Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

New Sign of Brain Damage in N.F.L.

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Team VCS

January 27, 2009, Tampa, FL – Brain damage commonly associated with boxers has been found in a sixth deceased former N.F.L. player age 50 or younger, further stoking the debate between many doctors and the league over the significance of … Continue reading →

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Groups Urge Faster Action to Help Veterans

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Team VCS

January 27, 2009 – A roundtable discussion, aimed at creating a consensus among military and veterans groups about top priorities for the year ahead, focused on how solving some longstanding problems might be especially important today to veterans and their … Continue reading →

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Recruiting Stand-Down Ordered

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Team VCS

January 27, 2009 – Army Secretary Pete Geren has ordered a stand-down of the Army’s entire recruiting force and a review of almost every aspect of the job is underway in the wake of a wide-ranging investigation of four suicides … Continue reading →

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Obama to Hear Advice of Service Chiefs on Iraq

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Team VCS

January 28, 2009 – Barack Obama often has said he will issue orders to swiftly close down the Iraq war. Now military leaders are getting a chance to tell the new commander in chief how they could comply, and why … Continue reading →

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Charity Appeal: How Brain Scans Show the Trauma of War

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Team VCS

January 26, 2009 – For the Ancient Greeks, it was a “divine madness” that infected the minds of soldiers. During the US Civil War, it became known as “soldier’s heart”. By the First World War it was called shell shock. … Continue reading →

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Gates: Afghan War is ‘Greatest Military Challenge’

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Team VCS

January 27, 2009 – Afghanistan is America’s “greatest military challenge” and coordination of the fight against the insurgency has been “less than stellar,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling Congress. In testimony prepared for delivery to Congress Tuesday, Gates said … Continue reading →

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GAO: VA Not Budgeting for Full Cost of Long-Term Care

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Team VCS

January 26, 2009 – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today in response to a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which found that the Department of Veterans … Continue reading →

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Mesothelioma Cases Remain High for Military Veterans Exposed to Asbestos

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Team VCS

January 26, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stated that out of the millions of veterans who have served the country, hundreds of thousands have been exposed to asbestos during their service. Regarded as one of many coverups … Continue reading →

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Washington Post Speculates on More Potential VA Leaders

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Team VCS

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, a retired four-star Army general, appears to be stacking his sub-Cabinet with fellow veterans. We’re hearing buzz that Shinseki will name W. Scott Gould, who served in Iraq as a naval intelligence reservist, as … Continue reading →

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Veterans to Speak Out Against Operation Iraqi Freedom

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Team VCS

January 24, 2009 – A day after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Chris Miles left his home in LeRoy, Minn., for boot camp at Naval Training Center in Chicago. Rising to the rank of third class … Continue reading →

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