Monthly Archives: July 2006
Pentagon eyewitness IDs Global Hawk
Boeing 757 Did Not Hit the Pentagonby Christopher Bollyn
Samuel Danner (electrical engineer for AmTrak), was involved in the clean-up at the Pentagon crash site...
US War Veterans Feeling Stressed, Deserted
Men At One Base Say The Army Is Ignoring PTSD Cases
FORT CARSON, Colo. According to a recent report from the Veterans Administration, more...
Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vets
Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vetsby Bridgett Siter
FORT BENNING, Ga.-- Pvt. Jay Grassel believes he has a lot in common with Pfc. James...
US Military Short on Cash and Equipment
U.S. Military Suffers Equipment and Base Shortfallsby Diane M. Grassi
For the last quarter of 2006 United States Army bases stateside face a funding deficit...
Newest Veterans Get Hiring Preference for Federal Jobs
Veterans Who Have Recently Left the Military Receive Fed Hiring Preference by David Hammer
WASHINGTON - Veterans who have recently left the military received hiring preference...
War Crimes exposed as Serial Murder in the Military
When the Personality Disorder Wears Camouflage by Benedict Carey
When a war crime doesn't look quite like a war crime when it seems cold and...
Jobs For Military Veterans Making Transition
The transition from a military career to a civilian job isn't always easy, but there's new private and public help for those making the...
Vietnam War draft dodgers reunite in Canada
Three decades after they fled the United States to avoid the Vietnam War, a small group of former draft dodgers gathered in Canada Thursday,...
Can the US Afford to Support the Troops?
The yearly cost of unemployment benefits for disabled military personnel has ballooned to $3 billion. Is the U.S. prepared for the oncoming wave of...
Veterans Teach War 101: The line between killer and murderer
Veterans enlisted to teach new soldiers about waging war the right' way
Whether it's firing a rifle from 100 feet away or directing a bombing...
Recreating the Vietnam War Experience
It's been more than 30 years since American troops left Vietnam, but deep in the Mississippi woods, a group of men tried to recreate...
Native American Veterans Hold Special Place in Tribe, Country
Native American Soldiers Have Spent the Last 100 Years Defending the US--Even Though the US Didn't Honor their Tribesby Bethany Root
From Pershing's Indian scouts...
Thousands of Troops Say They Won’t Fight
Thousands of Troops are Becoming Deserters rather than Fight in the Warby Ana Radelat
Swept up by a wave of patriotism after the U.S. invasion...
Vietnam Veteran Declared Dead by the VA Loses Everything
Letter From a "Dead" Vietnam Veteranby John A. Evans
My name is John A. Evans, according to the United States of America. I was declared...
Drug Ecstasy Offered to Veterans with Combat Stress
American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring...
American Dream, American Nightmare
American Dream, American Nightmare
The greatness of the United States is uniqueand not a model to be exported by narrow-minded nationalists.
By Christopher Dickey
I spent the...
Man Serves Year in Iraq Because of Clerical Error
Pentagon incorrectly had captain's discharge date as 2010, instead of 1999
MOUNT ORAB, Ohio - A former National Guard captain whose military service was...
Job Fair in New York and Virginia Looking for Military Veterans
TECHEXPO Top Secret Job Fair coming to New York
Wednesday, July 19th, 10am-4pmHilton New York1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NYEvent details & Travel Directions on...
Bush Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog
Bush Partied at Graceland with Japanese PM and Forgot WW II Veteransby Robert Schneider
I assume that most of you saw Japan's PM Kozumi with...
WW2 Merchant Marines Finally get Veterans Benefits
WW2 Merchant Marine Veterans Finally get Benefits-- But is it Too Little, Too late?by Chris Buckley
In 1988, Michael Kemple received a letter from then-Gov. Robert...
Heritage Crystal-Clean Looks to Hire Veterans
Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans
Heritage Crystal-Clean Looks to Hire Veterans
By Gordon G. Gates, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com
Heritage Crystal-Clean, a privately held environmental...
Government Authorized Ways to Celebrate Your Freedoms This 4th of July
As we go out to celebrate our freedom this 4th of July, let's go over a few things to make your celebration a success:
Do...
Bush Gives Troops A July 4th Pep Talk
President Vows Not To Retreat In Iraq
Left: President Bush speaks with Lieutenant General John Vines, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, during a...
Bikers Roar Over Roads to Support Wars’ Wounded Veterans
U.S. Military Vets Motorcyclists Raise Money for Veterans during Operation Libertyby Amy Wu
The leathered motorcyclists blazing through the back roads of Bloomfield, Canandaigua and Rush...
This Picture Made this Military Veteran a Hero
This Picture Made this Military Veteran a Hero--Then His Life Fell Apartby Paul Harris
A photographer's lens caught James Blake Miller smeared with blood and dirt...
US-trained Iraqis Turn On US Troops
Iraqi Troops are Turning On their American Counterpartsby Marjorie Cohn
Sergeant Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr. and First Lieutenant Andre D. Tyson died on this day...
Military Veterans Wheelchair Games begin
Hundreds of Disabled Veterans will Compete at the 26th National Veterans Wheelchair Gamesby Mary Pemberton
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- After a roadside bomb exploded under his 5-ton truck...
GIs May Have Planned Iraq Rape, Slayings
Investigation shows GIs Spent Week Plotting Rape and Murder Targetting an Iraqi Familyby Ryan Lenz
BEIJI, Iraq - Investigators believe American soldiers spent nearly a...
Veterans for Freedom Ties Exposed
Pro-War "Vets for Freedom" Tied to Bush's PR Team
Citizen journalists on SourceWatch have been investigating and exposing the many Republican connections and the partisan...