Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

A Soldier in Iraq Asks in Despair – Why Are We Here?

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Team VCS

May 29, 2007 – BAGHDAD, May 12 — My name is Donald Hudson Jr. I have been serving our country’s military actively for the last three years. I am currently deployed to Baghdad on Forward Operating Base Loyalty, where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on A Soldier in Iraq Asks in Despair – Why Are We Here?

Army Puts Amputees Back Into Combat

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Team VCS

May 30, 2007 – SAN ANTONIO — In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn’t be saved. His … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Army Puts Amputees Back Into Combat

Editorial Column – Choosing a Fast buck Over Help for Veterans

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Team VCS

May 30, 2007 – Coming soon, perhaps, to a bottleneck near you: More skyscrapers, more condos, more retail. Where? At one of the busiest intersections in Southern California — Wilshire Boulevard and the 405. Yes, it’s the West Los Angeles … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Editorial Column – Choosing a Fast buck Over Help for Veterans

With Veterans Benefits, Knowing is Half the Battle

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Team VCS

May 27, 2007 – Donat “Dan” LeBlanc clearly remembers the day nearly 40 years ago when a Marine Corps bureaucrat, running down a list of questions intended to gauge the extent of his disability from a fresh war wound, asked, … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on With Veterans Benefits, Knowing is Half the Battle

VFW Sides With Veteran Facing Discipline for Wearing Uniform at Protest

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Team VCS

June 1, 2007 – WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to “exercise a little common sense” and call off its investigation of a group of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on VFW Sides With Veteran Facing Discipline for Wearing Uniform at Protest

Home From Iraq, Veterans Battle Pentagon

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Team VCS

May 24, 2007 – WASHINGTON — President Bush will churn out shopworn platitudes about the sacrifices of the nation’s brave soldiers this Memorial Day. But many of the soldiers, active duty and retired, are not listening. Instead, they want Bush … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Home From Iraq, Veterans Battle Pentagon

Local Iraq War Veteran Continues Anti-War Crusade

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Team VCS

May 24, 2007 – BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — He’s been out of the Marine Corps for less than six months, but the war in Iraq is never far from Vermont native Liam Madden’s mind. While still in the service, he co-founded … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Local Iraq War Veteran Continues Anti-War Crusade

Weekly Update: Saving Lives by Preventing ‘Suicide by Cop’

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Team VCS

May 30, 2007 Dear  VCS Supporter: Suicide is a tough subject. If you could save a life, would you? A veteran’s life? A police officer’s life? A hostage’s life? The number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran suicides keeps escalating. … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Weekly Update: Saving Lives by Preventing ‘Suicide by Cop’

Memorial Day 2007: 10 U.S. soldiers perish in helicopter crash, bombings in Iraq War

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Team VCS

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 30, 2007 — Ten American soldiers were killed in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash on Memorial Day in Iraq, making May — at 113 fatalities — the third deadliest month of the war. Six of the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Memorial Day 2007: 10 U.S. soldiers perish in helicopter crash, bombings in Iraq War

Iraq War Veteran Arrested for AWOL in New York

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Team VCS

May 28, 2007 – An Iraq War veteran from Long Island who had gone AWOL was arrested for desertion during a routine traffic stop in Cutchogue, police said. Christopher Henessy, 27, who gave police an address in Riverhead, was behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterans for Common Sense News | Comments Off on Iraq War Veteran Arrested for AWOL in New York