Monthly Archives: December 2008

TRICARE’s CAP Wins The President's Quality AwardFALLS CHURCH, Va. – TRICARE’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) has won the Presidential Award for Management Excellence –...

KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and Putrefied Remains'By ZP Heller, Brave New FilmsThe scandals for KBR just keep...

Army Recruiters Open War 'Experience' Arcade to Attract YoungstersBy Jim Hightower, JimHightower.comFrom football to beach volleyball, competitive games can get your juices going.But the...

Former Gitmo Prosecutor Breaks Silence About TortureBy ZP Heller, Brave New FilmsDespite Bill O'Reilly's delusional rantings, there is no debate that the U.S. military...

Former U.S. Interrogator: Torture Policy Has Led to More Deaths than 9/11 AttacksBy Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!Amy Goodman: Writing under the pseudonym Matthew Alexander,...

           Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $157,342,752 cost plus incentive fee, cost plus fixed fee contract for services supporting...

So too is the Security of this Nation! !by Lt. Liberty 05 Dec 2008 @1621 Today I had long discussion with an Air Force Major...

Why Those Pearl Harbor “Conspiracy” Theories Ain’t SoBy Sherwood RossAs the anniversary of the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor rolls around,...

VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND SEEKS EDUCATORS TO JOIN TEACHERS NETWORKApplication Deadline to Join the “Class of 2009” is March 27Washington, D.C.—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial...

The United States of EnglandHow UK's imperialist role passed to the U.S.By Sherwood Ross Why don’t we call America the United States of England?...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside  1. City On Verge Of Purchasing VA-Owned Homes.    2. VA Planning To Open 31 New Clinics.   3. Official Says VA, DOD Are...

by Bob Hanafin, I received my NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 issue of THE VVA VETERAN and noted an OUTSTANDING editorial by John Miterko, Chair of the VVA...

World-Class Health Care Brought Closer to More VeteransWASHINGTON – Veterans will have easier access to world-class health care under a Department of Veterans Affairs...

SLAVERY, AMERICAN STYLE, MUST GO!By Sherwood RossWho says there are no slaves in America? The greatest domestic issue facing President-elect Obama is not the...

US Soldiers Re-enlisting Because of Poor EconomyFORT RILEY, Kan. -- Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five...

Third Annual GI Film Festival Announces Call for Entries Award-winning Festival Seeks Films That Honor American GIs Arlington, Virginia - The GI Film Festival is currently...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside  1. VA Asks IOM To Review Gulf War Illness Findings.   2. VA Sponsoring Event For Homeless Vets In Nebraska..  ...

           Archer Western Contractors, LTD, Atlanta, Ga.; Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc., Vienna, Va.; Hourigan Construction Corp., Virginia Beach, Va.; M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn.;...

VA Recognizes ALS Link to Military Service Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may receive needed support for themselves and their families after the Department...

President-Elect Obama: Close Guantanamo!By Sherwood RossIf Barack Obama is the humanitarian he appears to be, one of his first acts as president surely will...

Bush Aggression Made Life in Iraq UnbearableBy Sherwood Ross President Bush’s attack on Iraq has made daily life there “unbearable” for most people, two...

Vietnam, Iraq, and The Wires By Sherwood Ross It is a sad and dangerous development when supposedly objective news media yield to national pressure...

Glenn Beck: 20,000 troops to deploy...in America?Pentagon to deploy 20,00 troops inside USA...GLENN: You know, I was going to talk a little bit about...

Are Key Obama Advisors in Tune with Neocon Hawks Who Want to Attack Iran?By Robert Dreyfuss, Tomdispatch.comA familiar coalition of hawks, hardliners, and neoconservatives...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside 1. VA To Open New Clinic In Vermont.   2. NYTimes Welcomes Obama Administration's Attention To Injured Iraq Vets.   3. Support Groups For...

Gulf War Illness Is Real, Requires Treatment, Panel Says Some Vindication for Sick Veterans Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours,...

Soldiers choose war over bleak economyPentagon officials report strongest recruiting season in four yearsFORT RILEY, Kan. - Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling...

Veteran’s TV Show - The Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access ShowProduced by Bill Moore and Co-hosted by Larry CorbinWinners of the 2008 Rika...

Gulf War Syndrome Is Physical, Not Mental, Says Official Study  By Mark Anderson While depleted uranium, or DU, is acknowledged as one of about 12 “ingredients”...

The VA Advisory Committe Plans Schedule of Meetings for Gulf War Veteransby Denise Nichols, The VA's Advisory Committee is tenatively planning the following schedule...

Today's Local News for Veterans  What's Inside  1. Akaka Requests Review Of War-Zone Toxins.  2. VA, Army Attempt To Curtail Rising Suicide Rate.   3. DeBakey VAMC Providing Assistance To Vision-Impaired Veterans.   4. VA,...

            The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Space and Strategic Missiles, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded $720,086,268 modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee...

PRICE FIXING DRIVES FOOD COSTS THRU THE ROOFBLAMING BIOFUELS A SCAMBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERThe food industry has been loading DC with payoff dollars. ...

MILITARY BALLOTS REMAIN PROBLEM FOR 2008 CONGRESSIONAL SEATS  by Diane M. Grassi          “At a time when these young people are defending our country and its...

PENTAGON TARGETS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC KIDS TO FIGHT ITS WARS By Sherwood RossIf African-Americans are overrepresented in the armed forces it is likely because...

“NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND”“TROJAN HORSE” FOR PENTAGON RECRUITERSBy Sherwood RossThe Pentagon has used the No Child Left Behind Act as a Trojan Horse to...

U.S. SUFFERING “MORAL MELTDOWN” DESPITE PROTESTS IT ACTS JUSTLYBy Sherwood RossDespite false protestations that it goes to war only for a just cause, the...

*** THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN DISPUTED BY URBAN LEGENDS ***** (01/11/09)SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD...

NAZI BUNKERSJust In! See the 5 photographsThree Nazi bunkers on a beach have been uncovered by violent storms off the Danish coast, providing a...

" The Tribute Lady "  My name is Susan D. Wiseman, " I'm just one mom, of one soldier, from one family who's lost...

U.S. VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL PLEDGE NOT TO RECRUIT CHILDREN UNDER 17By Sherwood RossIn violation of its pledge to the United Nations not to recruit children...

TRICARE Overseas Claims Filing Extension Deadline NearsFalls Church, VA – TRICARE officials remind overseas providers and beneficiaries that they have limited time left to...