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This photo was taken on March 25, 2003.
Soldier in famous photo never defeated ‘demons’
They found Dwyer lying on his back, his clothes soiled with urine and feces. Scattered on the floor around him were dozens of spent cans of Dust-Off, a refrigerant-based aerosol normally used to clean electrical equipment.
Dwyer told police Lt. Mike Wilson [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 20th, 2008 | Tags: Iraq, military, PTSD, VA, veterans | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Health Care, Iraq, PTSD, Veterans Health Administration, War, military, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (6)

Veterans Administration Bars Voter Registration Drives for Wounded Soldiers
On April 25, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Directive 2008-023, “Voting Assistance for VA Patients,” allowing voter registration drives in VA hospitals, only to reverse itself on May 5 with Directive 2008-025. Without registration drives, it appears that each veteran will have to request [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 28th, 2008 | Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Hatch Act, John Kerry, VA, veterans benefits, Veterans Health Administration, Vote, wounded soldiers | Category: Hatch Act, Politics, Soldiers, VA, Veterans Health Administration, Vote, War Cost, trauma, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

British soldiers forced to take loans to eat
LONDON: Many soldiers in the British army are living in poverty, and some of them are so poor that they are unable to eat and are forced to rely on emergency food voucher schemes set up by the ministry of defence, claims a damning and highly sensitive internal [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 12th, 2008 | Tags: British Veterans, neglect, poverty, US Veterans, veterans | Category: Mismanagement, Povery, War Cost, War on Terror, military, veterans, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (3)

Murder Trial Points to War Trauma
A Maryland murder trial is being turned into a debate on the lingering traumatic impact of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on the psyche of the Americans who served there.
Army Ranger veteran Gary Smith is on trial for murdering fellow Ranger Michael McQueen.
Military leaders have acknowledged that the service [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 27th, 2008 | Category: Army Rangers, Gary Smith, Michael McQueen, PTSD, Public Health, VA, War Cost, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Depression and suicidal thoughts aren’t limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well.
… an excerpt from testimony before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing held February 28, 2008, regarding the Iraq War’s mental health impacts of Iraq War on the families of Guard/Reserve veterans.

Nearly 3 million immediate [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 25th, 2008 | Category: PTSD, Time Bomb, VA, VFW, Walter Reed, War Cost, trauma, troops, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 27th, 2008 | Category: 10th Mountain Division, Accountability, Afghanistan, Army Medical Command, Casualties, Double Cross, Health Care, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mismanagement, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Preventative medicine, Public Health, VA, VFW, War Cost, administration, betrayal, consequences, department of defense, depression, disinformation, mental health, military, suicide, troops, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (2)

No Funds in Bush Budget For Troop-Benefits
President Bush drew great applause during his State of the Union address last month when he called on Congress to allow U.S. troops to transfer their unused education benefits to family members. “Our military families serve our nation, they inspire our nation, and tonight our nation honors them,” [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 9th, 2008 | Category: Bush, Casualties, State of the Union, The Liar, VA, VFW, War Cost, betrayal, troops, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (1)

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Agendas, Bush, Casualties, Congress, Contractors, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Executive Branch, Hypocracy, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Outsource, PTSD, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Propaganda, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, VA, War, War Contractors, War Cost, Waste, appropriation, betrayal, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, escalation, mental health, negligence, profiteers, responsibility, veterans benefits, victims | Comments (3)

1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 7th, 2007 | Category: Collateral, Corruption, DOD, Fox News, Health Care, Hypocracy, Oversight, Promises, Public Health, Statistics, VA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Walter Reed, War Cost, cover up, displaced persons, injustice, mental health, military, negligence, resonsibility, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (5)