US Vets

It is a program where a Veteran can get a second chance. The Veteran can eat 3 meals a day at the adjoining VA Domiciliary Cafeteria. The veteran must find employment and do 20 hours a week volunteer work in the community. It is a place where they can enjoy fellowship with other veterans that some have not had since they were in the service. The veteran starts off in a 3 man room and progresses to a two man room. Several classes are required. Computers are available for job search... Read Full Story

MICHIGAN (RUSHPRNEWS)JULY 20, 2008- Priests and ministers are known to bless houses, cars, pets and babies, but a church in Michigan is blessing boxer shorts for wounded veterans. “Members of the St. James United Church of Christ in Michigan plan to take 150 boxer shorts to the altar Sunday for a blessing. The shorts have been modified for wounded veterans who wear bulky prosthetics or braces on their legs. Read Full Story

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Brings 'Winter Soldier' Testimony to Congress!!! Videos about IRAQ VETERAN'S AGAINST THE WAR!!!   Diary Entry by Amanda Lang Members of Congress will have the opportunity to hear the testimony first offered publicly this past March at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan, when over 45 members of IVAW shared eyewitness accounts of the occupations before their peers, their families and the public. :::::::: F Y I: This Thursday, May... Read Full Story

Iraqi Vets Testify to War Atrocities, Vow to Fight and Resist Bush Policy By Liliana Segura, AlterNet Posted on May 20, 2008, Printed on May 20, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/85725/ "I was ordered multiple times by commissioned officers and noncommissioned officers to shoot unarmed civilians if their presence made me feel uncomfortable," Sgt. Jason Lemieux told a panel of lawmakers last Thursday in a packed public hearing on Capitol Hill. "These orders were given with the... Read Full Story

As we have been doing for months, we keep bringing to the readers of my blog stories about Iraq war veterans that NEVER make it to the mainstream press anymore. Dahr Jamail, the award-winning reporter and author of "Beyond the Green Zone," reports on a group of Iraq war veterans and what took place in Seattle over the Memorial Day weekend. It is worth reading not only because the story is steeped in facts, but it clearly points out how the mainstream media has decided anything to do with... Read Full Story