THE WAR WITHIN – Infighting among Veterans is counterproductive David K. Winnett, Jr.for Veterans Today There are no greater patriots than our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coastguardsmen. Collectively, the members of America’s Armed Forces represent the most formidable foe that any potential enemy could possibly imagine. They are better educated, better trained, and better [...]
OCTOBER DESERT STORM/GULF WAR TAPS REPORT Half of the twenty deaths were under the age of 50! Count is 20 so far for October. Age Groups: 30′s -3, 40′s-7, 50′s -6, 60′s -3, 70s -1. Military Service count: Army- 4, Army Reserve 1, USMC 5, USAF 4, NG 1, Army National Guard 1, USN [...]
The Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans has submitted its final report to Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Below is the text of the letter to Gen. Shinseki, the report’s introduction, and a listing of six issue areas. From the Final Report, "Changing the Culture, Placing Care Before [...]
Urgent Message to Friends of Gulf War Illness Research Excerpts of the Chairman’s message to the Senate Friends of Gulf War illness treatments research: "I was stunned to learn that the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee report on the 2010 defense appropriations bill includes no dedicated funding for the Gulf War illness research program of the [...]
August 09 Taps Gulf War 90-91 Veterans A minimum of 45 Veterans of Operation Desert Storm died in August 09. These are collated from online obituaries and do not include all deaths. Small towns and rural areas are probably not being picked up. Of these 9 were Navy Veterans, 1 was a Navy Reserve, 26 [...]
TAPS GULF WAR VETERAN DEATHS SO FAR FOR SEPT TOTAL 25! I have been saving all the Obits over last several Months, but I too needed to take a mental break from publishing the Taps columns. Service(counts include multiple services) USMC-5, USN-4, USNR-1, ANG-1, USA- 11, USAF-5Ages 38-39=7 40-45=6 46-49=2 53-57=2 60-63=4 81-89=2 ?Age=2Conflicts(multiples (5) [...]
Gulf War Veterans Input Requests Gulf War Veteran Update Veteran’s Affairs Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Advisory is holding their last meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in DC on Wednesday and Thursday. There is a phone line to use to listen in on this two day wrap up. They are continuing their work [...]
TRUTH – 12th Preventative Medical Team- ODS The possession, probable use of, use of, and deliberate destruction of Iraq stockpiles VX, sarin, cyclo sarin, tabun, soman , multiple seven , and novachuks that were provided by the U.S., England, Germany, and the Soviet Union to Iraq throughout the 1980′s was well known during ODS and [...]
GULF WAR VETERANS A CRITICAL WEEK RIGHT NOW Gulf War Veterans who are ill and their family members have a critical week this week. Your US Senators are at their Home offices in your own state as are your US Representatives. It is time after 19 years of watching your fellow veterans getting worse and [...]
The Department of Veteran Affairs needs to act quickly to gain the trust of the Gulf War Veterans. The National Gulf War Resource Center calls upon the Secretary to form a panel of veterans from the Gulf War Groups, VA staff and outside researchers that will create new guidelines on how the VA will deal [...]
As a doctor, I committed myself many years ago to helping others through medicine. Research for undiagnosed or unknown illnesses is a critical part of providing care to patients. So I was disappointed to hear that the Veterans Administration has decided to terminate its contract with the UT Southwestern Medical Center conducting research on Gulf [...]
by Denise Nichols, Staff Writer How Do I go on? I am not sure. I ask all my veterans and civilian friends to unite and further distribute news of all the facts. The Gulf War Veterans are ill and are DYING! This is beyond sitting and just reading. The Government now for 18 years has refused [...]
A Gulf War Veteran Salutes Senator Kennedy As we all mourn the passing of Senator Kennedy, The Lion of the Senate and Health Care and a Veteran himself, who always answered the call from service members and their families. I sit here and wonder what would he say about the current situation of cutting funds [...]
THE Critical Steps That Are NOW IN LIMBO For Gulf War Veterans Next Steps The symptoms of veterans suffering from Gulf War illnesses are subjective, and the causes, diagnoses, and treatments are elusive. Therefore, a guiding principle for this research program has always been that objective studies—verified by researchers at different institutions and replicated in [...]
The Government Side of the Dispute with Gulf War Illness UTSW Medical AKAKA URGES SHINSEKI TO TERMINATE CONTRACT WITH UNIVERSITY AFTER INVESTIGATION REVEALS BREACH OF TERMS IG finds VA in error and University in breach of $15 million contract on Gulf War IllnessWASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) reacted [...]
The Implications of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Limited Scope of Gulf War Illness Research340 Cannon House Office Building Opening Statements Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hon. John J. Hall, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York Witness Testimonies Panel 1 Lynn Goldman, M.D., MPH, Professor, Bloomberg [...]
Why can’t there be a Third Way? Personal Editorial on Gulf War Illness VA Collaborative Center UTSWMED Dallas Here is a brief Editorial just posted from a Dallas Source.UT Southwestern’s Gulf War setback Just a few weeks ago, congressional influence and common sense seemed to have combined to save UT Southwestern’s research efforts to determine [...]
National Gulf War Resource Center Responds to UTSWMED Contract Cancellation on Gulf War Illness Research NGWRC in reviewing both sides of the Contracting Failure for the UTSWMED/VA Collaborative Center on Gulf War Illness views the situation as a potential loss most of all to the ill Gulf War Veterans. Jim Bunker, President of the NGWRC, states [...]
EXCESS Mortality Rates in Shorter Time Period after Gulf War vs Vietnam War In the publication just available on pubmed entitled, A systematic review of post-deployment injury-related mortality among military personnel deployed to conflict zones. Authors Knapik JJ,etal. from the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA show the [...]
Breaking NEW RESEARCH FROM BOSTON VA Confirms Gulf War Veterans Health Changes Related to Sarin Gas Gulf War Syndrome Researchers Blame Sarin Gas and Toxic Exposures by Lourdes Salvador Toomey and colleagues, researchers at the Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System, confirmed that Gulf War deployment is associated with subtle declines of motor speed and sustained [...]
Walk to Defeat ALS – Call For Support from Gulf War Veterans Community Since the community of Gulf War Veterans were the ones that brought forward the issue of ALS in Gulf War Veterans that has since been expanded to an issue of veterans at large. We think it only appropriate to encourage support of [...]
NATIONAL LDN AWARENESS WEEK October 19 – 25th, 2009 an old drug, a controversial treatment, successful across a range of diseases, linked by immune system dysfunction BUT YOU won’t hear of it, and YOU won’t be offered it. On October 19th, patients, physicians and researchers alike will convene at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, [...]
VA Continues Gulf War Research, Cancels Contract with UTSW Medical Center WASHINGTON – Citing persistent noncompliance and numerous performance deficiencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will not exercise the third year of a five-year, $75 million contract with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) to perform research into Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses [...]
A Disaster–VA Discontinues Gulf War Research Who are the bad guys here? A first for veterans with a major medical university stepping forward for veteran to support veterans has had endless attacks. Were they deserved? Where is Senator Hutchinson and Congressman Edwards in this? When will they Stand up and fight? Meetings in Dallas? Names [...]
WAR TOXINS IN SWINE FLU VACCINE RISK: Squalene has been blamed for Gulf War syndrome By Lucy Johnston THE new swine flu vaccine contains a deadly brain toxin linked to autism, Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis. Mercury, a vaccine preservative, was withdrawn from childhood jabs five years ago after evidence linked it to brain damage. However, [...]
by Denise Nichols, Staff Writer Veterans Today stands with the NGWRC to get the Clear and Real Truth of how many Gulf War Veterans were sent these erroneous letters from the VA. WE want to know the breakdown by VA Regional Offices how many letters were sent out erroneously that caused anxiety, fear, uncertainty within [...]
Matt Letteman is now in the Air headed home to Missouri. He was release today from the VA Hospital DC. He was hospitalized from July 21 until today. He got a world class Compensation and Pension Exam and he got a very complete testing which added to his known medical problems. They were able to [...]
Health Alert Swine Flu Vaccine My fears for the school children of the US and all other citizens! Denials on Anthrax vaccine problems starting with gulf war veterans 90-91 must now stop for sake of all citizens! This is just one factor of the multiple synergistic exposures that hit the gulf war veterans and post [...]
In continuing the discussion on the hearings held on Exposures in Iraq/OIF, the White House held a meeting with military reporters on August 4th. I have to say that this is really news, When do you remember in the past a President specifically meeting with journalist that focus on the military? I am waiting to [...]
by Denise Nichols, Staff Writer This is one of the reasons I did back to back trips to DC. I attended this hearing on August 3rd, arriving late thanks to my usual fun airline trip with USAirways. But was there enough to know this is yet another hazardous exposure to our troops. I had to [...]
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