By John Marzulli -DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A federal appeals court upheld a conscientious objector discharge to an Army doctor from Brooklyn whose view on war radically changed after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Dr. Timothy Watson applied for an Army scholarship in 1998 while attending medical school, then sought the discharge during the [...]
WASHINGTON – President Obama Friday warned of rising violence as U.S. troops pull out of Iraqi cities and urged Baghdad to do more to end strife with ethnic and religious factions.Reacting to bombings that have killed more than 200 this week, Obama said, "I think there’s still some work to do" as American forces face [...]
by W. Thomas Smith Jr. -This Week in American Military History: June 22, 1944: Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 — commonly known as the “G.I. Bill of Rights” – into law. The law will literally change the socio-economic landscape of the country: putting teeth in the U.S. Veterans [...]
Researchers link a chemical in children’s urine to appendicitis. Emergency rooms could test for it, preventing unnecessary surgery and increasing the chance of removing the appendix before it bursts. By Thomas H. Maugh II Researchers have identified a chemical in urine that is closely associated with appendicitis in children and are working to develop a [...]
PROVIDENCE — House lawmakers on Friday approved legislation to create a new Department of Veterans Affairs within the Office of Health and Human Services, starting in July 2010. Under the legislation, the agency would take on the work of a smaller veterans’ affairs division, which would be replaced. The new department would have the added [...]
RAVE: For the opening of a much-needed national veterans cemetery in Montevallo. The first burial services for veterans and spouses were held at the new Alabama National Cemetery at Montevallo this week. The cremated remains of six veterans and three spouses were buried. The Alabama National Cemetery is the state’s third national veterans cemetery, joining [...]
The Veterans Airlift Command uses a national network volunteer aircraft owners and pilots to provide air transportation for medical and other compassionate purposes to wounded service members and their families. AeroNews.net-Army Sgt. Jessie Slotte was severely wounded in 2007 when he was ambushed while on patrol in Iraq. Chasing an insurgent, he was led to [...]
Calling All Veterans As Veterans, we are generally accustomed to being independent, self-sufficient, responsible citizens willing to volunteer for many good causes, but often times we feel uneasy asking for help. However, this is one of those times when we need as many helping hands as we can muster to get behind an effort we [...]
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has requested the Department of the Treasury to make $250 payments to eligible Veterans as part of President Obama’s recovery plan. The first payments were sent Monday, June 22. All payments will be distributed by June 30. As part of the recovery plan, VA is making one-time [...]
ALEXANDRIA, VA: Today, the Catholic War Veterans of the United States offer our consolation and our prayers of support and peace for Army Chaplain (MAJ) Fr. Timothy Vakoc and his family and friends. In 2004, while returning from saying Mass for troops in the field, Fr. Vakoc became the first Army Chaplain to be gravely [...]
Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, the House Veterans’Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, led by Chairman John Hall (D-NY), held a hearing to review legislation relating to veterans’ insurance benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Bob Filner (D-CA), Chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, said, [...]
by Rees Lloyd Lest we forget the American veterans who served, over 35,000 giving their lives: The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the communist Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, under the communist dictator Kim Il Sung, without warning, invaded the capitalist Republic of South Korea by sending waves of troops across [...]
What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans 1. Shinseki The Guest Of Honor At Party Thrown By Former Marine. 2. Levin Hired As VA’s Chief Technology Officer. 3. Roberts Says Ondra Is Not A Candidate For VHA Post. 4. Duckworth Honored At Conference For College Women Student Leaders. 5. VA Officials Confident About Smooth Launch Of Post-9/11 GI Bill. 6. Brain [...]
Nammo Talley Defense Inc., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $136,482,000 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the procurement of the M72A7 Light Weight Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) System and Trainers to replenish stockpiles. The M72A7 LAW, Department of Defense Identification Code (DODIC) (HA29) is a man-portable, shoulder launched rocket designed to destroy armored vehicles [...]
Herseth Sandlin Commends VA’s Progress with Setting and Meeting Key Milestones Necessary for Administering New Educational Benefit Washington D.C. – On Thursday, June 25th, 2009, Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) held the second Economic Opportunity Subcommittee hearing of the 111th Congress on the long term and short term implementation strategies employed by the Department of [...]
PHILADELPHIA — An oncologist involved in treating veterans who received botched prostate cancer therapy in Philadelphia has taken a leave of absence from the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school.University officials say Dr. Gary Kao was granted a leave of absence Thursday. Kao is scheduled to testify before a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the [...]
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. – Thirty-five Purple Heart recipients will make Fort Leonard Wood history by becoming charter members of the “Heart of Missouri,” Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 140, the first chapter the area has ever had. When prior Military Policeman Joshua West and Master Sgt. Willie Bowman decided it was time [...]
On Tuesday, I will face a panel of colonels who will decide whether or not to fire me — to discharge me for "moral and professional dereliction" under the military’s "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy.On Tuesday, I will try to prove that it’s not immoral to tell the truth.Dan Choi, a native of California and [...]
Stew Says Read This News Now and Get the Info You Need H1N1 ‘swine’ flu has infected an estimated 1 million in U.S. Jailed homeless to receive aid in Horry County A Big Step for Homeless Veterans Veterans’ Corner: VA reaches out to vets and spouses Sicker Hypertensive Patients Receive Better Care IL Budget woes [...]
The virus is also spreading rapidly through the Southern Hemisphere. A French company announces large-scale production of a vaccine. By Thomas H. Maugh II At least 1 million Americans have now contracted the novel H1N1 influenza, according to mathematical models prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while data from the field indicates [...]
In a mass mailing to all of VVA’s 60,000 members, VVA President John Rowan told us how the VA is not doing its job, and asked us to spread the word on Veterans Health Council. We at Veterans Today say let’s help VVA spread the word, but also contact members of Congress who sit on [...]
THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN CHARACTER THE "CRINGING WIMP" GENERATION By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER For years we hear little else, "But he kept us safe." The "but" refers to bankrupting the country, stealing elections, suspending Constitutional Rights, poisoning the air and water and turning the country over to racketeers from oil, drug, insurance and crooked [...]
"We want to reduce the constant flow of the homeless population to the jail," By Tonya Root – troot@thesunnews.com South Carolina-The state’s first correctional program to aim therapy and substance abuse treatments at homeless inmates is expected to be launched in Horry County by July. County officials announced Thursday that a Conway firm has been [...]
Posted by Tammy Duckworth Whitehouse.gov-As a Veteran, a former State Director of Veterans Affairs and now as Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs I understand the urgent need to address homelessness. Last week’s meeting of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness with Secretary Shinseki, and his counterparts at HUD, Labor and HHS, [...]
By Nancy Walsh, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner RIDGEWOOD, N.J., June 1 — Hypertensive patients who had another condition — related or not — were more likely to receive good medical quality care than those [...]
QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) — Illinois lawmakers were back at work Wednesday, but they made little progress toward closing the state’s massive budget gap. The state is facing $12 billion dollar deficit but lawmakers can’t agree on whether to raise taxes to help fill that hole. Governor Pat Quinn says without a tax increase the state [...]
By STEVE MORRIS smorris@acnpapers.com MARINE ON ST. CROIX – A Washington County gem received an extra coat of polish this week as members of the Minnesota National Guard completed various construction projects throughout the 69-acre Disabled Veterans Rest Camp. The 851st Vertical Engineer Company spent 10 days at the Marine on St. Croix retreat working [...]
Baltimore, MD (Vocus/PRWEB ) Researchers at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine are conducting research using a novel ankle robot ("Anklebot"), invented by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, with stroke patients at the Baltimore VA Medical [...]
By Amy SchenckAlaska Star In some ways climbing Denali was exactly what a team of injured veterans expected – it was an arduous climb riddled with everything from crevasses and couloirs to rocky ridges and sluffing snow. But there were also a few surprises along the way. For one, the weather was impeccable – a [...]
BY ROBIN MERO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES State Sen. Sue Madison joined military veterans Wednesday at the Fayetteville National Cemetery and asked the public to attend a July 7 City Council meeting to object to the rezoning of nearby property for apartment development. "Anyone who has been to a service here was deeply moved by the [...]
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