Tim McClain - Department of Veterans Affairs

                                   If you are U.S. Navy - Either Active Duty, Honorable Discharge, Retired or Reserve. If you are Coast Guard or Marine, then you must read on my friend . I am excited to be able to be the one to present you with this information!! I was in the U.S. Navy many years ago and when I stumbled upon this site, and saw everything that it offered, I couldn't wait to join! This site is for people that are or where affiliated with the U.S. Navy in thier lifetime. It is an online organization that can only be appreciated by people that have been or are ... Read Full Story

                                      So you have served this great country we live in, fought and worked with the finest young men and women this country had to give, and you have suffered some personal losses in the process of doing so. You volunteered and gave all you had to give and put your life on the line and your still a young man or woman, but cannot work or function properly in a normal civilian environment due to your injuries or impairments suffered while protecting our country. Now it is time for our great country to compensate you for your losses and in appreciation for your service. ... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin's decision not to pay for rape kits when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, was an issue in the campaign for the White House. But allow me to introduce the large pink elephant that has been sitting quietly in the corner of the room: TRICARE, the Pentagon's Military Health System that covers active duty members, doesn't pay for off-base rape kits, either. By Penny Coleman, AlterNetPosted on November 11, 2008, Printed on November 11, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/106307/ Spec. Patricia McCann, who served in Iraq with the Illinois Army National Guard from 2003 to 2004, raised the issue at the Winter Soldier Investigation in ... Read Full Story

Female troops have been raped, sexually harassed while on duty in Iraq 15 percent walking into VA test positive for military sexual trauma VA opens 16th inpatient ward specializing in treating military sexual victims Female veteran to daughter in military: Don't let your guard down with male soldiers YORK, Pennsylvania (AP) -- It took Diane Pickel Plappert six months to tell a counselor that she had been raped while on duty in Iraq. While time passed, the former Navy nurse disconnected from her children, and her life slowly unraveled. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/22/military.women.sexual.assault.ap/index.html Carolyn Schapper says she was harassed by a fellow Army National Guard soldier in ... Read Full Story

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