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Bush Pentagon and Defense Contractors Couldn't Even Give Our Troops Enough Safe Drinking Water »
Posted by: metavirus 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
New shocking reports have revealed that our troops have been forced to steal water because defense contractors such as Halliburton have either not provided enough ...
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Fox News Military Analyst Calls For Captured Soldier to Be Executed By the Taliban »
Posted by: metavirus 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
On Fox News, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters suggested the Taliban should save us the headache and execute captured 23 year-old American soldier Bowe Bergdahl, because ...
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A officials grilled about improperly sterilized medical equipment - veterans exposed to HIV and hepatitis »
Posted by: bubba2 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Several employees at the Miami Veterans Affairs hospital are likely to be disciplined for failing to detect problems with improperly sterilized medical equipment in a ...
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American Soldiers exposed by KBR to deadly chemicals in Iraq are dying of Cancer »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year ago in News
KBR has won more than $28 billion in U.S. military contracts since the beginning of the Iraq war. KBR may be facing a new ...
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Army says soldier suicide rate may set record again »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention ...
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Veterans' groups sue to speed claims: VA disability decision can take years »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
(On this Veterans Day ...) Hundreds of thousands of veterans are having to wait up to four years for the government to process their disability claims ...
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Veteran of 3 wars still paying TAPS at age 86 »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 1 month ago in News
John Fells described the famous military bugle call, taps, as a mournful sound that often brings his listeners to tears. He has a musician friend ...
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General bucks culture of silence on mental health »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 1 month ago in Health & Fitness
It takes a brave soldier to do what Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge did in Iraq. It takes as much bravery to do what he ...
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VA puts credibility through shredder »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
When veterans need health care, they at least expect their claims will be fairly evaluated. Yet Department of Veterans Affairs investigators have found that VA ...
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Ranks Of Homeless Veterans Growing »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 4 months ago in News
As the economy has worsened this summer, local shelters and organizations that assist veterans have seen an increase in the number of veterans seeking their ...
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Groups decry Defense Department ‘betrayal’ of vets »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 3 months ago in News
In a letter going out to members of Congress, the directors of 2 major veterans' groups say the Pentagon has intentionally withheld benefits from wounded ...
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Waging an Internal war »
Posted by: bubba2 1 year, 4 months ago in News
The Army's suicide rate is at a high, and kin say that multiple deployments are to blame. Some troops with mental illnesses are cleared ...
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