Monthly Archives: December 2006
Job Fairs from Civilian Job News
Job Fair Schedule for 2007
Civilian Job News has just announced it's Job Fairs for U.S. Veterans for 1st Quarter 2007.
Civilian Job News is...
Veterans Seek Help for Sleep Problems
VA Sleep labs help war veterans to rest easy
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Army veteran Joe Green gazes skeptically at the alien-looking vinyl mask his respiratory...
Like the Nation, Military Families Divided on Iraq
Loved Ones Remain Resolute or Doubtful In Aftermath of Study Group's Reportby Christian Davenport and Joshua Portlow, The Washington Post
Nancy Hecker hasn't read the...
PTSD ‘Matrix’ Treatment: Fear Drug, Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality and combination of drugs will help PTSD patients
Could some time in a computer-generated world while on a fear-fighting drug help troops deal...
Is 9/11 Paranoia Bad for the Country?
The biggest threat posed by the 9/11 Truth Movement is the danger that it will discredit the healthy skepticism Americans increasingly show toward their...
Serial Killers within VA Healthcare System
Serial Killers within VA Healthcare Systemby Jere Beery, Operation Firing For Effect
Left, Paul H. Kornak, who posed as a doctor for veterans, in...
MILITARYCONNECTION.COM & MEETING SITE SOLUTIONS SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS
MILITARYCONNECTION.COM & MEETING SITE SOLUTIONS SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS & THE PRIVACY OF THEIR FAMILIES
As we approach the holidays and New Year, MilitaryConnection.com and Meeting...
Major Victory in Congress Scored For Veterans
Congress passes comprehensive VA legislation
Washington, DC) A comprehensive bill which will benefit millions of veterans was passed by the U.S. Senate around 3...
PBS’s History Detectives Seeking British Veteran of WWII For Interview ASAP
NEEDED: A WWII British Veteran Who Knows About "Short Snorter" Clubs
Lion Television, an independent production company in the United States, is currently researching stories...
Family To Be Awarded $500,000 in VA Case
Widow wins settlement in corrupt cancer study, but 6 others kept waiting by Brendan J. Lyons
Left, Mary Snavlin smiles at the memory of her...
Silly String Coupled With American Ingenuity Saves Troops Lives
Troops find safety in silly string by Erik German
Left, Marcelle Shriver sprays Silly String from a can as she stands next to some of...
Meet Dylan Raymond of Noble Drilling Services
Business Leaders Who Transitioned from the U.S. MilitaryMeet Dylan Raymond of Noble Drilling ServicesDylan Raymond had been working for Noble Drilling Services, Inc., for...
Another Roll Call For an Infamous Day’s Survivors
For waning number of Pearl Harbor veterans, this Dec. 7 one to remember
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - This will be their last visit to this...
Video: Pearl Harbor Memories
December 7, 2006 is the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. by Marshall Karp
My father was in the military and stationed at...
DO YOU REMEMBER WORLD WAR II?
There has never been resolution between the US and Japan following WWII--is it too late?by Robert W. Schneider
Today is the day that the Japanese attacked...
Senate Confirms Gates as Defense Secretary
Gates is the new Secretary of Defenseby David Stout
The 95-to-2 vote came a day after Mr. Gates won unanimous endorsement by the Senate Armed...
Sergeant H’ Hits the Note of Experience
Sergeant H' hits the note of experienceby Andrea Brown
Left, Norsia Harrison this month in his basement, where he records his material. He travels to...
Returning Soldiers With PTSD Refused Treatment
Soldiers Say Army Ignores, Punishes Mental Anguishby Daniel Zwerdling, NPR: All Things Considered
Left, Medical records show that when Tyler Jennings returned from Iraq last...
Homemade Memorial Is Stirring Passions on Iraq
In Memory of 2,867 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq. by Jesse McKinley
Left, Henry Benton painting a wooden cross that is part of a hillside...
Attention, Veterans of the Cold War
This is to inform anyone who served in the military, and certain civil service jobs, during the Cold War period from September 2, 1945,...
Maine Wreath Company Helps Decorate Veterans’s Tombstones
Maine wreath company helps decorate veterans's tombstonesby Donna Teresa
A simple wreath has been used for different occasions with special significance. In ancient Rome, wreaths...
Does America Need a Draft To Win the War on Terror?
Rep. Charles Rangel (D) of New York says it's hypocritical to "support the war and not support the draft" - to stand for the...
Soldiers in Iraq Take On New Role
U.S. soldiers and Marines are being plucked out of combat positions to be "embedded" with Iraqi army and police units as trainers and advisers.by...
Made in America, Sold in the Nam
Made in America, Sold in the Nam: A Continuing Legacy of Pain A Book by Rick Ritter and Paul Richards
Hope and Healing For All...
Women take on major battlefield roles
Women are on the frontlines and they are heroes, too.by Sharon Cohen
A goodwill mission to deliver kerosene heaters to Iraqi schools erupts into the fiery...
Last WWI Veterans Get Their Due
Last WWI Veterans Get Their Dueby Dean Reynolds and Elizabeth Stuart
KANSAS CITY, MO His eyes have seen more than most do in a lifetime....
Veterans Skeptical VA Can Cope with Iraq War Wave
Improved Field Care Means Soldiers Who Would Have Died in Past Wars Now Live and Need Ongoing Careby Gigi Stone
Sgt. Brent Bretz has...
Learning to Live with the Ayatollahs
If Bush dares to move militarily against Iran, we will become mired in a bloody conflict that knows no borders. by Robert Scheer, AlterNet
How...