Monthly Archives: September 2008

VHA AUGMENTS RESOURCES TO PROVIDE TREATMENT  FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WASHINGTON – The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is strengthening its programs for substance use disorders...

Senate passes big military bill WednesdayWASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a massive defense bill Wednesday that includes a pay raise for military personnel, despite...

VA benefits nominee would prep for changeBy Rick MazeIn the remaining 3½ months of the Bush administration, the nominee to head the Veterans’ Benefits...

NCHV Announces Fall Conference Call ScheduleWith support from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Labor, NCHV is hosting several conference calls over...

           SupplyCore, Inc., Rockford, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $525,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for...

WATCH DEAR MR. OBAMA VIDEOHow Can a U.S. Soldier Justify Getting His Leg Blown Off Mr. McCain?by C. J. Tawil Have you seen the Dear Mr....

THE "NEW" BUSH 'VETERANS ADVISORY COMMISSION TASKED WITH STIFLING CHANGEBURYING PROBLEMS AND LETTING THE PROBLEMS BURY VETSBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERBush appointed a commission...

 BAE Systems/Ordnance Systems Inc, Kingsport, Tenn., was awarded on Sept.15, 2008, a $33,231,000 fixed price contract to support various modernization projects at Holston Army...

CONGRESS MAY WALK AWAY FROM FROM VETERANS' LEGISLATIONAN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS FROM THE DAVDear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader Boehner, and...

VVA: Traumatic Brain Injury informationThe Blinded Veterans Association was contacted by National Institute of Health, (NIH) about this study, and they do want both...

OMNIBUS VETERANS’ BENEFITS BILL PASSES SENATE WITH UNANIMOUS SUPPORTAkaka urges prompt consideration in the House  WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman...

by Penny ColemanOn April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Washington carrying 6700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated...

Diversity and Career News From the VA Employment Department Diversity At Medical Schools Makes Stronger Doctors, Study Shows Sexual Harassment 10 Times More Likely In...

Force Health Protection and Readiness Launches Chemical-Biological Warfare Exposures Web SiteFALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Department of Defense Force Health Protection and Readiness Directorate...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Suicide Prevention Coordinators Dispensing Information At VA Hospitals In Oklahoma.  2. Artist's Prints Given To Vet Center In Texas.   3. Golden...

Garnishing benefits 'blatantly illegal' in case of Martin County former MarineBy Geoff OldfatherFormer Marine Joe Ricci is 100 percent disabled and depends on his...

VA Names Members of Benefits Advisory CommitteePanel to Help Guide Improvement to Disability RegulationsWASHINGTON – A newly formed advisory committee for the Department of...

PARTY GIRL CANDIDATE BRINGS NEW LIFE TO THE KLAN MOVEMENTBIG OIL SMILES AND PICKS UP THE TABBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERAcross America, Obama/Biden signs...

Evidence of Greater Health Care Needs Among Older Veterans of the Vietnam War By Brooks, Matthew S Laditka, Sarah B; Laditka, James N This...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Peake Attends Grand Opening Of Florida Facility.  2. VA Planning To Open Outreach Clinics In Utah, Other States.   3. VA Nurse...

By Rick ThorneHOW LONG WILL FREE SPEECH BE FREE IN AMERICA?GOVT. BILL H.R. 1955 IS DESTROYING OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUR MIND!There's been several...

What Kind of World do We Live In?Election 2008:  Exaggerated Dangers vs. Calm Collected Foreign Policyby F. J. RyanLipstick on a Pig?  Hockey Moms?...

Caddell Yates Joint Venture, Montgomery, Ala., is being awarded a $181,882,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of the Wallace Creek Regimental Complex at...

NEW "BLUE MONDAY" WORSE THAN 911 BUSH CORRUPTION COLLAPSES OUR ECONOMY - -OUR ENEMIES REJOICE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER MISMANAGEMENT, DIPLOMATIC BLUNDERS AND THE IRAQ WAR...

Washington DC Inc. 500 Firm Joins HireVeterans.comIT Company Looking to Employ Military Veteransby Gordon GatesEnlightened, Inc., an Inc. Magazine Top 500 Company that provides...

Washington DC Inc. 500 Firm Joins HireVeterans.comIT Company Looking to Employ Military Veteransby Gordon GatesEnlightened, Inc., an Inc. Magazine Top 500 Company that provides...

YOUR HARD EARNED INVESTMENTS ARE SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY!By Rick ThorneWhat better way to destroy peoples lives than to bankrupt huge investment firms. CAN'T YOU...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Peake Says 'Responsible Leadership' Will Repair Illinois Clinic. 2. Peake Tours Marion VAMC, Discusses Hospital's Future. 3. American Legion At Odds...

WSU to study Iraq toxins' effect Research to examine how exposure might damage offspring of soldiers by Bert CaldwellWashington State University scientists will use a...

September 11th and 12th Congressional Veterans Affairs visitBoth the house and the senate membership: FINAL REPORT I want to thank Fred, Irish, Helen, and Carl...

IKE’s handi-work revealedTEXAS NATIONAL GUARD DOES GOODby Chief Master Sgt. Gonda Moncada, Texas National GuardCAMP MABRY, Austin, Texas – Secretary Chertoff, Governor Rick Perry...

A Proposal for Reforming the Veterans Administration Health Care SystemBy Michael CoonanCOMMON PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY VETERANS AT VA HEALTH CLINICSThe following is not an...

VOTE FOR THE FORRUNNER TO THE ANTI-CHRIST!HAIL OBAMA...By Rick ThorneThe presidential election of 2000 was rigged and the 2008 election will be no different....

Soul Studios Hollywood will host a photo gallery in late November, called Semper Fi Photo to benefit The Wounded Warrior Regiment, Battalion West. Hollywood,...

IKE showed its massive furryCAMP MABRY, Austin, Texas  –   IKE came ashore as a thief in the night in Galveston Bay Saturday and revealed...

VA head: Surgeries at Illinois hospital months offMARION, Ill. — The head of the nation's Veterans Affairs system said Saturday it still could be...

Grave Concerns on the New GI BillCollege officials heralded this summer’s passage of a new, much-bigger GI Bill for veterans who’ve served since September...

What Happened to the WW II Movie Stars Real Hollywood hunks.........not the whimpey ones we have now In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings...

VA Opening 10 Rural Outreach ClinicsWASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will open 10 new Rural Outreach Clinics by 2009 to increase...

Small COLA hike a Surprise to VeteransA 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment in veterans’ disability and survivor pay approved by the Senate just before the...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Lawmakers To Accompany Peake On Tour Of Marion VAMC. 2. VA Tries To Reassure Congress On GI Bill Benefits...

Wake Up America: We are being RapedWe are all Cheap Whores for the Eliteby Sargent FreedomWe spend TRILLIONS to develop weapon systems, that is, you...