Sarasota Veterans Commission

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: A ranking Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader and a follower who were wounded in a clash with the military surrendered and asked to be brought to hospital while two soldiers were injured as government offensives backed with heavy artillery fires pounded the Moro...  

Leaders of Philippine military forces and armed groups who have recruited child soldiers may be arrested and prosecuted in the United States under a new law signed last week by US President George W. Bush, a New York-based human rights watchdog said.  

WASHINGTON The U.S. military has started a media campaign to educate soldiers about working with electricity as part of an effort to prevent future electrocutions in Iraq. The deaths of at least 18 U.S. service members and contractors in Iraq are under investigation as possible electrocutions...  

(ARA) - The ability to earn a living after leaving military service may be among the most important debts America owes its veterans.  

They may still have been minors, but some underage members of the military made major contributions serving America. Cambria American Legion Post No. 432 will honor their efforts during its Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11. The post wants to hear from anyone who is, or qualifies to be, a member of...  

To the accompaniment of bagpipes and drums, mounted police and the roar of veterans’ motorcycles, 110 members of the Delaware National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade marched onto Legislative Mall the morning of Oct. 3 as they prepared for deployment to Iraq. The 261st will be the first National...  

Armenia has withdrawn its contingent of 46 soldiers from Iraq, further shrinking the US-led coalition forces, the American military said on Tuesday.  

Military Pension Board (MPB) has warned ex-soldiers that did not meet the requirement for discharge benefits to steer clear of its premises or face the music.  

The Turkish military said Monday that bodies of two missing soldiers in the Friday attack by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been found. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement posted on its website that the bodies of two expert sergeants, Nurullah Oymak and Bahattin Erturhan...  

MIDDLETOWN: John J. Solan of Health In Hand Chiropractic is offering free chiropractic care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, active-duty soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen.  

The most senior military commander in Northern Luzon assured the public yesterday that he will not condone any wrongdoing of his men even as he encouraged victims of the perceived soldiers’ abuses to come forward and file the necessary charges in court.  

Turkey began burying the 15 soldiers killed in Friday’s bloody attack by outlawed PKK separatists as country’s civilian and military leaders vowed to step up efforts to end terror. Tens of thousands of people gathered around the country to attend the funerals and protest terror.  

Source: Reuters (Adds details, background) ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Kurdish PKK rebels said on Monday they were holding two Turkish soldiers who went missing after a raid on a military outpost in southeast ...  

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said it had carried out an air operation inside northern Iraq on Monday against Kurdish PKK rebels suspected of taking part in an ambush on a military outpost that killed 15 Turkish soldiers on Friday.  

About 100 military veterans on motorcycles escorted the family of a Norman soldier killed in Iraq to his funeral Saturday morning in Norman.