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Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks welcome President Barack Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan as a long-overdue surge that could win the war.

Listen to the report Eric Piotrowski bragging about his Silver Star he received for gallantry and intrepidity in action against hostile forces during the Iraq war in 1991.

A 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran who robbed a City Heights bank of $107,000 using a phony bomb threat was sentenced today to probation and given credit for nearly four months in jail.

A former official with the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is expected to plead guilty today to making false claims about his service record to receive military tax exemptions.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Birch, of Clarksville TN are pleased to announce that thier youngest son, CPT Gregory A. Birch was recently awarded the Bronze Star for his work in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Days before President Obama is expected to announce his decision to send 30,000 or more additional U. S. troops to Afghanistan, key lawmakers from both parties expressed deep misgivings about the cost and course of an expanded war.

A pilot program to streamline and speed up disability claims for veterans is set to expand to Fort Lewis and five other military installations in March 2010.

South Dakota's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will hold a mental health summit Tuesday and Wednesday in Pierre.

Veterans who have been in action will tell you it was their equipment that kept them alive, whether it was a weapon or a well-tuned vehicle that got them back to their lines and safety.

On the last day of his long, troubled life, Grover Cleveland Chapman packed a black duffel bag, washed out his coffee cup, put it in the dish rack and fetched his Smith&Wesson. He threw away his favorite slippers and left his house key on his bedside table in the two-bedroom yellow bungalow he shared with his daughter, tucked in an aging ...

DEAR COLLEAGUE: This report by the Committee majority staff is part of our continuing examination of the conflict in Afghanistan.

Joseph Owen, 85, who was a young lieutenant during the Chosin Battle during the Korean War.

Afghans watch as armored vehicles of the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion drive down a road near the town of Pul-i-alam, Logar province, Afghanistan.

Veterans, youth and politicians gathered at a sprawling cemetery here today to honour 855 Canadians buried under neat rows of aging white gravestones.

THE family of a war veteran whose broken neck was not diagnosed at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary have finally received an apology, more than two years later.

Area veterans have a place to go for Thanksgiving, even if money is tight or family is far.

On the last day of his long, troubled life, Grover Cleveland Chapman packed a black duffel bag, washed out his coffee cup, put it in the dish rack and fetched his Smith&Wesson. He threw away his favorite slippers and left his house key on his bedside table in the two-bedroom yellow bungalow he shared with his daughter, tucked in an aging ...

MORE than 65 years after he landed on Normandy's Gold Beach on D-Day, North Yorkshire Second World War veteran George Chapman has died, aged 86.

The national embarrassment of homeless veterans was in the news around Veterans Day , not surprisingly.

In this Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, photo Sgt. Michael McCann from Enterprise. Ala., of the 118th Airborne MP Company, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan wars, watches as a driver is stopped at a checkpoint near the town of Balisal Afghan, Logar province, Afghanistan.

On the last day of his long, troubled life, Grover Cleveland Chapman packed a black duffel bag, washed out his coffee cup, put it in the dish rack and fetched his Smith & Wesson.

The seasonal flu vaccine is available to all eligible and enrolled veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System facilities.

A.S.A.P. Fire & Safety Corp. said it will appeal a jury verdict in U.S. District Court awarding a former employee and Iraq war veteran $445,000 in a military-discrimination lawsuit.

November: 27th 2009 Ref: {' Letter from Animal Control over Barking Dog Issue,'} I am writing, in regard to a complaint, dated on November 24th 2009, Notice of a barking dog complaint.

4. The Postal Service says mail sent to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan should be sent by that date to assure arrival by Christmas.

Military veterans who refinanced their mortgages in expectation of lower interest rates may have been cheated on fees by their bank, according to a lawsuit pending in federal court.

The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept.

His father was a lifelong scalloper, his uncles are fishermen, and 23-year-old Chris Pinto realized as he got older that fishing is "in my blood." It just didn't look like it was in his future.

The national health reform bill passed by the House last month and the Senate version to be debated in early December pose no threat to current health care benefits provided to military families, retirees or veterans, say advocates for these beneficiaries as well as congressional committee staffs.

A small group of veterans is returning to Italy where they waged one of the longest, fiercest campaigns of the Second World War.

Nearly three years after a chorus of complaints from local soldiers went public, a program designed to reduce the waiting time for veterans' disability claims will expand to Fort Lewis and five other military installations.

For Veterans Agent Richard "Dick" McCarthy, his work isn't a job but a way to give back to his fellow soldiers -- and he wants to ensure both recognition and services to older veterans as well as to those just returning from war.

Click small images above to enlarge. New details on an Iraq War veteran, accused of murder.

World War II veteran Robert Comito's ashes were supposed to be spread across the North Carolina sky.

Who would deny health care to all Americans? Well, there are a lot of those folks in Congress, including nearly all Republican lawmakers, none of whom have rejected their own generous government health care plans.

Felony charges have been filed against a 24-year-old Marine on inactive reserve who shot and killed a Bestway Market worker on Feb.

A local soldier has won a federal lawsuit against his former employer after being demoted and then fired from his job when he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.

A decorated Iraq War veteran wiped tears from his eyes Wednesday as an Allegheny County judge sentenced him to six to 12 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife.

More than 150 military veterans at a South Carolina VA Medical Center are being treated to a special Thanksgiving meal.

Thanksgiving is that uniquely American holiday acknowledging our colonial roots.

Those conditions join a list of related diseases for which Vietnam War veterans already receive compensation, such as prostate cancer, respiratory cancers, soft-tissue sarcomas, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

The Severdia family -- Mark, a wounded Iraq war veteran on disability, Christina, and their four children -- will celebrate Thanksgiving in the Habitat for Humanity townhouse they helped build.

The federal official who oversees the health care needs of millions of veterans on October 28 presented the first-ever awards recognizing staff members' excellence in pharmacy practice, innovation, and program advancement.

The Fond du Lac River reminded a local Vietnam War veteran of the days his friends were impaled by traps and blown up before his eyes.

Illinois governor candidate Dan Hynes wants public colleges to make it easier for military veterans to get into school.

Thanksgiving came early for a group of psychiatric patients from the VA hospital in Montrose, as they were treated Tuesday to a home-cooked turkey lunch with all the trimmings, courtesy of White Plains American Legion Post-5. The annual lunch, held at the post for more than 40 years, "is just something we like to do for our less fortunate ...

Ottawa is kicking in $100,000 to find out how many homeless veterans are living on Canada's streets.

Nov. 24 -- A local daughter is behind bars charged with killing her own father. Lacy Embley Pope was arrested late Tuesday afternoon by Saraland Police.

A Nov. 19 letter was published from Marvin Conover, a Vietnam veteran, thanking local restaurants for offering free meals on Veterans Day.

A judge has appointed public defenders to represent a troubled Iraq war veteran who faces the possible death penalty on charges he fatally shot two people while robbing a sandwich shop in Altoona.

Chase Matthews made it to thanking those attending, and then broke down. On Monday, Matthews stood on two prosthetic limbs in front of a home his community and Homes for Our Troops just built for him, and dropped his head to gather himself after receiving the keys.

There are more than 30,000 trees at Millbrook Tree Farm . Some will be shipped overseas to members of the armed forces stationed in Bahrain and the Navy's 5th fleet.

The leaders of the Pentagon's review board will conduct a press conference at 4:15 p.m. today in the East Atrium of III Corps headquarters building.

Madison a ' Tension between the Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Board and Department Secretary John Scocos is rising just as the board considers whether to replace him, according to e-mail messages released Monday.

Members of Elks Lodge 469 work in the lodge kitchen to serve the pre-Thanksgiving meal to visitors from veterans' hospitals.

Far from Tehachapi, some local service men and women will still get a taste of home this Christmas.

November 2009....American Auto Transporters has, for the second consecutive year, answered the request from "Homes for our Troops" to support the returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Two city men were charged Monday with stealing the donation box containing hundreds of dollars in donations collected to benefit wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

I'll be joining Debra Burlingame, Rep. Pete King , Tim Brown, and Peter Regan at a press conference tomorrow in lower Manhattan, in anticipation of a big rally the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition is organizing for Saturday, December 5, to protest the Obama administration's decision to give the 9/11 jihadists a civilian trial.

Huddling under umbrellas in a chilly rain, friends, relatives and comrades gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to lay to rest another of the victims of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.

No more protracted wars, thank you, just short contracted ones from now on. We are an enlightened society.

A Vietnam veteran who worked to help other vets was laid to rest Monday, one week after he was beaten during a robbery.

Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez still suffers from injuries he began experiencing in Iraq three years ago - injuries caused not by bombs or guns but by a military-administered smallpox vaccine he got before he left the United States.

NJ Air National Guard and Iraq & Afghanistan veterans unloaded turkeys Wednesday donated by Stop & Shop at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside.

When Richard Gabienelli listened to war stories, they were stories from World War I veterans.

The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs announced this week that beginning in January 2010, the Disability Evaluation System pilot program for wounded warriors will expand to six additional installations across the country.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Women here in the Grand Valley help defend our country's freedom but many of them aren't taking advantage of their veteran benefits.

A WAR veteran who had a heart attack at a remembrance service in Epsom has thanked members of the public who rushed to save his life.

DIGGERS are using cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs while on tours of duty in Afghanistan and returning home as addicts.

Treating & Predicting PTSD: A recent study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggests marijuana may help patients overcome life stresses that worsen reawakened trauma and other symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder.

Good news on two health-care fronts. The plans to build a new and better Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Cape Coral, replacing the facility in Fort Myers, keep moving along.

COLLIER COUNTY: A Collier County man convicted of posing to be a war veteran was arrested again.

The unclaimed cremated remains of 13 military veterans have been interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery.

Oren Moverman didn't set out to direct The Messenger , the film made from the script he co-wrote with Alessandro Camon .

Patrick Dunne, undersecretary for benefits at the Veterans Affairs Department since October 2008, announced Friday that he will resign early next year.

Sgt. Heriberto Vidro, whose traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder incurred during his service in the Army, as a jet fuel truck driver deployed to Iraq, has made it very difficult for him readjust back home.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. During a visit to Trenton in August, the nation's top military officer turned to his hosts in the New Jersey National Guard, noting the success of their efforts to monitor and treat the mental well-being of the state's citizen-soldiers. Adm.

Reporting from Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan -- Lance Cpl. Justin Swanson's battalion commander thought of his own sons as he remembered the young Marine from Orange County in a solemn memorial service Saturday at this outpost in Afghanistan.

Marrkand USAF , loving husband of 61 years to the love of his life, Patricia J. Marrkand passed away November 20, 2009 at age 89, after living a wonderful life devoted to family, faith and country.

A group of area veterans met last week in Fredericksburg to talk about their military experiences, share information and forge new friendships.

The people who buried John Quincy Lott in Santa Fe National Cemetery didn't know him, only that he was a fellow military veteran.

Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

A former Air Force nurse intentionally gave three elderly Texas patients lethal doses of medication, killing them with his self-described "aggressive" care for end-of-life patients, prosecutors said Tuesday at the start of a court-martial. Capt.

A World War II veteran whose body went unclaimed has been buried by fellow veterans in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe.

The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated the administrator of the state's largest nursing home for veterans, who was fired in August.

Millet received the Medal of Honor for his actions Feb. 7, 1951. He led the 25th Infantry Division's Company E, 27th Infantry, in a bayonet charge up Hill 180 near Soam-Ni, Korea.

Nov. 10:A FBI officialsA admitted they knew months ago that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan wasA e-mailing a radical Muslim cleric overseas.

Soldiers are mainly developing addictions to cocaine, a drug which is "as cheap as chips" in Afghanistan / File Diggers using hard drugs on tours of duty Hundreds have tested positive to substances Cocaine "cheap as chips" in Afghanistan DIGGERS are using cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs while on tours of duty in Afghanistan and are returning ...

Illinois is launching a new program meant to help military veterans find jobs when they return to civilian life.

A "cowardly" teenager who broke war veteran Eric Brady's jaw and held up a Queen's Service Medal holder at knifepoint in separate attacks was not put away for long enough, says one of his victims.

Federal agents are searching for a man who was sentenced to 80 years in prison for robbing and shooting an Iraq War veteran.

When filmmaker Oren Moverman returned to Givatayim, near Tel Aviv, on leave from his paratrooper unit during the first Lebanon War, he often shut himself in his room and repeatedly watched the Vietnam War saga "Apocalypse Now." "My head was still in the combat zone," the 43-year-old said from his Manhattan home.

Recent survey results reveal that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder has increased 4 to 7 times following the invasion of Iraq.

Legislation granting Air Force and Navy veterans a better shot at receiving disability benefits for Agent Orange-related illness now has 204 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, 14 short of the number needed to guarantee passage.

In this Jan. 6, 2009, file photo Blackwater Worldwide security guard Nick Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., right, and his attorney Thomas Connolly leave federal court in Washington after pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges.

The daughter of a World War II veteran plans to bury her father in Florida, years after an urn filled with rocks was interred in his name at Arlington National Cemetery.

The 65-year-old Vietnam War veteran who suffered broken ribs and hurt his knee during a strong-arm robbery in south suburban Midlothian earlier this week died from his injuries.

Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

Not long before the body of Pfc. Michael S. Pearson arrived at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, a single plane appeared.

Michael and Margaret Walker are in a better place this year but remain grateful for Operation Stand Down.

The former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services was indicted Thursday, accused of enriching friends and family at taxpayer expense while cutting benefits to the veterans he served.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a Pentagon investigation of the tragic Fort Hood shooting.

A septic tank contract at Fort Drum is one of those cited in a government report on fraud, according to the Associated Press.

Officials at MacDill Air Force Base knowingly approved a $900,000 contract with a business owned by a disabled veteran, even though the work was performed by an unqualified company, a government report states.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings.

The Dorn VA Medical Center is opening a new outpatient clinic for veterans in South Carolina's Upstate.

The Small Business Administration failed to check if companies were eligible for the no-bid contracts for veterans with service-related injuries, allowing, for example, a contracting employee at a military base in Tampa, Fla., to improperly funnel a $900,000 Air Force contract to his wife's firm.

Richard Strandlof is the first Coloradan charged under the Stolen Valor Act. Richard Glen Strandlof will be released to a halfway house pending his upcoming trial on charges that he made false claims about being a decorated military veteran.

A program intended to help disabled veterans win government business awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the work, a federal review has found.

A small group of U.S. war veterans, the age difference among them as wide as 70 years, gathered earlier this month at American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., for a special event at the annual Veterans' Day Community Fair.

Staff Sgt. Ron Pedersen spent a year in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard.

A Fort Carson soldier convicted Wednesday of killing two people with an AK-47 and of wounding a soldier in two drive-by shootings last year will face a mandatory life sentence without parole.

About 200 family members and friends gathered Wednesday on a cold windy cemetery hillside in a tiny northeast Tennessee community to bury Army Spc.

President Obama's executive order expanding job opportunities for veterans in federal agencies made headlines last week.

An Army mother who refused to go to Afghanistan because she failed to get someone to care for her son wants the military to discharge her rather than enforce a policy thousands of single mothers have abided by.

Jurors are deciding the case of a Fort Carson soldier accused of killing two people in a drive-by shooting.

Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.

Primary care doctors are under increasing pressure to be more efficient, but it is not clear if this pressure has affected the length or quality of primary care.

The North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs is sponsoring an ongoing state scholarship program for children of certain disabled, deceased, POW/MIA, recipients of the Purple Heart Medal or certain combat veterans.

The Department of Veterans Affairs recently added three more "presumed" illnesses associated with Agent Orange exposure both in and outside of Vietnam.

Making a commitment to help men and women who have sacrificed for their country, Clark Construction will provide on-the-job employment mentoring to disabled military veterans this week, on Thursday November 19.

Retired Army Veteran Rena McNeill stands with Korean War Veteran James C. Dial during Golden Corral's free dinner night for veterans on Monday.

More than $98 billion in taxpayer dollars spent by government agencies was wasted, much of it on questionable claims for tax credits and Medicare benefits, representing an increase of $26 billion from the previous year.

Gitmo triala TMs impact on NYC Nov. 16: Bringing the trial of the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks could trigger post-traumatic stress to people living in New York City, experts caution.

The Senate on Tuesday adopted the latest in a continuing series of major budget increases to provide medical care for veterans.

A A Nov. 17: Army Vice Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli says, as of Monday, 140 active duty soldiers were believed to have died of self-inflicted wounds so far in 2009.

An estimated 4,000 military veterans in Minnesota are expected to be homeless this year in Minnesota.

The test of a streamlined system for examining and evaluating disabled veterans will be expanded to an additional six U.S. bases beginning in January, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday.

Henry Sternweiler who, as a young U.S. Army lieutenant in Germany helped save thousands of files from destruction, sits with photos of him as a young soldier, He will receive the Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany.

Richard Glen Strandlof was charged under the Stolen Valor Act. Richard Glen Strandlof pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he made false claims about being a decorated military veteran.

TOPICS The piece, unfortunately, is like a lot of mainstream reportage on the movement -- that is to say, reporters "parachute" in to a location and provide a facile report that's about toe deep in content.

World War II veteran Jim Rose said the University of Toledo's new memorial to honor those who served our country is "just beautiful." "It's really awesome they are doing this," said Mr.

Michael Ocetnik, 89, of Ruther Glen died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at his home. Born Nov.

Today the Department of Veterans Affairs presented the hospital with the National Prosthetic Facility of the Year award.

Simon Boies, former Canadian soldier who returned from Afghanistan in 2004 and claims to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, is shown in this file photo.

We have other things more important than the war in Iraq, more important things that we could spend $3 trillion on, such as the poor people in the United States.

Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know , our weekly tribute to the troops.

The Army will send more mental health specialists to Afghanistan to address soldiers' psychological troubles due to combat stress, repeated tours in war zones and too little time at home, the service's surgeon general said Friday.

For the fourth year, The Waterford Assisted Living Facility on S. Trimble Road in Mansfield, held a veterans celebration over the weekend.

Just one of the many reasons we need to be bring back death by hanging. String those sorry pieces of sh*t up! Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem A child should never have to pay for their parents' mistakes and decisions.

When the dome comes down on Chester's Mill, Maine, in Stephen King's propulsively intriguing 'Under the Dome,' we are slammed up against the wall of one of his mightiest epics.

Army Sgt. Clayton Rankin and Archie at an ASPCA awards luncheon on October 29, 2009.

New Army surveys, reports the Wall Street Journal, show that morale has fallen sharply among soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and confirm an unusually high suicide in their ranks.

After five years of Army service, including tours in Iraq, Richard Messier thought he would not have to worry about paying for college under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

A scout troop is being investigated by the police after its members shouted death threats and racist abuse at Jewish war veterans during a remembrance parade.

A Martinez high school alumnus pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that he masqueraded as a Marine war veteran at his 20-year high school reunion, a federal prosecutor said.

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An urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran was stolen from a van in Washington, DC the day before the man's scheduled burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

A veteran's bill that is up for debate in theA U.S. Senate is getting an amendment from Missouri's senior U.S. Senator.

Joseph McKissock, like thousands of veterans, has never really been sick. He has paid scant attention to what might be available to him in terms of heath care from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Hundreds of people, many holding aloft small American flags, lined the main thoroughfare of a northern Indiana city Saturday, watching in silence the funeral procession of a hometown soldier killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage.

Local metal thieves have evidently graduated to larger game with the recent snatching of a 1,500-pound cannon from a Vallejo cemetery, officials said this week.

Hundreds of people, many holding aloft small American flags, lined the main thoroughfare of a northern Indiana city Saturday, watching in silence the funeral procession of a hometown soldier killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage.

Jenny Briest with her husband, Sgt. Corey Briest. Sgt. Briest was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad four years ago.

A former Veterans Affairs employee has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of theft of government property and unauthorized wearing of a military medal the Purple Heart.

An urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran has been stolen from a van his family rented to attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

A small group of U.S. war veterans, the age difference among them as wide as 70 years, gathered last Saturday at American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., for a special event at the annual Veterans' Day Community Fair.

The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction.

An urn containing the ashes of a decorated Korean War veteran has been stolen from a van the soldier's family rented to attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Caption: Ben Affleck and Rebecca Hall on the set of 'The Town' filming in Copley Square Boston, Massachusetts .... Actor BEN AFFLECK is spearheading a new campaign in aid of paralysed war veterans.

Everywhere there is a homeless population, it is likely some of the homeless are veterans.

Gov. Ed Rendell has withdrawn a plan to turn the Willow Grove military base in suburban Philadelphia into a state-owned installation.

An attempt to steal cash from the annual poppy campaign in the Toronto-area Royal Canadian Legion was foiled Thursday by a Second World War veteran, 84, and a volunteer, 64.

Gov. Rick Perry has allocated nearly $400,000 from his office to pay for up to a dozen new counselors to accelerate benefits claims processing for Texas veterans.

If your doctor went on a killing spree, you might question the kind of care he provided, especially if he was ministering to your mental health.

Ninety years ago today, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the very first Veterans Day celebration, though back then it was called Armistice Day.

ALBANY - Citing a report that nearly 131,000 veterans across the nation are living on the streets, Sen.

Gloomy skies over San Diego did not dampen the gratitude on Veterans Day for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, occurs has been long associated with war veterans.

President Barack Obama convened his war council on Wednesday for talks considered critical to his deliberations on boosting troop levels in the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.

The number of military veterans who are homeless in the New York City metropolitan area is nearly 10,000. That's according to Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Robert Menendez of New Jersey.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken is spending part of Veterans Day with a disabled Vietnam veteran and his service dog, Calvin.

Ah, Veterans Day is upon us. What better time to show our support for our men and women in uniform? But have we really been supporting them? Sure, we thank them when we see them at the airport.

The federal government has agreed to pay nearly $220,000 to settle a lawsuit over the suicide of a Marine veteran from Michigan.

Vision 21 Care is dedicated to helping military veterans and their families with post-traumatic stress issues.

'She is the face of the new generation' At VA and among vets, Duckworth is trying to reshape perceptions Video Tammy Duckworth on her new role at VA Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth speaks about how she'll mark the fifth anniversary of the day she was shot down over Iraq.

Jerry Mundy rarely misses an opportunity to extend his hand and offer thanks to young soldiers and Marines returning home, or departing for the war zone, during their brief layovers at the nation's easternmost major airport, a refueling hub for military transports.

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The Social Security Administration honors our nation's military personnel and all of America's veterans on Veterans Day, and every day.

World War II veteran Roger Aldrich smiles in Tilton, N.H. on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 after receiving long-overdue medals from U.S. Sen.

Vibrantcare Rehabilitation pulls fast one on ~Disabled Veteran~ Eddie, who most of us know, is a "American Disabled War Veteran." Eddie who injured his leg after the Libya conflict in 1986, Eddie had a "Anterior Ligament repaired." After seeing Eddie's family doctor in Rocklin, Eddie's Doctor said he didn't like the way Eddie's leg, was looking and ...

Link A 10-month-old baby girl!?! I can only assume that the baby died from injuries from being sexually abused or how else would they know that she had been abused? This animal needs to die a slow, painful death just as this baby likely did.

Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The White House launched an effort Monday that it says will turn the government into a model employer of military veterans and possibly provide encouragement for private employers to do the same.

Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Actor and Vietnam veteran Wes Studi is traveling to Fort Riley later this month to be a keynote speaker at the Army post's American Indian heritage observance.

This time of year conjures up some vivid memories for a World War II veteran from Topeka.

In this combo, victims killed during a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009 are shown.

Many of the patients who fill the day are bereft, angry, broken. Their stories are gruesome, their distress lasting, and the process of recovery exhausting.

An estimated 45,000 onlookers are estimated to have turned out for the annual Veterans Day Parade through the streets of downtown Hartford.

When then Gov. Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, "Where do we find such men?" He was speaking of many veterans, when he answered, "We find them in our streets, in the office, the shops and the working places of our country and on the farms." In other words, President ...

An artist who painted two of Britain's last First World War veterans, including Henry Allingham from East Sussex, shortly before their deaths has gifted intimate final drawings of them to the nation.

Second World War veterans in the North East have been encouraged to return to the places where they saw action, with the help of cash from the Big Lottery Fund.

Here is a look at some of the victims. ___ Michael Grant Cahill Cahill, a 62-year-old physician assistant, suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and returned to work at the base as a civilian employee after taking just one week off for recovery, said his daughter Keely Vanacker.

There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military.

Today was the annual Veteran's parade in Plumerville, as part of the yearly festivities the organizers dedicated a memorial to Officer Joey Cannon who was shot in the line of duty earlier this year.

Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug.

Two members of the South African National Defence Force have died in a parachute incident, the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans said.

Next week, communities across Barry County will take time to honor the men and women who have served our country in the United States Armed Forces.

More than a month after a new fiscal year began Oct. 1, the House and Senate are still pressing to pass a group of bills to improve veteransa benefits and health programs, rolling them together in a oeomnibusa legislative packets.

An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday that he plotted with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

There was a sea of red, white and blue in Rock Hill Friday during a tribute ceremony, honoring American war veterans at the Glencairn Garden.

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

For all the forgettable Veterans Day sales, there's a trio of free-meal deals for military veterans that speak not just to the heart but the stomach.

A third Republican officially entered the fight Thursday to challenge Mark Schauer in next year's 7th Congressional District election.

Entertainment By John Mulderig Source: George Clooney stars in a scene from the movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats." The Army's Cold War-era experimentation with psychic and paranormal techniques of warfare provides the seemingly outlandish, yet fact-based premise for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" . Director Grant Heslov's adaptation of British ...

The first African-American to be elected mayor of Newton has received a congratulatory telephone call from President Barack Obama.

Second World War veterans are being urged to make sure they secure funding for commemorative trips to places where they fought.

Oklahomans will observe Veterans Day on Wednesday and Henry says it is important to honor the sacrifices made by all veterans.

Research examining issues surrounding homeless veterans and the types of relationships they had with their fathers was presented Nov.

Homeless veterans can get a hot meal, clothing, a flu shot and other help at the annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down at the Denver National Guard Armory.

Clich here for interactive map of results " /> Clich here for interactive map of results DispatchPolitics Ohio voters agreed yesterday to create a state board to protect the state's $93 billion-a-year agribusiness industry and overwhelmingly approved giving $200 million in bonuses to military veterans.

Sgt. Ana Argott, a past member of the Deming High School Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Color Guard, stands proud next to Old Glory.

An Army veteran who authorities say threatened to go on a shooting rampage at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois has been indicted on a gun charge.

Hundreds of seniors waved empty paper plates Wednesday to protest cutbacks in nutrition programs for the elderly that could eliminate thousands of meals for some of Oklahoma's most vulnerable citizens.

Originally published November 4, 2009 at 2:27 p.m., updated November 4, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. BENTON, Ill.

Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator - Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma - to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.

Voters have elected Mayor Mark Mallory to a second term in office as Mayor of Cincinnati.

A U.S. Army contract helicopter departs after providing supplies to U.S. Army Camp Altimur in Logar province Sept.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he learned long ago never to speak in absolutes, but on Tuesday he unveiled a bold new strategy to get every homeless veteran off the streets within five years.

An RCMP veteran of international missions is warning that Canadian police injured in Afghanistan and on other foreign deployments could be left high and dry in the future by the organizations that sent them overseas.

COLUMBUS: The economy is the big question mark in Tuesday's election, as Ohio voters grappling with 10 percent unemployment decide whether to reverse their long-held antigambling stance for the promise of casino jobs.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is promising help for homeless veterans.

Last week, I wrote an FHA loan requirement guide to help folks looking to find more information about the Federal Housing Administration's loan insurance program.

Charles Gordon, 89, president and chairman of Carver W. Reed & Company, Inc., and partner of Harry Gordon & Sons, died Oct.

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is trying to bring pressure on the Senate to ignore tradition and bring a veterans health care bill up for debate despite the anonymous hold on the bill placed by a senator.

Sunday, 5pm: A WAR veteran who used to live in Skegness is trying to trace an evacuee who stayed with his wife's family during the Second World War.

SUBJECT OF SACRIFICE: Matthew Mitchell's portrait of Iraq war veteran Rick Yarosh, who says the artist "hit it on the head" and captured "someone who is proud." Enlarge Photo COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item.

LAWTON a ' A veteran of both World War II and the Korean conflict is flying high after an all-expense-paid trip to see the Washington, D.C., memorials that commemorate the wars in which he took part.

California's Department of Veterans Affairs isn't delivering services as well as it should to the two million veterans living in the state, according to a report issued today by state auditor Elaine Howle.

A FALKLANDS War veteran helped launch the region's Poppy Appeal - by going on water for the first time since his warship was sunk.

CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer McALLEN, Texas - With more than 1.7 million military veterans in Texas and just nine Veterans Affairs hospitals, long drives are not uncommon in the Rio Grande Valley and some other parts of the state with large veteran populations.

Military veterans in Marin are getting closer to creating a Civic Center monument to pay respects to those who have died in combat since the Vietnam War officially ended in 1975.

A WAR veteran and Royal British Legion stalwart has been remembered for a lifetime of service to his local community and his country.

Like many other soldiers, a Southland-based Iraq war veteran is fighting post traumatic stress disorder.

This morning's Oregonian reports on the trial of a Jessie Bratcher, a former Oregon Army National Guard soldier who served in Iraq, came home and later shot and killed a man.

For Vivienne Pacquette, being a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder means avoiding phone calls to her sons, dinner out with her husband and therapy sessions that make her talk about seeing the reds and whites of her friends' insides after a mortar attack in 2004.

Jack Barrios still has nightmares from fighting in Iraq. But now the war veteran is fighting an even greater battle, to keep his wife from being deported back to Guatemala.