The BBC News online today is running a piece entitled US commander signals peace talks with Taliban in which we learn that General Stanley McChrystal is expecting peace to break out once our 30K troops and NATOs 7K troops get involved on the ground in Afghanistan. No. It is not going to work that way and General McChrystal [...]
Sixty-five years after the Germans captured Norman D. Fellman of Prescott during World War II, the U.S. Army recognized him Wednesday as one of 350 U.S. soldiers who were held as slaves inside Nazi Germany at the Berga an der Elster camp.
Neterans, new, benefits, health and education stories today from: Durango, Colorado, Detroit, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Prescott, Arizona, San Antonio, Texas, Toma, Wisconsin,Camp LeJeune, North Carolina
This is a story of the abuse of soldiers from 1955 thru 1975 and how this nation has ignored their medical problems for the past 50 years, and ignored the 40% death rate and 54% disability rate. This is worse than any X File episode the CIA could create, in this case the truth is stranger than the fiction.
by Sgt. James Humbucker Any person who has worked or will work for an organization that requires access to restricted information more than likely has or will need a security clearance. The largest source of individuals with security clearances is the military population. Once this group finishes their military career, the majority pack up their [...]
Attn Employers! Find out Why Hiring Veterans Makes Cents by Capt. Benjamin Jones There is now doubt that hiring U.S. Veterans makes cents from many standpoints…..below, Veterans Today is proud to list the top 10 list………so here we go: 1. Accelerated Learning Curve Veterans have the proven ability to learn new skills and concepts. In [...]
Job Boards for U.S. Veterans Get Net Evaluated VeteransToday.com puts the Job Sites to the Test As the veterans community increases from America’s prolonged conflicts around the world, so does its need to find jobs. As a result, there has been a plethora of job boards launched to meet the new market demand. Most of the job [...]
DUNBAR: The Most Trusted Name in Security is Reaching Out to Hire Veterans Industry Leader Looking to Employ America’s Best Since their inception over 80 years ago, Dunbar, one of America’s leading security firms, has been driven to understand their customers and their industries needs and provide them with the best solution that remains affordable [...]
CHRISTMAS BOMBING AUDIO TAPE LAMEST YET YOU WERE CAUGHT, ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON WITH LIFE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The new audio tape from “Osama bin Laden” taking responsibility for the idiotic and childish incident in Detroit where moronic Nigerian armed with a useless “bomb” is simply too much. Now using audio [...]
The BBC News online is running an article today entitled Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive? It is a good question and from the article I think we can assume that he is dead. In today’s Washington Post there is a piece entitled Bin Laden claims airline bomb attempt on Christmas [...]
By THOMAS C. HALL, CHAIR, Vietnam Veterans of America, PTSD/SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE Suicide rates in the active military and among veterans are on the rise. Military Sexual Trauma (MST) continues at epidemic proportions, and under-diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI) ensures a future of pain for veterans and their families. Homelessness and incarceration await too many [...]
In his book, “Never Fly Solo,” Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman, pilot of the sound-breaking dogfighter the F-16, makes a surprising confession: “You see, I was a claustrophobic fighter pilot with a fear of heights…” In “Never Fly Solo,” the successful pilot talks about the challenges and opportunities that faced him in his chosen career. But “Never Fly Solo” is not about being a pilot. Waldman wrote a book full of tips for being successful in business. The way he figures it, the lifesaving career-making tools he picked up as a claustrophobic fighter pilot could be applied to just about anything and to anyone. And “Never Fly Solo” proves that he is right.
In today’s picks: “The Creation museum is a National Joke,” “The Haiti Haters,” “SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ ” and another look at a very suspicious death “UK- 70-year gag on Dr. David Kelly death evidence.” Update” “Vampires Human Cattle and Supreme Court Capos.”
The Greatest Myth: The 9/11 Commission offered insight into the systemic problems of the CIA and the intelligence community. The Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 solved the problems that had been exposed by the 9/11 Commission by creating a director of national intelligence, the so-called intelligence tsar. In fact, the 9/11 Commission failed to use the powers it had been given to explore the reasons for the 9/11 intelligence failure.
Today’s regional veterans’ news items cover veterans’ health, education and benefits from Hampton, Virgina, Jefferson City, Missouri, Washington, DC, London, England, Williamson, West Virginia, Quincy, Illinois,Muskogee, Oklahoma,Waco, Texas and Idaho Falls, Idaho
Lance Corporal Mathison and several Marines near him were spared when the IED he had ncountered failed to detonate. So began a brief journey through the Taliban’s shifting tactics and the vagaries of war, where an experience at the edge of death became instead an affirmation of friendship, and in which a veteran Marine reluctantly assumed for a morning one of the infantry’s most coveted roles: that of the charmed man.
UPDATES ON POLITICS IN ISRAEL FROM URI AVNERY The Liebarak By Uri Avnery THE BUSINESS is registered in the name of Binyamin Netanyahu. But the reality is different. Netanyahu has never been more than a slick patent medicine salesman. That is a type that appears frequently in American Westerns and sells an elixir that is [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decision and the Corporate State: By Dr. John Humins STAFF WRITER In December 2000, the Florida presidential election was in chaos. We remember the hanging chads and the debate about which votes counted and which were to be cast aside. We should also remember the blatant irregularities that prevented thousands of voters, [...]
C U R R E N T N E W S E A R L Y B I R D January 22, 2010 Use of these news items does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. Item numbers indicate order of appearance only. This is the [...]
USA’s new “Turn”…!!! By Sajid Ansari for Veterans Today After lots of drum-beating of “war-on-terror” and Al-Qaida, for 9 years, which is nowadays under heavy criticism, at home and abroad, the US administration is now shifting world’s attention towards “Mumbai attack” and involvement of LeT- Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, declaring it as a Global threat. That’s what the [...]
The federal court has accepted a lawsuit by veterans of the Cold War experiments conducted at Edgewood Arsenal from 1955 thru 1975. The government chose to ignore these men since 1975 and it has taken a lawsuit to make the government accept responsibility for medical harm caused them by toxic exposures.
National progressive leaders gathered outside the White House last Wednesday, on the one year anniversary of Obama’s inauguration, with the message of Losing Hope and Taking Action. As they voiced our frustrations to Obama, we renew our commitment to bringing about change—join us in signing the letter below and don’t stop there. Demand that President [...]
In addition to Veterans and Military Families marching on Washington in the Spring to protest the continued occupation of Iraq, Obama’s SURGE in Afghanistan, how our troops and Veterans are treated when they come home, and to close Guantanamo Bay (GITMO), there has been a more recent effort by military Veterans and families to close GITMO that occurred this month.
The Nation continues Jeremy Scahill’s coverage of Blackwater in Pakistan and War Looms Between Israel and Hezbollah at Truthdig along with the grim news from Haiti of a death toll that has climbed above 111,000 in Today’s picks … Doing a Disservice to Women Who Serve Today, on its 37th anniversary, Roe v. Wade is [...]
by Barton Kunstler, Ph.D., Author, “The Hothouse Effect” “Banished veterans.” The phrase shouldn’t make sense. Someone joins the military, fights in a war, returns home, and then is banished? Thankfully, this can’t happen here… But it is happening here. Thousands of men and women who have risked their lives in the country’s wars have been [...]
Left/Right Productions, an award-winning television production company based in New York City, is working with OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network to develop an inspiring new documentary series about individuals experiencing life-transforming events.
In short, eight months prior to the invasion of Iraq this official U.K. document indicated that Bush wanted to go after Saddam, but they were going to have to lie to justify it. The memo was leaked by the British press in 2005. But in spite of the senseless deaths of tens of thousands of innocent human beings – including our own American troops – as a direct result of this criminal deception, it’s been all but ignored by the American media. They’ve given more coverage to Tiger Woods’ sex life.
BLACKWATER/XE ACCUSED OF COMPLICITY IN TERRORISM AND WAR AGAINST US TROOPS TOP TALIBAN MILITANTS RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AT BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE From Sabrina Elkhani & Steve Nelson Introduction and Editorial note: Gordon Duff, Senior Editor Veterans Today Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been briefed by the Pakistani Military High Command that they are [...]
American Sentinel University (www.americansentinel.edu), an accredited online university that provides degree programs and practical education for professionals, is proud to sponsor a webinar on careers in information technology security led by American Sentinel University’s Vice President of Military Programs, Lt. Col. Paul Capicik. The informative webinar will focus on careers in the dynamic world of information technology security for current and past military members. During the webinar Lt. Col. Capicik will draw on his years of experience in the IT field, discussing issues
Dyer has been charged with first degree rape. When police searched Dyer’s home for evidence on that charge, they found a grenade launcher that matched the description of one of three that were reportedly stolen from an Army post in California.
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