NATION GOES "UNCRAZY" AS CIVILIAN JURY FINDS MARINE NOT GUILTY MCCAIN PICKS ‘YESTERDAY’S MEATLOAF’ FOR VP SECRET POLICE MOBILIZE AGAINST DANGEROUS ‘TREE HUGGERS’ CAUSING CONVENTION PANIC By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER After awhile, I would think we would, as a people, "lose it" and push the "reset button" on a government/oligarchy that has lost its [...]
Groups decry DoD ‘betrayal’ of vets By Kelly Kennedy In a letter going out to members of Congress next week, the directors of two major veterans’ groups say the Pentagon’s personnel chief has intentionally withheld benefits from wounded service members. “We need your immediate assistance to help end the Defense Department’s deliberate, systemic betrayal of [...]
ExxonMobil Fuels marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a maximum $84,669,874 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel oil, diesel fuel and gasoline. Using service is Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and US/NATO personnel. There were originally seven proposals solicited with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the [...]
BUSH/CHENEY ADVISOR AND MCCAIN FRIEND TIED TO IRAN TOP CHALABI AIDE ARRESTED FOR KILLING AMERICAN TROOPS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Ali Faisal al Lami, deputy to Ahmed Chalabi, was arrested by American troops for "multiple criminal acts including bombings and attacks against Iraqi targets" including the murder of American soldiers and civilians and coordinating [...]
Science Applications International Corp., of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $9,500,000. The purpose of this contract is to advance the technology and/or increase knowledge and understanding of chemical, biological and radiological threats to personnel, equipment, operations based on various environmental factors and develop capabilities to effectively communicate CBR impacts and [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans from around the Country What’s Inside: A Summary 1. Concerns Expressed About New GI Bill. 2. MUSC President Still Hopes To Join Forces With Charleston VA. 3. Federal Employee Leave Report Criticized. 4. VA To Operate Mobile Clinics In Six States. 5. Ceremony Held For New Clinic In North Carolina. 6. Durham VAMC To Expand, Renovate. [...]
Iraq Veterans Against the War Meet at Democratic National Convention IVAW members in Denver on Wednesday where they led a march of ten thousand to the Democratic National Convention to deliver a message to Barack Obama calling on the Democratic nominee to endorse the three main goals of IVAW: Immediate withdrawal, full veterans benefits, and [...]
The Route 9 Veterans Forum NEW CABLE SHOW FOR VETERANS The New Route 9 Veterans Forum (Live Call In) Cable TV Show is shown multiple times during a month. Having begun on Wednesday evening June 27th, 2007 at 7:00 PM on Leicester Cable access, the show is now being distributed to over 40+ cable/community channels [...]
Why Dr. King’s Speech is Still a Dream By Robert L. Rosebrock Today, we honor the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his "I Have a Dream" speech that challenged our nation to live up to its creed that "all men are created equal." His remarkable leadership began by challenging our government’s [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans from around the Country What’s Inside: A Summary 1. Montana Facility Expands Teleconferencing Program.2. Jacksonville National Cemetery To Be Dedicated Next Month. 3. VA Discusses Pennsylvania Cemetery With Review Committee. 4. Cracks On Tomb Of The Unknowns Spark Debate. 5. New Clinic About To Open In Virginia. 6. VA To Offer Urgent Care In New Orleans. [...]
Sterling Medical Associates, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on Aug. 25, 2008, a $11,326,360 firm fixed price contract. The purpose of this contract is to obtain the personal and non – personal services of traumatic brain injury health providers for the military treatment facilities located throughout Germany and Vicenza, Italy. Work will be performed in [...]
VA Mobile Health Care Clinics Reach Rural VeteransService Coming to 24 Counties in Six States WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is rolling out four new mobile health clinics outfitted to bring primary care and mental health services closer to veterans in 24 predominately rural counties, where patients must travel long distances to [...]
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $129,259,000 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action (UCA) for the fabrication and delivery of 13 P-3 Outer Wing Assembly (OWA) kits in support of the P-3 recovery plan. Work will be performed in Marietta, Ga., and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds will [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans from around the Country What’s Inside: A Summary 1. Study Will Analyze Needs Of VA Hospital In Nebraska. 2. VA May Avoid ’09 Budget Delays. 3. Federal IT Spending Fails To Keep Pace With Inflation. 4. Digital Hospitals Remain An Elusive Goal For VA, DoD. 5. Dallas VAMC Praised For Improving Care Provided To Mentally [...]
Veterans Offered Jobs at Leading Utility Company PacifiCorp reaches out to Employ U.S. Veterans by Marcy Bulstrom PacifiCorp is one of the West’s leading utilities, serving more than 1.6 million customers in six western states. PacifiCorp was formed in 1984, when its electric utility, natural resource development and telecommunications businesses grew into full-fledged enterprises. In [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans from around the Country What’s Inside: A Summary 1. Peake: VA Reaching Out To Vets Suffering From Brain Injuries, Stress. 2. Peake Apologizes To Veteran’s Family. 3. VA Weighing Options For Hospital In Nebraska. 4. Team From Boise VAMC Wins 28 Medals At Golden Age Games. 5. VA "Super Clinic" Opens In Florida. 6. Vermont To [...]
In Search of America’s POWs and MIAs by Donna Teresa, Homefront Journal Families across America will faithfully be participating in the annual POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 19. Many wars and years may pass, but one fact remains: Americans are still missing in action and there are prisoners of war unaccounted for. For families of [...]
by Amanda Scott Friday Barack spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Convention in Orlando Florida earlier this week. The audience, comprised of veterans from every state, was a healthy mix of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The VFW of the United States is the nation’s oldest major veterans’ organization and boasts a membership exceeding [...]
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $149,801,176 firm-fixed-priced contract for the procurement of nine Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) exercise missiles retrofitted and certified from SLAMs to SLAM-ERs for the U.S. Navy. This contract also provides for the procurement of 60 Harpoon [...]
Friends The Eagle is flying across America with a copy of the US Constitution waving in her talons; Thomas Paine is pleading for "common sense"; the light in the Statue of Liberty seems to be dimming; the moral fabric of America is shredding…will good men and women do nothing, or will we reclaim America from [...]
Bayer Joins up with HireVeterans.com by Gordon Gates For most people, taking a Bayer Aspirin is the initial introduction to this world class company. But products made by Bayer are found not just in medicine cabinets but in nearly every bedroom, living room, kitchen, garage, hospital, farm and factory across America. Our products help preserve [...]
Veterans Get Jobs at Major Naval Ship Design and Construction Company Maritime Technical Service Firm Joins HireVeterans.com by Marcy Bulstrom Since incorporating in 2001, R&P Technologies has been providing the highest level of technical services in the area of Maritime and Naval Ship design, construction, and testing. R&P is a recognized Naval engineering asset, with [...]
NOT ALL VETS HAPPY WITH IDEA OF A NEW AGENT ORANGE EQUITY ACT While we applaud the intent of anyone who attempts to get benefits for Veterans exposed to Agent Orange anywhere, we cannot applaud their effect on HR 6562, the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008, when it delays the benefits for a large [...]
Clinic for veterans opens MondayNew, state-of-the-art facility replaces 3 Pensacola locations by Travis Griggs Pensacola Florida – Plastic still covers the furniture at the new Veterans Joint Ambulatory Care Center, but that’s not stifling the enthusiasm of the staff, who are preparing for the first patients when doors officially open Monday. "When you walk into [...]
Ranks Of Homeless Veterans Growing By Jennifer Grogan Genavesse Spader depended on a paycheck from her job as an accounts payable analyst and child support from her ex-husband to care for her three children. In June, her contract position with Fidelity Investments ended and, a week later, her ex-husband was laid off from work. “We [...]
Hospital released vet who refused study by Audrey Hudson An Army veteran seeking treatment for his sudden loss of motor skills was turned away from a veterans hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., in May 2007 after he refused to participate in a human subject experiment on Alzheimer’s disease. Joe Fitzgerald, 74, died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [...]
Military Update: VA care for ‘Priority 8’ veterans tied to reform By Tom Philpot, Special to Stars and Stripes Congress is moving to reopen the VA health care system to many more thousands of Priority Group 8 veterans – those who aren’t poor, at least by government standards, and have no service-related ailments.Disabled American Veterans [...]
Text of a speech given at the Military Order of the Purple Heart National Convention on 8/14. This program is being supported by the MOPH Service Foundation. (yes that’s right, the same organization that ABC news reported as receiving a failing grade on their fund raising activities) Good Morning…… My name is Jim Haines from [...]
Nakaya Construction, L.L.C., Bountiful, Utah, was awarded on Aug. 20, 2008, a $10,779,567 firm fixed price contract for renovation of the Baker Laboratory facility at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground installation where the work will be performed. The estimated completion date is May 1, 2010. 16 bids were solicited with four bids [...]
Wounded Vet Charity Accuses Own Executive of FraudMilitary Order of the Purple Heart Leader Allegedly Misused Charity Funds By ANNA SCHECTER The executive director of a charity for wounded veterans that pulls in more than ten million dollars per year in donations has allegedly spent tens of thousands of dollars of the charity’s funds inappropriately [...]
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