Monthly Archives: February 2007

The New York Giant who died on Iwo Jima by W. Thomas Smith, Jr.We’ve seen it countless times: The stirring photograph snapped 62-years-ago of...

A Gathering of Eaglesby Michelle Malkin How many times have you sat in front of the television over the last four years, watching anti-war activists march...

Trinity Transport Reaches Out to Hire the Very BestCareer Opportunities for Veterans Opens Up in the Transportation Industryby Gordon GatesTrinity Transport, Inc., one of...

Trinity Transport Reaches Out to Hire the Very BestCareer Opportunities for Veterans Opens Up in the Transportation Industryby Gordon GatesTrinity Transport, Inc., one of...

Stepping Stones for Vets provides transitional housing to homeless and/or chemically dependent veterans, some of which have a coinciding mental illness."We owe them all...

Questioning the treatment of Iraqi veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center by Donna TeresaWhen I wrote my January column, "Taking Care of Veterans," I had...

Baltimore County Works!!!Career Opportunities That Make a Difference for VeteransBy Lynn EarleBaltimore County, Maryland is located amid the Baltimore-Washington market, surrounding the independent city...

Baltimore County Works!!!Career Opportunities That Make a Difference for VeteransBy Lynn EarleBaltimore County, Maryland is located amid the Baltimore-Washington market, surrounding the independent city...

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are ending up homeless. How could this happen?by Sarah ChildressKevin Felty came back from Iraq...

President Will Present Medal of Honor Today to Hero of 1965 Battle of Ia Drangby Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Postleft, Retired Lt. Col. Bruce...

Get to Know Employers that Hire U.S. Military Veterans Northeast Aero Compressor Corporation Joins HireVeterans.com by Lynn Earle At Northeast Aero Compression Corporation (N.E.A.C.O.)...

Army Refiles Charges Against Watadaby Gene JohnsonSEATTLE — The Army has refiled charges against a Fort Lewis-based lieutenant who refused to serve in Iraq,...

Dear men and women who wear the uniform of the military of America, I sometimes wonder what it must be like to pick up a...

Hundreds of thousands may be eligible, says Veterans Affairs by Anne ThompsonDALLAS - At 83, Byrdeen Goldsmith can still harmonize. To look at her, you...

U.S. Olympic Committee Reaches Out to Wounded War Veterans for Paralympicsby Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY In December 2005, James Stuck lost the lower half of...

Renovations Under Way at Walter Reedby William H. McMichael, Army TimesWASHINGTON — The moldy walls and leaking ceilings in Walter Reed Army Medical Center's...

FBI offers $25,000 reward for drive with 1.8 million personal files.The FBI offered a $25,000 reward Tuesday for the return of a computer hard...

One Soldier Recieves Long-Awaited Benefits...300,000 More Still Waiting by K. Morgan BarkerOn February 1, 2007 VT posted an article about Patrick Feges, a Purple Heart veteran who had...

A US soldier was sentenced Thursday to 100 years in prison for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl...

The British are Leaving!  Where is Australia?20,000 Australians Deploy to Iraq!  Not!by Joseph AllenEver since the beginning of this Iraq War tragedy, the deception...

Wyeth is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Corporate headquarters are in Madison, New Jersey. It's pharmaceutical division, which comprises...

Troops to Teachers Adds Advance Hiring Featureby Sgt. Sara Wood, USATroops to Teachers is a U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense program...

Hmong refugees rendered ineligible for asylum in US Left, Xee Vang of Menasha, Wis., with her husband and son, says her husband's brother and his...

Wyeth is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Corporate headquarters are in Madison, New Jersey.  It's pharmaceutical division, which comprises the...

Soldiers in Iraq are being exposed to DU--and it is killing themby R.B StuartSince the war in Iraq began soldiers effected by Depleted Uranium...

Soldier Gives Iraqi Girl a Fighting Chance by Julian KesnerA shy 2-year-old Iraqi girl woke up in the Queens home of an American soldier...

Five and a half years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center into a holding ground for physically...

Bills Would Let Military Death Benefit Go to GuardianDonna St. George Lawmakers introduced companion bills in the House and Senate yesterday that would allow grandparents...

War Veterans Share Their Untold Stories - Before Its Too Lateby Robert NolinFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla--Combat veterans are notoriously reticent about recounting their experiences.Former Marine...

THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SHORTCHANGES OUR NATIONS VETERANSby Senator Randy BassDespite proposed increases, the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs...

A sharply divided House of Representatives passed a resolution on Friday formally repudiating President Bush’s decision to send more than 20,000 new combat troops...

VA and State Benefits that are Available to War Veterans and How to Apply A debt of gratitude is owed to the veterans who have...

Injured Iraq War Vet Signs With San Diego Padres   Cooper Brannan is trading one uniform for another. The 22-year-old Marine corporal signed a...

An e-mail from a reader with some first-hand experience and a follow-upby Joshua Holland  Yesterday, I wrote about the number of vets returning from Iraq...

Soldiers Back From War Fight Different Battle PITTSBURGH -- Soldiers who were paralyzed, suffered brain damage and lost limbs owe the government enlistment bonus money....

Air Force confirms demotion, removal from active duty, but status unclearSAN ANTONIO - An Air Force drill sergeant and former Iowa National Guard member...

Not Your Typical Love Story: Science Makes Fallen Soldier a Fatherby Gregg ZoroyaAUSTIN — Seven-month-old Benton Drew Smith is the spitting image of his father,...

VA Notifying 1.8 Million Veterans Their Data May Be Missing BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —  The Department of Veterans Affairs began notifying 1.8 million veterans and...

Bush wants to support the troops by slashing VA funding by Joshua Holland I've been struggling with a nasty bug and I was starting to...

Women's History Month is approaching, and it's a time to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary individuals who overcame incredible odds to accomplish what others...

U.S. Army Veteran Subjected to Armed Police Raid in Mexicoby Hobart SullivanFormer Army Combat Medic, Lee William Sachs´s luxurious Mexican condominium was literally attacked...

VA unveiled plan to ensure that disabled veterans receive state benefits they may not know they haveVeterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson unveiled a plan Monday aimed at ensuring...