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New GI Bill sending veterans to school this fall
Associated Press - Thu Jul 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - Spc Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan: Hell end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition.. More»

New report finds sweeping mismanagement at Atlanta VA hospital
WSB-TV - Sat Jun 17, 2017
DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia - A new inspector general report shows sweeping mismanagement at Atlantas VA hospital.. More»

Number of disabled veterans rising
Associated Press - Sat May 10, 2008
Increasing numbers of US troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of Americas vets shrinks.. More»

Obama Announces Complete Drawdown of U.S. Troops From Iraq by Year's End
ABC News - Thu Oct 20, 2011
President Obama will announce today that the United States is pulling all its troop from Iraq by the end of the year.. More»

Obama reviewing ban on photos of military coffins
Associated Press - Mon Feb 9, 2009
President Barack Obama said Monday he is considering whether to overturn a Pentagon policy that bans the media from taking pictures of the flag-draped coffins of US troops returning from the battlefield.. More»

Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured by police
The Guardian, UK - Thu Nov 3, 2011
Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt.. More»

Oopsie! Air Force Jet Accidentally Fired a Rocket into the Arizona Desert.
CNN - Fri Sep 6, 2019
A routine training mission turned out to be anything but that aboard an Air Force plane in Arizona.. More»

Pentagon chief fires top Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
Associated Press - Mon Nov 25, 2019
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq.. More»

Pentagon To Require COVID Vaccine For All Troops By September 15th
Associated Press - Mon Aug 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will require members of the US military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.. More»

Robert McNamara, Vietnam War architect, dies at 93
Associated Press - Mon Jul 6, 2009
WASHINGTON - Robert S McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93.. More»

Ruling protects Arizonan who sells anti-war shirts
Associated Press - Tue Aug 19, 2008
PHOENIX - A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops killed in Iraq.. More»

Senate approves women registering for the draft
CNN - Tue Jun 14, 2016
Washington - Women may soon be required to register for the military draft.. More»

Soldier arrested in connection to WikiLeaks video
Associated Press - Sun Jun 6, 2010
A soldier has been arrested in connection with the release of a classified video of a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, the military said.. More»

Soldier in famous photo never defeated 'demons'
Associated Press - Sat Jul 19, 2008
PINEHURST, North Carolina - Officers had been to the white ranch house at 560 West Longleaf many times before over the past year to respond to a "barricade situation".. More»

Some U.S. Troops May Remain In Northeast Syria To Protect Oil Fields
NPR - Mon Oct 21, 2019
The US may now keep some troops in northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday.. More»

Speak Out, Lose Job
USA Today - Wed Aug 20, 2008
Speaking up in the military can be hazardous to the health of your career, even when its done to help wounded soldiers or the families of fallen warriors.. More»

Stuck in a hole, Limbaugh keeps digging
Carpetbagger Report - Wed Oct 3, 2007
When MoveOns "Betray Us" ad drew a firestorm of attention, the progressive group stood by the advertisement, but it didnt take out another, even more provocative ad.. More»

Study: Agent Orange may have affected Air Force workers after Vietnam
Los Angeles Times - Thu Jan 8, 2015
Two dozen US Air Force planes used to spray Agent Orange during the Vietnam War remained contaminated with the herbicide at levels that likely posed a health risk to some personnel who flew on them in the decade after the conflict, according to a new report.. More»

Suicide casts long shadow after decade of war
AFP - Wed Aug 24, 2011
A soldier kills himself and his wife.. More»

Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans
Associated Press - Sun Jul 27, 2008
More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.. More»

Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops
New York Times - Sat Jun 9, 2012
The suicide rate among the nations active-duty military personnel has spiked this year, eclipsing the number of troops dying in battle and on pace to set a record annual high since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago, the Pentagon said Friday.. More»

The cost of war
CNN - Wed Feb 5, 2003
NEW YORK - Before he got the boot, former White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey said he thought a war with Iraq would cost $100 billion to $200 billion.. More»

The Myth of Accessible Health Care
The Raw Story - Sun Oct 29, 2006
If you were thinking of enlisting in the military and you read the press releases from the DOD and VA public relations machine, youd think that signing up would make you part of a body of men and women who were the nations greatest asset -- a corps that would enjoy every possible means of care at all stages of their professional and personal lives.. More»

The US propaganda machine: Oh, what a lovely war
The Independent UK - Thu Mar 30, 2006
The Lincoln Group was tasked with presenting the US version of events in Iraq to counter adverse media coverage.. More»

Thousands of GIs cope with brain damage
Associated Press - Sat Sep 8, 2007
The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers.. More»

Thousands of vets could get benefits upgrade
Associated Press - Sun Jan 24, 2010
WASHINGTON - The military has agreed to expedite a review the records of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder to determine whether they were improperly denied benefits.. More»

Three Suicides in One Week by Sailors from Aircraft Carrier USS George H.W. Bush
ABC News - Wed Sep 25, 2019
The deaths by suicide of three sailors serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush last week have led the ships commanding officer to urge his crew to come together and help shipmates in need.. More»

To Hell and Back: Spinning the Downward Spiral
The Raw Story - Tue Oct 24, 2006
The same troops whose mental health issues were more or less ignored while they were active service members face numerous obstacles to proper care in the militarys mental health system once they return.. More»

Trump Administration: Citizenship no longer automatic for children of some US military members stationed overseas
CNN - Thu Aug 29, 2019
Washington, DC - The Trump administration is making it more difficult for the children of some US service members and US government employees living abroad to automatically become US citizens, according to a policy alert released Wednesday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services.. More»

U.S. Navy engineer, wife charged with selling submarine secrets
Reuters - Sun Oct 10, 2021
WASHINGTON - A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the Justice Department said on Sunday.. More»

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