Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:
Honor our living brothers and sisters all the time! Fully Fund the Veterans Administration, no questions asked, as we fund the Department of Defense, no questions asked.
Sacrifice comes from the rest who send those of us who serve into Wars and Occupations of others, they and their families are not the only ones who should be Sacrificing their all!
Melissa Boteach, Manager of the Half in Ten campaign, added one more example to this egregious list today — the House Republican spending plan would prevent 10,000 low-income military veterans from receiving housing assistance: {continued}
Iraq, from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn Sept 1, 2010
There have been 4,757 coalition deaths -- 4,439 Americans, 2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 Italians, 1 Kazakh, 1 South Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 3 2011, according to a CNN count. { Graphical breakdown of casualties }. At least 32,046 {32,033 up to last month} U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan
As the draw down continues, both in theater as to opporations participation and troops leaving the theater and not being replaced, the numbers of killed and injured draws down drastically as well, last month they rose again. But those who die later, from wounds received or from ailments they developed or from suicides, are still not counted and will continue for the years and decades to come!
Spc.Lashawn Donell Evans 24 Columbia, South Carolina, USA Company E, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Died in a non-combat related incident in Taji, Baghdad province, Iraq, on February 15, 2011
Airman 1st ClassChristoffer Paige Johnson 20 Clarksville, Tennessee, USA 423rd Security Forces Squadron, 423rd Air Base Group, 501st Combat Support Wing Died due to a non-combat related incident at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on February 17, 2011
Airman 1st ClassCorey Charles Owens 26 San Antonio, Texas, USA 47th Security Forces Squadron, 47th Mission Support Group, assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Died due to a non-combat related incident at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on February 17, 2011
ATTENTION: This is for all Stop Loss Soldiers and their Beneficiaries, please pass on if you suspect you might know someone and they hadn't yet applied for this owed benefit, they deserve much more!
March 03, 2011 - The deadline for eligible service members, veterans and their beneficiaries to apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP) has been extended to March 18, 2011, allowing personnel more time to apply for the benefits they’ve earned under the program guidelines.
The deadline extension is included in the continuing resolution signed by President Obama yesterday, providing funding for federal government operations through March 18, 2011. {continued}
March 2, 2011 – Service members, veterans and legally designated beneficiaries held on active duty under the Stop-Loss program between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, must apply by March 4 to receive $500 in special retroactive pay for each month their service was extended.
Although more than 100,000 unique claims have been initiated, many people eligible for the pay have yet to apply, officials said.
Army officials conducted an extensive outreach plan to notify those eligible for the pay. Recently, certified letters were sent to more than 25,000 individuals still eligible for the pay. This was the second direct mailing conducted by the Army, officials said. {read rest here}
POW/MIA: Afghanistan & Iraq
Two U.S. soldiers are currently listed as captured or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown as of December 1, 2009. The information below reflects the name, an unknown, officially listed as Prisoners of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.
Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie 41 Army reservist assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad Ann Arbor, Michigan On October 23, 2006, Altaie was categorized as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown when he allegedly was kidnapped while on his way to visit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon changed his status to missing-captured on December 11.
Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl 23 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Ketchum, Idaho Captured in Paktika province in Afghanistan, on June 30, 2009. The Pentagon declared him Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on July 1 and his status was changed to Missing-Captured on July 3.
Afghanistan - Pakistan!!
There have been 2,352 coalition deaths -- 1,491 Americans, 23 Australians, 358 Britons, 1 Belgian, 154 Canadians, 3 Czech, 40 Denmark, 25 Netherlands, 5 NATO, 8 Estonians, 2 Finn, 55 French, 49 Germans, 4 Hungarian, 36 Italians, 1 Jordan, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 9 Norwegians, 24 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 17 Romanians, 1 South Korean, 30 Spaniards, 5 Swedes, 2 Turks, 2 New Zealand, 1 Jordanian and three NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of March 3 2011, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 10,407 {10,226 up to last month} U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. In addition to the military deaths, 11 U.S. intelligence operatives have died in Afghanistan.
Spc.Ryan Anthony Gartner 23 Dumont, New Jersey, USA Company A, 201st Military Intelligence Battalion, 470th Military Intelligence Brigade Died of wounds sustained in a non-combat incident in Bagram, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2011
Cpl.Richard Atkinson 22 Hobart, Australia 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a joint Australian-Afghan patrol in the Tangi Valley of the Deh Rawod district of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2011
Ranger David Dalzell 20 Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland Company A, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment Died as a result of an operational accident while working in Check Point Ranger near the village of Saidabad in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2011
Warrant Officer Class 2Colin Beckett 36 Peterborough, England Company sergeant major, Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated as he was moving into position to cover his fellow patrol members near Shaheed, a village on the Nahr-e Bughra canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011
Cpl.Lucas Todd Pyeatt 24 West Chester, Ohio, USA Company C, 2nd Radio Battalion, Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations near Kajaki in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011
Sgt.Patrick Ryan Carroll 25 Norwalk, Ohio, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Died of wounds sustained when a suicide bomber attacked his unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 7, 2011
Lance Cpl.Aaron Michael Swanson 21 Jamestown, New York, USA Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Died following a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 7, 2011
Spc.Nathan Brock Carse 32 Harrod, Ohio, USA 595th Sapper Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2011
Pvt.Lewis Hendry 20 Norwich, England Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment One of two British soldiers killed when their foot patrol was engaged in firefight in a small village north of the Nahr-e Bughra Canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2011
Pvt.Conrad Lewis 22 Bournemouth, England 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, attached to Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment One of two British soldiers killed when their foot patrol was engaged in firefight in a small village north of the Nahr-e Bughra Canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2011
Lance Cpl.Kyle Cleet Marshall 23 Newcastle, England Company B, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while extracting from a compound after an engagement with insurgents near the village of Padaka in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011
Pvt.Dean Hutchinson 23 Newcastle, England 9 Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, attached to Transport Troop, Theatre Logistic Group One of two British soldiers killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, the main British logistics base located northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011
Pvt.Robert Wood 28 Hampshire, England 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, attached to Transport Troop, Theatre Logistic Group One of two British soldiers killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, the main British logistics base located northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011
1st Lt.Jukka Tapio Kansonen 36 Kotka, Finland Kotkan Rannikkopataljoona (Kotka Coastal Command Battalion) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his armored vehicle while his unit was traveling to firearms training nine miles (14.5 kilometers) southeast of Aybak in Samangan province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2011
Pvt.Kirifi Mila 27 Samoa 2nd/1st Battalion, Royal New Zeland Infantry Regiment Died when his Humvee rolled off the road and down a 100-foot (30 meter) cliff during a patrol in northeastern Bamiyan province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2011
Spc.Jonathan A. Pilgeram 22 Great Falls, Montana, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire in the Ghaziabad district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on February 17, 2011
Staff Sgt.Bradley C. Hart 25 Perrysburg, Ohio, USA Special Operations Logistics Support Element, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Died of injuries sustained in a non combat incident at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa, on February 17, 2011
Sgt. 1st ClassGeorg Missulia 30 Langdorf, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011
Spc.Georg Kurat 22 Munich, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011
Sgt.Matthew James Deyoung 26 Talent, Oregon, USA 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011
Pfc.Konstantin Alexander Menz 21 Adelzhausen, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011
Lance Cpl.Andrew P. Carpenter 27 Columbia, Tennessee, USA 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died on February 19, 2011, in Germany of wounds received when he was shot in the neck during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011
Pfc.Clément Chamarier 19 France 3e Compagnie, 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (3rd Company, 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion) Killed when his armored vehicle was struck by anti-tank fire during an attack on his unit near the village of Landakhel in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on February 19, 2011
Sapper Jamie Larcombe 21 Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Killed when his unit attacked by insurgents while on patrol in the Mirabad Valley region of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on February 19, 2011
1st Lt.Daren Miguel Hidalgo 24 Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2011
Sgt.Robert Curtis Sisson Jr. 29 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Died in a non-combat related incident in Saryah Kalach, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2011
Cpl.Johnathan Taylor W. 23 Homosassa, Florida, USA 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2011
Cpl.Giorgi Avaliani Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 32nd Battalion, III Infantry Brigade Killed when a roadside bomb exploded during operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2011
Staff Sgt.Jerome Firtamag 29 Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Company B, 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Firtamag was medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to the United States for treatment of a non-combat related illness on December 1, 2010. He died, under hospice care, of metastatic liver cancer on February 24, 2011, in Pembroke, Kentucky.
Sgt. Maj.Bruno Fauquembergue 42 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France Commandement Des Forces Terrestres (Land Forces Command) Died of natural causes in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 24, 2011
Spc.Brian Tabada 21 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his mounted patrol with small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in the Darah-Ye district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011
Spc.Andrew C. Wilfahrt 31 Rosemount, Minnesota, USA 504th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011
Sgt.Kristopher J. Gould 25 Saginaw, Michigan, USA 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011
Pfc.David R. Fahey Jr. 23 Norwalk, Connecticut, USA 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011
Capt.Massimo Ranzani 36 Ferrara, Italy 5° Reggimento Alpini, Brigata Alpina Julia (5th Alpine Regiment, Julia Alpine Brigade) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Lynx armored vehicle returning from a patrol 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) north of Shindand in Herat province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2010
Spc.Rudolph R. Hizon 22 Los Angeles, California, USA 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Logar province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011
Spc.Christopher G. Stark 22 Monett, Missouri, USA 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011
Staff Sgt.Chauncy R. Mays 25 Cookville, Texas, USA 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011
WASHINGTON – February 28, 2011 - Frank Woodruff Buckles, who lied about his age to enlist in the Army in 1917 and became the last known U.S. veteran of World War I, died on February 27, 2011 at the age of 110.
“We have lost a living link to an important era in our nation’s history,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “But we have also lost a man of quiet dignity, who dedicated his final years to ensuring the sacrifices of his fellow ‘Doughboys’ are appropriately commemorated.” {read rest here}
PTSD - TBI - Military and Veterans Suicides
Department of Defense "Restoring Hope": You Can Help Save A Life
Children cope with parents' deployment
This is the fifth story in an ongoing series
03/01/2011 - Visits by family members of active-duty military personnel to mental health professionals have increased at a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent since 2001, the Military Health System disclosed in a report to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 1. {read rest here}
January 30, 2011 - A record number of soldiers took their own lives last year. According to Army figures, 301 active-duty, National Guard and Army Reserve personnel committed suicide in 2010, 59 more than the previous year.
The suicide problem was particularly acute at the Army's largest post. Twenty-two soldiers committed suicide at Fort Hood, the most of any post in the nation and double the number that occurred in 2009.
What's causing the suicide epidemic? Many factors influence mental health. The Army is dealing with a complex problem. But there can be little doubt that the stress of repeated deployments on individuals and families is a major factor.
Two million Americans have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. More than 600,000 of them have had multiple combat tours. {continued}
Study: military children have higher levels of stress, behavioral problems
The Rand Study on Military Children: Children on the Homefront: The Experiences of Children from Military Families
Army Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, Suicide Prevention Report 2010
February 22, 2011 - Army Releases January Suicide Data
The Military OneSource toll-free number for those residing in the continental United States is 1-800-342-9647. Overseas personnel should refer to the Military OneSource Web site for dialing instructions for their specific location
The Defense Center for Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) Outreach Center can be contacted at 1-866-966-1020.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Suicide Prevention Resource Council.
Information about the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program.
The Army’s most current suicide prevention information.
The Army's comprehensive list of Suicide Prevention Programs.
Suicide prevention training resources for Army families {requires Army Knowledge Online access to download materials} .
VA boosts medical care for female veterans
REACH Program Improves Quality of Life for Caregivers and Veterans
Total Costs of Wars since 2001, the rolling tabulation, over $1,160,160,823,561+++++ and continually counting!
“The True Cost of the War”
September 30, 2010 10:00AM Full House Veterans Affairs Committee
Archived Webcast September 30 at 10 a.m. Full Committee Hearing “The True Cost of the War” {If you listen or watch No Other Congressional Hearing, This One You Should, read the opening statements and watch the back and forth talk not in the opening statements but in the Congressional Records.}
Visit Site Page for Backlinks to Participants Opening Statements
February 25, 2011 - A new report blasts the U.S. government for wasting tens of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan by relying too much on contractors and doing too little to monitor their performance. {read rest here}
{Above report can be found here in an online document reader so no need to download.}
CNN-Iraq and Afghanistan War Casulties
In Remembrance - Moving Tributes
Civilian Casulties - Iraq
John Hopkins School of Public Health { October 11, 2006 report } Updated Iraq Survey Affirms Earlier Mortality Estimates. Mortality Trends Comparable to Estimates by Those Using Other Counting Methods
Civilian Casulties - Afghanistan
Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
The War in Afghanistan (2001-present) has caused the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians directly from insurgent and foreign military action, as well as the deaths of possibly tens of thousands of Afghan civilians indirectly as a consequence of displacement, starvation, disease, exposure, lack of medical treatment, crime and lawlessness resulting from the war. The war, launched by the United States as "Operation Enduring Freedom" in 2001, began with an initial air campaign that almost immediately prompted concerns over the number of Afghan civilians being killed[1] as well as international protests. With civilian deaths from airstrikes rising again in recent years[2], the number of Afghan civilians being killed by foreign military operations has led to mounting tension between the foreign countries and the government of Afghanistan. In May 2007, President Hamid Karzai summoned military commanders to warn them of the consequences of further deaths.[3]........Continued
Exact Count of Civilian Casulties may never be known, as is the case in every conflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civilians and those Defending their Countries {of which All would be counted if this land were ever invaded} who suffer the most, during and long after!
Every Casualty.org: New Org Website Launched On Casualty Recording
UNHCR - Refugees and more, Afghanistan and Iraq
Iraq Refugees UNHCR - Iraq: UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Iraq Situation
Afghanistan Refugees UNHCR - Afghanistan UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Afghanistan Situation
All the Deaths, Maimings and Destruction are the Blood on All Our Hands, No One can Escape that Guilt!
97 percent {now more} of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George W. Bush declared an end to "major combat."
"Mission Accomplished!"
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is," - George W. Bush, Texas Gov., 1999
The Rand Corporation Terrorism Report the press release here, you can get the full document here or a summary of the research brief here
"What is the difference between an al Qaida terrorist and a misguided American terrorist?" "The planes they fly!"
In fairness, we’ve been putting ground zeros next to mosques in Iraq since 2003 - Unknown Author Comment
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you don't count American soldiers as Americans."
How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq
Matthew Alexander who is writing under a pseudonym for security reasons
"Torture is the tool of the lazy, the stupid, and the pseudo-tough. It's also perhaps the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists have."
Major General Paul Eaton
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Done "In Our Names"!
Still Coming Home, Our Brothers of WWII, Korea and Vietnam - Rest in Peace, You're Finally Home
Airmen Missing in Action From WWII Identified
February 10, 2011 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces Technical Sgt. Charles A. Bode, 23, Baltimore, will be buried on Feb. 11 in Arlington National Cemetery. On Nov. 20, 1943, Bode, along with 10 other B-24D Liberator crew members, took off from Jackson Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea, on an overwater mission near the northern coast of the country. During the mission, the only radio transmission from the crew indicated they were 20 miles northwest of Port Moresby, but they did not return to Jackson Airfield. Subsequent searches failed to uncover any evidence of either the crew or the aircraft. {continued}
Information For Veterans Who Served In Desert Shield/Storm and Their Families
July 2010 - Secretary Shinseki Marked the 20th Anniversary of Gulf War with a Renewed Pledge to Improve Care and Services to Gulf War Veterans Continued in a Twelve Page PDF Download
Gulf War Illness Gets Its Due With VA Research
Dec. 22, 2010 - Approximately 697.000 men and women served in various operations during Desert Shield and Desert Storm between August 1990 and June 1991. While the war was short lived, the chronic medical symptoms are not.
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To some this an Agent Orange Deja Vu. But again, we must give some credit to the new regime at the VA, they are not trying to hide, as they did with Agent Orange.
The VA has approved $2.8 million for research into treatments for these illnesses. {continued}
It really is sad that this Country has to have it's legislators pass a binding legislation for issues such as this, especially as in many cases those running are appointed, mostly based on political affiliation, and/or are contracted out to the private sector when they should stay in Government hands!
February 17, 2011, Washington, DC (Washington Post) - A former CIA intelligence analyst says in a new book that the agency is “sitting on” 1.5 million documents that could shed new light on the mysterious maladies that have afflicted veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. {continued}
Lisa DeJong, The Plain DealerHeather Morris Bowser: "I know there are other Vietnam War veterans' kids like me in America. We need to find each other. We need to break the silence."
January 31, 2011 - Listen to Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz and Heather Morris Bowser discuss the legacy of Agent Orange {I have a player below to listen or visit this link} with WCPN FM/90.3's "Sound of Ideas" host Mike McIntyre.
Bowser, who was featured in Schultz's special Plain Dealer report, "Unfinished Business," {series of reports} was born without her right leg and six fingers. She talked about her father, Bill Morris, who served in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 when he was exposed to Agent Orange, and why her faith in American veterans gives her hope for future generations of Vietnam's children.
Several American veterans of the Vietnam War also called into the show to share stories about their service, and describe what happened to them after they returned.
Listen to the Program
110th and 111th Congress put policy before politics, from the House Veterans Affairs Committee leadership
Attached are comprehensive materials to discuss accomplishments for America’s veterans. The two page document is limited to accomplishments from the 111th Congress, while the 4 and 8 page documents cover updates from 2007-2010.
2 page Document {251K}
Four page Document {258K}
8 page Document {95K}
National World War II Memorial
National Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Wall
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
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