Monthly Archives: January 2009

By Sherwood RossHardly had President Bush slunk out of Washington before his apologist Ross Baker, the  Rutgers political scientist, defamed those seeking his prosecution...

Back in June 2008, Mark Thompson of Time wrote an article about what motivated the Pentagon...

Money will be used to pay for veterans who suffered actual harmBy Hope YenWASHINGTON - The Veterans Affairs Department agreed Tuesday to pay $20...

By Robert L. RosebrockLeft: If this is your Life, then you do not have Liberty and you are certainly not in the Pursuit of...

TRICARE Trains Civilian Providers on Military Behavioral HealthFALLS CHURCH, Va. – TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is offering a pilot program that delivers post traumatic...

Falls Church, Va – TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) has extended its “timely filing waiver” for dates of service prior to Dec. 31, 2007, to...

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Jan. 23, 2009, a $121,144,000 firm fixed price contract for construction of the FY09 Special...

FACED WITH "BAILOUT FOR THE RICH" THE FRENCH FIGHT BACK WHILE AMERICANS WHIMPER By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER France's answer to "Bush the Lesser" is their president...

Poor economy. You can thrive! Veterans Can Get to Work Right Now with PES GROUPby Gordon GatesThe prospect of the parking space violators...

Poor economy.  You can thrive! Veterans Can Get to Work Right Now with PES GROUPby Gordon GatesThe prospect of the parking space violators is...

This article was sent to me by my good friend and fellow Veterans/Military Family advocate in California, Bob Handy with a request from the...

A Fallen Hero's Journey Home Comes to HBO  by Donna Teresa, Homefront JournalWhat started as one of many moving accounts of war from the...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Veterans Rumored To Be Up For Top Posts At VA.   2. Local Veterans Hoping VA Will Choose French Camp Location.  ...

by a Soldier's Mind I have finally gotten around to enrolling in the hand-to-hand combat class known as Modern Army Combatives or just Combatives. In...

Technical Assistance Offered by NCHVTraining on the Federal Grant Process The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans will be offering a free training session for...

By Richard Cohen, Washington Post"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." So goes an aphorism that needs to be applied...

By Reuel Marc GerechtHow good is American intelligence on Iran? With the clerical regime intimately involved in Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq, with the...

In 2017 the United States will commemorate the centennial of its entry into World War I. Nearly 5 million Americans served during the war,...

By Brad Bumsted and Walter F. Roche Jr.HARRISBURG -- Two years after he stepped down as the nation's first head of Homeland Security, Tom...

By DORIAN DE WINDIn my article “Another Innuendo Over a CBO Report: TRICARE For Life,” I pointed to a message from a “BG Bob...

U.S. Commander-in-Chief tells Al Arabiya peace talks should resume to Create Palestinian State"AMERICANS ARE NOT ENEMIES OF THE MUSLIM WORLD"DUBAI (Al Arabiya) - In his...

Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid in the Un-Holy Land

by Tracy Bissonnette, , Brian's MomThe 3rd Annual PFC Brian Moquin Memorial Motorcycle Ride & Benefit is scheduled for May 16, 2009, 11am-8pm with...

 Elcan Optical Technologies, Richardson, Texas, is being awarded a ceiling $180,000,000 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the procurement, delivery, maintenance,...

by Suzanne BatesAuthor of Motivate Like a CEO: Communicate your Strategic Vision and Inspire People to Act!All indications are that our new President has...

by Master Sgt. Kat Bailey, Air Force Personnel Center RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here will begin...

Illnesses caused by Agent Orange raise concernsby Bruce BrownTake the test. That's what veterans advocate Link Savoie has been saying for years to Vietnam...

WEEDING OUT "PTSD FAKERS" POLICY A FRAUD? WITHOUT "GROUND UP" REFORM AT THE VA, VETS WILL KEEP DYING By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER The VA loves...

From the ofiice of James P. Terry, Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals - Washington, D.C.  20420The purpose of this memorandum is to lift a...

ROUTE 9 VETERANS 2009 GUEST SCHEDULEVeteran’s TV Show -Produced by Bill Moore and Co-hosted by Larry CorbinWinners of the 2008 Rika Welsh Community Impact...

MOVE TO END INTERNET NEUTRALITY  SEEN AS THREAT TO ORDINARY BLOGGERS by Sherwood Ross If the cable and phone companies that transmit Internet data are allowed...

The veterans benefit claims process is a grueling one from what I've heard. Not only is having to revisit experiences of combat trauma difficult,...

by A Soldiers MindWhen a National Guard unit deploys to a war torn country, they take with them, not only the skill set they...

Recently we were in contact with a Veterans Advocate calling for expanded AO benefits for Veterans who served in Korea during the Vietnam War. ...

Today's Local News for Veterans What's Inside1. Recent Senate Confirmations Noted.   2. Veterans' Families Suffer From "Secondary PTSD."   3. Veteran Suffering From PTSD Buoyed By Inauguration.   4. US Troops...

THE "JOHN WAYNE" SYNDROME COMES HOME TO ROOST REMEMBRANCES OF A WAR LONG AGO By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER My good friend, author Tom Barnes, periodically submits...

by Andrew Higgins, Wall Street JournalMoshav Tekuma, Israel - Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor's bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official...

By Sherwood RossIf America ever is going to stop making aggressive war, Americans will first have to get into contact with reality. That’s because...

The world powers and their proxies are masters at destruction, but rebuilding is something they've never learned to do.  By Saad AlbazzazThe ruinous war over...

With the Army Field Manual likely to become the new standard for interrogation, the truth behind it is more crucial than ever.  By Jeffrey S....

Among Iraqis, joy at the U.S. handover is tempered by doubts about the competence of its new guards.  By Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and...

Israeli author warns that his country has made a tragic mistake: "This war is a crime against ourselves .. a crime against the State...