Image by mashleymorgan via Flickr The History Of The Green Berets Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker was behind the beginning of the green beret designation in the year 1953. Brucker began the designation which would later be realized by First Lieutenant Roger Pezelle who adopted it for his highly operative A-Team called the Operational Detachment [...]

Image via Wikipedia People With Disabilities Help Troops Stay Prepared Turn on the news and you’ll hear the valiant stories of troops in the U.S. military. And helping to support the troops are many other courageous patriots, in particular the people with severe disabilities who help keep servicemen and women equipped with the supplies they [...]

Image by Ilona Meagher via Flickr Helping All Veterans Get The Treatment They Need Should Be Job 1.  We all know that proving PTSD and other health issues can be challenging to say the least.  This is a good article Disabled Veterans Can Assist with Medical Treatment and Recovery February 14, 2010 by Debrah McFarlane [...]

Image via Wikipedia The importance of protecting the health and lives of many US service personnel is dear to our hearts.  In that regard we will be posting articles of interest to service personnel and their families. D.V.A. issues list of ships with Agent Orange Exposure January 29, 2010 by Tom Barnes · 6 Comments [...]

Image via Wikipedia An important benefit program for veterans is the Veterans Non-Service Connected Improved Pension Benefit Program. It is sometimes called the Aid and Attendance Program. Established to assist qualified veterans, and/or their surviving spouses, this program provides financial support that enables veterans to live independently at home. In particular, funds are available for [...]

Image by smilla4 via Flickr For Troops – Goodie Bags Are a Hit Any Time of Year “Gone but not forgotten,” was a phrase often used during the Vietnam War to let soldiers who were prisoners there know that they were still remembered by their U.S. families. Today, the mission to let the thousands of [...]

A leading veterans group has launched a special Web site aimed at raising awareness of the growing number of false claims of military service, medals and awards, plus helping the general public report such claims to authorities. “We’ve seen the news stories, and we have a lot of anecdotal evidence — people calling us and [...]

Recently our government has posted advertisements for computer hackers to join forces in an effort to control the cyber attacks on government facilities. The ads must not be working cause the Pentagon was recently hacked and information on the Joint Strike Fighter was taken. Recruiters need to brush up on how to sweeten their offer [...]

Continued reports of substandard treatment of our veterans happens almost daily. Why are civilian hospitals and clinics inspected by health regulators and Veteran Hospital and Clinics aren’t? clipped from www.miamiherald.com Miami VA tests find 7 cases of hepatitis C, 1 HIV Thousands of veterans have been tested in the U.S. after the discovery that contaminated [...]

A newly unclassified document from the Department of Homeland Security warns about the possibility of violence by unnamed “right-wing extremists” concerned about illegal immigration, current increasing federal power, restrictions on the sale and use of firearms, and the loss of U.S. sovereignty plus to go one step further it singles out returning war veterans as [...]

The current mood of the country is turning from allowing government wasteful spending by holding tea parties to people helping people in need starting with our military families.

To say that we have a fondness for our servicemen and women is an understatement.  Charlie being a disabled Vietnam veteran allowed us to have first hand knowledge of the less then stellar care and treatment, lack of information about benefit entitlements and many other issues surrounding the retired veteran.  During the early 1970′s we [...]

Old Guys Could Git-R-Done! Think a minute… America needs to go in a new direction when it comes sending our young to war! After all we just elected a new president with new direction for the White House – let’s go in a new military direction and git-r-done!

When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by The Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, “Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great [...]

Tangled in red tape, America asks a lot of our soldiers. We ask them to give up their family life, train to fight our battles and in return we give them red tape. Oh we don’t mean to, we just don’t know how to get our act together when it concerns our military. Stop and [...]