About: Karen St. John

Email : kstjohn11@comcast.net
Website : http://www.stjohnjournals.com

Karen St. John was born in Iowa. She taught several years before relocating to Indiana in 1991 where she worked for the State of Indiana until 2005. She was awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash in 1997, the State’s highest honor for public service. St. John’s work has been published in national magazines and state newspapers. She writes of people she meets and personal experiences, but her primary focus is veterans and bringing their concerns and critical issues into mainstream America. St. John has dedicated a web site for veterans called Veterans Issues. Additional writings by Ms. St. John can at found at St. John Journals. Ms. St. John currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana and can be reached at stjohnjournals@comcast.net.

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Community Health Plan of Washington Offers Veterans Careers with Competitive Pay and a Healthy Benefits Package

Established in 1992, the Community Health Plan of Washington has become the fifth largest health program (commercial or non-profit) in the state of Washington. The company is actively inviting veterans to look into its job openings and become part of its successful team.

Western Peterbilt Hiring Veterans

Western Peterbilt is committed to the highest standards of performance and takes pride in being the industry leading experts. The company is actively seeking veterans to become a part of its work force.

Fire Safe Protection Company Needs Veterans for Jobs Now!

Offering a full range of fire, security and sound systems services, Fire Safe Protection Services, Ltd. readily meets the security and fire protection needs of its customer markets.

Jeppesen: Strategic Subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services Wants Veterans

For nearly 75 years, Jeppesen has helped aviation professionals worldwide reach their destinations safely and successfully. Today Jeppesen, the successful subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, is wanting to hire veterans as part of its successful team.

CH2M Hill: Global Company in Full-Service Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Operations Solutions Wants Veterans on Its Team

Multiple recipient of Fortune Magazine’s 100’s Award-winning, Best-in-Class Global Company CH2M Hill is Seeking to Hire Veterans for Their Problem-Solving Skills, Integrity and Team Spirit

Insurance Company extends resources to help Veteran’s launch their own Business

ShareAccredited Surety and Casualty Company partners with HireVeterans.com
Veterans Get Boost From Insurance Company to Start to their own Business
Accredited Surety and Casualty Company, Inc. is one of the nation’s most respected niche insurance companies. Licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Accredited specializes in underwriting bail and non-contract commercial surety bonds. Building [...]

Book Review for “No Price Too Great” Written by Lee Solomon

Lee Solomon was an eighteen-year-old high school drop out when he joined the Marine Corps. He served in Viet Nam during the late 1960s and is a Khe Sanh veteran.

During his tour in Vietnam, the young recruit spent a few days in Hong Kong and developed a soft heart for the women of China. So it was not surprising that years after his service, the former Marine allowed himself to be introduced to a young Chinese woman, via mutual friends. Eventually, Solomon traveled to Hong Kong to introduce himself to his friend, who had become the love of his life.

When questions starting arriving from fellow veterans in similar situations to his, Solomon recognized a real need to document the process of coming together as a couple and establishing a family in America. “No Price Too Great” mirrors the troubling thoughts and raw emotions of a man facing the trials and tribulations entailed in bringing his Chinese love, Ping, and her daughter, to the United States.

When questions starting arriving from fellow veterans in similar situations to his, Solomon recognized a real need to document the process of coming together as a couple and establishing a family in America. No Price Too Great mirrors the troubling thoughts and raw emotions of a man facing the trials and tribulations entailed in bringing his Chinese love, Ping, and her daughter, to the United States.

Jobs for Veterans at Top Security Company

ShareDUNBAR: 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 for [...]

Book Review of “Never Fly Solo” Written by Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman

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.

Book Review: Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis

Okay, okay, I kid. But I do not kid about this: Who Turned Out the Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis, written by hip authors Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (they offer quotes from “Midnight Cowboy,” “Groundhog Day” and MontyPython skits) is a must read. Itis also an easy one.

Veterans Honoring Veterans: Indiana’s Patriot Guard

ShareBy Karen St. John, Staff Writer
The Patriot Guard Riders (PGR), a non-profit organization, is a relatively new phenomenon; but its sense of brother and sisterhood is not.  The group itself was formed to protect one of their own:  a fallen soldier.
In August of 2005, the American Legion Riders of Chapter 136 out of Kansas, learned [...]

Book Review: Distant War, Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by Marc Phillip Yablonka

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Distant War (Paperback)
By (author) Marc Phillip Yablonka

by Karen St. John, Staff Writer 
      Like many of us, the Vietnam War became teenager Marc Phillip Yablonka’s war.  The son of a holocaust survivor and U.S. WW II veteran, Yablonka watched as the war dragged on and Saigon fell in 1975.  For decades falling the collapse, [...]

The Boston Red Sox Hit the Home Run of a Lifetime: Healthcare For Veterans

Shareby Karen St. John, Staff Writer 
To the die-hard fans in Massachusetts and those of us scattered across the nation, good news about the Boston Red Sox is not a surprise.  In fact, it is downright expected when our team has so many players with awesome skills and fierce determination.  But even I, a steady Red [...]

US Troops Under Friendly Fire in DC

ShareThe ribbons are on the cars, the words are on the marquees and the signs are posted in front windows:  “Support our troops.”  Americans learned a critical lesson from the Vietnam War.  Most citizens no longer make the horrific mistake of transferring hatred for the war onto the troops, or blame them for the political [...]

BOOK REVIEW: Red Clay on my Boots, an encounter with Vietnam's Khe Sanh by "Doc" Topmiller

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With his family steadfast against his plans to enlist in the marines and go to Vietnam, seventeen-year old Robert J. Topmiller did the next best thing – he joined the U.S. Navy in 1966 under the Kiddy Cruiser Program, which permitted those under eighteen to enlist, with an out date [...]