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In Memoriam to our group host pinboy3niner. 48 denbot Apr 2017 Sep 2024 57 78279
Another lying email from the VA! 4 Wonder Why Mar 26 Apr 18 18 875
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. 12 GP6971 Mar 30 Apr 17 32 1834
VA Claims Are Moving Faster, But Some Veterans Still Wait Months for Decisions. Here's Why. 0 GP6971 Apr 6 Apr 6 2 604
Gary Sinise to headline National Vietnam Veteran Day "Welcome Home" event in DC 4 nitpicked Mar 26 Mar 26 5 764
Rulings Over Veterans' Education Benefits Allow for 'Double-Dipping' 0 GP6971 Mar 24 Mar 24 3 542
How Your DD214 Decides What Veterans Benefits You Get 0 GP6971 Mar 23 Mar 23 8 664
Requesting permission to share our story from the daughter of a 2nd Lieutenant who volunteered for duty in Vietnam in 68 2 mahina Mar 19 Mar 19 10 840
Florida Marine Veteran to Leave US After Long Citizenship Battle 8 Wonder Why Mar 16 Mar 17 22 1358
They were losers - just like we are losers - to Private Bonespurs. But what a story! 4 Wonder Why Feb 2026 Mar 17 12 1148
7 Ways Veterans Can Protect Themselves From Scams (From Social Security Administration) Most apply to everyone. 0 usonian Mar 11 Mar 11 4 713
VA plans to scan a million veterans claims for signs of fraud 1 nitpicked Mar 11 Mar 11 6 1026
VA Is Rewriting Big Pieces of the Disability Rating Playbook 3 GP6971 Mar 9 Mar 9 3 938
Now we're just noise - along with bein losers 1 Wonder Why Mar 6 Mar 6 11 762
Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88 2 douglas9 Mar 5 Mar 5 7 849
WW2 Soldier from Tenn in Prison Camp Defied Nazis, Saved 200 Jewish US Troops Captured in The Bulge: Medal of Honor 4 appalachiablue Feb 28 Feb 28 6 1007
VA influenced by right wingers in new Email 0 Wonder Why Feb 28 Feb 28 7 748
Experience disobeying direct order 3 struggle4progress Feb 27 Feb 28 11 977
Army vet deported to Jamaica after 50 years in U.S. 8 douglas9 Feb 25 Feb 27 54 2273
A odd memory of B rations and C.L.P. 2 Dunc Feb 25 Feb 25 9 895
VA Is Rewriting Big Pieces of the Disability Rating Playbook 2 GP6971 Feb 24 Feb 24 6 754
CarMax to Pay Nearly $500,000 to Remedy Illegal Repossessions of U.S. Servicemembers' Vehicles 1 douglas9 Feb 24 Feb 24 6 849
VA pauses new disability rule 2 days after announcing it 2 douglas9 Feb 20 Feb 23 14 999
Now that Malanoma has her own movie, the Thing in the White House wants one. It's to be called 1 Wonder Why Feb 19 Feb 19 4 928
VA protects Veterans' Second Amendment rights, streamlines survivors' benefits, and more 1 Wonder Why Feb 19 Feb 19 3 685
American MIA Group and Filipino Muslim Government Unite to Bring Home World War II Servicemen 0 douglas9 Feb 19 Feb 19 2 704
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings 1 Jacson6 Feb 18 Feb 19 11 1003
California Passes Law Severely Limiting Veteran 'Claim Shark' Companies 0 GP6971 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 676
VA Launches Plan to Expand Dental Care Access for Veterans 0 GP6971 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 632
'Double-dipping' controversy bars injured and ill vets from getting full benefits 1 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 892

Veterans Continued...

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This clip from The Outlaw Josy Wales says exactly how I felt after I got home from my second tour in Vietnam: 6 MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2026 Feb 2026 20 1445
Governor Newsome helps veterans by closing a loophole created by Congress. 1 70sEraVet Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 862
Senator grills senior enlisted leaders about privatized housing NDAs 0 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 873
VA sets new record for customer satisfaction in memorial services 4 Wonder Why Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 881
'I Felt Like a Factory Worker.' Why VA Psychologists Are Burning Out 0 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 874
National Guardsman who left M4 at New Orleans hotel to undergo 'retraining' 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 987
Food insecurity among military families up 12 percentage points in nonprofit's 2025 survey 1 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 848
Navy pilot to receive Medal of Honor nearly 75 years after shooting down 4 MiGs 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 961
Murdered Alex Pretti 3 Wonder Why Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 1159
Finding Solace In Chickens: One Veteran's Fight To Save His Flock and Mental Health 3 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 923
Will the VA announce the Alex Pretti Humanitarian Award to be given to any employee who speaks out 2 Wonder Why Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 948
Did A Mysterious "Sonic Weapon" Really Aid Delta Force In Capturing Maduro? 3 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1266
Pentagon 'temporarily' removes loot box vending machine from food court 2 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1200
When VA Benefits Do and Don't Count as Income 0 GP6971 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 785
Defense Department to overhaul military newspaper Stars and Stripes 7 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1416
What is a Lucky Box and why is there one at the Pentagon? 6 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1657
Veteran says he was seized by immigration agents on cruise in case of mistaken identity 2 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 16 1159
PTSD Study Up And Running Cannabis For Veterans 2 GP6971 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 957
Congress Redrew Military, VA Benefits in 2025. The Changes Are Massive. 0 GP6971 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 13 1229
Trump Administration Bans Abortion Care for Veterans 2 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1093
Once Again, Health Care Proves to Be a Bitter Political Pill for G.O.P. (New V.A. info included, a.k.a. privatization) 1 usonian Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 992
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as 'warrior dividend' bonus 2 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1034
What Every Veteran Needs to Know About Medicare by Age 65 1 GP6971 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1091
Navy pilot who took out 4 Soviet jets in covered-up mission may get Medal of Honor 2 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1464
VA Warned These Companies They May Be Breaking the Law. Most Are Still in Business 3 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 13 1577
The Orders Project 1 mysteryowl Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1113
Inside the Million Veteran Program's Growth and What It Means for VA Healthcare 0 GP6971 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 978
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts - The Soldier's Lens Digital Exhibition 0 HAB911 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1080
More than $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old Army veteran working at grocery store 1 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1235
MALS-36 Commander Relieved of Command Duties 5 Wonder Why Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1722

Veterans Continued...

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Bill Would Force VA to Reveal Secret List of Toxic Exposure Illnesses 0 GP6971 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1057
Veterans' Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA's Quality and Cost 0 GP6971 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1006
Military Veterans Who Refused COVID Vaccine Now Eligible for GI Bill Benefits 0 GP6971 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1051
Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 1144
Vietnam War pilot and longest-held Marine POW laid to rest at Arlington 5 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 24 1626
Yearly list of Veteran's Day freebies 1 usonian Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 2105
US troops given German food bank advice amid shutdown 1 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1227
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law' in Caribbean strikes 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 18 1445
They've Never Been Arrested. Why Does the FBI List Thousands of Service Members as Potential Criminals? 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1510
A pilot went down in Vietnam to protect secrets. Will he get the Medal of Honor? 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1340
Long-dismissed 'Gulf War Illness' finally recognized with international medical code 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 1255
VA statement on the shutdown. Services affected and unaffected. 6 usonian Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1819
This Air Force program forged ties with foreign militaries. Now it's on the chopping block 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1371
The Navy commissioned $400K worth of safety videos. Then, it tried to make them disappear. 1 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 13 2944
If your uniform was the issue B.D.U. Battle dress uniform. 3 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2758
Veterans who lack citizenship fear being swept up in Trump's deportations 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 3386
Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan 4 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1690
Restaurant Fined $25K for Kicking Out Disabled Veteran, Service Dog 2 Wonder Why Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 3366
Medal of Honor recipient's remains identified after 80 years 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2791
Cross posting from the photography group 0 HAB911 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1550
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