In death, WWII Survivor Joins ShipmatesSailor spreads ashes of grandfather who survived USS Indianapolis tragedy YOKOSUKA, Japan – When the submarine USS Ohio surfaced at sea and Machinist Mate 1st Class Jason Witty emerged from the hatch to look around, he saw calm, blue water under a peaceful sky — perfect for the solemn task [...]
RECORDS OF VETERANS BEING DESTROYED Learn What You Can About Getting Your Records by Don Horton A press release from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dated 16 October, 2008 revealed employees of the VA’s Inspector General discovered documents related to veteran’s applications for financial benefits were found among documents identified for shredding at three [...]
The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics Obama has a lot to offer, but until our education system is fixed or religious fundamentalism withers, anti-intellectuals will flaunt their ignorance By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the United States come to be dominated by people [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. VA Hospital In Missouri To Host Welcome Home Event. 2. Salvation Army Planning To Build Veterans’ Apartments In California. 3. National Disabilities Awareness Forum Held At VA Facility In West Virginia. 4. VA Co-Hosts Stand Down Event In South Carolina. 5. VA Helps Set Up Veterans Health Fair In Ohio. 6. Clinic In [...]
The President of the Red Coats, John McCain will win on Nov. 4th Do we need to get ready for a 2nd Violent American Civil War? by Carole Epperson As Thomas Jefferson once said “Every generation needs a new revolution”. And folks, this red blue thing is percolating and ready to blow. And we the [...]
WHILE THE VA IS SHREDDING FILES AND VETS LIVE UNDER BRIDGES THE SENATE ACTS VETERANS CAN NOW SALUTE THE FLAG By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Introduced by Sen. James Injofe, R-Okla, listed by many respected veterans groups as one of the worst legislators in Washington but supported by “weenies” from every party, the bill allowing [...]
MCCAIN CLAIMS GROUP HE FUNDED IS TERRORIST VIDEO OF OBAMA WITH MCCAIN TERRORISTS DEMANDED BY MCCAIN????? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Please, someone, explain this to me. John McCain gets up this morning demanding that a tape showing Barak Obama with a Palestinian “terrorist” group be turned over to him by the Los Angeles Times. [...]
"SKINHEAD JOE" JOINS MCCAIN IN OHIO "OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER I am almost a neighbor of the infamous "Joe" the "not really a plumber" and "doesn’t really make 250,000 a year" McCain puppet. Knowing people of his character are around is the best reason to keep a gun to protect [...]
A Short Story for Veterans: The Sack Lunches I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought. Just before take-off, a line of [...]
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded a $605,030,234 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2102) for additional naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pa. (68 percent) and Schenectady, N.Y. (32 percent). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. No completion date or [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Navy To Build GI Bill Claims Processing System. 2. "Sgt. Shaft": Pulmonary Fibrosis Still Not Officially Linked To Agent Orange Exposure. 3. SBA, VA Help Iraq, Afghanistan Vets Start Businesses. 4. Army To Work With NIH On Suicide Study. 5. Hearing Damage Reportedly A Problem For British Troops In Afghanistan. 6. ALS Association [...]
60 Minutes Report Also Examines Costs Borne By Employers Of Deployed Citizen Soldiers Lesley Stahl, at CBS, could only talk to some of the thousands of reservists and guardsmen who have returned from active duty to find problems with their employers over their jobs. The rest can call the assistant secretary of defense directly [...]
New York judge urges special courts for veterans By Steven Walters Madison – Mental health, law enforcement and political leaders and veterans called Monday for the creation of specialized Wisconsin courts for military veterans, citing a growing number who return from service in Iraq and Afghanistan with emotional and other critical needs. "It’s extremely important," [...]
500 Files Pulled From Shredder By JOHN W. ALLMAN TAMPA – A review this week of 57 regional offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has turned up nearly 500 benefit claim records that were set to be destroyed, agency officials said Friday. The VA is now recommending that veterans – those who have [...]
by Robert J. O’Dowd VA policy puts the burden of proof on veterans to provide extensive supporting documentation for disability compensation claims for TCEexposure, even when veterans have been stationed at contaminated military sites and the illness is linked to TCE exposure. Government reports show that many military bases have elevated levels of Trichloroethylene (TCE)-a [...]
Reporter Gordon Lubold looks at the presidential candidates’ potential vision for the US military. What kind of commander in chief would Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama be? By Gordon Lubold National security issues loom large for the next president: He will have to manage the drawdown of thousands of American troops in Iraq, [...]
New Law Authorizes Veterans’ Salutes during National Anthem WASHINGTON — Veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month. “The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who [...]
VA Retro Pay: A Deadline Missed VA Retro Pay: A Vow To Improve After Botched Deadline by Tom Philpott Retired Air Force Maj. Eric Pettersen, 61, of Colorado Springs, Colo., has been frustrated for months by a lack of information on the VA Retro Pay program coming from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. His [...]
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – “Dot-Mil-Docs” has dedicated shows airing in November to wounded warriors throughout Warrior Care Month. Thursday, November 6, we kick the month off with Lt. Col. Sean Mattingly, Operations Officer for the Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment (WWR). The WWR provides and facilitates assistance and support to wounded, injured and ill Marines [...]
Is George W. Bush Sane? by Sherwood Ross The judgment of history may well be that the United States has been “taken into, and kept in, the Iraq War by a guy who is not quite right in his head,” a distinguished legal scholar says. “It may take 25 or 50 years, but it is [...]
Navistar Defense LLC (ND), Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $56,440,112 firm fixed priced delivery order #0007 modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) to procure several engineering changes and sustainment items to support the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category I (CAT I) vehicles currently in theater. Work will be performed in WestPoint, Miss., [...]
TRICARE Encourages Beneficiaries to Give Flu Vaccines a Shot FALLS CHURCH, Va. – TRICARE officials urge uniformed service families to be prepared for this year’s flu season – and an important step to do so is receive a flu vaccine. In the United States more than 220,000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 die every year [...]
STORIES OF COLLABORATION AS A POW A RECORD OF SUPPORTING COMMUNIST VIETNAM AND WORKING AGAINST MIA/POW RECOVERY EFFORTS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER We have all read the stories about McCains temper and his attacks on the families of other POWs. We have all read about his votes against Veterans. We all know of his [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Vet Center Outreach Vehicle Coming To Arkansas. 2. Peake’s Proposal For A Replacement Hospital In Colorado Endorsed. 3. Council Defends Rhode Island Veterans Home 4. Smoking Among US Troops In Iraq Said To Be Up. 5. GAO Recommends Changes To VA Nursing System. 6. VA Official Says Clinic Has Been Delayed By Partnership [...]
Being President Means Never Having to Say ‘I’m Sorry I Wasn’t Prepared.’ By Robert Rosebrock If you think this election is about the economy, then you’d better think again. Let there be no misunderstanding, with less than a week left before electing our 44th President of the United States, this election has now come down [...]
Lynyrd and Me Retrospective: A Lynyrd Skynyrd Story by a Vietnam Veteran By Jere Beery, U.S. Veteran The main reason I’m sharing this story now is because I just turned 60 years old in March and I have been reflecting on my life. This story relates a very unique relationship I had with one of [...]
Georgia Senator Max Cleland Joins Nationwide Movement for Full Mandatory Funding of VA On October 26th, during a veterans rally in upstate New York hosted by Eric Massa, candidate for Congress 29th District, Senator Max Cleland signed Operation Firing For Effect’s resolution for full mandatory funding of veteran’s healthcare. Cleland is the latest high profile [...]
TRICARE Helps To ‘eCareConnect’ With New Families FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Since September 2006, TRICARE has funded eCareConnect, a service that helps DoD hospitals communicate more effectively with expectant parents and new families, providing important research-based health information customized to their stage of parenthood. Since then, more than 20,000 beneficiaries have benefited from this e-mail-based [...]
Sexual Trauma Reported by 15 percent of U.S. Veterans Study Finds women more likely to need mental health services About 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans seeking medical care from the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department have suffered sexual trauma, from harassment to rape, researchers reported on Tuesday. Those Veterans in the study were 1.5 [...]
Today’s Local News for Veterans What’s Inside 1. Study Details Reports Of Sexual Assault Among Female War Veterans. 2. VA Official Says New GI Bill Program Will Begin On Schedule. 3. VA To Deploy Counseling Vehicles In Salt Lake, 49 Other Cities. 4. Veterans Health Care Act Said To Be Good For TBI Victims. 5. VA Providing Assistance To Homeless [...]
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