Monthly Archives: August 2007

Lawmaker seeks de-boot camp after tourby Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said he will push Congress to...

Iraq Vets Facing a New Gulf War Syndrome?by Carla McClain, Arizona Daily StarSome young men and women who survived the war are now facing...

Is America becoming a police state? by Ron Paul, December 20, 2004In 2002 I asked my House colleagues a rhetorical question with regard to...

Vets Shouldn't Have to Fight For a Place to Sleepby Donna TeresaI'm in my car, my radio is on, and I hear the familiar...

Boiling point desert training helps marines learn to cope with iraq's relentless heatby Mark SauerTWENTYNINE PALMS – By 1 p.m., every metal surface was...

Nine veterans find healing through one-week course  by Conrad Mulcahy, The New York Times The nine men who climbed to the summit of the Colorado...

Veterans Being Recruited for Business Systems Company DPSI Joins HireVeterans.comby Gordon GatesDiversified Protection Services Inc. (DPSI), a service provider of infrastructure systems for small...

Veterans Being Recruited for Business Systems Company DPSI Joins HireVeterans.comby Gordon GatesDiversified Protection Services Inc. (DPSI), a service provider of infrastructure systems for small...

World Class Information Technology Company Reaches Out to Hire U.S. Veterans TechFlow Joins HireVeterans.comBy Randy MillerIn today's economy, companies are under enormous pressure to...

World Class Information Technology Company Reaches Out to Hire U.S. Veterans TechFlow Joins HireVeterans.comBy Randy MillerIn today's economy, companies are under enormous pressure to reduce...

Gulf war veterans for 16 years have been leading the charge to get help for their gulf war illnesses.  In another effort that highlights...

"Birth Defects Registry Data on Agent Orange and Gulf War Exposures"The organization Birth Defect Research for Children has created awebsite titled "Agent Orange and...

Discovery Channel Investigates Gulf War IllnessesA ground breaking report using the cutting edge science of Chromosome testing.  The veterans and researchers have been pushing...

NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network ([email protected])New York TimesAugust 26, 2007John W. Gofman, 88, Scientist and Advocate for Nuclear Safety, DiesBy JEREMY PEARCEDr. John W. Gofman, a...

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Kuwait: new trends in incidence and prevalence. Alshubaili AF, Alramzy K, Ayyad YM, Gerish Y.Department of Neurology, Ibn Sina...

To all for years, since right after the war 90-91, I have searched out data in obits of gulf war veterans and forwarded the notifications...

A MILITARY MALPRACTICESerum Samples From Service Members Go Unanalyzed. Battlefield Doctors Are Unable To Access Records. Who's Tracking The Troops?By REMINGTON NEVIN August 26,...

President Bush is seeking to redeem the Vietnam WarAn analysis by Paul Reynolds, BBC NEWS President Bush is seeking to redeem the Vietnam War.  He...

Veteran's mailbox stuffed with checks, Chiclets After he Sent a Small Donation to Veterans' Causesby Mike Argento, York Daily RecordSome time ago, Bill Walters...

Controversy Builds About the Prevalence of PTSD in Vietnam Veterans  Newswise — Controversy continues to swirl concerning the findings of a landmark study that estimated...

Inspection Company Hires U.S. VeteransJobs for Veterans Available in the Infastructure IndustryBy Gordon GatesNational Inspection & Consultants, Inc. (NIC), a provider of quality inspection,...

Inspection Company Hires U.S. VeteransJobs for Veterans Available in the Infastructure IndustryBy Gordon GatesNational Inspection & Consultants, Inc. (NIC), a provider of quality inspection,...

CIA's 9/11 blunders laid bareby James Gordon Meek in WashingtonUp to 60 agents knew bin Laden's men in LA Planned to kidnap 9/11 mastermind...

Proposal could fast-track full citizenship to a special class of recruit ­ undocumented enlistees who arrived in the U.S. before age 16. by Fernando QuinteroLeft,...

They continue to join the military in larger numbers than almost any other minority group – many out of a sense of tribal duty....

With military forces stretched thin, America may need to consider some form of universal national service by Jerome Slater and William HauserJerome Slater taught...

Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy ownby Anne Marie KildayLeft, Korean War veteran Nyles Reed purchased his own Purple Heart for...

Fighting for a Diplomaby Elisabeth Salemme, TIME So much for one weekend a month, two weeks a year. Since Sept. 11, nearly 425,000 National Guard...

Suicide Rate in Army at a 26-Year Highby Pauline JelinekWASHINGTON - Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in...

It is a bizarre byproduct of the disastrous US war in Iraq, a growing - and seemingly invincible - Paralympic team. Gerard Wright talks...

Each hour of every day, three people die from Hepatitis C or it's related conditions! Two of these people have Military backgrounds.Help us really...

A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.Left, Kathleen Wright...

Code Breakers recognized for WWII Service by Wanda ChowLeft,  Edna Cooper, 82, shows off the pin she's received from the British government recognizing her as...

Vietnam vet to develop a therapy program to help veterans suffering from PTSDby Audrey Parente DELAND -- Dallas Wittgenfeld's life after Vietnam travels two paths...

Bush war adviser says draft worth a look by Richard LardnerWASHINGTON - Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the...

  KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WIS) - The family of a Gulf War veteran who says he's running into road blocks getting help from the VA...

  AIKEN COUNTY, SC (WIS) - When a Gulf War vet from South Carolina said he was running into roadblocks getting the help he...

With a volunteer military stretched to the breaking point, it defies logic to turn away and kick out gay Americans simply because they don't...

Man who helped soak donors ends up all wetby Amy PayneWearing a T-shirt bearing the phrase "I Stole From Veterans," Philip Kolinski wielded a...

“There’s just a bunch of explosions,” said Rounds. “Fireballs going everywhere and just explosion after explosion.” Rounds said an ammunitions dump filled with old...

Marine's Father Warns Of Possible Cancer OREGON CITY, Ore. -- The father of a local Marine who died of leukemia has stepped forward after...

Vets urge more action on Gulf War syndromeBy Rick MazeA group of Persian Gulf War veterans told House lawmakers they feel overlooked with all...