BUTT SNORKLER ALERT!! BUTT SNORKLER ALERT!!

If it was good for WWII, why in the same heck is it not good enough for us now? / D.C CBO: Better GI Bill would cut retention 16% By Rick Maze – Staff writer Posted : Friday May 9, 2008 10:49:14 EDT A new congressional report supports the Pentagon’s claims that vastly improved GI […]

Looking for a “FOIL”

Spring Colds, I hate em. I am been stricken with one for the last 4 days. Yeah I was a Vet of 24 Years. I have served as a Doc with the Marines, 2 Navy Squadrons and many other billets.. But a cold makes me a boob… Anyways, heres to hoping I feel better tomorrow. […]

Medical technician in war can’t get licensed in Wisconsin

Nicole Moore holds a girl who she had as a patient while in Afghanistan. The girl had fallen on a piece of metal and it went through her eye. Moore, who is from Poynette, said she grew close to her and was happy to see her discharged from the hospital in good shape. She remembers […]

People are forgetting us.. Don’t let them.. Please don’t let them.

When we started the war, right or wrong, I told my wife, "The American people will forget us if this goes longer then the administration planned. True to my words, this administration has made sure that they downplay the war. My job, our jobs are to remind folks that we still have loved ones over […]

Ring Ring…. Ring Ring….VA to call Iraq, Afghanistan veterans

From NAVYTimes The Associated Press Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 8:20:39 EDT WASHINGTON — Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: Get ready for a phone call. The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that on May 1, it will start calling 570,000 recent combat veterans to make sure they know what services are available to them. […]

Per The VA’s own letter.. Keith Olbermann Countdown.

This is just downright disgusting. It’s almost like the Vietnam era when our Vets then fell through the cracks.. This is just plain nuts.. Please contact your elected officials. We have friends and family who are in crisis and need help. Tweet

120 OIF/OEF Vets Committing Suicide a Week

This article is from the San Francisco Chronicle.  I am not sure I agree with all of it, but they are quoting emails that have been discovered from the VA.  Read below.. Post what you think in the forums. D/C VA stalling on care, judge told at S.F. trial Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, […]

RAND CORP: PTSD STUDY–MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

editor–This was taken from Military.com WASHINGTON – Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received brain injuries, a new study estimates. Only about half have sought treatment, said the study released Thursday by the RAND Corporation. “There is […]

VA Announces SGLI and VGLI Premium Reductions

Change Makes Programs More Affordable WASHINGTON – Veterans and military personnel with life insurance policies managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will see a reduction in their premiums, thanks to improved investment earnings and a reduction in non-combat claims. The premium cuts affect military personnel covered by Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and […]

VA Creates Office to Coordinate Hiring Vets

Initiative Builds on Long-Standing Support for Disabled Veterans WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake announced creation of a Veterans Employment Coordination Service to oversee the Department’s program to recruit new veterans into the VA workforce, especially recently disabled combat veterans. “It is important VA continues to set the example to private […]

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