Monthly Archives: February 2006

Veterans May Face Budget Cuts in 2008by Andrew Taylor  WASHINGTON - At least tens of thousands of veterans with non-critical medical issues could suffer delayed...

Flying Tiger wrote 'God is My Co-Pilot" Left: Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott in 1996 carrying the Olympic torch on its way to the...

America Supports You: Toyota Helps Guardsmen, Reservists Find Jobs Left: David Sweat, left, the parts department manager at Priority Toyota in Chesapeake, Va., said...

VA and HHS to Target Diabetes, Obesity among American Veterans WASHINGTON  With obesity and deadly diabetes at significantly higher levels among America's veterans, the Department...

The world finds it's too hard to do business with the US by Stephen Foley Lucrative opportunities taken away on a political whim; the danger...

The US argues that subcritical tests are fully consistent with the nuclear test moratorium. The Energy Department has confirmed the United States has carried...

Prolonged noise in Iraq harmful to troops' hearing by Bruce Taylor Seeman Thousands of U.S. soldiers sent to Iraq have suffered serious hearing damage from...

Protecting the bad guys?by Daniel Sargis The war against terrorism would be a helluva lot easier to win if somebody would just be more specific about...

Men accused of performing sex acts for money while being filmed by Estes Thompson The Army has recommended that seven 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers be...

Don't throw that American flag into the trash! Do you have a old and frazzled flag that's laying around your office or home and you just don't know what...

MS diagnosis may be too late to help veteran of first Gulf Warby Hal Bernton For more than a decade, Gulf War veteran Harry White...

For almost five years U.S. President George W. Bush has warned Americans to fear terrorism, but now those words may come back to bite...

The Marines may be the most celebrated of the American armed forces, but it's the Army that does most of the heavy lifting, as...

Depleted Uranium scandal explodes- Horrendous US casualties  The Preventive Psychiatry Newsletter has written to its subscribers telling them that the real reason the former Veterans...

Implications of a US Attack on Iranby Heather Wokusch "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous......

Guard and Reserve soldiers injured in combat face financial and medical 'friendly fire' once back in the U.S., officials say. by John Hendren WASHINGTON ...

Documantary shows veterans still hurt long after their wounds have healedby Sally Pollack Veterans of wars from Iraq to World War II form the cast...

U.S.-German Flare-Up Over Vast Nazi Camp Archives by Roger Cohen Tempers are flaring over a United States demand to open to scholars and researchers a...

VA Home Loans and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) The Home Loan Guarantee Program The Veteran's Administration established their Home Loan Guarantee Program in order...

U.S. Marines aid Philippine recovery as hopes dim to find any survivorsby Oliver Teves Left: Philippine army soldiers work with U.S. Marines as they try...

Willie Nelson warmed up for a concert by playing a long freebie gig for soldiers injured in Iraq. For the second straight year, Nelson...

12-question quiz predicts your odds of dying within the next four yearsby Sharon Kirkey Want to take a test to predict your odds of dying...

Anyone who has served in the U.S. military since the early 1980s knows all about the widely reviled food rations called MREs, for "Meals,...

Employers unprepared for wounded vets' return Most employers are "unprepared" for the return of wounded veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and will...

Supporting the War As An Act of Unpatriotic Cowardice by David Michael Green Nowadays, Americans have to actively journey far out of their way...

Fifty years ago, American scientists were in a frantic race to counter what they saw as the Soviet threat from germ warfare. Biological pathogens...

Remains identified of four US MIAs found in Laosby Justo Bautista They waited 35 years, never giving up hope that the remains of their loved...

Soldiers staying awake for 40 hour stretches using drug could become addicted or have health problems laterby Tom Spears U.S. soldiers are staying awake...

Critics say more waivers are being issued to meet wartime goals. A drop in standards is feared.By Tom Bowman WASHINGTON Struggling to boost it...

Remains of US servicemen repatriated Two sets of remains believed to belong to American servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War will be handed...

TECHEXPO career fairs are back in New York City We are very proud to announce that the famous TECHEXPO Career Fairs have officially returned to...

Vet revamps bid to change VA food by Michael Randall It's four years later, and Richard Cortell is still fighting to boot reheated meals from...

Iraq veterans say pulling out not an option nowby Gail Schontzler MONTANA--Six local soldiers who served in Iraq last year with the Montana National Guard's...

Study finds similarities in vets of the Civil War and Vietnam CHICAGO - War is hell in any era, and a study looking back at...

Details emerged last night of a shocking video which appears to show a group of British soldiers brutally beating and kicking defenseless Iraqi teenagers...

The Air Force released new guidelines for religious expression Thursday that no longer caution top officers about promoting their personal religious views DENVER - The...

Army Moves Soldiers During Gay Porn Probeby Estes Thompson A group of paratroopers from the elite 82nd Airborne Division have been moved from their regular...

Appalling new evidence reveals that female soldiers serving in Iraq made fatal decisions in their attempts to avoid rape.by Marjorie Cohn In a startling revelation,...

High Unemployment Among Young Vets During a recent U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing it was announced that 20 to 24 year old...

Soldiers Face Debilitating Diseases They served their time in the military in places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and more recently, Iraq and Afghanistan....

Army demanded $700 man who was woundedby Eric Eyre U.S. Army Lt. William Eddie Rebrook of Charleston (left) and other soldiers take cover near an ancient...

Iraqi War veteran and congressional candidate, Nathan Martin, challenges "fighting Democrats." Mansfield, OH --Responding to recent news reports, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of...