Monthly Archives: August 2009
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-06-09
Wyle Laboratories, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $38,647,339 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop and deliver concept recommendations, architecture...
FEWER THAN HALF OF RETURNING VETS SUFFERING PTSD SEEK HELP, VA DOC SAYS
Fewer than half returning vets with PTSD seeking help; doc says they fear stigmaby Sherwood Ross Veterans returning from the fighting in Afghanistan and...
Washington Department of Veterans Affairs Receives AmeriCorps Grants to Help Veterans Give Back In...
The Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) was awarded $252,000 from the Washington Commission for National and Community Service to implement a new AmeriCorps...
RESERVE AND GUARD RETIRED SPACE A PRIVILEGES – NOT WHAT IT IS!
by Shailes McWan, MSGT, USAFR, RetiredMany Reserve and Guard retiree’s are under the “assumption”, that they have the same privileges to fly Space A...
T BOONE PICKENS: PAY THE MILLIONS BUCKS YOU OWE PARALYZED VETS NOW!
FRANKEN SHOOTS DOWN "DRAFT DODGER PICKENS"PICKENS STILL REFUSES MILLION BUCK PAYMENT TO PARALYZED VETS OF AMERICABy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERThis week, T Boone Pickens,...
"SMILE" – WE ARE WATCHING YOU
IS BRITAIN'S "WE ARE WATCHING YOU" SURVEILLANCE COMING TO THE U.S.?THE BIOMETRIC ETHICS NIGHTMAREBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERWalk down a street anywhere in Britain...
Veterans Groups need to put more pressure on Shinseki and Congress to allow VA...
As this story tells us, it is a dilemma faced by VA doctors caught between their legal confidentiality obligations to their patients and the...
THE MILITARY SUICIDE LIE
TROOPS VICTIMIZED BY A CULTURE OF LIES COMBAT STRESS TIES UNPROVENBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITERLying is nothing new for our military or government in general. ...
HOMES FOR HEROES® Affiliates Help Heroes Get Affordable Housing
HomesForHeroes.com provides new information for heroes seeking discounts and rebates when buying or selling a home. Minneapolis, MN - The Homes For Heroes program...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-05-09
Souza Construction, Inc.*, Farmersville, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1652); Bilbro Construction Co., Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1653); Allen Engineering Contractor, Inc.*, San Bernardino, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1654); K.O.O....
VETERANS-FOR-CHANGE NETWORKS FOR CHANGE IN THE ANTIQUATED VA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Written by: Jim DavisEdited by: Barbie Perkins-Cooper GARDEN GROVE, CA – August 5, 2009 -- Veterans-For-Change, a non-profit vocal group for Veterans rights, benefits,...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 8-5-09
What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Obama: VA Will Need Years To Full Ready To Address Vets' Mental Health Issues. 2. Agreement Allows California Students...
TEXAS STATE GUARD CHANGES COMMAND
Left Photo: Lt. Shawn James, Texas State Guard - Maj. Gen. Raymond C. Peters accepts the colors from Maj. Gen. Jose Mayorga, symbolizing the...
Prairie Chapel Road
Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the day Cindy Sheehan, Dede Miller and I led the march in the bar ditches to former President...
PANETTA SEEKS TO WHITEWASH CIA CRIMES
By Sherwood Ross, Staff Writer CIA Director Leon Panetta’s article titled “It’s Time To Move On” published in the August 4th Miami...
Readout of the President’s Meeting with the National Commander and Executive Director of the...
Readout of the President’s Meeting with the National Commander and Executive Director of the American Legion The President just concluded a very productive meeting...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-04-09
Arise Scaffolding and Equipment, Cleveland, Ohio is being awarded a $57,000,160 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide scaffolding services for the Southwest Regional Maintenance...
Obama Administration and the State of California Fix Post 9/11 GI Bill Tuition Glitch
Veterans Will Now Have Standardized Access to Private, Graduate and Out-of State Schools in California Under Yellow Ribbon ProgramWASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs...
What You Need to Know Before Leaving Active Duty & As a Veteran
If you’re active duty there is a program called the Pre-Discharge Program. This is a joint Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 8-4-09
What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Obama Touts Rollout Of New GI Bill, Says Vets Will Boost The Economy. 2. Vets Group Leader Says Some...
OBAMA SAYS DR. KING PAVED HIS WAY BUT KING WOULD REJECT OBAMA’S WARS
KING VS. OBAMABy Sherwood Ross In his rousing speech to the NAACP, President Obama praised the civil rights leaders of the past whose sacrifices...
DISTANT WAR: RECOLLECTIONS OF VIETNAM, LAOS, AND CAMBODIA
by Marc Phillip YablonkaA Merriam Press Original Publication: Military Monograph MM27This is a newly-edited compilation of eighteen years of Yablonka’s reportage on American involvement...
August 7th is Purple Heart Day – a Day to Honor America's Combat Wounded...
Each year on August 7th, Americans should pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who were either wounded on the battlefield...
Military Order of the Purple Heart Salutes U.S. Army Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants
July 29 marked the 234th Anniversary of the Army Chaplains Corp and 100th Anniversary for the Chaplain Assistant, as Army Chaplains, their assistants, families,...
SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS: THE POST 9/11 GI BILL
Colleges and Universities Partner with VA to Improve GI Bill Benefits WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, President Obama celebrated the beginning of implementation of the...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE POST-9/11 GI BILL
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 11:20 A.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Hello. Thank you. Please, have a seat. Good morning, everybody.AUDIENCE: Good morning.THE PRESIDENT: It is...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 8-3-09
What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Obama To Mark Rollout Of New GI Bill. 2. Shinseki, Obama, Webb To Attend Ceremony For New GI Bill. ...
On The Record Testimony July 30 oversight and Investigation House VA Committee on Gulf...
Testimony Submitted for the Record House VA committee/Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee Hearing July 30,2009The Implications of United States Department of Veterans Affairs Limited Scope...
The Scott Speicher Story from the Beginning by Larry Stimeling Staff Writer
LTCMDR Scott Speicher was shot down over Iraq on the first day of the Gulf war, January 17,1991. Only hours after the plane was...