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VETS 2 BROTHERS KILLED IN IRAQ AND THEN VA CUTS HIS BENEFITS

This veteran of the Iraq war lost both of this brothers in Iraq and then the VA wanted to cut out all of his benefits including having him return his bonus sign up pay. Read more
04/17/2008

Veterans for America's (VFA) Bobby Muller takes on Bush/Petraeus scam.

One of the Ohio State leaders of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) passed this to me asking me to forward a thank you to Bobby Muller for speaking out on behalf of military families and our troops who are not allowed by-law (the Hatch Act) to have a dissenting voice on their war. In fact, the only voice allowed at least until 2008 are those military families and troops who are members of AmericaSupportsBush.mil.  Read more
04/11/2008

IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS: HOW YOU FILL OUT VA CLAIM FORMS

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Hazel Davis for posting a listing of the many VA forms Veterans have to maneuver through. She, along with my own most recent expose of VA foot dragging on the relationship between PTSD and TBI or TBI and PTSD, inspired me to pull out of my memory HOw I successfully filed a series of VA Claims on my own. Keep in mind that I once worked at the VA, so that experience alone gave me insight on how to properly fill out a claim.  Read more
04/09/2008

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace AND Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at War

I’ve promoted few books on my Blog, because that’s just not what I do. However one related to the two above is AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service – and How it Hurts Our Country by Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer. Two other insightful books have come to my attention that I want to promote throughout the independent thinking and open minded Veteran and Military Family communities.  Read more
04/05/2008

National Assembly to End the Iraq War scheduled for Ohio in June 2008

Open National Conference to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now, On behalf of the Coordinating Committee of the National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation, we are pleased to announce an Open National Conference to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now, scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, June 28-29, 2008.  Read more
04/03/2008

VA WON'T HELP SOLDIERS REGISTER TO VOTE

The Veterans Administration continues to mess up. Now there is a report the VA is refusing to help soldier's register to vote. Read more
03/18/2008

SURVEY: VETS HAVE TROUBLE ADJUSTING BACK HOME

One out of every four returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing trouble adjusting to homelife a new survey has disclosed. Read more
03/17/2008

THE GROUND TRUTH: THE HUMAN COST OF WAR

Seldom has a documentary captured what life in the military is really like as much as "The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War." For everyone who cares about our brave young Americans serving in the Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan this documentary should be seen. Read more
03/07/2008

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