Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

I served on a U.S. Army Civil Affairs team while deployed to Iraq. Among other things, Civil Affairs soldiers are tasked with evaluating and repairing the local infrastructure and minimizing the effects of battle on civilians. Typically, CA operates in … Continue reading →

Dispatches From The Quagmire: Safe at Home, Ill at Ease The biggest group of Washington soldiers who served in Iraq are starting to return, and it’s not clear we’re ready for them. In the Seattle armory on a recent Saturday … Continue reading →

Homegrown Osamas Before the “Rev. Dr.” Matt Hale, the white racist leader, was arrested for seeking the murder of a federal judge, and long before the judge returned home last week to find her husband and mother murdered, I had … Continue reading →

Veterans, It’s Time to Fight Again To the Editor: Bravo on “A Fighting Strategy for Veterans” (editorial, March 5). Veterans should do what they did in war: fight for all Americans and for the values of this country, for equality … Continue reading →

‘Counter-recruiters’ shadowing the military NEW YORK — The Marines didn’t have to recruit Greg McCullough. He signed a promise to enlist last year, while he was still in high school. But now McCullough has had second thoughts, and he’s talking … Continue reading →

They’re back from Iraq, but are they OK? Ephrata guard unit loses no lives, but life is different EPHRATA — A guardsman walks into a local Wal-Mart, freaks, does a 180, and walks back out again. Even after seven months, … Continue reading →

State Taxpayers Providing Relief to Military Families Taxpayers can donate their refunds in many states to the homeless, to victims of child abuse, to protecting endangered species or to a group of needy people whose taxpayer-financed salaries do not always … Continue reading →

Many Missteps Tied to Delay in Armor for Troops in Iraq MISSING IN ACTION: THE SUPPLY GAP IN IRAQ The war in Iraq was hardly a month old in April 2003 when an Army general in charge of equipping soldiers … Continue reading →