Monthly Archives: November 2008

Defense Health Care: Additional Efforts Needed to Ensure Compliance with Personality Disorder Separation RequirementsAt DOD, a personality disorder can render a servicemember unsuitable for...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside 1. Peake Says VA Has Met Challenges.   2. Obama Lays Wreath At Memorial In Chicago.   3. Families Of Wounded Veterans Seek Caregiver Compensation.  ...

The Last Man standingWorld War I Veteran Frank Buckles is the Last American World War I VeteranFrank Woodruff Buckles (born February 1, 1901) is,...

Retired F.B.I. Agents Join Cause of 4 SailorsBy Ian Urbina RICHMOND, Va. — F.B.I. agents rarely comment on criminal convictions. It is even more...

Historic Lawsuit Challenges Unacceptable Delays in Delivering Benefits to America's Veterans by Department of Veterans Affairs Vietnam Veterans Of America & Veterans Of Modern...

Raped in the Military? You'll Have to Pay for Your Own Forensic Exam KitBy Penny ColemanSarah Palin's decision not to pay for rape kits...

This Veterans Day, U.S. Soldiers Say 'Stop the War'By Benjamin Lewis and Brandon NeelyOn this day, Veteran's Day, we would like to express to...

TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY JOINS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL CENTERWashington, D.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined a group of prominent...

Battle of the MindSome Burdens of War Follow Veterans HomeVETERANS DAY 2008By Elaine Thompson When Casey Gannon returned from Iraq two years ago, it wasn’t...

VA Puts Credibility Through ShredderWhen veterans need health care, they at least expect their claims will be fairly evaluated. Yet Department of Veterans Affairs...

VETERANS ISSUES GET LITTLE MENTION IN NATIONAL PRESSELECTION GONE, VETS FORGOTTENBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERLast year we had the Walter Reed scandal pushed by...

Veterans Day 2008: Nov. 11Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I....

The 2008 Veterans Day teacher resource guide is now online.  Parents and educators can download the guide as a PDF file from the VA...

BUSH SPY REVELATIONS ANTICIPATED WHEN OBAMA IS SWORN INBy Ryan Singel Submitted by Congressman Mark Siljander  (www.adeadlymisunderstanding.com)When Barack Obama takes the oath of office...

Veterans Day, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America On Veterans Day, we pay tribute to the service and...

VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY FOUND SHREDDING DISABILTY APPLICATIONS BUSINESS AS USUAL AND NO SURPRISES, WE ALWAYS KNEW By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER After 15 years as...

ON THIS VETERANS DAY WEEK NOVEMBER 11TH, WE SHOULD ALL KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEby Bill MooreThirty-one words which affirm the values and...

DSHS veteran program links up vets and their families with federal benefits they may not know they’re missingOLYMPIA, Wash. -- On Veterans Day 2008,...

Vets Aren’t Taking the Congress HillThe final results are still up in the air, but it looks like this election likely will continue the...

VA's shelters don't always take in women, so a housing program is being initiatedDAYTON, OHIO — When Carisa Dogen looks back on her life...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Peake Expects Review Of Salisbury Plan This Week.   2. Peake Calls For Recognition Of Veterans.   3. Federal Law Allows Veterans To...

WHILE THE "FOIL HAT" BRIGADE HIDES IN THE BASEMENT OBAMA HAS SECRET PLANS TO DISASSEMBLE VITAL LAWS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER President Elect Obama has said...

GOP stalwarts shun tradition, switch votes; Obama aides win over support in Ohio's Republican countiesby CHAUNCEY ALCORNFREMONT(OHIO) - President-elect Barack Obama's fight to win...

Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Peake Responds To Protests Over Hefner VA Changes. 2. Local VA Director Looks To Include Young Vets In Veterans Day...

By Katherine McIntire Peters Nearly six months after a physicist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia discovered that a patient being treated...

As Veterans Day approaches, the following corporations have issued news releases and/or posted on the Internet the following special recognition benefits for veterans. Please...

VA Announces Expansion Of Disability Evaluation System PilotAll Military Services Now Taking PartWASHINGTON -- Wounded service members leaving the military will have easier, quicker...

NATIONAL FLAG FOR FALLEN WARRIORS UNVEILEDNew Emblem Will Serve to Honor and Remember the Sacrifice of Military Service Men and Women Who Died in...

A Veterans Day Message From VA Secretary Dr. James B. PeakeWASHINGTON -- Ninety years ago today, the guns fell silent in Europe.  World War...

VA APPOINTS NEW VETERANS EMPLOYMENT COORDINATORMISSION: HIRE QUALIFIED VETS FOR THE VAVA employee Allison Wilson has been assigned as the regional veterans employment coordinator...

Conservatives Lost More Than An Election by Chuck BaldwinThat Barack Obama trounced John McCain last Tuesday should have surprised no one. In fact, in...

Emerging from the Bush/Cheney Cloud to Face PPPTSD and Learned Helplessnessby Rob KallAfter eight years of the dark cloud and litany of abuses cast...

BlueWater Navy Vietnam Veterans Associationby John RossieThe Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association joins the Order of the Silver Rose in a Health and...

Too many soldiers in new care centersStricter screening procedures will stem the flood of patientsFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - In a rush to correct reports...

The Air Force is modifying an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with General Electric Aircraft Engines of Cincinnati, Ohio, for a maximum of $185,000,000. The...

Catch one, 15 get away.. VA officials investigate mishandled documents at benefits offices in S.C.By Chuck CrumboCOLUMBIA -- Veterans Affairs officials are investigating why 95...

Today's Local News for VeteransWhat's Inside1. Cleland In Mix For New VA Secretary.   2. Father, Son Iraq Veterans Honored.   3. Thousands Of Southern California Vets Diagnosed With...

HOUSTON, TX - In order to alleviate the strain on the National Personnel Records Commission (NPRC), and Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Veteran Compensation Programs...

Postal Service sets Holiday Military Mailing Guidelines By Samantha L. Quigley WASHINGTON -- As the holidays approach and people start thinking about what they...

Veterans and MesotheliomaAccording to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are currently 25 million living individuals who have served in the United States'...

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT IS AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST BORN IN KENYA AND SOON TO BE PLANNING OUR DOWNFALL FROM THE OVAL OFFICE By...