, May 25, 2008. Buckles, at 107, is the last known living American-born veteran of World War I. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) [...]
Hurricane man’s death the 4th in West Virginia by Julie Robinson, The WV Gazette A Putnam County veteran who was taking medication prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder died in his sleep earlier this month, in circumstances similar to the deaths of three other area veterans earlier this year. Derek Johnson, 22, of Hurricane, served in the infantry [...]
One lesson from Iraq: More questioning may help avert mistakes by Anna Mulrine, US News & World Report Left, Lt. Col. Jeff Ragland recalls his reception in Baghdad: ”Who the hell are you, and what are you doing?” (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR) In the wake of chaos and a lethal insurgency in Iraq, blamed in no [...]
Despite some Republican political shenanigans, Jim Webb’s GI Bill passed the senate with overwhelming support. [VIDEO]by Ali Frick, Think Progress Just over an hour ago, the Senate voted overwhelmingly — a veto-proof 75-22 — to approve Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) 21st Century GI Bill, which would expand educational benefits for veterans who joined the service after [...]
STUDENT VETERANS ESTABLISH NATIONAL COALITION Student veterans from across the country will converge in Washington DC, June 11-13 to continue to work to to enhance coordination between student veterans groups on college and university campuses nationwide. The Student Veterans of America (SVA) addresses issues facing student veterans, including education benefits and resource development on college campuses. [...]
Remember those we have lost in war with gratitude this Memorial Dayby Donna Teresa On Monday, Americans all over the world will join together to honor and remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. Finding the perfect words to write in tribute to these men and women are hard [...]
Military benefits and job security are prompting many soldiers to re-up despite the possibility of a return to combat. by Aaron Smith, CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Job hunt in a sluggish economy? Or re-enlist during wartime? Marine Sgt. Jimmy Spence faced that dilemma a year ago, and in the end, the military won. In [...]
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – MilitaryConnection.com is proud to announce that they have become a corporate supporter of the Defense Department’s America Supports You program. The relationship continues to benefit the military community through alliances and partnerships with a number of the nonprofit organizations that are part of the America Supports You program. “At MilitaryConnection.com, we [...]
Soldiers’ Angels has found a new niche in assisting our deployed service members with a team called Ladies of Liberty. This team focuses on the needs of deployed female service members. Our organization understands that females are instrumental in the current war (as in the past), and make special efforts to support them in their [...]
Soon, The Name "Carmelo Rodriguez" Will Be Heard In Congress [VIDEO]by Byron Pitts, CBS News Today the name Carmelo Rodriguez marks a modest grave in upstate New York, where his family still visits, and still mourns. But soon – as early as Tuesday – that name will be introduced on the floor of the U.S. [...]
By Robert L. Rosebrock Rees Lloyd, a prominent civil rights attorney, took prompt action last Friday on behalf of Veteran residents at the Los Angeles National Veterans Home and restored their Constitutional "Right to Assemble" and protest against the proposed public park on Veterans property. Mr. Lloyd was contacted by “We the Veterans” for his [...]
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY LEADER SEEKS TO HIRE U.S. VETERANS. VETERANS OFFERED JOBS AT BAXTER by Gordon G. Gates With more than 70 years of innovation and leadership in health care, Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) has pioneered many medical breakthroughs we take for granted today — intravenous infusion, kidney dialysis and modern hemophilia therapy, to [...]
Afflicted with Lou Gehrig’s disease, they fight for military benefits as science hunts the cause by Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun Left: "The mind stays strong, but the body…" says Anthony Averella, 53, who served in the Army and National Guard and suffers from deadly Lou Gehrig’s disease. He has lost more than 50 pounds in [...]
ONE SOLDIER’S WAR: Soldier from Auburn to refuse Iraq deployment [VIDEO]By BEVERLY HARVEY AND BRITTANY WHITLEY Matthis Chiroux had it all planned out after he graduated from Auburn High School in 2002. First, he would join the U.S. Army. Then, he would use his G.I. Bill benefits to enroll in college to pursue his dream [...]
The mass executions have been largely hidden from history Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation’s U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950. With U.S. military [...]
War Veterans Honored this Armed Forces Dayby Ed Fickes, The Greeley Tribune In 1949 President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. According to a New York Times article published on May 17, 1952: [...]
Oregon program helps Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans ease back into the community By Paul Fattig From left, Kim Shelton, Bill McMillan, and Michael Meade will lead a retreat for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at Buckhorn Springs outside Ashland. Photo by Jamie Lusch For mythologist Michael Meade, healing a wounded warrior begins with a [...]
Col. Bud Day, his Medal of Honor and the McCain campaign’s abuse of our nation’s highest award for valor. by Ted Sampley, U.S. Veteran DispatchSubmitted by G. Duff Former Air Force colonel and Medal of Honor recipient George "Bud" Day, 83, has been a close friend of presidential candidate John McCain since 1967 when they [...]
Forgotten "Ghost Squadron" is Finally Honored After Secret War by Chris Vaughn, Star-Telegram From left, Herb Ganner of Hurst, Ed Landwehr of Fort Worth, Lowell Shaw of Plano and Tony Bissell of Bedford served in the Ghost Squadron, which flew missions into Laos from an air base in Thailand. Not many men in the military are eager [...]
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