-
Like VCS on Facebook
Follow VCS on Twitter
My Tweets-
Recent Posts
- Veterans for Common Sense Publishes Q&A Fact Sheet about new Gulf War Illness Diagnostic Code
- Veterans for Common Sense Urge Repeal of Legacy “Zombie” AUMFs
- VCS Publishes Fact Sheet on Legacy AUMFs
- Condemning Remarks that Diminish the Selfless Service and Sacrifice of Medal of Honor Recipients
- The PACT Act – What Does it Do?
Recent Comments
- Calvin Binns on Sick Marines and Contaminated Water: Questions Surround El Toro Marine Air Base
- Alexlarson989@gmail.com on U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Jerry Moran Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Chiropractic Health Care for Current and Former Military Personnel
- Kenneth Cline on VA Announces Camp LeJeune Medical Reimbursement Program | Veterans for Common Sense
- Robert on Sick Marines and Contaminated Water: Questions Surround El Toro Marine Air Base
- jon smith on Army warns doctors against using certain drugs in PTSD treatment
Categories
Meta
Author Archives: Team VCS
Reporter’s Diary: The Battle of Fallujah
The Battle of Fallujah U.S. may have won, but at a great personal cost By Tom LasseterKnight Ridder Newspapers 11.8.04, Monday FALLUJAH, Iraq – Capt. Sean Sims watched artillery shells fall and explode in a blast of sand and rubble, … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Reporter’s Diary: The Battle of Fallujah
German refuge where America tends its wounded
German refuge where America tends its wounded Blood, tears and compassion fatigue at crowded sanctuary for US war casualties Landstuhl, Germany – The battle for Falluja was almost over. Sergeant Kevin Freiburger had been examining the body of a dead … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on German refuge where America tends its wounded
Department of Homeland Security wants our kids to carry identity papers
Homeland Security’s Request For Student Data Stirs Concern By ALONSO SOTO and ROBERT BLOCK Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNALNovember 24, 2004; Page A4 WASHINGTON — A Homeland Security Department campaign to make schoolchildren better prepared for terrorist attacks is raising … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Department of Homeland Security wants our kids to carry identity papers
Retention Desperation: Marines Offer $30,000 Re-Enlistment Bonuses
Marines Offered Reenlistment Bonuses Personnel with combat experience and training can get up to $30,000. The goal is for them to keep current jobs or shift to other vital posts. By Tony PerryTimes Staff WriterNovember 26, 2004 CAMP PENDLETON, California … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Retention Desperation: Marines Offer $30,000 Re-Enlistment Bonuses
Army National Guard Fails Short of Recruiting Goal by 30 Percent
Army National Guard misses recruiting goal By Dave Moniz, USA TODAYNovember 24, 2004 WASHINGTON — The Army National Guard has fallen significantly behind its recruiting goal one month into the military’s new fiscal year, continuing a downward slide that began in … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Army National Guard Fails Short of Recruiting Goal by 30 Percent
Report: 20,802 U.S. troops treated at Landstuhl from Iraq or Afghanistan
VA chief vows to work for the wounded LANDSTUHL, Germany — Emerging from a meeting with injured troops at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ top official vowed Monday to work for the timely delivery of … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged Afghanistan
Comments Off on Report: 20,802 U.S. troops treated at Landstuhl from Iraq or Afghanistan
Thousands of Reservists Face Back Door Draft
MANY RESERVISTS FEELING A ‘DRAFT’ By WILLIAM BUNCHbunchw@phillynews.com GENNARO PELLEGRINI JR., a 31-year-old Philadelphia police officer, was playing Sony Playstation video games with a nephew one night last April when a single phone call turned his world upside down. He … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Thousands of Reservists Face Back Door Draft
Brutal Reality of War: Dead-Check in Falluja
Embedded with the Marines in Iraq Dead-Check in Falluja by Evan Wright, Village VoiceNovember 24 – 30, 2004 On April 9, 2003, the day the statue of Saddam Hussein was being toppled in Baghdad, symbolizing the promised liberation of Iraq, … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Tagged Abu Ghraib
Comments Off on Brutal Reality of War: Dead-Check in Falluja
Medics Testify to Fallujah’s Horrors
Medics Testify to Fallujah’s Horrors Navy Corpsmen Treated Unusually Devastating Injuries at Field Hospital By Jackie SpinnerWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, November 24, 2004; Page A15 FALLUJAH, Iraq — The first time Jose Ramirez saw a human body ripped apart by … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Medics Testify to Fallujah’s Horrors
Federal Judge Blocks Vote Counting in Ohio
Recount Can Wait, Federal Judge RulesFrom Times Wire ReportsNovember 24, 2004 A federal judge in Toledo denied a request by third-party presidential candidates who wanted to force a recount of Ohio ballots before the official count was finished. Judge James … Continue reading
Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News
Comments Off on Federal Judge Blocks Vote Counting in Ohio