Yearly Archives: 2005

Helping new veterans adjust Tricia Cruz New York--The services are there, but veterans aren't taking advantage--that's the word from those who run a task...

Iraq veterans groups forming NEW YORK -- A small but increasing number of Iraq veterans have formed or joined groups to oppose the war or to...

A few good men and women: Students contemplate military service By Yuri Ozeki Become a part of an army of one, join the few,...

Veterans want troops to come home  By J.J. Andrews Steve Brown remembers patrolling Vietnam waters as part of the U.S. CGC Androscoggin in 1967-68. As...

Families receive more support as military adjusts to changing demographicsBy Sydney J. Freedburg Jr. America is fighting its biggest war in decades with the most-married military...

Life after war: Returning soldiers cope with peaceful worldJulie Randle Sherman was right: War is hell. Ask any solider. Or ask their families."It's a profound...

Tough-sounding address makes no mention of IraqBy George E. Condon Jr. WASHINGTON President Bush delivered one of the more muscular, foreign-policy-dominated inaugural addresses in...

Fort Jackson to open 270 jobs to civilians; Move is part of Army's effort to free more troops for other duties By CHUCK CRUMBO   The...

Bush remembers war veterans at inauguration WASHINGTON - President Bush, proclaiming himself a war president, opened three days of celebrations marking his inauguration with a flag-waving tribute...

When Johnnie Marches Home...  By Keith Pandolfi   ...There's a good chance he aims to start a business. For returning veterans, the good news is they...

Senator Edward Kennedy:"Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam"By Al Click U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy launched a scathing critique of President George W. Bush, describing his...

'US planning strike on Iran'By Roy Eccleston The Bush administration is conducting secret reconnaissance missions in Iran aimed at identifying three dozen targets it suspects...

Iraq vets getting out of Guard By HARRY ESTEVE SALEM -- Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who served in Iraq are opting to leave...

Event finally welcomes Vietnam veterans home DAYTON, OHIO -- Dave Endlich, a Vietnam veteran, remembers his homecoming as prayers answered for his family. When Endlich...

US releases 80 Taliban suspects in peace gesture By Declan Walsh The US military freed 80 suspected Taliban members from custody in Afghanistan yesterday in...

Blankets for the troopsBy Ray Reyes FLORIDA- Warmth is on the way.  Just one more month, Barbara Seaman promises, until she's gathered enough of that...

Draft CreepBy David Wiggins Say hello to "draft creep." Remember "bracket creep," AKA the "sneaky tax increase," whereby inflation and income growth forces people into...

Security Clearance Job Outlook Strong for 2005 With the national economy on a slow but steady mend, unemployment and new job growth continue to...

Vatican disagrees with Pope regarding war in Iraq   Pictured left:  Anti-war statement made by Pope John Paul II printed on a sweatshirt ROME -- The U.S....

Survey Offers First Glimpse of 'War on Terror'; Combat Veterans Seeking Homeless Assistance WASHINGTON-- Combat veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and...

Bush gives up hunt for WMD in Iraq  Washington: Bush has finally given up the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq, which was...

Former U.S. spies want to come in from the coldBy ALAN FREEMAN WASHINGTON -- They claim to be the spies who were left out in the...

Vietnam traveling wall headed to Ohio By Joe Mizer Pictured left: Tom Burke shows a video of the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall Although the Traveling Wall...

Veterans Home couple says 'I do'By LISA HART BARSTOW The sun broke through the stormy clouds and poured into the chapel at the...

New videos shown of Iraq abuse scandal shock the world FORT HOOD, Texas - A lawyer for Charles Graner, accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal,...

Veterans memorial spurs debate in Alabama HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Transforming a Huntsville park into a veterans memorial has drawn verbal volleys over soldiers who...

Vietnam vet's remains found For more than three decades, Pearl River High School classmates Russ Williams and Bill Harris have worn metal bracelets engraved with...

500 grave markers to be bought for veteransBy John Finnerty Pennsylvania plans to buy close to 500 grave markers this year, a Veterans Affairs...

Guard, Reserve vets urged to check on VA benefits By Jeff Lester National Guard and reserve troops who have served in Afghanistan and/or Iraq qualify...

Veterans' groups speak out against Gonzales' nominationBy Leo Shane III  WASHINGTON Several veterans groups on Wednesday joined the chorus of opposition to President Bush's...

DAYTON, Ohio - When Mike Jackson returned from the Vietnam War in 1972, he was met by anti-war protesters like many colleagues and was...

One soldier's survival storyBy John Boyle The roadside bomb ripped through the Humvee and the soldiers riding inside, tearing flesh from the bone and pelting...

Homeless veterans recognized for contributions to their countryBy Bruce Shreiner LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As a young soldier, Ronnie Richardson manned a dangerous outpost near the...

Dioxin Pay for Veterans Costs Billions WASHINGTON - The United States sprayed more than 19 million gallons of defoliant over the jungles of Vietnam, a...

Veterans' needs merit more care in DenverBy Jim Spencer The news out of Denver's VA hospital is pathetic. Paint chips peel off the ceiling of...

New national cemetery near Pittsburgh The Department of Veterans Affairs has named the national cemetery being constructed near Pittsburgh the "National Cemetery of the Alleghenies." The...

New war veterans' effect on America far-reachingBy JOHN J. LUMPKIN WASHINGTON - For the first time in 30 years, a large part of society will...

Mortgage bankers wooing bilingual military veteransBy Sandra Fleishman WASHINGTON The nation's mortgage bankers are so eager to add bilingual loan officers that they have...

Home is where the heartache isBy Christine Byers In a back yard in downstate Forrest, a family in August welcomes the return of a soldier....