Yearly Archives: 2006

Some questions answered about veterans' employment after deploymentby Diane Stafford Does a member of the National Guard have a right to a job promotion he...

Directed energy could revolutionize warfare, expert saysby Leonard David LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - There is a new breed of weaponry fast approaching and at...

Soldiers, spies, and diplomats conduct a classic Pentagon war gamewith sobering resultsby James Fallows Throughout this summer and fall, barely mentioned in America's presidential campaign,...

TogetherWeServed.com reunites Marinesby Gunnery Sgt. John S. Jamison Jr. If one were to Google U.S. Marines one would find that somewhere in the approximate 19...

Awed by the caliber of those who serve our countryby J. Stryker Meyer During my youth, my father always spoke in reverent terms about the...

Free Brain training for veterans EEG Neurofeedback is being offered at no cost to returning veterans through a growing network of Neurofeedback practitioners nationwide. The...

Reservist on team that combs steaming jungle hoping to resolve cases of missing servicemenby David Madrid Villagers joined Tech. Sgt Joe Baker a reservist who...

Army Begins Discharging Reservists Who Disobeyed Ordersby Robert Burns The Army took initial steps Monday to expel dozens of reservists who failed to report for...

"Millions" of Americans' phone calls tapped by N.S.A. ABC's "Nightline" last night aired a terrifying scoop: a former senior insider at the  National Security Agency...

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...

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 by Steven Komarow WASHINGTON The Marine Corps is paying $100,000 apiece for a revamped Vietnam-era jeep as part...

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,...

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...

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...

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 study: Enlarging shields could have saved 74 livesby Michael Moss, The New York Times A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as...

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 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 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 The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. passed a national resolution yesterday to support the...

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 FREE Admission Active Security Clearance REQUIREDTell your colleagues! Bring many resumes! EXHIBITING AT ONE OR BOTH EVENTS: L-3...

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...

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 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:...

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,...

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...

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to have German leader Adolf Hitler executed if he was captured, according to previously secret government documents...

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 Iraqby Tiziana Dearing Given the lead-up to the war, that collective impatience is understandable. We committed our blood...