Monthly Archives: January 2006
Battlefields to ballfields: Bringing baseball to Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and Major Leaguer Danny Graves introduce baseball to Vietnam
Washington, D.C. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will be turning battlefields...
President Addresses Veterans of Foreign Wars on the War on Terror
The following is a transcript of President Bush's Address to Veterans of Foreign Wars earlier today.
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome. It is...
Corps pays $100K for retooled jeep
Corps pays $100K for retooled jeep by Steven Komarow
WASHINGTON The Marine Corps is paying $100,000 apiece for a revamped Vietnam-era jeep as part...
South Tower not hit by Flight 175
High ranking Military Officers and Airline Pilots agree South Tower was not hit by Flight 175
Because an increasing number of military personnel, civilian pilots, physicists,...
Son of Korean War MIA on a mission
Search for details on his dad's fate all-consumingby David A. Markiewicz
John P. Zimmerlee doesn't remember his father. He was only 2 1/2 when 1st...
Afghan Nationalist Leader Dies
Shamsul Huda Shams, leader of nationalist Afghan Mellat Party, died on October 9, 2005 and was buried in his ancestral graveyard in Kunar Province of...
History’s worst Military blunder
Bremer & Powell called a press conference in Baghdad in 2003 and nobody showedMalcom Lagauche
After the cease-fire in 1991 that halted military action in...
Pentagon: Marines died from lack of armor
Pentagon study: Enlarging shields could have saved 74 livesby Michael Moss, The New York Times
A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as...
U.S. turns sailor over to Japan
American arrested on charges over killing of woman
TOKYO, Japan--A U.S. sailor was arrested Saturday on robbery-murder charges in the killing of a Japanese woman,...
VA Secretary Promises “World Class” Medical Care
VA Secretary Promises "World Class" Medical Careby Jim Forsyth
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs met with wounded veterans of the Iraq war at San...
Veterans battle to save Purple Heart stamp
Veterans battle to save Purple Heart stamp
WASHINGTON - With stamp prices set to rise on Jan. 8, from 37 cents to 39 cents, the...
VFW Passes Resolution to Support War in Iraq
VFW Passes Resolution to Support War in Iraq
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. passed a national resolution yesterday to support the...
“Low Income” Disabled and Senior Citizen Veterans
It has come to my attention that "Low Income" Disabled and Senior Citizen Veterans are not receiving important information about many of the VA...
THE DC AREA’S LARGEST HIRING EVENTS
THE DC AREA'S LARGEST HIRING EVENTS
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VA HOME LOANS: Appraisal Form 26-0785
VA HOME LOANS: Appraisal Form 26-0785
When you plan to purchase a home through the VA Home Loan Guarantee Program it is important to understand...
America’s Least Trusted
How a stripper ended up under FBI surveillanceBy Coley Ward
Atlanta--Tabby Chase works nights as a dancer at the Clermont Lounge, so she was asleep the...
The Vietnam War: Getting Behind the Spitting Image
The Spitting Image challenges common beliefs about how soldiers from the Vietnam war were treatedby Benjamin Dangl
Jerry Lembcke is the author of "The Spitting Image:...
Fee Increase Supported
Joint Chiefs to Back Higher TRICARE Fees for Retireesby Tom Philpott
Alarmed that soaring health care costs are crimping budget dollars for higher-priority defense programs,...
Reporter joins the Marines
Matt Pottinger was a reporter, but he's no longer so sure that the pen is mightier than the sword.
The 32-year-old former Wall Street Journal...
Churchill was determined to have German leader Adolf Hitler executed
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to have German leader Adolf Hitler executed if he was captured, according to previously secret government documents...
Some soldiers trying to get out of Army
Increasing numbers of men and women in uniform are seeking honorable discharges as conscientious objectors. Others are suing the military, claiming their obligation has...
Blanket withdrawal is not a solution in Iraq
Blanket withdrawal is not a solution in Iraqby Tiziana Dearing
Given the lead-up to the war, that collective impatience is understandable. We committed our blood...