Monthly Archives: October 2009

Today's New York Times, like so often before, offers a microcosmic view of U.S. policy in the Middle East and around the world like...

The Associated Press has today released an article on the ratio of allied troops and security personnel to active Taliban in Afghanistan.  It is...

No. 833-09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY                   AmeriQual Group, LLC D/B/A AmeriQual Packaging, Evansville, Ind., is being awarded a maximum $177,835,000 fixed price with...

These are Dangerous Times to be an American Veteran! By Robert L. Rosebrock, Staff WriterSharon McCaslin, prosecuting attorney for the United States Department of Justice,...

Kaplan University Campuses Are Hiring Veteransby Captain Lonnie RyanReal-world knowledge and skills are essential in today's competitive job market. Kaplan University has teamed with...

SPC Dennis you are still in our thoughts!  We still want contact directly with you!  Email [email protected]  Reference previous post to a column article...

By Joshua Partlow -----KABUL - A series of powerful bombs killed eight American soldiers and an interpreter in southern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, according to...

John Carey Ohio Senate The brave men and women in our nation's military share a passion and commitment for service. Not only do...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 1. During Appearance With Shinseki, Gates Says Injured US Troops Face Too Much Bureaucracy.  2. World Series Game To Be...

Guam Sen. Ada Offers Bill To Improve Guam Veterans Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee Swap new veterans cemetery,...

By Leo Michel and Robert Hunter Los Angeles Times 'There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies," observed Winston...

Here is an article from today's New York Times on Afghanistan, from the point of view of the German Army soldiers who are fighting...

Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post has posted an article this morning concerning a respected U.S. Foreign Service Officer, a former combat marine with...

By Dr S.M. RahmanFranklin D. Roosevelt made a very profound statement in 1938. He said: “You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism...

 GAZA ISN'T ABOUT ISRAELI SECURITYGAZA IS ABOUT A WORLD GONE MADby Jeff Gates, Staff WriterVeteransToday.com - Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet...

Think of us as just having passed through the failed era of "must" in Washington. For almost eight years, George W. Bush made speeches...

Finally!  The Congress is coming to its senses and finding the cahonies to stand up to the Pentagon, the war industry captains and the...

Shinseki, Gates Address Unprecedented Forum WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are hosting a...

No. 831-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVY                General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $24,999,954 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide non-nuclear maintenance and repair support...

GOOD ACTOR BUT 3RD RATE CONSPIRACY WINGNUTBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior EditorLord only know, I like Chuck Norris, his films, his TV shows and...

By Golnar Motevalli Reuters BARCHA, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Tiffany Jones chews tobacco, spitting the juice into the Afghan desert...

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI): JUST THE FACTS  By Carol Ware Duff MSN, BA, RN Injuries to the brain may be more common than you know. With exposure...

Daniel Ellsberg is the legendary US military analyst employed by the RAND Corp who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when, risking his liberty and defying the government,...

Careful Work: Veteran Fred L. Stanley sews medical labels at the Veterans Administration on Wilshire Boulevard Thursday afternoon. photo by Brandon Wise.By Kevin Herrera...

Blowback says Juan Cole - Oct. 25, 2009 | Two massive blasts shook central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 155 people, including 30 children and...

Chopper crashes killed 14 Americans in Afghanistan on Monday, ratcheting up pressure on President Obama to decide on a surge. Leslie H. Gelb reports Obama's...

By Sajjad ShaukatSince October 17, this year when Pakistan’s armed forces started the military operation, “Rah-i-Nijat” (Path to Deliverance), they have been rapidly achieving...

- Growing evidence of extremists in U.S. military, photo of active duty Oath Keeper in Mosul, Iraq -by Rob Waters and the Southern Poverty Law Center on...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 1. Shinseki Expands Agent Orange Illnesses List.  2. Shinseki Asked To Eliminate PTSD Benefits Requirement.  3. Older Veterans File Most Claims. ...

Las Vegas, Nevada New law serves veterans Austin, Texas Delayed benefits frustrate veterans Los Angeles, California South ...

By Sherwood Ross /Staff Writer VT In order to convert the sleepy, Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia into a dominating military base,...

In today's New York Times there is an editorial pounding the Obama Administration, and rightly so, for continuing the Bush Era cover-up policy on...

The BBC reports today that a sunken Royal Navy submarine lost in World War I has been found on the bottom of the ocean...

GULF WAR ILLNESS RESEARCH REPORT FROM FRANCEAmong several factors, implication of pyridostigmine (PB) in late cognitive dysfunction is highly likely. As a hypothesis to...

 Gregg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post have posted an article in that paper today explaining that in the past month the...

by Nick Mottern - When you lace up your boots and head for the plane that will carry you to Afghanistan, you will be...

The Associated Press is running a story about Rush Limbaugh making a major on-air mistake on Friday night concerning the President and then refusing...

MILLBURY — The cause of an Oct. 16 fire that destroyed a local police officer’s home is under investigation by the state fire marshal’s...

Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our OwnAfter the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans suffered toxic reactions, neurological damage, and rare cancers due...

Just an update.WE a few Desert Storm and Vietnam veterans did not just ignore a comment to a posted story but did all they...

Just a nice story for the day about our flight attendants that care for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines and ideas that need...

Joel McNally sets the record straight in the Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) on the segment of America who oppose President Obama in anything, the anti-American GOP....