Author Archives: Team VCS

When Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its assignment, they … Continue reading →

The concept of Manifest Destiny describes the 19th century conviction that God intended the continent of North America to be under the control of Christian, European Americans. The ideology of Manifest Destiny was the backbone of U.S. government efforts to … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Growing at a rate of about 900 inmates each week between mid-2003 and mid-2004, the nation’s prisons and jails held 2.1 million people, or one in every 138 U.S. residents, the government reported Sunday. By last June 30, … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Iraqi insurgents keep finding new ways to conceal and detonate deadly improvised explosive devices, making the Pentagon’s countermeasures that much more difficult to develop, confidential military documents say.          “Enemy sophistication continually improves,” said a recent U.S. military briefing to … Continue reading →

MEXICO CITY, April 24 – A capital typically clogged with traffic was thronged Sunday by hundreds of thousands of people who marched into the main plaza to protest a government effort against Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador that threatens to … Continue reading →

20 Percent Unemployment Among Veterans Age 20 – 24 JOBLESS VETSJim Nicholson, the new VA secretary, is urging employers across the country to hire veterans – particularly those with disabilities and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Nicholson told a National … Continue reading →

Enrollment in Army ROTC Down in Past 2 School Years More Officers Now Being Commissioned From Earlier Pool, But Problem Looms By Josh WhiteWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, April 24, 2005; Page A03 Nationwide enrollment in the Army’s Reserve Officers’ Training … Continue reading →

Insurgents in Baghdad have mounted dozens of separate bombings in recent weeks. Nowhere is the fallout from the violence more apparent than in the city’s emergency rooms and trauma centers. Jamal Enad, a second-year surgical resident at Baghdad’s Yarmouk Hospital, … Continue reading →