VA Launches Facebook Pages for All 152 Medical Centers

Veteran advocacy businesses target elderly vets

Thom Stoddert on January 11th, 2012 - 1 Comment

In AARP Magazine's Oct. 2010 issue, author Sid Kirchheimer discusses how groups of financial planners with patriotic-sounding names promise elderly veterans or their widows 100 percent success with claims for little-known Department of Veteran...

The P-38 Pocket Can Opener Was an Army and Marine Icon

Defense Media Activity, Social Media Management on January 9th, 2012 - 0 Comments

  Today, the portable Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) consumed by American ground troops come in packages that are easy to open. In times past, the rations carried by a soldier or Marine were enclosed inside steel cans. The P-38 pocket can...

WA Veterans Affairs honors volunteers

J.M. Simpson on January 3rd, 2012 - 1 Comment

They are the fabulous 10.At a luncheon held in Auburn in early November, the Governor's Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee and the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) recognized seven individuals who have devoted time and...

Former 101st Airborne Division Soldier remembers post's final jump school class

Army News on December 29th, 2011 - 0 Comments

From its inception in 1942 to Bastogne to Vietnam to Iraq and on to current Afghanistan deployments and redeployments, the 101st Airborne Division's Screaming Eagle patch has become a symbol of freedom. In fact, it was "Old Abe" and the rich...

Military unsure of future benefits

J.M. Simpson on January 2nd, 2012 - 0 Comments

The 800-pound gorilla of the federal budget deficit and all of its consequences has begun to undermine the long-term financial confidence of many military families. What's more, the deficit's effects may have a significant impact on the...