All of us at Veteran Journal wish you a blessed holiday. Our thoughts and prayers are especially with all the active duty servicemen and women, on both domestic and foreign soil, who may be away … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving 2012
November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This Thanksgiving, the staff of Veteran Journal would like to relay its gratitude to all the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces -- past and present -- who have served and continue to serve our … [Read more...]
Commentary: Petraeus’ Resignation Right for Country?
November 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Veteran Joshua M. Patton Writing about someone is a very intimate process. Even for a simple profile of only a few thousand words, a writer has to spend as much time with his or her subject as … [Read more...]
Record Number of Iraq/Afghanistan Vets Elected to Congress
November 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran Blogger Joshua M. PattonThe 2012 Election cycle was cacophonous with negative ads, spirited pleas for the very future of our nation, and -- from television to Twitter -- … [Read more...]
DoD Pushed to Buy Uniforms Made in USA
October 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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
October 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I sat in the IAVA offices during Veterans Week 2009. A group of us member veterans were … [Read more...]
Voting Laws Could Limit Access to Polls
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This year’s election has seen political battles breaking out on almost all fronts. Events typically not … [Read more...]
Vets in Pop Culture: Homeland
September 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Military Life: Hurry Up and Wait
September 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Military service members make sacrifices each day for our freedom and military families constantly make sacrifices, too. As families learn to bravely handle the many challenges that deployments and … [Read more...]
Controversy over Sen. Hagel’s DoD Nomination
Veterans and military servicemembers are watching closely as Washington's latest drama unfolds: President Obama's recent nomination of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel for head of the Department of Defense … [Read more...]