Iraq War Veteran, Outspoken War Critic Tomas Young Dead at 34
Published on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Common Dreams by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Iraq war...
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Category: Veterans
Oakland will pay $4.5 million to injured Occupy activist Scott Olsen
A United States military veteran who was critically injured by the police during an Occupy Wall Street protest in October 2011 will be awarded $4.5 million by the city of Oakland, California
Read MoreThe Untold Story of War: U.S. Veterans Face Staggering Epidemic of Unemployment, Trauma & Suicide
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, an estimated 22 veterans take their own lives each day. Last year, more U.S. military personnel died by their own hands than the hands of others. On any given night, nearly 63,000 veterans are homeless. Many suffer chronic debilitating mental health problems.
Read MoreFurious Tammy Duckworth: Defense contractor betrayed veterans and the nation
“I’m so glad that you would be willing to play football in prep school again to protect this great country,” she said. “Shame on you, Mr. Castillo. Shame on you. You may not have broken any laws … but you certainly broke the trust of this great nation. You broke the trust of veterans.”
Read MoreScott Olsen, U.S. Vet Who Nearly Lost Life at Occupy Protest, Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit
We’re joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but...
Read MoreJon Stewart: ‘Yes, we motherf*cking can’ fix Veterans Affairs backlog
Stewart has repeatedly mocked and criticized the Obama administration for its failure to clean up the agency, which is currently forcing about 900,000 veterans to wait to receive their benefits.
Read MoreCongressmen to Hagel: Where Are the Missing War Records?
In an unusually detailed letter sent Friday to Hagel, Reps. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Michael Michaud, D-Maine, said the Defense Department’s response to an earlier request about why records are missing — and what the military is doing about it — didn’t go far enough.
Read MoreThe Best Reporting on Mental Trauma and the U.S. Military (#MuckReads)
The murder has reignited conversation on the mental trauma suffered by hundreds of thousands of U.S. service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read MoreFormer Marine suffering from PTSD charged with murder of sniper
Former Marine Eddie Routh suffering from PTSD is charged with gunning down Navy SEAL sniper
Read MoreUS soldier says double arm transplant life-changing
He said his new arms make him feel “almost like I went back four years,” to before the roadside attack in Iraq where he was so gravely injured.
Read MoreNational Homeless Persons’ Memorial Candlelight Vigil & Soup Supper
Is happening Friday, December 21, in Coos Bay
Read MoreOccupy Veterans Day
Countdown discusses the role of veterans in an all volunteer military defending their right to free speech and peaceable assembly. Keith Olbermann speaks with Jose Vasquez of Iraq Veterans Against The War
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