Monthly Archives: August 2006

The Rape of Nanking : The First Holocaustby Robert W. Schneider   You say, How dare you compare the atrocities of Japan with the United States? Right....

After war, they say they are up to challengeby Gil Klein Teaching in difficult high schools is nothing to veterans returning from Iraq. After rocket-powered...

Rumsfeld: War critics have moral ... confusion'  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's...

A collection of 13th Century letters, found among the belongings of a US World War II veteran, has been returned to Poland. Some of...

Pentagon producer Luis Martinez blogs:When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks to the convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars tonight he will mount a spirited...

Paralympics Gives Injured Military a Chance to Compete Again A lot of wounded service members are back to doing what they love sports. Through the...

Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans MotoArt Reaches Out to Hire Veterans By Gordon Gates, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com MotoArt, LLC, founded in 2002...

Transitioning from Military to Civilian Employment: How To Best Present Yourself to CompaniesBy Peter Newfield Military personnel can offer a great deal of experience and...

A former U.S. Army Reserve officer admitted yesterday that he steered millions of dollars in Iraq-reconstruction contracts in trade for jewelry, computers, cigars and sexual...

Vietnam Vet Richard Armitage admits to outing CIA Agent Plame Richard Armitage's central role in the Valerie Plame leak. By Michael Isikoff In the early morning of...

137,000 women have served in Afghanistan, Iraq, creating a new group of people who suffer after returning home WASHINGTON - There are times when Trinette...

News of an involuntary call-up of Marine Corps reservists and a Defense Department budget so out-of-control that even the Republican Senate Budget Committee chair...

The "D" word is surfacing again. Speculation is increasing that there is no way the United States can continue to "stay the course" the...

Post finds new site for male dancer event after indecency complaints O'FALLON, Ill. - Fran Harris thought it was a creative fundraising idea: male dancers...

Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans   AT Systems Reaches Out to Hire Veterans   By Lynn Earle, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com From a modest beginning over 60 years...

Still Slandering the Troopsby Scott Swett On August 8th, the Los Angeles Times published a long article in which Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson reported...

Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans   Digital Reception Services Looks to Hire Veterans   By Lynn Earle, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com Digital Reception Services, Inc., a Regional...

Vietnam Platoon 2027 the "Luckiest Platoon"by Ian Leslie Left: Javier "Jay" Solis at Platoon 2027's reunion in June. Javier Solis doesn't care if the Marine Corps...

The U.S. Marine Corps said Tuesday it has been authorized to recall thousands of Marines to active duty, primarily because of a shortage of...

The Coming of the New American Revolution Is George W. Bush the Very Worst President Ever? by Wendell J. Wright Overtime it has been proven that our current...

Divorced Military Members Are Being Discriminated Againstby an anonymous veteran Many of our nation's military members are being targeted by a domestic terrorist. This terrorist...

The anti-war movement that seems to be awakening is vastly different from the days of Abbie Hoffman and the Chicago Sevenby Rich Brooks This is...

Immortal WWII photo served as inspiration for Arlington memorial Left: U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division raise the American flag atop...

Soldiers and Generals Tell What They Think of the Occupation in Iraqby Michael R. Gordon The rules posted on the wall of the Marine base...

Fort Hunt veterans questioned Nazi scientists, U-boat crewsby Petula Dvorak For more than 60 years, they kept their military secrets locked deep inside and lived...

Possible cuts in funding for research into treatment of traumatic brain injuries are drawing sharp criticism from Veterans of Foreign Wars, the largest organization...

James McMurtry:  "We Can't Make It Here" New Song about the Status Quo in Everyman's America. Listen and Watch Video Now - Download Song Rock & Roots or...

Vietnam Veterans of America Applauds Recent Court Decision in Favor of Service Members Who Served in Offshore Waters of Vietnam "Some of the inequities of...

As many as 61,000 military widows whose husbands died of causes relating to their military service lose out on thousands of dollars a year...

Harley-Davidson Gifts $1 Million to the DAV Today at the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) national convention in Chicago, Harley-Davidson announced a $1 million gift from...

Former Marine Hikes Appalachians Barefoot for Vetsby Brian J. Howard Ron Zaleski stopped wearing shoes after he got out of the Marines in 1972. It was a...

Far Fewer Vietnam Veterans Suffered From PTSD Than Previously Thoughtby Benedict Carey Left: A Vietnam veteran examined the names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...

American Marines Believed to Have Destroyed or Withheld Evidence in Haditha Killingsby David S. Cloud A high-level military investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqis...

Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans   Environmental Quality Management Looks to Hire Veterans   By Lynn Earle, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com   Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQ)...

The Purple Heart Medal will have its own monument at the 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood next month. The monument is slated for dedication during a Sept. 13 ceremony that will also mark the division's 85th anniversary and the museum's 35th anniversary.

Veterans and Military Families save their newborn's stem cells StemCyte announces new program for U.S. Veterans and Active Military StemCyte, a trusted stem cell source for over...

Veterans Seeking Jobs Find Help by Susan Barnett PHILADELPHIA-- On the battlefield, there's no question what their jobs are. But when Iraq and Afghanistan war...

Staying the course in Iraq until President Bush leaves office is not an option. From the New York Times As everyone with a television is aware,...

What Is A Gold Star Family?by Amy Branham It is sad that during a time of war, so many people do not know what a...

726 Gay Military Members Kicked Out Nationwide in 2005 An Army base in Missouri used the "don't ask, don't tell" policy to kick out more soldiers...

Military Recruiting Violations Rise: GAO Allegations of wrongdoing by U.S. military recruiters jumped by 50 percent from 2004 to 2005, and criminal violations such as...

VA Takes Two Major Steps Forward in Computer Security Last week VA officials announced that they have contracted with ID Analytics to provide data analysis...