Join the American Pie movement – Tea Baggers Welcome!

ShareTea baggers who cry about too much government intervention in our lives and fiscal responsibility missing in Congress and the Obama administration, sound like they are on the verge of a tax revolt, yet tend to focus all their ire and anger on health care reform. This of course only serves to make them appear [...]

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country

In a story published by at least 113 news sources, the AP (3/18) reports the Office of Inspector General, the “internal watchdog” for the Veterans Affairs Department, “says VA medical centers need to give compensation and pension medical exams to veterans sooner in order to expedite disability claims.”

Regional Veterans News 3/18/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Lakeport, California, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Lafayette, Louisiana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, La Porte, Indiana, Wareham, Massachusetts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Monroe, Louisiana, Omaha, Nebraska, and Branson, Missouri.

GORDON DUFF: ACLU RESCUES VETS FROM VA ABUSE, LEGION AND VFW “DROP THE BALL”

ShareBIGGEST WAR OF VETS AGAINST “VET HATING” SPECIAL INTEREST AND VA CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY
WHERE ARE THE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS?
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Robert Rosebrock and a group of aging WW2, Korea and Vietnam vets have spent two years protesting the misuse of billions of dollars of veteran land.  Eventually, when they received no support [...]

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country

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Find out What’s Inside Today’s Local News for Veterans

VA NWIHCS To Host Women Veterans Focus Group.
VA Sued For Violating Veteran’s Free-Speech Right.
Baker: Health Information Exchange Will Be Off For At Least Another Month.
Contract Signing Brings VA Clinic In Oregon “Step Closer To Reality.”
New Jersey Committee Approves Fundraising For Purchase Of [...]

Regional Veterans News 3/17/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from New Concord, Ohio, Los Angeles, California Farmington, New Mexico, Hartford, Connecticut, Burlington, Massachusetts, Walnut Creek, California, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Elmira, New York.

Attorneys Fight for Veterans Against VA and VSOs

ShareThe Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization is targeting the use of attorneys by veterans (the Attorneys for Veterans right) to obtain benefits to which veterans are entitled, sending veterans into the hands of the veritable enemy— the Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs).
The ‘Attorneys for Veterans’ or ‘choice’ legislation took effect in June 2007 and now the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) seeks a [...]

Robert Rosebrock: ACLU Sues VA Over Free Speech Rights

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sued the Veteran’s Administration today for denying a 67-year-old Army veteran his free-speech right to protest the agency’s failure to use part of its property in west Los Angeles for the benefit [...]

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country

The New York Times (3/16, A14, Schwartz, 1.09M) reports, “Many veterans…have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq burdened by post-traumatic stress, drug dependency and other problems.

Regional Veterans News 3/16/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Kirtland, New Mexico, Sioux City, Iowa, Riverside, California, Gainesville, Florida, Bristol, Rhode Island, and Melrose, Massachusetts.

Defendants Fresh From War Find Service Counts in Court

Many veterans like Mr. Oldani have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq burdened by post-traumatic stress, drug dependency and other problems. As veterans find themselves skirmishing with the law, judges are increasingly finding ways to provide them with a measure of leniency.

Veterans of Gulf Wars August Reunion—1990 – Present

ShareAnnoucement from the National Gulf War Resource Center (NGWRC):
- A reunion for veterans of the Gulf War (Southwest Asia),  1990 to Present -
Operations Desert Storm – Enduring Freedom – Iraqi Freedom
Guest of honor for the banquet will be Ross Perot.  Join us as we give Mr. Perot the Desert Storm Patriot Award.
Where
Wyndham DWF Airport North
4441 [...]

Regional Veterans News 3/15/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Silver City, New Mexico, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Vacaville, California, Memphis, Tennessee, Amarillo, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Columbus, Ohio, Whistler, British Columbia, Anderson, South Carolina, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country

VA-purchased equipment is flying down the slopes and gliding across the ice at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Games in Vancouver this week. Five Veterans are competing in Vancouver and the adaptive sports equipment they will use to compete and for day-to-day mobility (wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs) were provided by VA Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS). This is the first Paralympics Winter Games in which athletes will be competing with equipment provided by VA.

GORDON DUFF: RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, AN UNAMERICAN CITY OF NOTE

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“MILITARY TRASH, NEGROES, INJUNS, MESSICANS AND QUEERS, RAPID CITY HATES EM’ ALL”
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Rapid City, South Dakota has a long history of racial discrimination against African American Airmen, dating back to the 1940s.  “Negroes, Messicans, Red Skins,” Rapid City hates them all, especially if they are serving their country.
Police Chief Steve Alexander [...]

Regional Veterans News 3/14/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Mount Clemens, Michigan, Frazier Park, California, Selma, Alabama, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Augusta, Georgia, Farmington, New Mexico, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Knoxville, Tennessee, Chicago, Illinois, and Cedar City, Utah.

Purple Heart comes late for World War II veteran

Bob Slone’s dream was to fi­nally get the Purple Heart he de­served for wounds received in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles.

He nearly died on a ridge in Guam where his Marine unit had set up machine guns over­looking a dirt road occupied by Japanese troops.

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country

Veteran Homelessness Fell 18% Last Year. The online version of the Gloucester County (NJ) Times (3/13) hails “Good news out of the national Department of Veterans Affairs this week as the VA announced that the number of veterans out on the streets on a typical night dropped 18 percent. The VA is entering the second year of its initiative to eliminate homelessness among those who have served within the next five years.

Regional Veterans News 3/13/10

Regional stories on veterans’ health, education and other benefits and issues today from Andalusia, Alabama, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Clute, Texas, Montpelier, Vermont, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jewett City, Connecticut, Atlanta, Georgia, Phoenix, Arizona, and Dallas, Texas.

Combat Vet’s PTSD Untreated; Blames Her Gender

According to recent VA statistics, PTSD and depression are the top disability claims among America’s female veterans — many of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan. But many of them have trouble proving that they saw combat — a key to getting treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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