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FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says
TPM - Thu Apr 30, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency diverted masks from veterans hospitals and into the governments emergency stockpile, the executive in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs claimed Saturday.. More»

Female airman won't face court-martial
Associated Press - Thu Sep 13, 2007
RALEIGH, North Carolina - The Air Force has dropped a criminal indecency charge filed against a female airman who refused to testify against another airman she had accused of rape, her lawyer said Friday.. More»

Gates tells troops 'don't ask, don't tell' is still in effect
CNN - Wed Dec 22, 2010
Despite President Barack Obamas signing of a law repealing the militarys "dont ask, dont tell" policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a memo to troops warning them that it remains in effect until 60 days after the government certifies that the military is ready for implementation.. More»

Gates: U.S. to keep troop presence in Iraq for "protracted period"
CNN - Sun Aug 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - US forces will probably be in Iraq for a "protracted period" to support the countrys year-old government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.. More»

Gearing up for another wave of homeless vets
Village Voice - Fri Aug 18, 2006
On the first Tuesday in August, Thomas Mullifield, who fought with the Army in Vietnam from 1964 to 1967 and struggled with alcoholism in the 1990s, was engaged in another battle-against the overheated, leaden air filling the residence that he and 149 other vets call home on Commonwealth Avenue in the Bronx.. More»

General bucks culture of silence on mental health
Associated Press - Sat Nov 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - It takes a brave soldier to do what Army Major Geneneral David Blackledge did in Iraq.. More»

General James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
The Atlantic - Wed Jun 3, 2020
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president.. More»

Group says it gave hundreds of veterans free pot
AP - Mon Sep 22, 2014
DENVER - Hundreds of military veterans received free marijuana during a special giveaway in Denver designed to show that pot can help ease their pain.. More»

Gulf War ills tied to chemical exposure
Associated Press - Sun Mar 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - Increasing evidence ties pesticides and other chemicals to some, not all, of the Gulf War illnesses that afflict thousands of veterans of the 1991 war, says an analysis published Monday.. More»

Gulf War vet health research lacking
Associated Press - Fri Nov 14, 2008
WASHINGTON - Even as possibly hundreds of thousands of veterans suffer from a collection of symptoms commonly called Gulf War illness, the government has done too little to find treatments for their health problems nearly two decades after the war ended, a panel commissioned by Congress said.. More»

Gulf War Veteran Gets Placebos Instead Of Real Medicine
WSOC-TV - Tue Feb 28, 2006
A Gulf War veteran undergoing medical treatment said he was given placebos -- or sugar pills -- instead of real medicine.. More»

Homeless veteran who saved 5 in fire laid to rest
Associated Press - Sat Jan 23, 2010
ARLINGTON, Virginia - Ray Vivier had been an adventurer, a Marine veteran who explored the country from South Carolina to Alaska, the father of five children.. More»

House committee votes to require women to register for draft
PBS - Thu Apr 28, 2016
WASHINGTON - Women would be required to register for the military draft under a House committees bill that comes just months after the Defense Department lifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units.. More»

Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot
Associated Press - Thu Jan 15, 2009
NEW YORK - The pilot who guided a crippled US Airways jetliner safely into the Hudson River - saving all 155 people aboard - became an instant hero Thursday, with accolades from the mayor and governor and a fan club online.. More»

Hundreds of soldiers misdiagnosed & wrongly discharged
Associated Press - Sat Aug 14, 2010
WASHINGTON - At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely fired hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war, discharge data suggests.. More»

Hundreds witness veteran shoot and kill himself in VA waiting room
Military Times - Fri Apr 12, 2019
A horrific scene unfolded Tuesday in the waiting room of an Austin, Texas, Veterans Affairs clinic when a veteran reportedly shot himself to death in front of hundreds of witnesses.. More»

I feel totally betrayed": Pentagon orders soldiers to repay bonuses a decade after going to war
US Uncut - Sat Oct 22, 2016
The Pentagon is forcing veterans to repay thousands of dollars in enlistment bonuses ten years after their service, according to the Los Angeles Times.. More»

Injured vet stuck in limbo at Walter Reed
Washington Post - Sat Sep 15, 2007
After nearly three years as an outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Staff Sgt John Daniel Shannon had begun the wrenching process of turning himself into a civilian.. More»

Injured veterans engaged in new combat
Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 25, 2008
In a little-noticed regulation change, the Pentagons definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed, costing some wounded veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits.. More»

John Kerry expresses 'deep reservations' about all-volunteer military at Vietnam forum
Raw Story - Wed Apr 27, 2016
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he feels all Americans should find a way to serve their country, suggesting the need for a renewal in public service that could also affect the military.. More»

Judge won't intervene in veteran disability dispute
CNN - Wed Dec 17, 2008
A federal judge has refused to intervene in a dispute over delays in paying disability benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs.. More»

Many soldiers get boot for 'pre-existing' mental illness
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sun Sep 30, 2007
Thousands of US soldiers in Iraq - as many as 10 a day - are being discharged by the military for mental health reasons.. More»

Marine base's ex-residents, many ill, only now learning of toxic water
McClatchy Newspapers - Mon Feb 15, 2010
WASHINGTON - Paul Akers was in his oncologists office last summer when his adult daughter handed him a magazine.. More»

Marine who died after cross-state chase wrote of war stress
Associated Press - Fri May 16, 2008
TUCSON, Arizona - Last month, Marine Staff Sgt Travis N "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president.. More»

Marine Who Received Medal of Honor Fights Allegations He is Mentally Unstable
ABC News - Tue Nov 29, 2011
In September, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, the nations most prestigious military award, to Sergeant Dakota Meyer, the marine who saved 36 of his comrades during an ambush in Afghanistan.. More»

Mental health disorders among returning troops
The Raw Story - Mon Oct 23, 2006
The same administration that many claim sent US troops overseas without sufficient intelligence, planning, numbers, or armor is equally unprepared to deal with the wars psychic toll on service members, RAW STORY has learned.. More»

Military blocks access to popular video websites
Associated Press - Sun Mar 13, 2011
WASHINGTON - The Pentagons Cyber Command has shut down Defense Department workers access to popular streaming video websites including YouTube, Amazon, and Googlevideo.. More»

Military services caution personnel against accessing WikiLeaks site
CNN - Fri Aug 6, 2010
Washington - US military personnel are being warned not to log onto the WikiLeaks website to view the tens of thousands of leaked military documents there, saying it could be considered a security violation.. More»

More Medical Mistakes at VA Clinics
Associated Press - Sun May 17, 2009
Federal officials have been warning thousands of former patients they might have been exposed to infection at three Veterans Affairs facilities, yet other VA patients are not being warned about less serious mistakes with the same equipment at more than a dozen other VA centers.. More»

My father was an "atomic vet"
Val Willingham - CNN Medical Producer - Fri Nov 18, 2011
Three weeks ago, my father, Alexander Wadas, died from stage 4 lung cancer.. More»

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