Holiday Mail for Heros has to be Sent by Dec 10th!

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 3, 2008 11:09:31 EST

LINCOLN, Neb. — Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is encouraging people to participate in the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.
Last year, the program helped deliver more than 600,000 holiday cards to troops recovering in military hospitals. This year, the effort is expanded to all members of the [...]

New unit at Portsmouth medical center

This is a good idea, but only 13 BEDS??? WTF?? What are they thinking,  we are only sending 13 injured folks to the Portsmouth area??
–D/C

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A new unit being created at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center will allow injured sailors and Marines to live near their doctors and therapists while recovering.
The 13-bed unit called [...]

President Bush helps with New Walter Reed Hospital Groundbreaking.

Bush seeks new start for troubled hospital

By Deb Riechmann – The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jul 3, 2008 20:16:27 EDT
BETHESDA, Md. — President Bush helped break ground Thursday for a new military medical center to replace Walter Reed hospital, whose reputation was soiled by allegations of shoddy care for war veterans.
Bush didn’t talk about the [...]

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!

The AP has reported that Congress has passed the War Spending bill which includes the new GI BILL funding as well.  The Bill will also hwlp with funding the Folks who have been hit by the floods in the mid-west.
Read Below.
Bipartisan accord reached on war funding bill
By Andrew Taylor – The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday [...]

VA Care for Women found lacking…

Study sees discrepancies in VA care for men, women
By KIMBERLY HEFLING – 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care for female military veterans lags behind the care offered to male vets at many VA facilities, an internal agency report says, even as women are serving on front lines at historic levels.
There are [...]

Army Wants “STOP-LOSS” until 2009

AP report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
(04-21) 13:35 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) –
It will be more than a year before the Army can end the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to stay in the service beyond their retirement or re-enlistment dates, a top official said Monday.
Lt. Gen. James D. Thurman, deputy chief [...]

Air Force not doing enough for the War Effort –SECDEF

Breaking news on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24238978/
Air Force must do more for war, Gates says
Pentagon chief: Getting aircraft to Iraq, Afghanistan ‘like pulling teeth’
AP–WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some military leaders are “stuck in old [...]