In reference to OPERATION DESERT STORM UNIT RECONSTITUTE The 143rd Signal Battalion, 3rd Armor Division has had a home at http://voiceofiron.com for over 10 years. POC: SGT Dan Ortíz dan@voiceofiron.com. 143rd Signal BN, 3rd AD – Frankfurt, Germanyhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18987672310 POC: Don Hinckle dhinckle@comcast.net is the admin of the Facebook group, contact him with any issues. The [...]
TRASHED BY LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ALIKE POW ADVOCATE, MCCAIN “ENEMY” AND AMERICAN HERO By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER Ted Sampley was my political opposite but my friend. Ted and his US Veterans Dispatch cut a wide path thru the last couple of decades of hypocrisy and lies. There was little Ted wouldn’t do for POWs [...]
ELKHART, Ind., and Owego, N.Y.— Defense spending means jobs. But when the funding dries up, it can mean a world of pain. Despite an overall increase in the defense budget, President Barack Obama is proposing to scale back or kill some major weapons programs in the year ahead, including the F-22 fighter and the next-generation [...]
Military Overhaul Brings Layoffs, Lost Apartments By Philip P. Pan USSURIYSK, Russia — As a young officer fresh out of a Soviet military academy, Alexander Primak was assigned to serve in this frontier city in the Russian Far East, eight time zones away from his home town in Ukraine. He spent the next quarter-century in [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Funding Aims To Improve Rural Vets’ Care. 2. Memorial Day Ceremony Held At Six Flags. 3. Judge Trying To Establish Veterans’ Court In California. 4. National Cemeteries Host Memorial Day Ceremonies5. Blue Star Mothers Meet With Lawmaker. 6. Vet Accused Of Violating Stolen Valor Act 7. VA Doctor: Good Elderly Health Begins With Steps [...]
The most powerful grassroots peace movement organization, MoveOn, has not pushed Obama or Congress on U.S. conflicts raging across the planet By Tom Hayden The most powerful grassroots organization of the peace movement, MoveOn, remains silent as the American wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan simmer or escalate. The executive director of MoveOn, Justin Ruben, [...]
by Blaine Harden North Korea announced Wednesday that it is no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that halted the Korean War, the latest and most profound diplomatic aftershock from the country’s latest nuclear test two days earlier. North Korea also warned that it would respond "with a powerful military strike" should its ships be [...]
Matthew Alexanders says torture has "literally cost us hundreds if not thousands of American lives." by Ryan Grim A former top interrogator is responding forcefully to the case Dick Cheney made on Thursday in favor of torture (what the former VP and his allies refer to as "enhanced interrogation methods.") Brave New Films released a [...]
Survey shows they see tepid recovery and mounting unemployment WASHINGTON – More than 90 percent of economists predict the recession will end this year, although the recovery is likely to be bumpy. That assessment came from leading forecasters in a survey by the National Association for Business Economics to be released Wednesday. It is generally [...]
by Sherwood Ross, Staff Writer A new book by essayist Lawrence Velvel, Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, has won the 2009 gold medal in the essay/creative category of Independent Publisher, the voice of the independent publishing industry. The “IPPY” Award was conferred for his non-fiction work “An Enemy of the People: [...]
Veteran Tickets Foundation to lead local singing contest by Shelle Michaels, Staff Writer Are you a budding country singer with just the right “twang” in your voice? Do you know every Toby Keith song and want a chance to meet him? Are you currently Active Duty or a Veteran of the U.S. Military? If you [...]
Mansfield Oil Co., Gainesville, GA*, is being awarded a maximum $56,868,550 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are in various military and federal civilian locations throughout Midwestern states. Using services are Army, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. Contract funds will expire at the end of the [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Actor Urges More Funding For Disabled Vets, Mental Health Counseling.2. World War II Vet Honored For Volunteering At VA.3. VA Canteens In Nebraska Named Tops In Country.4. Congress Considering Advance Appropriations For VA. 5. State Lawmakers In California Propose Change To New GI Bill. 6. Money Allocated For Veterans Clinic In Nevada. 7. Human, [...]
This past week, the nation lost another hero. 1LT Roslyn Schulte was Killed in Action on May 20, 2009. Soldiers’ Angels (www.SoldiersAngels.org) has a support team called the Ladies of Liberty (www.SoldiersAngelsLadiesofLiberty.com) and it has been our honor to support Ros during her deployment in Afghanistan. As the Director for this team, it was hard [...]
Desert Storm Veterans Time to do Roll call with your units that you served with in the Gulf War 90-91! Family members welcomed! We need you to check in with data re any unit members you know who have died. Details age, date of death, cause. Need you to check in if you are ill [...]
On Memorial Day, We remember all of our lost Veterans, but what about the lost Veterans who’ve been thrown away to places far far away? by Raul F. Gorgorgoroso, U.S. Navy Veteran My name is Raul F. Gorgorgoroso. ex BM3 USN. Honorable Discharge. I moved to the US when I was 10 years old from Uruguay. As [...]
‘Support our troops’ rings hollow when it comes to post-traumatic stress disorder by Catherine Whitney My brother, Jim, was a soldier once, but when he died, at age 53, he was long past the time when anyone called him a hero. He died alone, in poverty, alienated from family and friends, his life and death [...]
by Denise Nichols, Staff Writer Desert Storm Veterans WE are starting a drive to Virtually Reconstitute Units that served. Check in time is now on facebook. I will alert you on units that have started their facebook pages. Help us by publicity everywhere! If your unit is not there yet, take the leadership and do [...]
by Amy Branham, Staff Writer I had every intention to make the trip downtown to the Flag Memorial today and see it when my friends from the local chapter of Veterans For Peace had it all put up. I went down yesterday and talked to a few people as they were working hard and fast to [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Obama Says America Has Not Always Shown Veterans Respect. 2. Military Family That Lost Son In Iraq Reflects On Memorial Day. 3. Army Captain Who Lost Leg In Iraq Now Involved With Wounded Warrior Project. 4. Vietnam Veteran Founded "Vets Journey Home" To Welcome Returning Troops. 5. Veterans Who Lost Limbs Participate [...]
by Tom Barnes, Staff Writer It is 0730 in the morning on Memorial Day, 2009. It is cloudy, humid and already in the mid 70s in Alexandria, Virginia where I live. I sit here as a retired Coast Guard warrant officer and IU disabled veteran listening to the motorcycles roll down I-395 toward D.C. which [...]
Company helps veterans start their own businesses with Corps Care program Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Cruise Planners/American Express, the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network in the cruise industry, has awarded Air Force veteran Chris Silman with a franchise worth $10,000. The Arizona veteran was notified in honor of Memorial Day. Cruise Planners hosted [...]
GEN. WESLEY CLARK, CONGRESS MEMBERS LAUNCH “BEYOND TRIBUTE” TO REDEFINE MEMORIAL DAY, VETERANS’ DAY TO SUPPORT VETERANS WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Sex & The City’s Kim Cattrall Is National Spokesperson; Advisory Board Includes Walter Cronkite, Judd Apatow, Bob Balaban, Frank O. Gehry, Gore Vidal, Whoopi Goldberg Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009 [...]
RENE: MARINE HERO TO INCARCERATED VET by Matt Davison, Staff Writer Serving veterans incarcerated creates bonds with warriors who took part in wars spanning Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. One vet, who is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island, California, precedes all these wars, and has become a valued friend over [...]
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, led by Chairman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), conducted the first of a series of hearings on Gulf War Illness research. The hearing provided a review of the history of the research that has been conducted on Gulf War Illness, examined [...]
Outreach Can Only Be Effective with Improved Accessibility Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee, led by Chairman Michael Michaud (D-ME), held a hearing to assess the responsibility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an outreach program to veterans of all eras. The hearing focused [...]
Top adviser says military would not start on a timeline until Congress acts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon would comply if Congress repeals the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, but added the U.S. armed forces are already stretched thin fighting two wars. Adm. [...]
Leon Cooper, former Navy Ensign and amphibian boat commander, not only remembers the battle in November 1943, but is now fighting to clean-up the battlefield to make it a fit memorial for thousands who died there. Garbage now litters the beaches on Betio Island in the Tarawa atoll, one of the bloodiest battles fought by [...]
United States Marine, Inc., Gulfport, Miss., is being awarded a $61,562,641 firm-fixed-price contract for detail design and construction of 10 Mark V Patrol Boats for the Kuwaiti Navy under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The vessel is designed for coastal patrol and interdiction, and other special operations at sea. Work will be performed in [...]
Pinups For Vets Update by Gina the PinUp Girl An update is overdue! There have been some exciting things going on with the project lately! Some of you may have seen my updates on Facebook. By the way, if you are a member of Facebook, please add me! You can find my profile by searching pinupsforvets@aol.com. I’d [...]
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