Veterans Voices- ‘Like a giant X-ray’ They had a front-row seat to secret nuclear weapons tests. Now they’re fighting for recognition and compensation
- An Army of One: Oregon widow dedicates everything to providing housing for homeless veterans
- The Lost Graves of Tarawa: Hastily buried following one of World War II’s most horrific battles, the remains of missing Marines are coming home
- Growing Veterans: A Marine Corps veteran teams up with a trauma counselor to prevent suicides, through farming, fellowship and an effort to end the stigma of getting help
- ‘Nothing wrong with you:’ Twenty-five years later, Gulf War Illness often treated as a mental condition
- Home at Last: Seventy-five years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, men who died on USS Oklahoma are finally being returned to their families
- Thoroughbred Therapy: How Saratoga WarHorse rekindles life for soldiers dealing with PTSD
- ALASKA’S VANISHING CARE: How VA’s “Choice” program sabotaged a hard-earned network of local health care across the state’s vast and inaccessible wilds
- Wrongful discharge? Board that corrects military records ‘stacked against servicemembers’ critics charge
- BOOTED AFTER BATTLE Thousands of combat veterans have been kicked out of the military for misconduct without regard to PTSD, TBI or their right to medical retirement
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Book recounts ‘Mother of Normandy’ — Little known French woman corresponded with families of Americans who perished during D-Day Invasion
The editor of The American Legion Magazine will return to his hometown of Clarkston Saturday, Jan. 29, to sign books and discuss the documentary film about a French woman who dedicated her life to the memory of Allied soldiers who … Continue reading
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Returning veterans frustrated by high unemployment, hollow slogans, difficult access to federal jobs
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) Ron Conley approached VA representatives about an employment fair scheduled in Pittsburgh in November and asked if they would be taking applications for VA jobs at the event. The answer was a … Continue reading
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Family considers leaving military after enduring multiple combat deployments
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) Josh Buck read his daughter a bedtime story on the eve of his second deployment. He tucked her in and gave her the news. “Daddy has to go back to work tomorrow,” he … Continue reading
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Tireless warrior: Kristy Kaufmann fights for military families
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) For more than three years, Kristy Kaufmann has been one of the most prominent voices warning that too many of the nation’s military families are quietly crumbling. The wife of a battalion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Legion, deployment, Iraq, Ken Olsen, Kristy Kaufmann, Military Families, war
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Fort Hood shootings leave lasting effect on Army wife, mother
By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010/All Rights Reserved) Angi Cunningham didn’t believe her husband’s friend when he called Nov. 5 to warn that a gunman had opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. “He said, ‘There’s been a … Continue reading
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From Blue Star to Gold: For military spouses and families, death changes everything
Part III Quickly forgotten, families of the fallen struggle with loss, loneliness By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) Shellie Smith buried her husband near Clayton, N.C. Army 1st Lt. Justin Smith could have been laid to rest at … Continue reading
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Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker buried at Arlington
By Ken Olsen / For The Spokesman Review (Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved) ARLINGTON, Va. – A caisson drawn by seven white horses carried Vernon J. Baker to his final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery Friday under the solemn watch … Continue reading
Forgotten on the Home Front: Guard and Reserve Families Serve in Isolation
PART II ‘A lot for a country to ask’ Far from the active-duty community, Guard and reserve families feel isolated By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010/All rights reserved) Stacy Bannerman ate her holiday meals at a local diner during her husband’s … Continue reading
America’s Forgotten Military Families: Nine years of non-stop deployments, exhaustion, anticipatory grief — with no end in sight
Part I Op-tempo from hell By Ken Olsen (Copyright 2010/All rights reserved) On a girls’ night out near Fort Bragg, N.C., Rebekah Sanderlin and her friends went around their circle and talked about which antidepressant each of them was taking. … Continue reading
Behind the Blue Star: Special Report on Military Families featured on WERE AM 1490
American’s Military Families have endured nine years of war. They feel like they are deployed every time the service member in their life is sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. Their stories are the focus of a special report in the September … Continue reading
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