Disabled Veterans who return to active duty temporarily lose VA benefits. by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer Though I show MyArmyBenefits as an example, this special report applies to VETERANS returning to active duty in any of our military services. Any Veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan war who has gone through the hassle [...]
By Mike Griffith, Staff Writer Less than two weeks ago President Obama announced some sound, prudent steps to help small businesses, but this news was largely overlooked because it came just as the AIG bonus scandal hit the airwaves. The substantial small-business tax breaks that the Obama White House outlined are not only encouraging, but [...]
by Gareth Porter Washington – Despite President Barack Obama’s statement at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina Feb. 27 that he had "chosen a timeline that will remove our combat brigades over the next 18 months," a number of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), which have been the basic U.S. Army combat unit in Iraq for six [...]
Falls Church, VA – New, lower rates will help provide continuity of coverage to Reserve Component members and their families. Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, deputy director of TRICARE Management Activity, and Chief of Army Reserves Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz discussed their thoughts on the evolution of TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) during recent interviews. [...]
By Wendy Norris Veterans groups fighting to update the definition of combat to ease hurdles for service personnel to tap into health care benefits found an unlikely opponent in U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. The Colorado Springs Republican’s district includes five military bases — including Fort Carson, which has suffered a rash of murders and suicides [...]
President’s First Hundred Days Producing Surprising Results for Domestic Agenda by Mike Griffith, Staff Writer As with all other presidents, not everything that President Obama is doing is bad. Some Republicans—not all, but some—refuse to give the president any credit for any of the good things he’s doing; for that matter, they refuse to admit that anything [...]
Posted by Mike Griffith, Staff Writer The Jerusalem Post, among other sources, is challenging the Guardian’s reports of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. It should be kept in mind that the Guardian is the same UK newspaper that published the false story of an Israeli massacre in Jenin. The Guardian has also alleged that Israel has been killing [...]
One in five new hires are veterans, military spouses, Reserve or National Guard USAA, the financial services provider of choice to the military community, is making significant progress toward its goal of having at least 20% of its workforce made up of employees with military experience, including veterans, military spouses and members of the National [...]
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2009, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs met to vote on three bills that would improve benefits and services to veterans provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Committee unanimously passed all three bills with a voice vote. · H.R. 1377 (as amended), To expand veteran [...]
by Marc Kahlberg Detectives of the Pembroke Pines, FL Police Anti-Terrorism Unit traveled to Israel and met with Det. Sgt. Major Marc Kahlberg from the Netanya Israel Police. Marc was one of the first people on scene of the disastrous Park Hotel Suicide Bombing where 30 people were killed and hundreds more injured, (this is [...]
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $320,000,000 not to exceed modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0028). This modification provides for long lead materials and efforts associated with the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Air System Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot III procurement of the required [...]
by A Soldiers Mind When someone is in a stressful situation, one of the body’s natural response to stress, fright, or danger, is what is called the fight or flight response. This is a very natural and inborn reaction to stressful situations that we all experience when we’re in stressful situations. It is our body’s [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Following Critical Documentary, VA Highlights New Approach To Mental Healthcare. 2. Report Criticizes Gulf War Vaccine Tests Conducted By Israel. 3. Injured Troops Criticize Fort Bragg Warrior Transition Unit. 4. Hundreds Of Vets Show Up For Testing At Miami VA Hospital. 5. As Area Braces For Floods, Fargo VA Hospital Transfers Patients. [...]
Payments will inject more than $13 Billion into Economy Vice President Joe Biden and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced today that the federal government will send out $250 economic recovery payments to people who receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits beginning in early May 2009 and continuing throughout the [...]
IDF Drones Murder 48 Gaza Civilians by Richard Silverstein IDF drones have been used to kill 48 Gaza civilians during the Attack on Gaza a few months ago. The Guardian in the U.K. has published a searing investigative report (watch the video and be prepared to feel outrage) charging the widespread use of unmanned drones [...]
From VN Vets Folks, we have a bit of an emergency here. April 25 and 26, the Annual Wounded Warrior Bike Ride from Bethesda Naval Hospital to Gettysburg is scheduled to occur. Plans have been in the making for almost a year, and you cannot imagine the logistical effort to put something like this together. [...]
SAVE THE DATE – TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL HOSTS SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION WITH GUANTANAMO BAY EXPERTS IN ADVANCE OF ITS WORLD PREMIERE FILM, EXPLORER: INSIDE GUANTANAMO, AN IN-DEPTH PORTRAIT OF THE INFAMOUS DETENTION CENTER. Moderated by Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace and Featuring a Panel of Experts — Including Current and [...]
We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? By Dara Colwell While Uncle Sam’s scramble for new revenue sources has recently kicked up the marijuana debate — to legalize and tax, or not? — hemp’s feasibility as [...]
by Ben August, reporting from Vietnam This past year I met someone who has truly lived the American Dream. She grew up sharing a bed with her three siblings, going to the toilet in an outhouse until she was 15 and helping her parents with their family business, literally run out of their garage. With [...]
By Josh Dawsey With four days left on his second tour of duty in Iraq, Conway resident Ronald Phillips Jr. was excited. He was coming home to his two daughters and his family, and they were going to take the vacation of a lifetime – going to Disney World for the first time. But that [...]
Portions of Law to Expire This Year By Carrie Johnson FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III urged lawmakers yesterday to renew intelligence-gathering measures in the USA Patriot Act that are set to expire in December, calling them "exceptional" tools to help protect national security. The law, passed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, [...]
Hoping That America Never Forgets, Young War Widows Take Up Cross-Country Crusade By JAMES HILL and JAIME HENNESSEY The women of the American Widow Project, an online support network and nonprofit organization dedicated to unifying a new generation of widows, are far from traditional. They surf, skydive and now road-trip to honor their husbands, who died [...]
By Alamgir Bitani PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan wants the United States to reconsider its use of pilotless drones to attack militants, a government spokesman said on Thursday, hours after 11 people were killed in two missile attacks. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the result of a review of Afghan and Pakistani policy [...]
By Mary Beth Sheridan MEXICO CITY — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Mexico on Wednesday with a blunt mea culpa, saying that decades of U.S. anti-narcotics policies have been a failure and have contributed to the explosion of drug violence south of the border. "Clearly what we’ve been doing has not worked," [...]
by Randy Ark For over two hundred years, there have been meetings where the fate of Springfield and its properties have been decided and discussed. Last night’s “open forum” at the Heritage Center was no different. As they did then, so we do now. Over a span of two hundred years, beginning with James Demint, [...]
MEXICO, MAFIAS, AND BAGGY BORDERS, by Chuck Norris Do you ever wonder how we can conquer the Middle East but can’t close our own borders? In the news just this past week was this small sampling of headlines: "Locals, Feds Prepare for Any Escalation of Mexican Border Violence"; "(New Mexico) delegation asks for border task force"; [...]
By Larry Kudlow This whole AIG fiasco — where the entire political class is suddenly screaming over bonuses paid to derivative traders in AIG’s financial-products division — is just a complete farce. What it really shows is how the government has completely bungled the AIG takeover. Blame the Bush administration and the Obama administration. It [...]
U.S. drug use fuels border violence Secretary of state in Mexico to bolster anti-narcotics cooperation by Paula Jackson Stop using Drugs Now! Drug Use in our country is a matter of National Security. If no one used illegal drugs then there would be no "Drug War". Now, most of us on the side of sanity [...]
SOME CALL IT “MICRO-ECONOMICS” I CALL IT “RIP-OFF” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER If only we were all rich and didn’t have to shop or like some folks, never had to look at food that wasn’t already on a plate. For those of us who shop, the grocery experience tells alot of stories. My first [...]
NOTES FROM A VETERAN AND OFFICIAL “ECONOMIST NERD” THERE ARE REALLY SOME “DUMDUM’S” IN THE PRESS CORPS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER I actually sat and watched the entire press conference last night. Obama has high ratings, usually a sign of something being very wrong, and I wanted to get a general view of what [...]
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