Tag: veteran

More veterans in New York State are unemployed than non-veterans, according to data released by the state Department of Labor.

Active military members and veterans are speaking out against U.S. intervention in the two-year Syrian civil war, saying the nation is too "stretched thin, tired and broke" to enter yet another open-ended conflict in the Middle East.

This is the fifth essay in a 10-part Women’s History Month series entitled, Honoring Our Nation’s Women Veterans. In February, we asked readers to submit essays about their time in service or women who have served our country. …

The above quote I found in the publication Veterans Post at the local VA hospital. It's powerful.

Blind himself and with both legs amputated below the knee, Brown "was an expert at making people trust him," his former boss, Nancy Kirk, told a judge Wednesday during a sentencing hearing in federal court.

In 2006, following two tours in Iraq working motor transport, former Marine Mike Liguori went through the Department of Labor's Transition Assistance Program for military members and used the modern G.I. Bill to get a business administration degree at Menlo College in northern California, where he still lives.

Mooresville, North Carolina…Richard's Coffee Shop, "The most patriotic coffee shop in America". Just around the corner from my house there's a great place to stop in for a cup of Joe. It is a hangout of sorts for Veterans which I have written about this past year, and has become so popular it needed to pick-up roots and relocate up the street to larger quarters.

The New York VFW's educationpartnershipwithExcelsiorCollege, forged in early 2011 to help engage younger veterans with the VFW, has begun to show results for VFW members seeking to complete college degrees.

Being a hero is extraordinary. Being a hero twice is almost unbelievable.

Tradition isn't planned...it just happens

There has been misinformation spread by the media that all files for compensation for Agent Orange related presumptive illnesses must be filed by August 30th, 2011. UNTRUE and FALSE!

If you are approaching your transition to a civilian career, it’s time to take an inventory of your transferable skills. The good news is this: since you trained and worked in the military, you may be light years ahead of your civilian peers. In addition to the skills you gained from service schools, military occupational specialties or ratings, and coursework, your role in parenting, projects, hobbies, community service and other life experience will serve you well in your transition.

WE WARNED YOU, WE SAW IT COMING... By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Right off the bat, I want to make myself clear, this is about...

This man is a true leader when it comes to talking about his own battle with PTSD. He is not ashamed and no one...

The ultimate grunt, Dress Blues now white; One Marine standing tall on this most sacred night. Young and vibrant, wounds of battle now gone. No more suffering or pain, As he rose to move on.

 - VA cops continue their mindless and illegal harassment of veterans. Decorated veteran is denied honest services by federal VA employees in violation of federal...

 - Update: Charles Williams was released from custody after being bailed him out. No further details at this time. They took this man's liberty, they're after...

- Friends recall life of former Marine killed at Togus - By Nick Sambides Jr. BDN Staff An ailing Grindstone man and former U.S. Marine fatally shot by...

TOLEDO VETERANS MEMORIAL MOTORCYCLE EVENT CANCELLED By Nick Hauptricht for VT The event planned for May 16, 2010 welcoming the WW2 memorial stones given to Rep....

FEW AMERICANS KNEW OF ZINN, FEW KNOW WHAT WE HAVE LOST AND THE DOOM WE FACE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Silly obituaries of Howard...

The Federal Government created the veteran. That is the courts opinion of what a veteran is. Of course, we have been left out of many things, i.e. Civil Rights Act of 1964, race, color, creed, national origin, sex, religion.

Surprisingly more Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans.