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Many of the memories Bare spoke of on a recent bright and sunny winter day in his Springfield home involved the best working years of his life — time spent with Howard Noonan in the family atmosphere of the Kissell Co. as it existed when Bare arrived in Springfield in 1958.

Ostensibly, Adm. Mike Mullen’s document is about how the U.S. military ought to organize and prepare for future threats. The watchwords there: building networks, whether with civilian government and international agencies or foreign partner forces, prepared to “extend” U.S. “competitive advantages” in military tech and training to all who seek its help. That sets a “transition from a force that has been engaged in sustained combat operations to a Joint Force that is shaped for the future,” Mullen’s team writes — one in which the U.S. bolsters its military strength through deep alliances even as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars end.

Letter from a Soldier's Parent to Israel by Rob Lonaker Dear Israel, My son Jeff, a U.S. Army soldier, is sworn to defend Israel against all its...

We the undersigned share with nearly two-thirds of our fellow Americans the conviction that our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be ended and...

"I ain't going to study war no more, .... " Heard the chords from a guitar and the angry-sounding voice of a folk singer...

According to Major General Dennis J Laich, U.S. Army-Retired, in his article Ideals Versus Interests , he tells readers a few things most everyone...

Charles ("Chuck") E. Carlson is a co-founder and director of We Hold These Truths, an Arizona-based Christian patriotic group. We Hold These Truths has held demonstrations around the county outside churches it views as supporting Zionism. Carlson condemns Christian support for Israel, which he describes as "Judeo-Christianity." Carlson has appeared in front of various patriotic groups and is a strong voice for America's independence from foreign control.

HELL IS FOR CHILDREN By Keith Johnson http://revoltoftheplebs.wordpress.com Somewhere in America, a seventeen-year-old boy is living the last year of his life. He is in the...

Reflections on the Midterm Election in relation to Veteran Issues Veterans are you aware you lost a fighter for veterans' health issues?  No matter your...

- Costs of wars are huge and tragic. Will GOP and Tea Party refuse our veterans and families? - By Jamie Reno San Diego, CA (Home Post)...

Imaging Arts Gallery will exhibit a series of portraits by regional photographers, displaying veterans who have served or serve today on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). These veterans are from the World War II through the Vietnam War eras and from various branches of service. The portraits were taken in many different spots on location aboard the Fighting Lady (Yorktown’s WWII nickname). The portraits will be on display and for sale, all proceeds going to the Patriots Point Foundation for support of educational and restoration programs.

“With us tonight to talk about a superb article and an incredibly important one is author Bob Nichols, who has been on the program a number of times. He has written an article about Depleted Uranium and what it does to the brain.” - Jeff Rense

VETERAN EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS General Wayne Downing To Be Honored By Ross Perot, Vice Admiral William McRaven, Major General William Garrison(ret) Perot, military dignitaries to attend Downing...

Obama speaks at the UN... Goodbye to peace By Alan Hart On marks out of ten for his speech to the UN on the subject of...

Some of the critical players in President Obama’s national security team doubt his strategy in Afghanistan will succeed and have spent much of the last 20 months quarreling with one another over policy, personalities and turf, according to a new book. The book, “Obama’s Wars,” by the journalist Bob Woodward, depicts an administration deeply torn over the war in Afghanistan even as the president agreed to triple troop levels there amid suspicion that he was being boxed in by the military. Mr. Obama’s top White House adviser on Afghanistan and his special envoy for the region are described as believing the strategy will not work.

Thousands of our kids are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan carrying the enormous weight of the emotional baggage picked up during their experience of war. This is nothing new, we brought back the same cargo from Vietnam, Korea and WW2. All wars provide their participants with a dismal tide of dark memories, the material of a lifetime of tortured nightmares.

Running Head: Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity during Interaction with PTSD Sufferers By Carol Ware Duff RN, BA, MSN, Healthcare Editor, Veterans Today The purpose of this teaching program...

Why “Not “ Remember 9/11 “Sometimes You Have To Stand Up When Standing Isn't Easy” Yes indeed why “not to” remember 9/11? This is a good...

Any serious effort to understand the extraordinary influence of the Zionist power configuration over US foreign policy must examine the presence of key operatives in strategic positions in the government andlocal Zionist organizations affiliated with mainstream Jewish organizations and religious orders.

Did the Israeli Defense Force lead Jews to be gassed like the Sonderkommandoes of WWII, or, just like their Bosses, the Nazis?

By Medea Benjamin (opednews.com) With the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the administration, the military and the media are trying to put a...

"There are no sacred cows," Gates told reporters. "Everybody knows that we're being eaten alive by health care." Noting that military health care will cost $50 billion in 2011 and will rise to $65 billion by 2015, he said, "It's unsustainable, and therefore it has to be a part of our effort."

IT MAY BE THE LAND OF THE "24 HOUR WALMART" BUT IS IT STILL AMERICA? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Americans are terrible at languages. ...

- Depleted Uranium (DU) - Uranium (U) is a naturally occurring heavy metal that has both radioactive properties caused by the decay of the uranium atom’s...

Hello Gordon Duff and VT,  Our U.S. Military is currently, and has been since January 20, 2009, been committing with regularity war crimes under the...

How Many Real Phonies were in Vietnam?

Edith Shain in April displays a photo of her famous V-J Day kiss with a sailor at the end of World War II in Tiems Square, New York. Shain, who claimed to be the nurse photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt, died Sunday in Los Angeles.

ARE REPORTERS PLAYING WITH STATISTICS TO TAKE ANOTHER CHEAP SWIPE AT VIETNAM VETERANS? By Joe "Ragman" Tarnovsky for VT Dear Mr. Stantis (sstantis@tribune.com): While having coffee...

ANALYZING STAGED WORLD CONFLICT   By Gordon Duff    "If those papers have to be produced over the nukes that later got lost in Oman, and on the...

It’s among the most sensitive subjects for troops stressed out from war while trying to get on with their lives, their families and their careers: whether to tell anyone what’s going on inside. Now, a unique band of brothers has come together to tell those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that it’s more than OK to tell. The group consists of 35 Medal of Honor recipients – men from America’s past wars who have the credibility to tell those fighting its current wars that help is there for the taking and to take it.

The bill would cut the DoD's budget and use that money to make the first $35,000 each American earns tax-free. Last week, as Congress prepared to pass yet another “emergency” spending bill to cover America’s costly operations in Iraq and Afghanistan -- to the tune of $159 billion this time around -- Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida, introduced a bill that would force the Pentagon to pick up the tab out of its ample regular budget.

The fighting in Afghanistan this week has resulted in the deaths of Canadian Colonel Geoff Parker, 42, of Oakville, Ontario, and U.S. Colonel John McHugh, 46, of W. Caldwell, New Jersey. It also claimed the lives of Lieutenant Colonels Paul Bartz, 43, of Waterloo, Wis., and Thomas Belkofer, 44, of Perrysburg, Ohio. Other fatalities were Staff Sgt. Richard Tieman, 28, of Waynesboro, Pa., and Specialist Joshua Tomlinson, 24, of Dubberly, La.

When it comes to America, most people from various parts of the world agree on two things, they all like the American films, and they all dislike the American foreign policy. At least that holds as true in the Arab world and the whole Middle East with an exception of a small and a new state in the region namely, Israel.

A HAPLESS AMERICAN RETURNS HOME By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Fewer Americans travel anymore, mostly because they are flat broke.  It doesn't take a genius...

Veterans fighting to gain the benefits and care earned, deserved, and decades long over due!

Senators Propose TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act A bill introduced to the U.S. Senate April 14 would, if passed into law, enable the dependent children...

Under pressure: German troops are calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to tell them why they're at war in Afghanistan By Daily Mail Foreign Service (UK) German...

MORE A "BOWEL" MOVEMENT THAN A PATRIOTIC ONE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor What kind of group protests when their taxes are cut, their freedoms...

ACCUSATION OF DEFECTION, COLLABORATION COMPLICATED BY VIDEO RELEASED BY GROUP TIED TO MOSSAD  SOMETHING VERY WRONG HERE  By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor  Yesterday, a very odd...

WIKILEAKS VIDEO EXPOSES 2007 "COLLATERAL MURDER" IN IRAQ By David Froomkin for Huffington Post (check site for additional video) Calling it a case of "collateral murder," the...

CHARGED WITH:  "engaged in deceptive and illegal marketing practices by suggesting that all concert ticket sale revenue goes directly to scholarships for children of...

"OF THE 2.900,000 WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM, FEWER THAN 800,000 SURVIVE TODAY BY 2015, ALL MAY BE DEAD WITH 390 VIETNAM VETERANS DYING EACH DAY OVER...