Effects of Sequester on Tuition Assistance

Designed by Congress as a measure so drastic that it would never be allowed to happen, the sequestration of funds in the government that went into effect on the first of March has gone into effect and … [Read more...]

DoD Pushed to Buy Uniforms Made in USA

ABC News reported last week that Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH wrote a letter to the undersecretary of acquisitions, Frank Kendall, at the Department of Defense urging them to comply with the Berry … [Read more...]

PTSD Service Dog Controversy

           I sat in the IAVA offices during Veterans Week 2009. A group of us member veterans were … [Read more...]

Deadline for Stop Loss Pay Expires 10/21/12

 In 2009, President Obama signed the 2009 War Appropriations Act into law which provided $500 a month to any service member whose duty was extended due to stop-loss who served between … [Read more...]

Voting Laws Could Limit Access to Polls

         This year’s election has seen political battles breaking out on almost all fronts. Events typically not … [Read more...]

Vets in Pop Culture: Homeland

When I first started this “Veterans in Pop Culture” series, I promised to review the series Homeland because the entire plot of the show hinges on a Marine who has possibly been “turned” by … [Read more...]

Animal Tissue Gives Wounded Vets Hope

After over a decade of war, there are thousands of wounded and maimed veterans that decades ago would find themselves without hope for healing. However, during the past decade, the options available … [Read more...]

Musings on Muslim Protests

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all … [Read more...]

Militants Kill Libyan US Ambassador Chris Stevens

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was killed on September 11, 2012 when militants allegedly linked to Ansar Al-Sharia attacked the embassy with rocket-propelled grenades. The militants … [Read more...]

Reflecting on 9/11

by Joshua M. PattonIt’s a few minutes before midnight and once again I am writing about the day the towers fell. Of course, it was also the day that the Pentagon burned and a plane was brought … [Read more...]