December 14, 2009 – Nationwide and International
Members of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), the largest organization of military families speaking out against wars in the nation’s history, are available to comment on President Obama’s acceptance of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
ROBERT L. HANAFIN
Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired
GS-14, U.S. Civil Service-Retired
Editorial Board
VT News Network &
Our Troops News Ladder
Member, Military Families Speak Out-OHIO
http://www.mfso.org/article.php?id=1037
Military Families Available to the Media for Comment
MFSO Board member Kerri Wheelwright of Fort Jackson, South Carolina explained: As the wife of an Army Captain recently back from a 15 month deployment in Iraq and preparing to serve another deployment in Afghanistan, I am extremely disturbed and puzzled
that Barack Obama is the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. Escalating military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while maintaining the war in Iraq, which he promised to end, mocks the very idea of peace. For those of us military families with no peace in our lives, who are living with war and its after-effects in our very own homes, this is an insult. President Obama has a lot to live up to if he is to ever be deserving of this award. As of now, it is a slap in the face to both the people of these war torn countries, and to military families truly seeking the wars’ end.
MFSO Board of Directors member Lisa Leitz of Greenbrier, Arkansas said:
As the wife of a Navy pilot who is flying daily missions in Afghanistan on his third deployment in as many years, I was particularly saddened to hear the President invoke "just war theory" to justify his decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. There is no military solution in Afghanistan. Escalation of this war just means more deaths of our loved ones and the people of Afghanistan. Despite President Obama being the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, we sadly see him now as a war president.
Members of Military Families Speak Out, including families with loved ones currently in Afghanistan or those facing deployment or redeployment, along with members of Gold Star Families Speak Out whose loved ones have died as a result of these wars, are available for interview by either national or international media.
To arrange for an interview, contact Deborah Forter at Military Families Speak Out, 617-983-0710 or [email protected] For more information about Military Families Speak Out, see http://www.mfso.org; for more information about Gold Star Families Speak Out see http://www.gsfso.org.
http://www.mfso.org/article.php?id=1037
Contact: Deborah Forter, 617-983-0710, [email protected]
Readers are more than welcome to use the articles I’ve posted on Veterans Today, I’ve had to take a break from VT as Veterans Issues and Peace Activism Editor and staff writer due to personal medical reasons in our military family that take away too much time needed to properly express future stories or respond to readers in a timely manner.
My association with VT since its founding in 2004 has been a very rewarding experience for me.
Retired from both the Air Force and Civil Service. Went in the regular Army at 17 during Vietnam (1968), stayed in the Army Reserve to complete my eight year commitment in 1976. Served in Air Defense Artillery, and a Mechanized Infantry Division (4MID) at Fort Carson, Co. Used the GI Bill to go to college, worked full time at the VA, and non-scholarship Air Force 2-Year ROTC program for prior service military. Commissioned in the Air Force in 1977. Served as a Military Intelligence Officer from 1977 to 1994. Upon retirement I entered retail drugstore management training with Safeway Drugs Stores in California. Retail Sales Management was not my cup of tea, so I applied my former U.S. Civil Service status with the VA to get my foot in the door at the Justice Department, and later Department of the Navy retiring with disability from the Civil Service in 2000.
I’ve been with Veterans Today since the site originated. I’m now on the Editorial Board. I was also on the Editorial Board of Our Troops News Ladder another progressive leaning Veterans and Military Family news clearing house.
I remain married for over 45 years. I am both a Vietnam Era and Gulf War Veteran. I served on Okinawa and Fort Carson, Colorado during Vietnam and in the Office of the Air Force Inspector General at Norton AFB, CA during Desert Storm. I retired from the Air Force in 1994 having worked on the Air Staff and Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.
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