VFP Meeting
Submitted by seth on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 9:00pm.01/04/2009 - 3:00pm
01/04/2009 - 5:00pm
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Veterans For Peace will be holding their meeting at Coffee Strong,
IVAW Meeting
Submitted by seth on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 8:58pm.01/03/2009 - 6:00pm
01/03/2009 - 7:00pm
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IVAW members are invited to attend the IVAW Ft. Lewis meeting. Pete Bohmer will be speaking about security culture.
Jim Page Concert
Submitted by seth on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 8:54pm.01/10/2009 - 9:00pm
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Jim Page will be playing a Folk Concert at Coffee Strong. Suggested donation $5 at the door. Free with military ID.
Raped in the Military? You May Have to Pay for Your Own Forensic Exam Kit
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 2:10pm.Sarah Palin's decision not to pay for rape kits when she was mayor of Walsilla was an issue in the campaign for the White House. But allow me to introduce the large pink elephant that has been sitting quietly in the corner of the room:
At the Winter Soldier Investigation in March, Spec. Patricia McCann, who served in Iraq with the Illinois Army National Guard from 2003-4, read a memo issued to all MEDCOM commanders clarifying that "SAD kits"-- which are forensic rape kits--"are not included in TRICARE coverage." * read more »
Opening night at Coffee Strong November 15th
Submitted by vicman80 on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 11:49pm.Here is a crude video on YouTube from the opening night on November 15th. Sorry about the lighting, my camera has no flash. Better for the performers anyway.
As I See It
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 1:42pm.By Benjamin Lewis and Brandon Neely, Corvallis Gazette Times
On this day, Veterans Day, we would like to express to the American public why we, veterans of the Global War on Terror, have chosen to refuse orders to reactivate into military service. We are direct witnesses to the horrors of this war, having experienced its atrocities at their source, and we have decided that we can no longer carry out these illegal and immoral policies. read more »
The history of Veterans Day
Submitted by patrick on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 1:49pm.The end of WWI -- The Germans wanted to surrender on November 9, 1918 -- the Kaiser had abdicated and it was obvious they had lost the war. But a French general suggested they wait two more days and have the guns fall silent on the Western Front at exactly 11 AM, 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month -- very poetic, and certainly memorable. After all, this was called the "War to End All Wars," the world had learned its lesson and would never be stupid enough to do this again. Of course twenty years later the world was that stupid and we started numbering big ones. read more »
3rd recruit dies in last month at Fort Jackson while training
Submitted by admin on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 7:06am.Raleigh woman, 21, collapses during physical fitness test
, The State
A third soldier in about a month has died during basic combat training at Fort Jackson.
Pvt. Andrea Rosser, 21, of Raleigh, N.C., collapsed and later died Saturday while taking the physical fitness test, the Army said Monday. read more »
Burn pit at Balad raises health concerns
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 5:27pm.Troops say chemicals and medical waste burned at base are making them sick, but officials deny risk
By Kelly Kennedy - ArmyTimes
An open-air “burn pit” at the largest U.S. base in Iraq may have exposed tens of thousands of troops, contractors and Iraqis to cancer-causing dioxins, poisons such as arsenic and carbon monoxide, and hazardous medical waste, documentation gathered by Military Times shows. read more »
Mentally Unstable Soldiers Redeployed to Iraq
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 10:22am.(note: if you are a servicemember who is being deployed despite medical problems that will impair your ability to do your job, contact the G.I. Rights Hotline to talk to a trained civillian counselor about steps you can take to stop that deployment and get your medical problem treated. Call 877-447-4487 or email girights@girightshotline.org)
Stretched Thin, Army Puts Some Vulnerable Soldiers Back on the Frontlines
By BOB WOODRUFF, JAMES HILL and JAIME HENNESSEY, ABC News
Two weeks before his second deployment to Iraq last September, Army Specialist Michael DeVlieger broke down.
"At first, I thought it was something that everybody experienced," DeVlieger told ABC's Bob Woodruff, "and just through time and perseverance I guess it would pass." It didn't pass.
After an 11-day hospitalization, DeVlieger was given a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, three psychiatric prescriptions -- and deployment orders.
"Eighteen hours after he got out of the hospital, he deployed to Iraq," DeVlieger's wife, Christine DeVlieger, recalled. He left for Iraq despite Pentagon policy requiring that service members establish three months of "stability without significant symptoms" before deploying. read more »
