Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

November 28, 2008 – As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of his administration. Following is part of a … Continue reading →

November 25, 2008 – A limited test of a streamlined system to more speedily and equitably evaluate wounded and injured troops is tentatively set to expand over the next seven months from the Washington, D.C., area to 16 other bases … Continue reading →

November 29, 2008, Fort Campbell, KY – Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain … Continue reading →

November 30, 2008 – Just about anywhere Ben Tapia goes between now and Dec. 25, he can expect to hear Christmas carols. “To this day, my wife and daughter get on my case,” said Tapia, a 61-year-old Ceres resident. “I … Continue reading →

November 27, 2008, Frankfurt, Germany –  A U.S. soldier who deserted his unit to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany, saying the Iraq war was illegal and that he could not support the “heinous acts” taking … Continue reading →

November 30, 2008 – Air Force veteran David Chini has lost track of all the times the Department of Veterans Affairs lost records he sent to it. Registered mail? A VA worker signed, and the paperwork vanished. By fax? Chini, … Continue reading →

November 30, 2008 – It’s not how Air Force enlistee Joseph Weston pictured either his military service or his country. Not long after he began basic training May 31 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Weston figured something was … Continue reading →