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My View of Mission Accomplished
Submitted by stormbear on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:31am.Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Top stories this week on the Our Troops Newsladder, 4.27.08
Submitted by Jason Forrester... on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 5:22pm.Here are the top stories this week related to our soldiers here and abroad, taken from the Our Troops Newsladder.
Fort Drum: The Tip of a Tragic Iceberg
Submitted by Jason Forrester... on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 2:12am.What happens when you deploy troops who have seen high intensity combat time and time again with inadequate dwell time between tours? You see skyrocketing mental health issues.
After months of investigative work, talking to our troops and veterans, we released a report on the situation at Fort Drum in Watertown, New York. Since 9/11, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team has been deployed for more than forty months, more than any other brigade in the Army, and we are seeing what is nothing short of a cry for help from the men and women on the base; a cry we will answer here in North Carolina, which has seen thousands of its soldiers deployed time and time again from Fort Bragg.
Veterans Village, Guerneville Calif.
Submitted by jimstaro on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 7:39am.Well now we can view a little of the grounds, and a brand new four story building, donated by an anonymous WWII Veteran. In this report New Veterans Program Helps Heal War Wounds from abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA..
Video below and can also be viewed at station site of report.
The Goracle of Memphis and his stealth campaign.
Submitted by stormbear on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 11:31am.Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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Votevets.org needs to "recruit" you to help support our military
Submitted by captsfufp on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 9:40am.Take action now on the Webb-Hagel Amendment! Votevets.org needs your help in protecting our national security.
Senator Dole And Senator Burr: How In Good Conscience Can You Do This To Our Men And Women In Uniform?
Submitted by Veterans for America on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 1:23pm.By Bobby Muller, Veterans for America
I have a fundamental question for you two – a really simple basic question. One that every American should be asking themselves right now as you – and the rest of our Senators – get ready to return from your month-long break.
When the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that our troops were at their breaking point, when the Department of Defense reported that our current deployment policies are compounding the wounds of war, causing mental health problems among our troops to skyrocket, and that one of the primary causes was our current policy of deploying troops back to Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate dwell time at home, why didn’t you do something about it?
Should you support the troops?
Submitted by stormbear on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 9:05am.Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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It’s Memorial Day, have a hot dog.
Submitted by stormbear on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 9:33am.Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing
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Pat Paints a Picture of Posies
Submitted by micandacam on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 5:35pm.Patrick McHenry just returned from a Congressional trip to Afghanistan where he toured the area and assessed the progress of our ongoing military efforts in that country. In one news account McHenry painted a pretty picture of what is happening in Afghanistan. He told the Hickory Record "So much attention has been focused on Iraq that Afghanistan has been ignored." Too bad he was referring to press attention and not realizing he had just described the Bush Administration's policy on the wars.
