Veteran Perspective
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 now each political side is trying to spin its effects in a storm of bravado and inaction that could possibly last until mid-term elections next … Read more…
Veteran Perspective: Women in Combat
by Joshua M. PattonIn May of 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta oversaw the expansion of the roles played by female soldiers in combat-related positions. Some of the military occupational … [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...]
Commentary: Westboro Baptist Church Fights New Law, Zombies
I have covered the Westboro Baptist Church before, suggesting that perhaps simply ignoring those hateful yokels is the way to beat them. For a time, it seemed as if the country took my … [Read more...]
Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh in Heated Race for House Seat.
Peals, Rumblings, & Flashes: Illinois Congressional Edition. by Joshua M. PattonPolitical campaigns are contentious, divisive, and often downright ugly, and it is all of those things in the … [Read more...]
Military and Veteran Suicide; Transforming Taboo to Hope
I recently had a discussion with a person who is advocating for veterans with PTSD that went down the road of talking about suicide. For me, having been through my own issues with not wanting to … [Read more...]
GOP Candidates | Rick Santorum
I was introduced to then-Senator Rick Santorum by one of the partners of the law firm where I worked as a messenger in 2006. There was a fundraiser that night and one of the messenger corps was asked … [Read more...]
Primary Season | The Iowa Caucus
Written by Joshua Patton If winning big on Super Tuesday, in New Hampshire, and South Carolina, is akin to winning the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing then winning the Iowa Caucus … [Read more...]
Veterans in Popculture
Written by Joshua Patton, I often have a problem with how the veteran, specifically the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, is portrayed in movies, television, and other areas of … [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...]