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<em>mickmel</em>
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Thursday’s Mt. Bethel Veterans Group
On the second Thursday of each month the Mt. Bethel Veterans Ministry takes up volunteer duty at the Atlanta Airport USO. The...
10 hours ago Mt. Bethel UMC | Topics: Men, bob babcock, men's..., uso
 
Cyber_Pastor
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Back From Iraq - VFF Combat Veterans are Home From Embed
Back From Iraq With Stories of Success!Dear Vets for Freedom Member:Last weekend Vets for Freedom welcomed eight Iraq War...
11 hours ago Do The Right Thing | Topics: Iraq, VFF, veterans
 
skippybkroo
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apparently chuck hagel's military service
and medals (vietnamese cross of gallantry, purple heart, army commendation medal, and the combat infantryman) aren't enough...
 
<em>sensico</em>
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John McCain Recruiting for Al Qaeda?
Al Qaeda likes the fact that mccain thinks they are so important and are capable of extreme acts. So they use that to their advantage to boost their profile and importance thus recruiting more future terrorist.
 
Lily
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Eyewitness to Combat: What Fluttered in the Trees
Another installment in our ongoing "eyewitness to combat" series. Beware that this materail contains graphic images of war,...
 
Lily
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Eyewitness to Combat: Surviving the Casualties with "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
(This material in this post is reminiscent of and confirms that in the recent one from the OEF/OIF era, that talks about how...
 
Lily
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Eyewitness to Combat: A Farce of Filth, Fear and Killing
In our ongoing "Eyewitness to Combat" series, here's another recollection from Pat, the Marine who went to Vietnam right out...
 
Lily
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Catharsis: Art Therapy, Trauma and PTSD
At almost 500 posts, if I had to choose the them that represents the underlying intention of this blog, it would be the Greek...
 
Cyber_Pastor
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Roman General Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: From A Combat Veteran's Perspective
 Foreword from Dean;Thanks to a post at Miss Beth's Victory Dance I followed a link to PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective and...
 
Connecticut Man1
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McCain Campaign and Surrogates Attack Navy Vet
The exposure of another likely plagiarism, this time originally pegged to plagiarizing Solzhenitsyn, by the McCain Campaign...
 
ThunderPig
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CBOC Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Franklin, Part One Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Speakers
[**note** This is taking longer than I expected because I want to do this project right, so please excuse me if the videos are...
2 days ago Thunder Pig | Topics: Event, Veterans, citizen..., Franklin
 
1greenthumb
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We Support the Troops!
Politics are politics, and no matter which side of which issue we come down on, The Democratic Frenzy will always support our...
 
ThunderPig
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Coming Tomorrow: VA Clinic Ribbon Cutting in Franklin
I attended the ribbon-cutting of the new VA Clinic for outpatient care in Franklin, NC today with something over 500 others,...
 
franpro
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Free Publications For Veterans!
FREE Publications! If you are a current or future Veteran small business owner, please take a look at this offer... We have...
 
Lily
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Veterans Can Be a "Powerful Force for Healing in the World"
Again from Claude Anshin Thomas, a lovely quote about the true power of the combat veteran's experience. For every veteran who...
 
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Lily
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The Vietnam Veteran as Exile: Missing in America, But Hidden in Plain Sight
My friend the veteran artist John Paul Hornbeck made this flag -- I just love it. It carries forward the whole issue of POW/MIA...
 
Lily
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Uncomfortably Numb in Combat: "It's Best to Shut Down, Block Out, Give Up Being Yourself"
Continuing our periodically recurring current theme on eyewitness to combat, this telling snippet from Generation Kill about...
 
Robert A. Yourell
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The Mental Health of our Military
War is hard. It is hard on the economies of the countries involved; it is hard on the leaders of governments; it is hard on the...
 
EvertonBlair
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The Mental Health of our Military
War is hard. It is hard on the economies of the countries involved; it is hard on the leaders of governments; it is hard on the...
 
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The Mental Health of our Military
War is hard. It is hard on the economies of the countries involved; it is hard on the leaders of governments; it is hard on the...
6 days ago Brain Blogger
 
Wisco
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Griper Blade: Occupation, Inc.
Privatizing the occupation of Iraq has cost us $100 billion - and much more in the long run
 
Tokeda
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Medical Issues Not Normally Waivered
Many people who are considering the United States Navy as an option wonder if there may be some mental or physical condition...
 
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Medical Issues Not Normally Waivered
Many people who are considering the United States Navy as an option wonder if there may be some mental or physical condition...
Medical Issues Not Normally Waivered
Many people who are considering the United States Navy as an option wonder if there may be some mental or physical condition...
8 days ago Navy CyberSpace
 
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<em>perpetualmemoryloss</em>
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Generation Kill
After watching this superb mini-series on HBO I decided to pick up Generation Kill.  I took it with me to Houston, and I was...
 
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Generation Kill
After watching this superb mini-series on HBO I decided to pick up Generation Kill.  I took it with me to Houston, and I was...
Generation Kill
After watching this superb mini-series on HBO I decided to pick up Generation Kill.  I took it with me to Houston, and I was...
10 days ago Perpetual Memory Loss
 
BakitWhy
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Filipino Veterans Assistance Act of 2008 (HR6645)
H.R.6645 is a bill that recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Dana Rohrabacher [CA-46] on July...
12 days ago BakitWhy | Topics: News, Politics, act, benefits
 
fstopsky
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Michelle Obama Meets With Military Spouses
Michelle Obama met withmilitary spouses and retirees for a frank discussion of the problems they are encountering while their...
 
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Tom Usher
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PTSD INFLICTED, PUNISHING LESSON: LEARN, CHANGE BEHAVIOR, NOT MASK SYMPTOMS TO DO EVIL WITHOUT CONSCIENCE OR SICKENED BRAIN MATTER
Title: "Iraq Veterans Against the War." Many years ago now, I wrote about the damage to brain from abuse. The brain...
 
webduck
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Low Moor, Iowa Honors WWII Vets
Low Moor, Iowa is the epitome of small town America. A post office, the city park that doubles as a ball field (with the local...
 
Tech-Ex
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GOP Blocks Aid for Paralyzed Vets Bill
Support our troops? How about continuing support after they are injured?The Christopher and Dana Reeve Act, named for the late...
20 days ago SNAFU-ed | Topics: Christopher..., Paralysis, Veterans, GOP
 
<em>stone1343</em>
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Rachel Maddow: "There's a difference between being a veteran and supporting a veteran as a politician."
Olbermann and Maddow eviscerate McCain over his lack of support of vets and the troops. Olbermann details all the pro-troops legislation that McCain either opposed or refused to even show up for a vote. You really need to watch this, then send it to...
 
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Lizzy
Lizzy posted a blog entry
VA Disenfranchising Veteran Votes
Top Senator And 10 States Attack VA for Banning Voter Registration DrivesOfficials overseeing the VA and state elections say...
34 days ago Night Bird's Fountain | Topics: military, veterans
 
Lily
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Murder, They Wrote: Statistics on Recent Combat Veterans and Homicides
The Spring/Summer 2008 issue of the American Psychological Associations' Section VII newsletter contains an interesting...
 
DaisyDeadhead
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Still fighting over THAT flag...
Left: Yes, you know what it is. (Image from The Palmetto Scoop.)~*~For foreign readers (and Americans who didn't memorize...
 
Lily
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Sacramento Bee's Article Series on "Suspect Soldiers" - How and Whether Servicemembers' Criminal Backgrounds Affect Their Military Service
In these days of newspapers downsizing and widespread layoffs, investigative series -- because they chew up so much time and...
 
Steve Hanson
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VA Under Fire Again
An unofficial and apparently illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy on granting veterans monetary benefits is...
 
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sandiegorealtor
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More Californians Shop, Obtain News Online, But Barriers Exist For Some Minorities
Just over half of all Californians use the Internet to obtain news and consumer updates, make product purchases, search for...
 
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Glenn G
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Naples Real Estate News 07/10/08
DEMOGRAPHICSFlorida cities continue to grow, but at a slower pace than in previous years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau....