Monthly Archives: October 2005

Intel experts: 'We are repeating every mistake we made in Vietnam' Time Magazine's Joe Klein reports in the magazine's paid-restricted online edition that senior intelligence...

"Tootsie Pop Soldier" from 'Nam shares treats with Iraq troopsBy Pat KinneyCHARLES CITY --- Carl Jacob has never forgotten one special gift he received...

The Two Faces of a CoinBy Robert SchneiderThe bridge is near Beijing and has seen much history. It is a beautiful structure almost always associated...

Is former Marine helping anti-U.S. sentiment?By Jamie Gangel The controversial Arab network recently announced that it had hired none other than a former U.S. Marine...

Hire Vets program helping troops get workBy Robert M. Cook DOVER When Ken Seitz lost his job at Seabrook Station in 2004 after working...

Americans wrestle with war in Iraqas casualties climb Two thousand Americans dead. Nearly half as many as were killed during the eight years of the...

Cindy's rhetoric just isn't right: It's extreme leftBy Ed Koch Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004, has become the...

Night Patrol With The Vermont National Guard: In The Shadow of Katrina and IraqBy David Van Deusen Jefferson Parish, LA - The Vermont National Guard...

Did the U.S. government ever "support the troops"? A look back at the Bonus ArmyBy Mickey Z. "In the sad aftermath that always follows...

Gardens of Stone (1987):  A Vietnam Movie Review Is this movie the greatest Vietnam War Movie of all time?  Vote Now! Nearly a decade after peering...

Up Close: Military experience doesn't help in job hunt Photo at  left-- Archie Advincula was a Marine for nine years. Some young veterans are finding...

Information for Recipients of VA Education Benefits         (1)  If your school is temporarily closed this term due to Hurricane Katrina or Rita, we will continue to...

Hurricanes delay passage of spending for troops in IraqBy Diane M. Grassi  It has now become clear that the devastation done in the U.S. Gulf...

WASHINGTON-- A call by President George W. Bush for Congress to give him the power to use the military in law enforcement roles in...

Army Lowers Bar for RecruitsMiami Herald Army Secretary Noel Harvey and Gen. Richard Cody, the vice chief of staff, said Monday that the Army is...

Bush Considers Military Role in Flu FightBy JENNIFER LOVEN WASHINGTON -- President Bush, increasingly concerned about a possible avian flu pandemic, revealed Tuesday that any...

'Israel will take out Iran's nuke facilities if US does not' Washington-- If Washington and its allies do not stop Iran's nuclear programmes by force...

Vets Group Declares War on Protesters More bad news for the "support the troops but oppose the war" crowd. On Friday the American Legion said...

Why They Hate Us A week after the World Trade Center/Pentagon attack, President Bush stood before a joint session of Congress and TV cameras...

USA Bars Journalist Robert Fisk From Entering Country U.S. immigration officials refused Tuesday to allow Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent for the London newspaper,...

OPINION POLL FINDING IN ARAB NATIONSBush a greater threat than Laden' Large majorities in Arab countries view the US President George W Bush as a...

Army Says Better Training Could Have Prevented AbuseBy Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- Army officers in Iraq told their superiors last year...