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May 01 2008
They Served Their Country Honorably
Seven veterans under VA’s care commit suicide
They served their country honorably but after risking their life in combat abroad, coping with coming home was too much. In the last three months seven servicemen being treated by Spokane’s VA Hospital have committed suicide.
May 01 2008
May Day! Iraq Dock Workers
May Day Message from the Port Workers in Iraq to West Coast dock workers in the U.S.
Dear Brothers and Sisters of ILWU in California
The courageous decision you made to carry out a strike on May Day to protest against the war and occupation of Iraq advances our struggle against occupation to bring a better future for us and for the rest of the world as well.
SNIP
Read The Rest at Link!
Apr 30 2008
Veterans Court – Buffalo NY
Back in January Ilona Meagher, of PTSD Combat-Winning The War Within posted about a Justice Court being set up in Buffalo NY to help Veterans who get into legal trouble you can read her post Here
This Court came together with the help of the local Buffalo chapter membership of Vietnam Veterans of America:
Apr 28 2008
Combat Vets as Students
The News & Observer has a good report on the returning OIF and OEF Veterans as some transition to Students in Colleges and Universities around the country, reporting on some of the problems they face in that transition from combat soldier to student.
This could have been expanded, as many already have found out as others before you went through the same, to the transition from In-Theater Soldiers to Civilian life not just as Students
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As tens of thousands of veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq try to collect on their promised college benefits, McKinnon and others are finding that their combat experience complicates the transition from soldier to student.
Apr 27 2008
Help for Veterans
The following came in on a google news alert I have on Nadia McCaffery who’s son, Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey, was killed nearly five years ago in Iraq. The reason I use the alert is that Nadia, and her Daughter-in-Law have been slowly growing the dream of helping other Veterans returning from the Theaters of War suffering from PTSD and TBI, her son was a medic. Their dream, in her sons honor, is called Veterans Village
This report doesn’t cover ‘Veterans Village’ but Nadia was asked about her thoughts on this Congressional Bill.
Apr 26 2008
This RepugNut Has Got To Be Kidding!
A group of Marines ogling a pinup girl outside their bunkers in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, in January 1968
Targetting Congressional Pages or Toe Tapping in public bathroom stalls is just fine and dandy, as well as giving male prostitutes seemingly unlimitted access to the White House Press Room and only rove knows where else, and the other numorous sex related adventures of mostly republican congressmen, bet the women have a few little secrets themselves.
But shockingly, once again, after being the Lead Cheerleaders, along with their equally sex confused talking heads, o’really are you listening, you to fatboy cyst, to the extremely failed policy of Wars/Occupations Of Choice we get this:
Apr 25 2008
Breaking: Bragg Barracks Living Conditions
Another rising case of the Mis-Treatment of the Military Troops returning from the Theaters of Afganistan and Iraq.
The following was printed in the Fayetteville Observer, in Fayetteville North Carolina, home to Ft Bragg Army Base.
Apr 25 2008
VA’s Katz Should Leave Now, and Anyone Else Involved In Shirking Duty!!
I don’t need to add anything to the below, one: I’m not there, two: what’s below says it all, three: this Country put it’s Military Through All This Before to my Brother ‘Nam Vets and followed up with Every Deployment Since!
How many know what’s happening with the Gulf War I Vets!
Apr 22 2008
Crisis in Veterans’ Healthcare
For an Arrogant, Apathedic, Wealthy country, that loves it’s Conflicts and Occupations, we truely show our colors with our short term memories.
This all went on before, We Didn’t Learn.
Apr 20 2008
Time To Sacrifice, Over 5yrs. To Long Without!!
The first part of this post is especially directed towards those, the greater majority of this country, who do not have any Direct Connection to the Ongoing Occupation Theaters of Iraq and Afganistan, certainly not the Connection of those Serving, Mutiple Tours, and their Families and Close Friends !
The second part will be a Shoutout, and partial repost, with updated information, to All !
Apr 17 2008
An Iraqi Gives His Side
Let me get this straight, we invaded a Country for No Reason At All, or if you are to believe the civilian and some military leadership a Number of Reasons that Kept Changing!
We’re now into the Sixth Year and We’re Training{?} a new Iraq Military Force as well as a Police Force!
Apr 15 2008
“May Day! May Day! May Day!”
MAKE MAYDAY A “NO PEACE, NO WORK HOLIDAY”!
The following was written by Jack Heyman a longshoreman who works on the Oakland docks
Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war