Monthly Archives: June 2006

Pentagon says homosexuality not a mental disorderby Will Dunham WASHINGTON--The Pentagon no longer deems homosexuality a mental disorder, officials said on Wednesday, although the reversal...

VA says no incidents of identity theft reported since burglaryby Bob Sullivan WASHINGTON - The missing laptop and hard drive that contained veterans' personal information...

Let's just hang those Marines accused in the Haditha incidentby Ralph Peters Get it over with. They don't need a court martial. They're guilty. The...

Texas Veterans Land Board Creates Home Ownership for Veterans Not Everthing's Big in Texas: Low Interest Rates for Veterans Since the days of the Texas Republic...

"I don't know if this war is worth the life of Terry Lisk, or 10 soldiers, or 2,500 soldiers like him. What I do...

Canada is our top oil supplier--but survey says most Americans don't know it A new poll suggests the vast majority of Americans are unaware that Canada...

Feds sell Highways to Foreign Countries at the Same Time They Tout Homeland Securityby Diane M. Grassi 50 years ago President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law...

How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service Get your DD-214 by John Allen Military personnel records can be used for proving military service, or...

Fallen Heroes' Widows and Children Abandoned by US Beaurocracyby Lizette Alvarez Left: A grieving war widow clings to her husband's casket As Holly Wren coped with her...

Thousands of People are Dying from Exposure to Toxins at Ground Zeroby Shawn Cohen and Jake Sherman David Worby is now at the helm of...

How Israel Betrays U.S. President George Bush and the people of the United States Israel Undermines U.S. Foreign Policy and puts U.S. Troops in harms...

Combat Veteran Says "Iraq in Disarray" "I've Earned My Right to Speak Out Against this War" by Steve O I served two years in Iraq and...

Lawyers claim accepting government offer could jeopardize vets' claims A federal judge temporarily has barred the government from publicizing its free credit monitoring offer...

Officials point to stressed troops, greater scrutiny as possible reasons Left: U.S. soldiers inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, targeting a...

Teddy Roosevelt Influences President Bush A look back helps understand America's Global Influence At home and abroad, he was the locomotive president, the man who drew...

Is President Bush's Middle East Sound or is his Middle East Policy right on Target? U.S. Middle East Policy rubs elbows with Olmert by Andy Martin Hypocrisy is...

Boogie Woogie Bugle Girls!  The Andrews Sisters:  A Look Back at the one of the Greatest Vocal Groups in History During a time when teenagers...

Iraq veterans facing homelessness As a member of the National Guard, Nadine Beckford patrolled New York train stations after Sept. 11 with a 9mm pistol,...

Arnie defies Bush over border Los Angeles - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has defied a request from Washington to deploy additional national guard troops...

Jobs hard to find for Iraq vets by Ron Martz Atlanta, GEORGIA--Army Spc. Sameer Bartlett of College Park knew there would not be much demand...

More than one-third of Iraq troops suffering migraines An unexpectedly high number of troops serving in Iraq are suffering from migraine headaches, researchers report. The...

Army takes older recruits by Will Dunham WASHINGTON-- The U.S. Army, aiming to make its recruiting goals amid the Iraq war, raised its maximum enlistment...

Military charges 8 with murder of Iraqi civiliansby Carolyn Marshall Left: Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, far left facing forward, and Marines with the 1st Marine...

U.S. Back at Full War Footing in Afghanistanby Brian Ross The United States military is quietly carrying out the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since...

Free credit monitoring announced for veterans VA Secretary Jim Nicholson announced today (Wednesday) that veterans will have free credit monitoring made available to them, should...

Pentagon lists homosexuality as disorder WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position. The document...

795,000 Veterans will be victims of identity fraud this year - even if no data is used from the stolen laptop U.S. Senators George Allen...

Iraq critics aren't just peaceniksby Randy Schultz  Critics of the Iraq War are nothing but aging hippies, Vietnam-era peaceniks who want to sing Kumbaya with...

Ahmard Hall Reporting for Duty U.S. Marine impresses NFL Coaches In late March, 150 NFL scouts and coaches descended on the University of Texas to watch...

'We feel like we've found our fathers' Left: A memorial service was held last month in Manitowoc, Wisconsin to honor those lost on the USS...

Troops refusing Iraq duty get a havenby Mike Barber Prompted by a Fort Lewis Army officer's decision to refuse to fight in Iraq, the First...

Death threats are alleged in Marine investigationsby Thomas Watkins SAN DIEGO - Pentagon investigators threatened the death penalty and used other coercive techniques to obtain...

Fighting in Iraq likely to stay at same levelby Stephen J. Hedges WASHINGTON -- Despite the recent killing of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, some...

Veterans at workby Cami Joner Left: Joe Rhodes uses his home computer to check job prospects. Rhodes, who was in the Army's supply corps for...

Bill provides new help for disabled veterans Legislation to help servicemembers and veterans with their housing and other benefit needs was signed into law yesterday...

Iraq: 60 soldiers a month suffer mental illness by Andy McSmith The number of soldiers diagnosed with psychiatric problems brought on by the stress of...

Analysts say steady rise in US military deaths in Iraq has contributed to erosion in US public support for war.by Jim Mannion The US...

Cup is empty for many members of Military by Richard Sandomir Marine Lt. Erin Kelly, a former soccer player at East Brunswick (N.J.) High School...

What if you woke up one morning and opened your newspaper and turned on your television set to find that the U.S. military decided...

Evangelism in the military under fireby Meghan A. O'Connell and Michael P. McLaughlin "Members of the military swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution...

Vets' hiring preference changes for Guard, reserve Beginning last Friday, National Guard and reserve members released from active duty will get the same veterans'...

Veterans' voices On Iraq: The war in their own words The heat, which is like living under a french-fry lamp, like standing in front of...