‘Dustoff’ Crews Deserve Recognition
Lawmakers should pass a bipartisan bill to honor these heroes with the Congressional Gold Medal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dustoff-crews-deserve-recognition-vietnam-war-heroism-2aa97158?st=yunyap6ga3mzeqn&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Our nation owes a debt to these heroes of Vietnam. Let's pay it off.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/our-nation-owes-debt-heroes-vietnam-pay-off
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Modern EMS Practices Have Their Roots in Vietnam Medical Rescues
https://americanhomefront.wunc.org/2017-09-25/modern-ems-practices-have-their-roots-in-vietnam-medical-rescues
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S.2825 - Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2825
H.R.1015 - Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1015
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*** Scroll down for a sample letter that Gary H. has drafted that you can use to send to your US Representatives ***
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When I Have Your Wounded - The Dustoff Legacy - VIDEO
https://vimeo.com/47714643 (Password - Dustoff)
A Day In The Life Of A Vietnam Chopper Medic - VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mHWfCJ_VU
Death Valley: Remembering August 20, 1969
https://cherrieswriter.com/2016/11/22/death-valley-remembering-august-20-1969/
GOD'S OWN LUNATICS by Joe Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYOAqxlL_Y
Remembering Joe Galloway (1941-2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnHed3_i-JM
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The Veteran’s Creed
1) I am an American Veteran
2) I proudly served my country
3) I continue to serve my community, my country and my fellow veterans
4) I maintain my physical and mental discipline
5) I continue to lead and improve
6) I make a difference
7) I honor and remember my fallen comrades
The creed is supported by AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, HillVets, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Paralyzed Veterans
of America, Reserve Officers Association, Student Veterans of America, Team Rubicon Global, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Wounded Warrior Project.
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“War is an incredibly expensive proposition – in terms of human life, human suffering and in financial terms. If we are not prepared to take care of those men and women who went to war, then we should not send them to war in the first place. Taking care of veterans is a cost of war….The cost of war continues until the last veteran receives the care and benefits that he or she has earned on the battlefield.”
ENSURING VETERANS’ ACCESS TO CARE
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Six Things Veterans Can Do to Strengthen Our Democracy
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/01/six-things-veterans-can-do-strengthen-our-democracy/360408/
Veteran's News:
(Scroll down for military links)
Millions of low-income vets could lose internet access vital for healthcare
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/millions-of-low-income-vets-could-lose-internet-access-vital-for-healthcare/
‘Invisible’–More Women Veterans Are Dying of Suicide and VA Still Lacks Resources, Advocates Say
https://thewarhorse.org/as-more-women-veterans-die-by-suicide-va-lacks-support/
Vets discharged from military for misconduct or after special court-martial can now qualify for VA benefits
www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-04-25/veterans-benefits-health-care-discharges-court-martials-13655954.html
Home from war, veterans' trauma still ripples through families
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veterans-trauma-ripples-through-families-60-minutes/
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/29/exposed-agent-orange-us-bases-veterans-face-cancer-without-va-compensation.html
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Recently discovered remains of 7 veterans given military funeral
https://www.wmur.com/article/remains-veterans-military-funeral-nh-42424/60593157
Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-army-soldiers-violent-crimes
A key service helping convicted US veterans recover remains dysfunctional for everyone else, but there's a fix
https://www.businessinsider.com/treatment-courts-closing-gap-veteran-convicts-and-the-general-public-2024-4
'You're not going to get over it by yourself': Medal of Honor recipient speaks out about mental health
https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/medal-of-honor-recipient-speaks-out-about-mental-health/281-51a75aca-8f1e-48a4-9f02-84353bc6aa0a
Vets advocates push Supreme Court to dump laws punishing homelessness
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/04/22/vets-advocates-push-supreme-court-to-dump-laws-punishing-homelessness/
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-chico-tester-mcdonough
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VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Megan Leavey (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80170259
Former JBLM soldiers honorably discharged, years after U.S. Army punishment for combat trauma
https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/veterans-receive-honorable-discharges-years-after-army-punishment-for-behaviors-combat-trauma/281-060b4e46-c6fb-48ff-8d8a-6623fb273390
Young veterans more likely to get dangerous jobs than civilian peers
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/04/10/young-veterans-more-likely-to-get-dangerous-jobs-than-civilian-peers/
Discounted internet access for millions of veterans will end June 1
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-04-17/veterans-internet-access-health-care-discount-13577479.html
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US Army Develops New Tech to Detect Brain Injuries Within Minutes
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/04/04/us-army-brain-injuries/
Lawmakers push for cost-of-living boost in veterans benefits next year
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/04/08/lawmakers-push-for-cost-of-living-boost-in-veterans-benefits-next-year/
THERE’S A BIGGER DRIVER OF VETERAN RADICALIZATION THAN DONALD TRUMP
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/11/military-veterans-extremism-risk/
Female veterans go to Congress looking for support
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/female-veterans-go-to-congress-looking-for-support/281-fc921481-44bb-419e-907c-ba6f32719908
VA Introduces New 'Last Resort' Loan Program to Help Roughly 40,000 Veterans Keep Their Homes
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/10/va-introduces-new-last-resort-loan-program-help-roughly-40000-veterans-keep-their-homes.html
Nonprofit highlights US veteran housing crisis, Congress criticized for budget
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/nonprofit-highlights-us-veteran-housing-crisis-congress-criticized-for-budget-veterans-army-military-12-trillion-dollar-budget-federal-budget-veterans-village-lisa-pflaumer-homeless#
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READING RECOMMENDATION: American Daughter Gone to War (1992)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Daughter-Gone-Winnie-Smith/dp/0671870483/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=96077665864&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f-DK2vKg-IdAz_PJSd7rb1BRoyPvOQfML0fQlGEY-cpH7SPLXgk_m0MtVPArAnDTS8bSFPJA7mvf1ystukPf6u26g9vPw6q3hxjVtz67acuQw1x89YHG5Lnj3lbAllWaVZcOgKu45b6RGQ7rCYNFwPMEN-bOkvbrvMUGKdgVWrnSwLLxiPzGvMSNOqy040K27R2N9fSZ8Bf0p8WxFPG4fQ.qTP6LylYSClbcRLIPev1MM_O4hrIo17knsuEdCOwiPs&dib_tag=se&hvadid=557322309970&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=1027744&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4119616856162144093&hvtargid=kwd-377545642711&hydadcr=1279_13436037&keywords=american+daughter+gone+to+war&qid=1712257197&sr=8-1
How Soldiers of Conqueror Armies Also Suffer
https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-soldiers-conqueror-armies-also-suffer/5853859
Deployed troops inhaled toxic air even while off-duty, study finds
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/04/04/deployed-troops-inhaled-toxic-air-even-while-off-duty-study-finds/
Lawsuit Alleging Racial Bias in VA Benefits Decisions Allowed to Move Forward by Federal Judge
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/02/lawsuit-alleging-racial-bias-va-benefits-decisions-allowed-move-forward-federal-judge.html
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VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Mending the Line (2022)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81768966
Military sexual trauma cases have been removed from the chain of command — but there’s more work to do
https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/military-sexual-trauma-chain-of-command/
SOCOM calls for special ops veterans to report cancer screenings
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/socom-special-operations-veterans-cancer-screenings-diagnosis/
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Community rallies to get Vietnam veteran military funeral honors
https://www.ketv.com/article/community-rallies-to-get-vietnam-veteran-military-funeral-honors/60290305
'A great dad, great guy': Community grieves death of Jupiter father, veteran and mentor
https://cbs12.com/news/local/a-great-dad-great-guy-community-grieves-death-of-jupiter-father-veteran-and-mentor
The MISSION Act: Understanding the VA’s Community Care Program
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/va-community-care-program-mission-act/
VA patient numbers jump after efforts to improve medical access
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/03/26/va-patient-numbers-jump-after-efforts-to-improve-medical-access/
US Military Families Less Likely to Recommend Service Amid Treatment Woes: Poll
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/03/22/us-military-families-service/
Military's Rural Tricare Beneficiaries Are Struggling to Find Care Amid Post-COVID Hospital Closures
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/03/26/militarys-rural-tricare-beneficiaries-are-struggling-find-care-amid-post-covid-hospital-closures.html
250,000 veterans agree to $6B settlement with earplug company
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-03-26/military-troops-veterans-earplugs-3m-settlement-13433653.html
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‘Not defendable’: Top enlisted brass blast conditions for soldiers
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/military-recruitment/
More women are receiving disability benefits from VA than ever before
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-03-21/women-disability-benefits-va-13381758.html
VA aims to emphasize free burial benefits for veterans at national cemeteries
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-03-20/burial-benefits-veterans-cemeteries-13373719.html
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VA sets new goal of housing 41,000 veterans in 2024
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/03/14/va-sets-new-goal-of-housing-41000-veterans-this-year/
VA Urgent Care coverage explained
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/va-urgent-care-coverage-explained/
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Can a veteran go to any emergency room?
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/military-veteran-emergency-room-care-rights/
Why employment is only half the battle for America’s veterans
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4520006-employment-battle-veterans/
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Veteran Basic Income could be the solution the VA has been searching for
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4501159-veteran-basic-income-could-be-the-solution-the-va-has-been-searching-for/
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'Millions' of Veterans Exposed to Environmental Hazards Will Be Eligible for VA Health Care on March 5
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/02/26/millions-of-veterans-exposed-environmental-hazards-will-be-eligible-va-health-care-march-5.html
Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2 engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death
https://theconversation.com/low-level-blasts-from-heavy-weapons-can-cause-traumatic-brain-injury-2-engineers-explain-the-physics-of-invisible-cell-death-220267
Women veterans face jumps in domestic violence, suicide risk
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/study-veteran-women-domestic/
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Traumatic brain injuries linked to risk of brain cancer
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/study-links-tbi-brain-cancer/
One in Three US Navy Sailors Experiences Extreme Stress: Survey
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/02/16/us-navy-extreme-stress/
The Department of Defense says it has a plan to improve housing for troops
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/department-of-defense-housing-barracks-strategy-living-conditions/
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Women: A Novel (2024)
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Novel-Kristin-Hannah/dp/1250178630/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RVLWCLSF8571&keywords=the+women+kristin+hannah&qid=1708193172&sprefix=the+women,aps,245&sr=8-1
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Meet the Vietnam veteran with 4 Super Bowl rings
https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/military-vietnam-veteran-super-bowl-champion/
LOOKING BACK - Death Valley: Remembering August 20, 1969
https://cherrieswriter.com/2016/11/22/death-valley-remembering-august-20-1969/
LOOKING BACK - Steelers legend Rocky Bleier returns to Vietnam 50 years after being wounded in battle - VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIUREIwpos
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Three soldiers killed in Jordan drone attack identified as reservists from Georgia
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/three-killed-identified-jordan/
Veterans advocate claims "smoking gun" records prove toxic exposure at military base
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veterans-advocate-claims-smoking-gun-records-prove-toxic-exposure-at-military-base/
A silent killer is stalking veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/02/silent-killer-stalking-veterans-iraq-and-afghanistan/393831/
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Nearly 50,000 veterans used free emergency suicide prevention in first year of program, VA says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veterans-free-emergency-suicide-prevention-program-first-year/
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Vietnam War veterans remains return home after 54 years
https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/vietnam-war-veterans-remains-return-home-after-54-years/
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Many Veterans Who Go Hungry Are Not Getting Help Through Food Stamps, Study Finds
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/03/many-veterans-who-go-hungry-are-not-getting-help-through-food-stamps-study-finds.html
Army vet at center of burn pits fight wins $2.5 million verdict
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/10/02/army-vet-at-center-of-burn-pits-fight-wins-25-million-verdict/
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Pentagon issues 101 recommendations for suicide prevention to be implemented by end of fiscal 2030
https://archive.ph/clgx2#selection-951.4-951.102
Congress blasts Pentagon for ‘dreadful’ barracks conditions - Congress members called an instance of service members having to clean a barracks room after a suicide "reprehensible."
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-barracks-dreadful-congress/
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‘We’ve got to do better:’ Senators plead for improved response to veterans suicides after report reveals hotline failure
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-09-21/veterans-affairs-crisis-line-suicide-senators-11446115.html
Suicide hotline botched veteran's cry for help. An investigation found critical breakdowns
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/20/veterans-crisis-line-inspector-general-suicide-failure/70860528007/
Women veterans lobby Congress as a new study shows the barriers they face - A new comprehensive study from the Wounded Warrior Project found that female veterans face higher rates of unemployment and are more likely to have depression, PTSD and anxiety than their male counterparts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/women-veterans-lobby-congress-new-study-shows-barriers-face-rcna107980
VA officials sound alarm on uptick in veterans benefits scams
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/09/25/va-officials-sound-alarm-on-uptick-in-veterans-benefits-scams/
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102-year-old Portland World War II veteran awarded Purple Heart, other medals: 'I'm very grateful’ - VIDEO
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/102-year-old-world-war-two-veteran-awarded-purple-heart-in-portland/283-1177563c-5944-4415-b875-33ffa0a90389
WA lawmakers push for greater access to fertility services for service members and veterans - A new bill from Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rick Larsen would cover IVF treatments, allow personnel to freeze eggs or sperm before deployment
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2023/09/14/wa-lawmakers-push-for-greater-access-to-fertility-services-for-service-members-and-veterans/
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First responders, veterans reflect on 9/11 anniversary
https://katu.com/news/local/first-responders-veterans-reflect-on-911-anniversary-portland-oregon-new-york-city-ground-zero-firefighters-firefighter-neil-martin-oregon-air-national-guard-legislature
The Legacy of the Post-9/11 Veterans
https://time.com/6312534/9-11-veterans-legacy/
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The Cadence of the 21 Gunshots Pierced My Ears. I Braced Myself for Each One.
https://thewarhorse.org/gold-star-army-daughter-doesnt-want-to-miss-another-chance/
The Hidden Suicide Epidemic Among U.S. Veterans
https://www.newsweek.com/hidden-suicide-epidemic-us-veterans-1824388
U.S. Army implements Brandon Act, giving soldiers new mental health options - Soldiers can now request a mental health evaluation from a supervisor without needing to give a reason.
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/us-army-brandon-act/
How We Can Fix Food and Housing Shortfalls for Veterans and Military Families
https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2023/09/06/how-we-can-fix-food-and-housing-shortfalls-veterans-and-military-families.html
VA Failed to Process 56,000 Requests to Update Veterans' Dependents Dating as Far Back as 2011
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/09/05/va-failed-process-56000-requests-update-veterans-dependents-dating-far-back-2011.html
More technical problems found with VA’s disability claims system
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/09/06/more-technical-problems-found-with-vas-disability-claims-system/
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Suicide Rates Surged Among Post-9/11 Veterans Even as Deaths Remained Steady in the General Population, Study Finds
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/08/28/suicide-rates-surged-among-post-9-11-veterans-even-deaths-remained-steady-general-population-study.html
A Violent Transition’—Mental Health Care Lacks Military Cultural Understanding
https://thewarhorse.org/veteran-mental-health-care-must-acknowledge-military-culture/
‘People Feel Expendable’—Military Could Lower Suicide Rate With Focus on Quality of Life
https://thewarhorse.org/military-suicide-prevention-could-improve-with-morale-focus/
Food Insecurity In U.S. Military And Veterans Doubles National Average
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicoleroberts/2023/08/27/food-insecurity-in-us-military-and-veterans-doubles-national-average/?sh=7e7e76dc41f1
3M to pay out $6B to settle case with veterans over hearing loss, ear plugs
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4176536-3m-to-pay-out-6b-to-settle-case-with-veterans-over-hearing-loss-ear-plugs/
Deadline nears for recent combat vets to secure free VA health care
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/08/29/deadline-nears-for-recent-combat-vets-to-secure-free-va-health-care/
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‘Atomic veterans’ overwhelmingly denied benefits for illnesses related to radiation exposure during service
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/atomic-vets-overwhelmingly-denied-benefits-illnesses-related-radiation-rcna99474
Thousands of veterans’ disability claims delayed, some for years
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4171745-thousands-of-veterans-disability-claims-delayed-some-for-years/
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Veterans Health System Surpasses 400K Employees as Record Hiring Continues
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/08/15/veterans-health-system-surpasses-400k-employees-record-hiring-continues.html
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One year of the PACT Act: VA scrambles to meet demand from veterans
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4149935-one-year-of-the-pact-act-va-scrambles-to-meet-demand-from-veterans/
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19 unclaimed veterans laid to rest in Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
https://www.kolotv.com/2023/08/04/19-unclaimed-veterans-laid-rest-northern-nevada-veterans-memorial-cemetery/
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KILMER, MCMORRIS RODGERS REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HONOR VIETNAM VETERANS - 2/14/23 – “Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to award Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War with the Congressional Gold Medal…”
https://kilmer.house.gov/media/press-releases/kilmer-mcmorris-rodgers-reintroduce-legislation-to-honor-vietnam-veterans
Do you know a struggling student veteran? Here’s where to start
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2023/07/28/do-you-know-a-struggling-student-veteran-heres-where-to-start/
What Survivors of Veterans Need to Know About the PACT Act
https://www.military.com/benefits/what-survivors-of-veterans-need-know-about-pact-act.html
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VA Studying Whether 3 Types of Cancer Are Linked to Overseas Military Service
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/07/25/va-studying-whether-3-types-of-cancer-are-linked-overseas-military-service.html
A final flight: Vietnam veteran honored for service with flight in Huey helicopter
https://www.wcpo.com/news/our-community/homefront/a-final-flight-vietnam-veteran-honored-for-service-with-flight-in-huey-helicopter
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VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/07/17/va-lays-groundwork-for-first-major-survey-of-moral-injury-in-veterans/
VA Spars with Republicans over Gun Rights for Veterans Deemed Mentally Incompetent
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/07/18/va-argues-gop-bill-restore-veteran-gun-rights-would-harm-suicide-prevention-efforts.html
Rep. Chris Deluzio: A veteran taking on the military-industrial complex - He saw first-hand in Iraq how contractor price gouging hurts the troops. Now, he’s fighting back.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/19/rep-chris-deluzio-is-an-iraq-war-vet-taking-on-the-military-industrial-complex/
US forever wars exact their toll as military faces critical recruitment crisis - The Pentagon is expected to miss recruitment targets this year across all branches of the military by tens of thousands of recruits
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/us-forever-wars-exact-their-toll-as-military-faces-critical-recruitment-crisis
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227th unaccompanied veteran laid to rest at RGV State Veterans Cemetery
https://myrgv.com/featured/2023/07/13/227th-unaccompanied-veteran-laid-to-rest-at-rgv-state-veterans-cemetery/
State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans say - Veterans resign from force established as civilian disaster relief, citing concerns over ‘militaristic’ training and ‘abuse’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit
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Food Insecurity Is Common in the US Military. Will Congress Vote to Expand Benefits? - Despite its enormous budget, experts and former service members say the U.S. military is failing to ensure soldiers can feed their families.
https://civileats.com/2023/07/10/food-insecurity-is-common-in-the-us-military-will-congress-vote-to-expand-benefits/
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Military suicides rose in 1st quarter of 2023 compared to same time last year, Pentagon report says
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-03/military-suicides-pentagon-report-10631188.html
The All-Volunteer Force Is in Crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-all-volunteer-force-is-in-crisis/ar-AA1dmIUn
READING RECOMMENDATION: Dustoff 7-3: Saving Lives under Fire in Afghanistan (2022)
https://www.amazon.com/Dustoff-7-3-Erik-Sabiston/dp/0989798364/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DLH5UTY3UJLP&keywords=dustoff+7-3+saving+lives+under+fire+in+afghanistan&qid=1688144213&s=instant-video&sprefix=dustoff+7-3,instant-video,415&sr=1-1
From Wikipedia: Operation Hammer Down
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hammer_Down
The Heartbreaking Story Behind The Dustoff 7-3 Rescues In Afghanistan
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/the-heartbreaking-story-behind-the-dustoff-7-3-rescues-in-afghanistan/
UNSUNG HEROES: This Army Medic Overcame Gunfire And A Broken Leg To Save 14 Soldiers
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/unsung-heroes-this-army-medic-overcame-gunfire-and-a-broken-leg-to-save-14-soldiers/
Combat Air Medevac in Afghanistan HD - REAL WAR FOOTAGE (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AtB65CZSHg
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Thank You for Your Service (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80150503
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
https://www.amazon.com/Guy-Ritchies-Covenant-Jake-Gyllenhaal/dp/B0B8P5CTC3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37UW9XY6IOL7Y&keywords=the+covenant&qid=1688480139&s=movies-tv&sprefix=the+cov,movies-tv,196&sr=1-1
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Unclaimed cremains of 14 veterans interred at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/06/28/unclaimed-cremains-of-14-veterans-interred-at-arizona-cemetery/70362465007/
'Against All Enemies' Explores Why Veterans Are Drawn to Extremism and the Danger They Could Pose
https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2023/06/28/against-all-enemies-explores-why-veterans-are-drawn-extremism-and-danger-they-could-pose.html
Deadline looms for vets to get retroactive toxic exposure benefits
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/06/27/deadline-looms-for-vets-to-get-retroactive-toxic-exposure-benefits/
VA Unveils Team to Study Racial Disparities in Benefit Payouts to Veterans
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/23/va-unveils-team-study-racial-disparities-benefit-payouts-veterans.html
VA announces new investments, grants to end veterans homelessness
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4072180-va-announces-new-investments-grants-to-end-veterans-homelessness/
Research on Psychedelics, Marijuana as Alternative Treatment for Vets Advancing in Congress
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/28/research-psychedelics-marijuana-alternative-treatment-vets-advancing-congress.html
VA’s opioid treatment program is failing veterans, IG reports
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/06/26/vas-opioid-treatment-program-is-failing-veterans-ig-reports/
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Veterans Can Now Use VA Info Line to Report Sexual Assault, Harassment
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/21/veterans-can-now-use-va-info-line-report-sexual-assault-harassment.html
Black Veterans Have Always Fought Two Wars, Battling the Enemy Abroad and Prejudice at Home
https://thewarhorse.org/black-us-military-veterans-face-enemies-at-home-and-at-war/
Saving the VA Is Vital in the Fight for Universal Public Goods - An important new book demonstrates that the assault on the Veterans Administration is coming from the same place as the attacks on other universal programs like Social Security, Medicare, and public education.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/saving-the-va-is-vital-in-the-fight-for-universal-public-goods
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Fentanyl has taken a record toll on the Army. Families demand answers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fentanyl-has-taken-a-record-toll-on-the-army-families-demand-answers/ar-AA1crddZ
Mental health resources available for women veterans
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2023/06/07/mental-health-resources-available-for-women-veterans/
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America Faces a Tidal Wave of Aging Veterans, Including a 237% Increase in Women Over 65 by 2041
https://thewarhorse.org/america-faces-sharp-increase-in-aging-military-veterans/
Amid an epidemic of loneliness, nonprofits are helping keep veterans connected
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4030292-amid-an-epidemic-of-loneliness-nonprofits-are-helping-keep-veterans-connected/
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No Parade for Me: On Getting Memorial Day Wrong - The days has too often and for too many become an expression of faux patriotism that further exploits the sacrifices of the slain and the grief of their family members and friends to encourage militarism and perpetuate a mythology that misrepresents as heroism and nobility the savagery and insanity of war.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/no-memorial-day-parades-for-me
A Veteran for Peace
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/01/a-veteran-for-peace/
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In Remembrance: Sgt. Frederick John Magsamen
https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MagsamenFJ01a.htm
The Wall Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y64zTRlrmo
GOD'S OWN LUNATICS by Joe Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYOAqxlL_Y
In The Shadow Of The Blade Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHE6j_eC3U
Dustoff: The Unprecedented Horror Witnessed By Vietnam Medics - VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mHWfCJ_VU
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Nearly 15 Million Veterans and Their Family Members Could Be Harmed by Default - New analysis shows that millions of veterans may experience delays in receiving their pensions, disability compensation, educational allowances, or health care if Congress doesn’t raise, suspend, or eliminate the debt ceiling.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/nearly-15-million-veterans-and-their-family-members-could-be-harmed-by-default/
‘Please Come and Apply’—The PACT Act Is the Largest Expansion of Veteran Benefits in Decades
https://thewarhorse.org/veterans-pact-act-how-to-apply-for-toxic-exposure-va-benefits/
Camp Lejeune’s poisoned water caused higher rates of Parkinson’s
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/05/15/camp-lejeunes-poisoned-water-caused-higher-rates-of-parkinsons/
Prosecutors looking into false reports of veterans displaced by migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/19/new-york-prosecutors-hotel-veterans-migrants-00097886
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I Expected to Miss Him When He Deployed. Then There Were the Things That Snuck Up on Me.
https://thewarhorse.org/military-wife-shares-memories-of-children-during-deployments/
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Military moves to improve mental health care access as suicides remain high
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/05/military-mental-health-brandon-act-suicide
Support services for homeless veterans set to expire
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/05/04/support-services-for-homeless-veterans-set-to-expire-next-week/
Exclusive: VA investigating Atlanta shooter’s mental health care
https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/va-investigating-shooters-mental-health-care/CNG6YFKOW5GMVN6ZPSCPVELQ7A/
"Earn It". The Scene From 'Saving Private Ryan' That Always Breaks Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6bssc-SYzI
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The obstacles preventing homeless veterans from finding housing in Los Angeles
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-obstacles-preventing-homeless-veterans-from-finding-housing-in-los-angeles
Some Private Companies Charge Hefty Fees to Help Veterans With Disability Claims
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/30/some-private-companies-charge-hefty-fees-help-veterans-disability-claims.html
Disabled Veterans Sign up for a Career Change. Years Later, Some Are Saddled With Debt.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/30/disabled-veterans-sign-career-change-years-later-some-are-saddled-debt.html
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The Veterans Crisis Line is fielding a record number of cries for help, VA stats show - The suicide hotline received more than 88,000 calls, texts and chats in March — the highest amount of monthly contacts it has ever had, new data shows.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/veterans-crisis-line-fielding-record-number-cries-help-va-stats-show-rcna78979
Veterans Health Care and Benefits Become Flash Points in Debate over Debt Ceiling and Spending Cuts
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/24/va-warns-of-potential-harm-veterans-ahead-of-house-vote-gop-debt-ceiling-plan.html
Veterans file half a million claims for benefits due to toxic exposure
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3972505-veterans-file-half-a-million-claims-for-benefits-due-to-toxic-exposure/
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Got Gulf War Illness? These Researchers Want to Hear from You and Other Vets
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/19/got-gulf-war-illness-these-researchers-want-hear-you-and-other-vets.html
VA Care & Benefits Delayed: Care-Givers Point Finger At Privatization
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/20/va-care-benefits-delayed-care-givers-point-finger-at-privatization/
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The Army Increasingly Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military Rather Than Face Trial
https://www.propublica.org/article/military-army-administrative-separation
Jon Stewart Full Interview of DepSec of Defense | War Horse Symposium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=r-HTvLAPS0c
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READING RECOMMENDATION: The Price They Paid: Enduring Wounds Of War (2022)
https://www.amazon.com/Price-They-Paid-Enduring-Wounds/dp/0986132101/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1680790752&sr=1-1
Opinion: Veterans earned their benefits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/veterans-disability-benefits-earned-compensation/
For first Black man to wear hiking’s ‘triple crown,’ the trails are a place for healing
https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2023-02-23/hiking-mental-health-akuna-robinson-first-black-man-triple-crown-the-wild
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Veterans report worries, difficulties from medical bills
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/veterans-report-worries-difficulties-from-medical-bills-va-health-care-tricare-insurance-military-army-navy-air-force-marines-service-members#
Former Soldiers Without a Future
https://original.antiwar.com/Andrea_Mazzarino/2023/03/30/former-soldiers-without-a-future/
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America’s post-9/11 veterans are struggling and need our help
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3919843-americas-post-9-11-veterans-are-struggling-and-need-our-help/
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The need for VA reform and oversight hasn’t changed in decades
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3910987-the-need-for-va-reform-and-oversight-hasnt-changed-in-decades/
After Pat’s Birthday - Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by U.S. troops under questionable circumstances. Two years later, his brother wrote this powerful, must-read essay, first published in Truthdig.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/after-pats-birthday/
“We Were Used. We Were Betrayed.” - Remembering the suffering, courage, and patriotism of Iraq War veteran Tomas Young.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/we-were-used-we-were-betrayed/
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We Revisited Iraq Veterans 20 Years Later: ‘I Don’t Know How to Explain the War to Myself’ - Nearly 20 years after their deployment to Iraq, veterans grapple with their younger selves and try to make sense of the war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/opinion/iraq-war-veterans.html
This Is What We Do in America. We Pause. We Forget. Then We Begin the Next War.
https://thewarhorse.org/american-legacy-of-forever-wars-lives-on-in-its-casualties/
“TRAUMA NEVER GOES AWAY”: AS AMERICA FORGETS, IRAQ WAR STAYS WITH U.S. VETERANS - Twenty years after the invasion, veterans struggle to reconcile their sacrifices with the unhappy outcome and the false narratives that started the war.
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/16/iraq-war-veterans/
Black veterans were more often denied VA benefits for PTSD than white counterparts, newly surfaced study shows
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/black-veterans-denied-va-benefits-ptsd-more-often-whites-rcna75334
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'We Were Ignored': Veterans and Troops Detail Horrors of Afghanistan Evacuation as House Investigation Begins
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/03/08/we-were-ignored-veterans-and-troops-detail-horrors-of-afghanistan-evacuation-house-
Veterans group: Ban Fox News on military bases
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3887680-veterans-group-ban-fox-news-on-military-bases/
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Why Do So Many Soldiers Keep Dying at Fort Bragg?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-do-so-many-soldiers-keep-dying-at-fort-bragg/ar-AA1859T8
The War Doesn’t End. But as Long as He Keeps Fighting, I’ll Fight for Him, Too.
https://thewarhorse.org/veteran-caregiver-shares-healing-journey-after-wars-horrors/
Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/03/02/number-of-imprisoned-veterans-concerns-former-defense-chiefs/
Economic Insecurity for Military Families Predates Pandemic, Inflation
https://thewarhorse.org/military-food-insecurity-higher-than-average-americans/
Veterans' Emergency Room Bills Could Get Repaid by VA Thanks to Change
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/03/01/veterans-emergency-room-bills-could-get-repaid-va-thanks-change.html
Black Vietnam Vet At Last Getting His Due: Medal Of Honor - The overdue recognition for 83-year-old retired Col. Paris Davis comes after his recommendation for the medal was lost, resubmitted — and then lost again.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paris-davis-vietnam-vet-biden-medal-of-honor_n_6401bfa5e4b01f84dab69455
VA to Look at Racial Disparities in Claims Decisions
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/03/02/va-look-racial-disparities-claims-decisions.html
Robot dogs are taking over the US military
https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/robot-dogs/
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Inflation woes caused major financial issues for wounded vets in 2022
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/02/22/inflation-woes-caused-major-financial-issues-for-wounded-vets-in-2022/
This Arctic US Air Base Has Its Eyes on Russia. But Climate is a Bigger Threat - The isolated Thule Air Base in Greenland is the only U.S. outpost that can monitor all of Russia’s missiles, but thawing permafrost is undermining the station.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26022023/thule-air-base-greenland-russia-climate-change/
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Reps. McMorris Rodgers, Killmer push Congress to honor Vietnam evac pilots, crew
https://thedailybs.com/2023/02/15/reps-mcmorris-rodgers-killmer-push-congress-to-honor-vietnam-evac-pilots-crew/
Steak Dinners, Sales Reps and Risky Procedures: Inside the Big Business of Clogged Arteries
https://www.propublica.org/article/medtronic-medical-device-kickbacks-lawsuit-kansas
Senators Demand Answers About “Alarming” Reports of Excessive and Risky Artery Procedures on Veterans
https://www.propublica.org/article/medtronic-kansas-veterans-affairs-cathlab
How the National Guard responded to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio - More than 60 soldiers from two states assisted in evacuations and testing for toxic contamination.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/national-guard-east-palestine-ohio/
Bill would launch clinical trials on cannabis use for vets pain, PTSD
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/02/16/bill-would-launch-clinical-trials-on-cannabis-use-for-vets-pain-ptsd/
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Citizen or Soldier? A Blurry Balancing Act Has National Guard Reeling for Resilience.
https://thewarhorse.org/national-guard-resilience-a-mental-health-balancing-act/
An 'Ambassador for All Service Dogs,' German Shepherd Leaves a Legacy for Veterans with PTSD
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/02/13/ambassador-all-service-dogs-german-shepherd-leaves-legacy-veterans-ptsd.html
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Biden misstates veterans suicide problem in State of the Union speech
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/02/08/biden-misstates-veterans-suicide-problem-in-state-of-the-union-speech/
‘Valhalla Can Wait’—The National Guard Stands at the Crossroads of Crisis
https://thewarhorse.org/overextended-national-guard-faces-mental-health-crossroads/
How the US military is sending life-saving assistance to Turkey after a devastating earthquake - Two C-17s carrying rescue teams and medical equipment arrived at Incirlik Air Base on Wednesday.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-turkey-earthquake-relief-rescue-teams/
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‘When They Came Home They Were on Their Own’—National Guard Grapples With Suicide Rate
https://thewarhorse.org/national-guard-grapples-with-suicide-resilience/
White House initiative leaves deported veterans in limbo - Critics say Biden’s initiative fails to stop veterans from being deported and bring back those living in exile behind enemy lines.
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/immigration/white-house-initiative-leaves-deported-veterans-in-limbo/
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Two more sailors died by suicide in the last month
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/sailors-suicide-january-aircraft-carriers/
After years of denials, VA urges millions of veterans exposed to burn pits to file claims
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/burn-pit-exposure-veterans-affairs-claim-pact-act/
Veterans file 260,000 burn pit claims under new law (VIDEO)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/veterans-file-260000-burn-pit-claims-under-new-law/#x
VA says it has surpassed 2022 goals for housing veterans experiencing homelessness
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3831415-va-says-it-has-surpassed-2022-goals-for-housing-veterans-experiencing-homelessness/
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Fixing disability and retirement pay is Congress’ next big vets issue
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/01/20/fixing-disability-and-retirement-pay-is-congress-next-big-vets-issue/
No retroactive benefits for veterans past deadline, Supreme Court says
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/01/23/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-ease-retroactive-benefits-rules-for-vets/
Video captures the moment a Marine vet ran into a frigid pond to save 2 people [Updated]
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-saves-woman-trapped-car/
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The VA will provide free care for mental health emergencies - “This expansion of care will save veterans’ lives, and there’s nothing more important than that.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/va-free-care-mental-health-suicide/
The Air Force’s newest rescue helicopter just pulled off its first life-or-death save during a deployment - “This team is equipped to travel great distances and fight their way in and out if necessary
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-hh-60w-rescue-helicopter-deployment-africa/
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Remains of Vietnam War soldier killed in helicopter crash identified
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2023/01/10/remains-of-vietnam-war-soldier-killed-in-helicopter-crash-identified/
Starting Tuesday, all U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis will be eligible for free care at any VA or private facility - Unlike for most other medical benefits, veterans do not have to be enrolled in the VA system to be eligible for the free emergency mental health care.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/veterans-suicidal-eligible-free-health-care-va-rcna65608
Blast exposure history could soon be part of US troops’ medical records - Up to 22% of troops from recent conflicts suffered from mild traumatic brain injury, according to a recent study.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-blast-exposure-medical-records/
The Hardest Thing I Did in the Army Wasn’t Getting Shot At. It Was Asking for Help.
https://thewarhorse.org/soldier-survives-suicidal-thoughts-toxic-military-culture/
Food Insecurity Among Soldiers Shows Bloated Pentagon Budget Not 'Going To the Troops’
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/food-insecurity-veterans
The tragic downward spiral of a special operations pilot
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/air-force-special-operations-mental-health/
‘The Bone Marrow Guy’: This Fort Bliss soldier has registered thousands of soldiers to save lives
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fort-bliss-bone-marrow-guy/
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An Entire Decade of Benefits Denial for Vets After Toxic Chemical Exposure?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/05/an-entire-decade-of-benefits-denial-for-vets-after-toxic-chemical-exposure/
Air National Guard flight nurse to receive Distinguished Flying Cross for saving lives after Abbey Gate bombing - She will be the first Air National Guard flight nurse to ever receive the award.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-national-guard-flght-nurse-distinguished-flying-cross-abbey-gate-afghanistan/
Air National Guard troops honored for rescue efforts in New York blizzard
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/national-guardsmen-honored-rescue-new-york-blizzard/
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National Guard mobilized to help those trapped by massive winter storm
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/national-guard-winter-storm/
This airman was just trying to enjoy his honeymoon. He wound up saving a man’s life - “My only focus was on the patient. I wasn’t going to lose this man’s pulse," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Harris Belmonte.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-medicine-life-saving/
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VA to get $300B, its biggest budget ever, under federal spending deal
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/12/20/va-to-get-300b-its-biggest-budget-ever-under-federal-spending-deal/
‘I’m about to die’ — Former Army paratrooper describes surviving a jump with a broken parachute
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-paratrooper-parachute-failure/
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VA Starts Early Review of Claims for Veterans With Terminal Illnesses Under the PACT Act
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/12/12/va-starts-early-review-of-claims-veterans-terminal-illnesses-under-pact-act.html
Troops at two dozen bases exposed to toxic chemicals in drinking water
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/12/15/troops-at-two-dozen-bases-exposed-to-toxic-chemicals-in-drinking-water/
‘Is this real?’ — Inside the Air Force’s first medevac flight after the Abbey Gate suicide bombing
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-c-17-abbey-gate-bombing-medevac-distinguished-flying-cross/
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‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation - “From the first takeoff to very later in the night, 12 hours later, we were getting shot at.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/82nd-airborne-helicopter-afghanistan-evacuation/
Bill to Help Deported Veterans and Non-Citizen Troops Clears House
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/12/06/bill-help-deported-veterans-and-non-citizen-troops-clears-house.html
Veterans urge Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2022/12/06/veterans-urge-congress-to-pass-the-afghan-adjustment-act/
The Most Important Steps to Take After Losing Your Job
https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/most-important-steps-take-after-losing-your-job.html
‘Murphy’s Law of Deployment:’ What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong. But I Am Brave Enough.
https://thewarhorse.org/military-spouse-shares-lessons-of-murphys-law-of-deployments/
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Four sailors have committed suicide at a Navy maintenance center since October
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/suicide-navy-maintenance-center/
He Used a Position of Power, In a Time of War, to Get What He Wanted.
https://thewarhorse.org/army-veteran-finds-military-sexual-trauma-wasnt-her-fault/
VA has systemically discriminated against Black veterans for decades, lawsuit alleges
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/us/va-black-veterans-discrimination-lawsuit-reaj/index.html
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Giving thanks: veterans at Stanford reflect on Pat Tillman's legacy
https://www.ktvu.com/news/giving-thanks-veterans-at-stanford-reflect-on-pat-tillmans-legacy
A MACV-SOG Thanksgiving: When 6 commandos took on 30,000 enemy troops
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/thanksgiving-macv-sog-mission-vietnam-war/
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Come Thanksgiving, I Will Think of His Sacrifice and the Human Cost of War
https://thewarhorse.org/marine-veteran-recognizes-cost-of-war-in-loss-of-friend/
How a combat vet former field artillery officer stopped the Colorado nightclub gunman
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/colorado-spring-club-q-shooting-richard-fierro-army-veteran/
Airmen who delivered Afghan baby mid-flight during Kabul evacuation to receive Distinguished Flying Cross
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-distinguished-flying-cross-afghan-baby-evacuation-flight/
The Pentagon wants to hear from military families with special needs
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/pentagon-survey-military-families-special-needs/
Republicans Are Going After Veterans’ Access to Abortion Care
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-going-after-veterans-access-to-abortion-care/
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Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/korean-war-soldiers-remains-identified-tommie-hanks/
Nobody Leaves War Emotionally Healthy. The Path to Recovery Is Unique to Each Person.
https://thewarhorse.org/vietnam-veteran-hopes-to-inspire-healing-in-others-with-ptsd/
The Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic Among Veterans Is a National Tragedy. Let's Fix It.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2022/11/16/type-2-diabetes-epidemic-among-veterans-national-tragedy-lets-fix-it.html
Transportation efforts aim to help Montana veterans access care
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/transportation-efforts-aim-to-help-montana-veterans-access-care
Study shows decline in veterans experiencing homelessness throughout U.S.
https://komonews.com/news/local/va-study-decline-veterans-homelessness-united-states-department-of-veterans-affairs-housing-country-homeless-service-soldier-seattle-washington-military-army-navy-air-force-national-guard-american-rescue-plan#
Programs to end homelessness fall short for Black veterans
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/programs-to-end-homelessness-fall-short-for-black-veterans/
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Veterans and scientists fulfill ‘no man left behind,’ returning long-lost American remains from lonely Pacific WWII battlefield
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/us/veterans-day-history-flight-ctrp/index.html
40 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Stands as Lasting Statement on War and Remembrance
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/11/06/40-years-later-vietnam-veterans-memorial-stands-lasting-statement-war-and-remembrance.html
New Memorial on the National Mall honors Native veterans who served the nation
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135825660/new-memorial-on-the-national-mall-honors-native-veterans-who-served-the-nation
Climate Change Makes Things Harder for Unhoused Veterans
https://thewarhorse.org/veteran-homelessness-made-harder-by-climate-change/
What Americans are getting wrong about veterans
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-veterans-misconceptions/
Veterans have fought in wars – and fought against them
https://theconversation.com/veterans-have-fought-in-wars-and-fought-against-them-194307
Remembering the veterans who marched on DC to demand bonuses during the Depression, only to be violently driven out by active-duty soldiers
https://theconversation.com/remembering-the-veterans-who-marched-on-dc-to-demand-bonuses-during-the-depression-only-to-be-violently-driven-out-by-active-duty-soldiers-187900
We All Have Stories. After All, We Didn’t Just Watch History, We Made It.
https://thewarhorse.org/airman-holds-on-to-inspiration-camaraderie-amid-tragedy/
Mobilizing Your Workforce For Good: Supporting Veterans And Active-Duty Military
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2022/11/07/mobilizing-your-workforce-for-good-supporting-veterans-and-active-duty-military/?sh=288862fc601c
Why the C-17 is the US military’s flying hospital of choice
https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/air-force-c-17-aeromedical-evacuation/
GOD'S OWN LUNATICS by Joe Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYOAqxlL_Y
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Veterans Gain and Hold Onto Jobs at Record Pace as Labor Market Shows Resilience
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/11/04/veterans-gain-and-hold-jobs-record-pace-labor-market-shows-resilience.html
Veterans-Turned-Poll Workers Defend Democratic Elections Against Threats Foreign and Domestic
https://thewarhorse.org/military-veterans-defend-american-elections-as-poll-workers/
The Joy and Misery of Survival Took Root in My Soul. Neither Has Extinguished.
https://thewarhorse.org/survivors-guilt-haunts-soldier-still-thankful-to-be-alive/
The Ecstasy of Agony - How the military and veterans became the unlikely mascots of the psychedelic renaissance
https://www.truthdig.com/dig/long-strange-loop-psychedelics-ptsd/
That time Air Force surgeons disarmed a ‘human bomb’ in Vietnam
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/air-force-vietnam-surgery-human-bomb/
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Veterans File Record Number of Disability Claims, Putting Pressure on Backlog
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/27/veterans-file-record-number-of-disability-claims-putting-pressure-backlog.html
‘They’re judge and they’re jury’ — How the military’s malpractice claims process is failing troops and families
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-medical-malpractice-claims-process-broken/
Blind to problems: How VA’s electronic record system shuts out visually impaired patients
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/29/blind-to-problems-how-vas-electronic-record-system-shuts-out-visually-impaired-patients_partner/
Military Veterans In Federal Prison Have A Program Meant To Assist In Their Successful Return To Society
https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2022/10/30/military-veterans-in-federal-prison-have-a-program-meant-to-assist-in-their-successful-return-to-society/?sh=79a10c935133
Congress Urges DoD, VA to Defend Troops and Veterans Against Extremists Who Want to Recruit Them
https://thewarhorse.org/congress-to-dod-va-protect-veterans-from-extremist-groups/
Veterans, families and friends visit The Wall that Heals searching for names of loved ones
https://kfdm.com/news/local/veterans-families-and-friends-visit-the-wall-that-heals-searching-for-names-of-loved-ones-war-memories-memory-loss-lost-traveling-replica-washington
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The Pentagon is changing how it talks about suicide - It’s about saving lives.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-suicide-rate-2021-language/
The Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter is officially ready to come save your ass
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-combat-rescue-helicopter-deployment/
Hospital corpsman honored for rescuing shipwreck survivors amid dangerous conditions
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/hospital-corpsman-rescue-shipwreck/
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Two Army Rangers have died by suicide at Hunter Army Airfield since the end of July
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-rangers-suicide-hunter-army-airfield/
Soldiers say goodbye to beloved military working dog who saved lives in Afghanistan
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-military-working-dog-fort-benning-ccruz/
Burn pit registry is failing to help track vet illnesses, experts say
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/burn-pits/2022/10/14/burn-pit-registry-is-failing-to-help-track-vet-illnesses-experts-say/
Veterans and Reservists Make up More Than 28% of Candidates Who Question 2020 Election Results
https://thewarhorse.org/military-veterans-seeking-election-question-trump-2020-loss/
From ‘intense darkness’ to the Army’s NCO of the Year: How this medic made an example of himself
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-nco-of-the-year-garret-paulson-mental-health/
‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pararescue-ivan-ruiz/
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As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health
https://apnews.com/article/health-philanthropy-mental-army-government-and-politics-b7599549f12f53adc51f9ab8388fc873
National Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace
https://apnews.com/article/health-middle-east-covid-government-and-politics-987f5dbc245858f372eaeeb3edc018bd
Sexual Assault Survivors Would Get Retroactive Benefits Under House Bill
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/11/sexual-assault-survivors-would-get-retroactive-benefits-under-house-bill.html
Veterans, retirees get 8.7% Social Security cost-of-living boost
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2022/10/13/veterans-retirees-get-87-social-security-cost-of-living-boost/
Biden's Marijuana Pardons Don't Apply to Service Members
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/07/bidens-marijuana-pardons-dont-apply-service-members.html
Two Guys to a Bag, One Bag at a Time. We Each Became Experts in a Macabre Parade.
https://thewarhorse.org/vietnam-veteran-recalls-solemn-detail-carrying-the-fallen/
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Feres Helps Military Avoid Accountability for Harm. New Ruling Could Be a Chance for Justice.
https://thewarhorse.org/feres-doctrine-ruling-could-open-military-justice-lawsuits/
A Portrait of a Soldier—Inside Those Lines Was the Story of War
https://thewarhorse.org/a-portrait-of-a-soldier-inside-those-lines-was-the-story-of-war/
I See My Life in Music, So I Used It to Find My Freedom and Peace After Years of War
https://thewarhorse.org/army-veteran-finds-freedom-in-music-after-war-tbi/
Supreme Court hears case on retroactive benefits for disabled veterans
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/10/05/supreme-court-hears-case-on-retroactive-benefits-for-disabled-veterans/
Army disputes PETA claim about hiding documents on animal wounding
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/10/06/army-disputes-peta-claim-about-hiding-documents-on-animal-wounding/
House of Prayer, a Church Accused of Squeezing Veterans for Benefits, Stripped of GI Bill Eligibility
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/04/house-of-prayer-church-accused-of-squeezing-veterans-benefits-stripped-of-gi-bill-eligibility.html
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'Tens of Thousands' More Veterans Will Be Eligible for VA Health Care Starting Oct. 1
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/tens-of-thousands-more-veterans-will-be-eligible-va-health-care-starting-oct-1.html
VA caregiver benefits expand to all vets on Oct. 1
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/09/30/va-caregiver-benefits-expand-to-all-vets-on-oct-1/https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/09/30/va-caregiver-benefits-expand-to-all-vets-on-oct-1/
List of 49 Republicans Who Voted Against Food Security Help for Veterans
https://www.newsweek.com/49-republicans-voted-against-food-security-office-veterans-1747762
US Army fails to meet its recruitment goal by 15,000 soldiers - The Army Reserve and National Guard might be needed to augment the active duty force.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-falls-short-recruiting/
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Absentee Ballot Boot Camp - The Federal Voting Assistance Program provides all the resources you need to easily vote via absentee ballot, whether you’re stateside or overseas.
https://taskandpurpose.com/sponsored-content/absentee-ballot-boot-camp/
New military benefits will help troops with rent, childcare, and groceries
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-new-benefits-troops-families/
Many U.S. veterans land behind bars. A unique, new law may change that. - It is a critical time to turn the tide for millions of post 9/11 veterans, advocates say, as many struggle to put the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War behind them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/many-us-veterans-land-bars-unique-new-law-may-change-rcna48331
It’s time for equitable reproductive rights for women veterans
https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2022/09/23/its-time-for-equitable-reproductive-rights-for-women-veterans/
Alaska Native veterans who served during the Vietnam era may be eligible for free land
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/09/24/alaska-native-veterans-who-served-during-vietnam-era-may-be-eligible-free-land/
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Veterans suicide rate may be double federal estimates, study suggests
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/09/17/veterans-suicide-rate-may-be-double-federal-estimates-study-suggests/
After a third of veterans report being arrested, a new effort to understand why
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/veterans-report-arrested-effort-understand/story?id=89968115
Army suggests soldiers fighting inflation go on food stamps
https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/army-suggests-soldiers-fighting-inflation-go-on-food-stamps/
Fort Stewart is the latest base with a mold problem in the barracks
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/fort-stewart-barracks-mold/
No more ambiguity: US Troops will defend Taiwan if China invades, Biden says
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/biden-vows-us-troops-defend-taiwan-against-china/
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I Lost One of My Marines to Suicide. Maybe Being Honest About My Blind Spots Will Help.
https://thewarhorse.org/after-marine-suicide-company-commander-sees-mental-health-red-flags/
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‘These Kids Are Dying’ — Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/inside-the-overdose-crisis-sweeping-fort-bragg-1396298/
VA Accelerates Toxic Exposure Claims, Urges Veterans to Apply Now
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/01/va-accelerates-toxic-exposure-claims-urges-veterans-apply-now.html
VA's Widespread Mishandling of Disability Claims Could Have Caused Delays and Denials for Veterans
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/07/vas-widespread-mishandling-of-disability-claims-could-have-caused-delays-and-denials-veterans.html
We Saluted Under the Night Sky. Each New Loss Felt Harder Than the One Before.
https://thewarhorse.org/afghanistan-withdrawal-anniversary-brings-painful-memories/
All Warfare Is Based on Deception—Troops, Vets Targeted by Disinformation Can Fight Back
https://thewarhorse.org/american-military-targeted-by-disinformation-can-fight-back/
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As Iraq reels from recent violence, it’s worth remembering that 2,500 US troops are still there
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-iraq-2500-us-troops/
As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-marine-corps-air-force-veterans-afghanistan-withdrawal/
Can I Be Like the Hummingbirds, With the Strength to Fight Another Day?
https://thewarhorse.org/military-veteran-fights-apathy-memories-with-perseverance/
Sexual assaults within the military went up dramatically in 2021
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-sexual-assualts-increase-2021/
Troops, veterans are targets in the disinformation war, even if they don’t know it yet
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-veterans-targeted-disinformation-campaigns/
Why moldy barracks are a growing problem for the US military
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-army-fort-bragg-mold-barracks/
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‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/family-remembers-marine-nicole-gee-kabul-airport/
Commission will study why veterans are more likely than nonveterans to get in trouble with the law
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/commission-will-study-veterans-are-likely-non-veterans-get-trouble-law-rcna44326
Travel reimbursement for vets seeking care falls short, senator warns
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/08/24/travel-reimbursement-for-vets-seeking-care-falls-short-senator-warns/
A Powerful Movie Tells the Tragic, True Story of a Marine Veteran's Struggles with the VA
https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2022/08/26/powerful-movie-tells-tragic-true-story-of-marine-veterans-struggles-va.html
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Afghanistan left a ‘moral injury’ on American veterans. Here’s how they can start healing
https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/america-afghanistan-moral-injury/
Record Pay Increase Likely Coming for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees in 2023
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/17/record-va-disability-pay-raise-military-retiree-pay-raise-2023.html
Preying on Patriots—Scams More Likely to Target Troops, Vets
https://thewarhorse.org/military-veterans-more-vulnerable-to-scams-than-civilians/
Army families describe finding mold, roach infestations, and dead rodents in on-post homes
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-fort-belvoir-housing-michaels-organization/
‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran-ptsd-psychedelic-iboga/
‘All those people… oh my God’ — A soldier recounts the 2004 Mosul chow hall bombing
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/2004-mosul-dfac-bombing/
Here’s our first look at the Vietnam War movie about ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’
https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/vietnam-war-greatest-beer-run-ever-trailer/
THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER Official Trailer (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5vNginYWfw
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From Saigon to Kabul: Vietnam vets tell Afghanistan vets how to cope with anniversary of the Taliban’s victory
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/afghanistan-kabul-fall-anniversary-vietnam/
Kelly Kennedy: Breaking the Burn Pits Story
https://thewarhorse.org/reflecting-burn-pits-after-pact-act-passage/
Air Force rescuers just flew hundreds of miles over the Pacific to save a patient on an oil tanker
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pararescue-jumper-mission/
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The Other Victims of US Burns Pits Were the Iraqi and Afghan People
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/05/other-victims-us-burns-pits-were-iraqi-and-afghan-people
This Army rescue unit saved several trapped hikers in four days - The helicopter crews saved three people trapped in the Pacific Northwest.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/this-army-rescue-unit-saved-several-hikers-in-washington-in-four-days/
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Nobody is helping veterans with chronic illnesses from burn pits
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3579690-nobody-is-helping-veterans-with-chronic-illnesses-from-burn-pits/
How burn pits may have raised veterans' risk of rare cancers and respiratory illnesses
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/burn-pits-veterans-healthcare-risks-cancers-respiratory-illness-rcna40669
Jon Stewart to Senate Republicans: Stop playing political games with veterans’ lives
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jon-stewart-pact-act-veterans-healthcare/
Sanders Says GOP Shouldn't Have Funded Wars If It Didn't Want to Take Care of Vets
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/01/sanders-says-gop-shouldnt-have-funded-wars-if-it-didnt-want-take-care-vets
Conflict Over Vet Bill Brings Renewed Attention to Military’s Toxic Legacies
https://truthout.org/articles/conflict-over-vet-bill-brings-renewed-attention-to-militarys-toxic-legacies/
Senate finally passes PACT Act, clearing the way for care for veterans exposed to burn pits
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/pact-act-passed-senate-burn-pits-veterans/
Veterans Can Start Filing New Claims Now for 23 Illnesses Covered Under New Law
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/03/veterans-can-start-filing-new-claims-now-23-illnesses-covered-under-new-law.html
Air Force PJs saved dozens of lives across the country last week
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pararescue-kentucky-flooding/
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These European armies are giving a glimpse at how militaries will adapt to climate change
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/these-european-armies-are-giving-a-glimpse-at-how-militaries-will-adapt-to-climate-change/
Anger as Republicans block bill to help military veterans exposed to toxins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/28/republicans-bill-healthcare-military-veterans-jon-stewart
Veterans just got screwed out of a massive expansion to VA health care over some petty political BS
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/senate-republicans-block-veterans-toxic-exposure-bill/
Expansion of VA caregiver program to all eras of service remains set for October
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/07/25/expansion-of-va-caregiver-program-to-all-eras-of-service-remains-set-for-october/
Why veterans filing VA claims should be using a ‘buddy statement’
https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/why-veterans-filing-va-claims-should-be-using-a-buddy-statement/
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There’s a new, shorter suicide prevention hotline number to help veterans
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/theres-a-new-shorter-suicide-prevention-hotline-number-to-help-veterans/
Military families facing housing, health, and food challenges, survey finds
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/07/17/military-families-facing-housing-health-and-food-challenges-survey-finds/
Disabled war vets are desperate for a measure that would increase monthly benefits. Lawmakers did not let it advance.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disabled-war-vets-are-desperate-measure-increase-monthly-benefits-lawm-rcna38294
Former Steeler Rocky Bleier helped give cars to two veterans (VIDEO)
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/former-steeler-rocky-bleier-helped-give-cars-to-two-veterans/
LOOKING BACK - Death Valley: Remembering August 20, 1969
https://cherrieswriter.com/2016/11/22/death-valley-remembering-august-20-1969/
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15 unclaimed veterans laid to rest with full military funeral
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/15-unclaimed-veterans-full-funeral-service-national-cemetery-of-the-alleghenies/
There Should Be No Path Forward to Privatizing Veterans Affairs
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/12/there-should-be-no-path-forward-privatizing-veterans-affairs
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READING RECOMMENDATION: They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story (2014) - [Beware: Difficult Read]
https://www.amazon.com/They-Were-Soldiers-Americas-Dispatch/dp/1608463710/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2XXEPJSAV9SFS&keywords=they+were+soldiers&qid=1657118095&s=books&sprefix=they+were+,stripbooks,229&sr=1-3
Army pilots expertly land Black Hawk helicopter on knife’s edge ridge to save injured hiker
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-black-hawk-helicopter-mountain-rescue/
As Troops Face Mounting Demands to Serve in Crises, Civilian Employers Are Firing Them
https://thewarhorse.org/military-troops-face-unemployment-as-employers-ignore-userra/
Veterans have a higher rate of erectile dysfunction, study says
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/07/08/veterans-have-a-higher-rate-of-erectile-dysfunction-study-says/
Veterans unemployment rate under 3% for nearly all eras of service
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2022/07/08/veterans-unemployment-rate-under-3-for-nearly-all-eras-of-service/
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The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/1109618252/military-veterans-abortion-roe-v-wade
“It’s Scary as Hell”—PFAS Exposure a “Widespread” Problem for Troops, Families Nationwide
https://thewarhorse.org/military-poisoned-by-pfas-chemicals-no-cleanup-plan-yet/
How a disaster of the Navy’s own making poisoned thousands of people in Hawaii
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-red-hill-fuel-leak-investigation/
The Pentagon is finally acknowledging the damage nuclear testing did to the Armed Forces
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/the-pentagon-is-finally-acknowledging-the-damage-nuclear-testing-did-to-the-armed-forces/
Army Swiftly Backpedals on Policy Dropping High School Diploma Requirement
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/30/army-swiftly-backpedals-policy-dropping-high-school-diploma-requirement.html
Their Fight Was Over. Why Did I Make It Home and They Did Not?
https://thewarhorse.org/their-fight-was-over-why-did-i-make-it-home-and-they-did-not/
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‘Matter of National Security’: Democratic Veterans, Advocates Call For Codifying Right To Abortion
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/06/matter-national-security-democratic-veterans-advocates-call-codify-right-abortion/368584/
Major veterans toxic exposure legislation delayed again, but lawmakers insist it’s not defeat
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/burn-pits/2022/06/24/another-delay-for-major-veterans-toxic-exposure-legislation-but-lawmakers-insist-its-not-a-defeat/
Considerations for veterans when picking a college
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2022/06/24/considerations-for-veterans-when-picking-a-college/
He Liked the Pro-America, Pro-Constitution Vibe. But He Liked the Rage, Too.
https://thewarhorse.org/military-veterans-targeted-by-extremists-preying-on-patriots/
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Burial service for unknown veterans changing venues
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/burial-service-for-unknown-veterans-changing-venues/
Inflation is crushing already struggling US troops and their families
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/inflation-troops-financial-struggles/
Credit agencies are screwing US troops and putting their security clearances at risk
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/credit-agencies-screwing-troops-security-clearances/
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange, Radiation, Toxic Water Included in Landmark Burn Pit Bill
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/16/veterans-exposed-agent-orange-radiation-toxic-water-included-landmark-burn-pit-bill.html
New report finds dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found around military bases
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/20/new-report-finds-dangerous-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-around-military-bases/
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There’s a disturbing trend of animal cruelty reports at multiple US military bases
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-animal-abuse-crime/
‘I have fucking had it’ — Airman goes public with allegations of assault and criminal justice failure
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-national-guard-sexual-assault-tiktok/
What soldiers need to know about the Army’s new approach to sex crimes
https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/army-sharp-program-change/
Here are the veterans who will benefit from Congress’ sweeping toxic exposure bill
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/burn-pits/2022/06/16/here-are-the-veterans-who-will-benefit-from-congress-sweeping-toxic-exposure-bill/
Navy hits pause on flight operations after a string of crashes
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-hits-pause-on-flight-operations-after-a-string-of-crashes/
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Recent string of deadly military crashes is no accident
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/10/recent-string-of-deadly-military-crashes-is-no-accident/
At least 12 military bases contaminating water supply with toxic PFAS
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/06/military-bases-contaminating-water-supply-pfas
Why are military families struggling to put food on the table?
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/08/why-are-military-families-struggling-to-put-food-on-the-table/
ICE agents directed to generally avoid deporting military veterans and their families
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-ice-military-veterans-families-deportation/
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They are the good guys with guns. After another mass shooting, veterans want change.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/06/02/they-are-the-good-guys-with-guns-after-another-mass-shooting-veterans-want-change/
Veteran dies of heart failure after being turned away from VA hospital
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran-heart-failure-dies-va-hospital-florida/
This Marine survived a sniper shot to the head in Iraq. He spent the rest of his life fighting for others
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-justin-constantine-iraq-memorial-day/
How Private-Sector Care Can Harm Veterans
https://prospect.org/health/how-private-sector-care-can-harm-veterans/
Never forget: landmark ‘burn pit’ measures couldn’t come sooner for vets
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/05/30/never-forget-landmark-burn-pit-measures-couldnt-come-sooner-for-vets/
Pentagon reports high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water near bases
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3507224-pentagon-reports-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-near-bases/
New VA Benefit Will Sell Guaranteed Life Insurance to Most Veterans
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/31/new-va-benefit-will-sell-guaranteed-life-insurance-most-veterans.html
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Sgt. Frederick John Magsamen
https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MagsamenFJ01a.htm
The Wall Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y64zTRlrmo
GOD'S OWN LUNATICS by Joe Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYOAqxlL_Y
In The Shadow Of The Blade Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHE6j_eC3U
Dustoff: The Unprecedented Horror Witnessed By Vietnam Medics - VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mHWfCJ_VU
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President Bush may find it funny but the Iraq War is no joke “Laughing it off as a gaffe was the worst part about it.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/iraq-bush-joke-upsets-veterans/
LOOKING BACK - Letter-to-Editor: SADDAM HUSSEIN - There's still a chance for diplomatic pressure
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Letters-to-the-Editor-1094670.php
The death of a US marine veteran
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/18/veteran-us-marines-mental-health-ptsd-death-iraq
Deal for Sweeping Toxic Exposure Bill Reached in Senate
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/18/deal-sweeping-toxic-exposure-bill-reached-senate.html
Lawmakers move to guarantee cost-of-living boost for veterans benefits
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2022/05/23/lawmakers-move-to-guarantee-cost-of-living-boost-for-veterans-benefits/
Sailors are deserting the Navy at a ‘staggering’ rate
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/sailors-deserting-navy/
Taking care of veterans means getting justice for Camp Lejeune
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/3491779-taking-care-of-veterans-means-getting-justice-for-camp-lejeune/
The Marine Corps’ legendary training depot will be underwater by 2050
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/the-marine-corps-legendary-training-depot-will-be-underwater-by-2050/
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US military must renew its mission to meet climate-charged global crisis
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/05/17/us-military-must-renew-its-mission-to-meet-climate-charged-global-crisis/
How the US is failing female veterans suffering illness from toxic burn pits
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/17/burn-pits-us-military-female-veterans-illness
Military Throwing Cash at Recruiting Crisis as Troops Head for the Exits
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/13/bigger-bonuses-pentagons-top-weapon-combat-recruiting-crisis-troops-head-exits.html
Young America's Dilemma: The Predatory Choice Between Student Loan Debt and Military Enlistment
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/05/16/young-americas-dilemma-predatory-choice-between-student-loan-debt-and-military
‘I Married the War’: Wives of combat veterans speak out
https://www.militarytimes.com/podcasts/2022/05/11/i-married-the-war-wives-of-combat-veterans-speak-out/
23 things veterans may carry for life
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/05/12/23-things-veterans-may-carry-for-life/
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He was a veteran of six WWII campaigns. His body lay unclaimed, but now he'll get honors
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2022/05/09/nj-veteran-ww-2-campaigns-body-unclaimed-honors-eugene-dednam/9667925002/
Marine Sgt Maj John Canley, Medal of Honor hero of the Battle of Hue, has died
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-john-canley-medal-honor-battle-hue-dies/
Nearly 300,000 U.S. service members and veterans are suing 3M over a tiny piece of military gear they say didn't work
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/290000-current-ex-military-service-members-are-suing-3m-earplugs-say-d-rcna27568
Military sexual assault survivors feel abandoned in a ‘world of predators’
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-sexual-assault-accountability/
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Inside the Pentagon’s shameful effort to draft mentally disabled men to fight in Vietnam
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/project-100000-vietnam/
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Funeral for D-day veteran Harry Billinge held in Cornwall
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/26/funeral-for-d-day-veteran-harry-billinge-held-in-cornwall
Surprise: Ex-general pushing for NATO troops in Ukraine has weapons industry ties
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/26/surprise-ex-general-pushing-for-nato-troops-in-ukraine-has-weapons-industry-ties/
Democrats announce bills to hold Pentagon accountable for civilian deaths in US military operations
https://archive.ph/aO29w#selection-955.4-955.103
Extreme weather is costing the military billions in damages and it’s only getting worse
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/extreme-weather-military-base-damages/
How the US military is waging war on climate change
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-climate-change-war/
How the US military’s reliance on fossil fuels puts troops in danger
https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/military-fossil-fuels-troops-danger/
Inside the hurricane that caused $5 billion in damage to one Air Force base
https://taskandpurpose.com/video/hurricane-michael-tyndall-air-force-base/
Climate change is running the National Guard ragged
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/climate-change-national-guard/
Why fighting wildfires is the hardest flying Air Force crews do outside combat
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-c-130-wildfire-maffs/
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Sen. Coons tries to claw back message about using US troops to ‘stop Putin’
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/19/sen-coons-tries-to-claw-back-message-about-using-us-troops-to-stop-putin/
Vets Push “No War, No Warming” Climate Campaign Amid Russian Invasion of Ukraine
https://truthout.org/articles/vets-push-no-war-no-warming-climate-campaign-amid-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/
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Military Links:
196th Light Infantry Brigade
http://www.196th.org/
When John was in Vietnam, he was a Dustoff medic who flew aboard unarmed Huey helicopters--air ambulances. His company--the 236th Medical Detachment served in direct support of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade. In 1969, the 196th LIB was located in the northernmost region of South Vietnam, known as I-Corps. The area remained a hotbed of activity throughout the war. The steep mountains and rock ravines favored the enemy, keeping the "grunts" of the 196th engaged in combat, resulting in high numbers of wounded and casualties.
Death Valley: The Summer Offensive, I Corps, August 1969
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Summer-Offensive-August/dp/089141665X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461263938&sr=1-1&keywords=nolan+-+death+valley
GOD'S OWN LUNATICS by Joe Galloway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqYOAqxlL_Y
Dustoff: The Unprecedented Horror Witnessed By Vietnam Medics - VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mHWfCJ_VU
YOUTUBE: Steelers legend Rocky Bleier returns to Vietnam 50 years after being wounded in battle | SC Featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIUREIwpos
Closing Out the Flight Plan: Joseph “Doc” Kralich
http://www.dustoff.org/newsletter/Spring-Summer11/SS 11 Newsletter final.pdf
READING RECOMMENDATION: Through the Valley: Vietnam, 1967-1968 (1999) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Through-Valley-1967-1968-James-Humphries/dp/1555878210/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486489403&sr=1-4&keywords=through+the+valley
Medal of Honor recipient Major Patrick Brady.
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3236/brady-patrick-henry.php
Army Holds Long-Overdue Ceremony for Vietnam Veterans [196th] in Hawaii
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/07/01/army-holds-long-overdue-ceremony-vietnam-veterans-hawaii.html
The Army Finally Honors 10 Vietnam Veterans After A Half-Century Spent Unrecognized (VIDEO)
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-vietnam-veterans-medal-ceremony/
Major general (retired) Patrick Brady and John Seebeth attending 54th deactivation ceremony at Ft. Lewis, WA. April 2006
John and Linda were honored to speak at the national reunion of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade in Bellevue, Washington in July 2011.
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From: Daniel Stephenson
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018
To: Gary Hagen
Subject: Americal reunion Oklahoma City
Gary, met Mort in OKC. The Americal was having their annual reunion and Mort did his documentary. He gave me a few minutes on the podium and I accepted the heartfelt thanks to the 236th Med Det and it truly was heartwarming. Mort did an excellent job as he usually does, guy is amazing. Anyway, they all REALLY had good things to say and I shook hands with 20+ that said they'd been on one of our birds one, two or MORE times.
Below is my two minutes on the podium.
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Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words.
It is good to be in the company of soldiers and their families.
I said it is good to be in the company of soldiers. We are citizen soldiers, you and I. This unit has a history of citizen soldiers serving their duty and I know much more about that history now than I did a few days ago. I would like to talk of the citizen soldier and then compare the soldier of today known as a professional soldier to the citizen soldier of our era and as I do so I wish to be very clear that it is in no way intended to distract from the courage, quality and dedication of today’s soldier, but you and I as citizen soldiers have a role in helping each other as well as the modern soldier.
A citizen soldier came from the culture of America, served their time and eventually returned to the culture from which they came. World War II was the Great War. Korea was largely ignored in America as soldiers suffered tremendous hardships and terrible combat. Then Vietnam, for the most part our war. Many of us here volunteered, many were drafted. Some few faced a judge and was told it is green or white and black stripes, your choice. But we entered the service because of a belief. It may have been the belief in the war, in our country, in the trust of other young Americans that had to go to war, or a belief in a duty to one’s own cause. But we stood the line. Many were injured, many were killed, and many came back to a culture that did not want the legacy of Vietnam to be on their conscious and told us in no uncertain terms of our sins.
So we hunkered down. For 15 years we were the psychopath that was depicted out of Hollywood. We were the stuff you pick up on your shoes on a warm day at the dog park. Then it became cool to have a Vietnam Vet as a buddy. Sorry folks, too little and too late. Many of our mates did not survive coming home and many still suffer.
But somewhere in our psyche we may have felt we deserved being treated poorly, because as all of us in here know, war is nasty business. So we that are here today suffered being baby killers, being spit on, refused service, being told not to wear our uniform off post when our buds died in uniforms like this. We endured.
Then comes the modern era with the all-volunteer Army. Our government makes a very great investment in training and equipping soldiers for their tasks and rely on highly trained and motivated soldiers to go out and experience “It’s not a job, it’s an adventure.” Yeah, right. When these solders go to war and realize their friends are having the adventure of their lives it is really a tough realization. They see the dirty underbelly of war and experience a religiously motivated conflict that has none of the intimate contact and associations with the people we experienced in Vietnam and they come back to accolades and being treated as a hero. Given first class treatment and thanked for their service it is very tough for these young people, and I believe it is tougher on them that it was on us.
So we hunkered in, crawled to a dark corner and kept our heads down even when we returned and survived for the most part. Tragically some did not, but we managed and now the young professional modern all-volunteer soldier comes home to what they perceive as trivial and false praise and I believe it is harder for them that for us in some ways.
So what I will finally say is as Major General Douglas Dollar once said, “You gotta man-up here!” We have to be thankful we’re alive. We have to take back our future and we have to never forget who had no future and live ours as they could not. This is your challenge. Turn to the young vet, you out there, and offer he or she your hand, your wisdom, your secrets of survival.
3/21 Gimlet Association 21st Infantry
http://321gimlet.homestead.com/home.html
The Gimlets are the 21st Infantry Regiment of the 196th LIB. The Gimlet Warriors fought in the Hiep Duc Valley in Vietnam where John was part of the Dustoff crew that evacuated their wounded. John is honored to be included in their roster.
An account of some of their battles and missions is covered in An Introduction to War
21st Infantry Regiment – “Gimlets”
Personal stories from our Brothers
http://321gimlet.homestead.com/PersonalStories.html
V is for valor - The Bellefontaine Examiner
http://www.examiner.org/news/22413-v-is-for-valor
2013 Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony — Bellefontaine, Ohio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbzV3SypWQ
236 Medical Company
236th Meritorious Unit Citation
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1REoyT9g_OmhdFuyBWf_A1Sn-K71grKNw
“On this day, as survivors of “our war”, remembrance of those that sacrificed all, permeates silently through all of our other thoughts. In vivid memories, born of a reality, unknown to most is harbored within us. Memories that defy efforts to express. Such is our burden.
As I looked through the 236th Meritorious Unit Citation, I wonder how many of the over twelve thousand patients are survivors due to the efforts of our unit. It seems as though being a member of “Dustoff” validates our existence.”
---- Ken (Pineapple) Calotis --- 5/27/19
236th Medical Helicopter Detachment Website
http://236dustoff.wix.com/danangdustoff
Excerpt from the book: An Introduction to War
http://media.wix.com/ugd/f39aa6_a3b67c9b454a4c8db1abac5d24bb7ebf.pdf
What Ever Happened to the Men of Hawk Hill?
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/lives-they-saved-vietnam-medevac-180957298/#1h5OCiZMluxUy4yV.99
YOUTUBE: Moving video of wounded GI reaching up to Morton Dean aboard Dustoff medevac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Fgcn5eqZc
YOUTUBE: Vietnam Medevac Helicopter Under Fire, CBS News on Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqQAWlsqXE
Art finds a way: Using a lesson from the old masters, a resourceful serviceman captures moving images
http://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=61796
Taking On The Great Loop
https://www.seattleyachts.com/news/taking-on-the-great-loop
One Medevac Mission Turns Into Two
https://airfactsjournal.com/2020/11/one-medevac-mission-turns-into-two/
The AMERICAN MEDEVAC story inspired by a single TV News Report from Vietnam (VIDEO)
http://americanmedevac.com/
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: American Medevac (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/American-Medevac-Morton-Dean/dp/B07VCH4CS5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T09FX1ZBXFW6&keywords=american+medevac&qid=1565014397&s=instant-video&sprefix=american+med,instant-video,268&sr=1-1
11/11/17
From: Morton Dean, CBS war correspondent
To: Gary Hagan & other 236th unit veterans
I spent Veterans Day with you all. Thinking of you. Talking about you.
American Medevac & I were featured guests at a lunch sponsored by the PBS station in New York City & Ernst & Young. There were many vets there, in & out of uniform. One main purpose of the event was to celebrate & discuss efforts being made to bring veterans into the workplace & to promote the fact that vets are exceptional co-workers & possess great leadership capabilities. No surprise to me.
The President of the PBS station, Neal Shapiro, talked for a few minutes about American Medevac & screened ten minutes of it. The applause for the docu; the applause for YOU! was extraordinary. Then Neal interviewed me. He asked why, with of all the stories I covered over the years & all of the guys in uniform I met, why did I want to do this one documentary.
I made two points. One, that I felt America had to know, if it didn't already know or might have forgotten, that there were heroes who wore the American uniform in Vietnam. You were heroes.
I mentioned what also struck me way back when I met you guys at Hawk Hill, was that you exemplified an American ideal. "When the calls came in, the medevac crews never asked what color the wounded were. Or, what religion are they? Or, what party do they support? Or, what country were they born in? What they knew was somebody needed help. And they responded, often at great risk to their own lives." That's what good Americans do. That's what good people do. That's what heroes do. You are all those things.
I apologize. I'm going on much too long here.
Thank you for your friendship. I'm honored to have met you. I feel so great that I've been able to spread the word about how special you are.
Mort
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1/28/21
Gary-
I hope all is well. Scruggs is an old friend of mine and a hero to families who lost loved ones in VN. I thought you might be interested in seeing his new blog. Please, if you wish, pass on to the Medevac gang. Scruggs & I served on the VN War Commemoration Commission together and early on he urged me to complete the American Medevac documentary saying the American public should get to know more about the heroics of you & your colleagues who helped save his life when he was a 19 year old kid bleeding to death on a Vietnam War battlefield.
He then said “I’m volunteering to become your unofficial pr person”. He was a man of his word - He then led me to NewDayUSA who sponsored the film. He’s a great man.
Let’s keep in touch.
Mort
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SCRUGGS: “In graduate School at American University my interest in the impact of exposure to combat by US troops led to the creation of the famous Vietnam Veterans Memorial.This also led to my recent work doing Podcasts. Attached are the podcasts. A key player in the political success of the effort was a West Point graduate who persuaded uncooperative officials at the Interior Department to give us the Construction Permit in March 1982. This ended further efforts to stop the Memorial from being built on The Mall in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial.”
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podcasts.apple.com › podcast › jan-craig-scruggs-vietn...
Jan 15, 2021 — Vietnam War Stories are a part of Podcasts from the Past. ... ScruggsVIETNAM WAR STORIES- The War and The Wall JAN CRAIG SCRUGGS.
236th Medical Detachment – 2002 Reunion – 9/6/2002
Sergeant Burns (seated), L-R: Jerry Southard, Bill Magee, Paul Sumrall, John Seebeth, Robert Long
Sergeant Burns (seated), L-R: Jerry Southard, Bill Magee, Paul Sumrall, John Seebeth, Robert Long
Paul Sumrall, Jerry Southard, Jim Burzette, Robert Long, Ed Simmons, Bill Magee, John Seebeth,
Dustoff 236 Med Reunion
http://www.lzbaldymedic.com/dustoff-236-med.html
Dustoff Association
http://www.dustoff.org/
The US Army's legendary medevacs of the Vietnam War flew aboard Huey helicopters--air ambulances--to evacuate the wounded.
Dustoff continues to rescue wounded soldiers today.
John's unit was the 236th Medical Detachment.
Vietnam Dustoff (VIDEO)
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.forcier.100/videos/3220200368047392/
Danang Dustoff (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0o7Y1HJq4
DC Wings Over Vietnam The Missions 2of8 Dust Off (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR7joMCPkt4
Hooah: Vietnam-era ‘Dustoff’ air ambulance crews nominated for Congressional Gold Medal
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/11/vietnam-era-dustoff-air-ambulance-crews-nominated-/
S. 2268: Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2268
Text of the Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2268/text/is
Stars & Stripes: Dustoff
http://media.stripes.com/i/dustoff/
A Tribute to the Chopper Crews of the Vietnam War (Thanks Gary Weaver — LZ Baldy C CO 23 MED BN Aid Station)
https://www.facebook.com/105565202864522/videos/969255619828805/
Dustoff Units of Vietnam
http://www.vietnamdustoff.com/dustoffunits.html
The Decline of Dustoff
http://www.legion.org/magazine/216261/decline-dustoff
Have The Skies Become Too Dangerous For Military Medevac Missions?
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-medevac-obstacles-rusia-china/
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Trauma (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0794WB4MB/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_c_mLDyAbW0H6Y0Z
Afghan War Documentary ‘Trauma’ Does Justice To The Difficult Job Of Combat Medic (VIDEO)
https://taskandpurpose.com/afghan-war-documentary-trauma-justice-difficult-job-combat-medic/
No guaranteed ‘golden hour’ for Marines headed into the next big fight
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/02/15/no-golden-hour-for-marines-headed-into-the-next-big-fight/
Medal of Honor recipient Michael Novosel saved more than 5,000 in Vietnam ― including his son (VIDEO)
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/03/30/medal-of-honor-recipient-michael-novosel-saved-more-than-5000-lives-in-vietnam/
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Congressional bill S.2268 is certainly deserving of passage. The bipartisan bill recognizes the heroic military service of Dustoff crews who served during the Vietnam War. Dustoff refers to the radio call sign used by all army helicopter ambulance units in Vietnam, so named for the dust, dirt and debris blown by the rotor wash as the chopper came in for a pickup. Dustoff became one of the most welcome sounds to be heard by critically wounded combat soldiers.
Although the army previously used aircraft to extract and transport the wounded, aeromedical evacuation became a highly organized, crucial operation in Vietnam. Major Charles Kelly is credited for convincing the army to designate helicopters to the sole purpose of picking up the wounded. The legendary UH-1 Bell “Huey” proved to be the instrument for the job, and Dustoff pilots had a reputation for being able to corkscrew into the heart of a battle zone. The unarmed, 4-man crews flew rescue missions day or night in all kinds of weather. With a trained medic onboard, life saving treatment began on the flight to a medical facility.
Flying DustOff was a very dangerous job. Dustoff suffered the highest casualty rate of any other aerial unit in Vietnam—a third of their crews were killed or wounded. Despite the dangers, many volunteered for the job. General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, highlighted the heroism of Dustoff crews:
“A special word about the Dustoffs . . . Courage above and beyond the call of duty was sort of routine to them. It was a daily thing, part of the way they lived. That’s the great part, and it meant so much to every last man who served there. Whether he ever got hurt or not, he knew Dustoff was there.”
It really boosted troop morale to know that if one of their own were wounded, a helicopter ambulance would be there within minutes. Throughout the war, an estimated 900,000 lives were saved by the rapid treatment and transport of the wounded. It was a unique time in history and left an almost mythical legacy of flying into impossible situations to save lives. Beyond Vietnam, Dustoff continued flying rescue missions in Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Washington State, Fort Lewis was home to the 54th Medical Detachment air ambulance. The 54th typified the constant heroism displayed by Dustoff crews in Vietnam, flying thousands of missions and evacuating over twenty thousand patients. Senators Murray and Cantwell would honor the 54th (and all Dustoff veterans of Vietnam) by co-sponsoring bill S.2268.
The bill would present a single gold medal in honor of the Dustoff crews, providing important recognition of their heroic military service during the Vietnam War. Furthermore, the bill would honor a legacy that became a model for civilian EMS medevacs. In addition, the bill affirms the conduct we value as a nation—the very best our national character has to offer—Americans risking their own lives to save others. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
Linda Seebeth
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4/20/16
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Seebeth:
Thank you for contacting me regarding S. 2268, the Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act, which is currently pending in the United States Senate. I appreciate knowing your views on this matter.
In the Senate, this legislation falls under the jurisdiction of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. While I am not a member of that Committee, I want to assure you that I will be following the progress of this bill and will keep your views in mind if this or related legislation comes before the full Senate for consideration.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I hope you will continue to keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Patty Murray
United States Senator
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H.R.2885 - Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2885/cosponsors?r=21&s=1&searchResultViewType=expanded
Kilmer, Reichert Want To Honor Vietnam Era Air Medics - ‘Dust Off' crews, as they were known by their radio call sign, flew unarmed air ambulances into hostile areas to rescue the wounded.
https://patch.com/washington/gigharbor/kilmer-reichert-want-honor-vietnam-era-air-medics
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Below is correspondence Linda just sent to Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. It concerns a bill I hope you will support. —- 2/24/21
Dear Representative Pelosi,
On February 11, 2021, you announced that you would be introducing legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6 attack.
The police and officers are deserving of this honor, but please don’t forget about another group also deserving of this honor. Dust Off veterans have been waiting years for this recognition.
A bill was first introduced in 2015 to award a single gold medal in honor of the Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War. It was last reintroduced May 2020.
S. 3748 (116th): Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s3748/text
Unarmed Dust Off crews flew aboard legendary Huey helicopters into combat situations (often without gunship escort) to rescue wounded soldiers. They suffered the highest casualty rate of any other aerial unit in Vietnam. 1/3 of their crews were killed or wounded. Despite the dangers, many volunteered for the job.
General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, highlighted the heroism of Dust Off crews: A special word about the Dust Offs—Courage above and beyond the call of duty was sort of routine to them. It was a daily thing, part of the way they lived. That’s the great part, and it meant so much to every last man who served there. Whether he ever got hurt or not, he knew Dust Off was there.
Throughout the war, an estimated 900,000 lives were saved by the rapid treatment and transport of the wounded. It was a unique time in history, and Dust Off left an almost mythical legacy of flying into impossible situations to save lives.
This bill would provide important recognition of Dust Off crews heroic military service. Additionally, the bill would honor a legacy that became a model for civilian EMS medevacs. Furthermore, the bill affirms the conduct we value as a nation—the very best our national character has to offer—Americans risking their own lives to save others.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
As these veterans are now aging and dying, it is important to move forward with this bill without further delay.
My husband was a Dust Off medic and Purple Heart recipient, so I know first hand how deserving these veterans are and how meaningful the honor would be. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Linda Seebeth
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Kilmer Introduce Legislation to Honor Vietnam Veterans
https://kilmer.house.gov/news/in-the-news/04/28/2021/kilmer-introduce-legislation-to-honor-vietnam-veterans
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11/12/23 Email from Gary Hagen
First and foremost, I would like to wish every one of you a Happy Veterans Day.
I just returned home last night from Washington DC. I believe we were able to make a huge impact with the Senate and the House to garner support for the Dustoff Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) Bills, H.R.1015 and S.2825.
For those of you that don't know, the Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, law firm took this effort on with us, pro bono. This is the law group that was successful in the Merrill's Marauders being awarded their CGM. The Hunton group has spent many months working on this as well as making appointments with Senators and House Representatives. They scheduled 74 meetings for us to attend in one day. Ten Dustoff crew members of the Vietnam Dustoff Association (VDA) individually went with one lawyer from the firm and attended 7 or 8 meetings each. Robin Hunt, Richard Claywell and I represented the 236th Med. Det. Steve Vermillion, President of the VDA, and Chris Siedor have spearheaded this effort for a number of years now. In addition to Steve and Chris, other attendees from the VDA were Mike Logan, Doug Petersen, Tom Barfoot, Tom St. Hilaire, and Richard Parmenter.
After I began attending my meetings, I realized that most of these offices were not even aware of these bills. I felt like just bringing it to their attention was monumental for Dustoff and the bills. For my part, since most of my contacts were not actually with Senators or House members, the legislative aides seemed very excited to pass this on to their bosses. The bipartisanship of these two bills is very evident. In my meetings, I would share that Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz are both co-sponsors. I don't think you can get much more bipartisan than that.
I was told in most of my meetings that this should be no problem for their respective Senator's/Representative's co-sponsorship. I feel as if this trip to Wash DC for the past week was extremely successful.
I want to share with you that I had the distinct pleasure to meet with Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS-R). She took a half hour out of her day to talk with me. She also had a Senate photographer come to the office to take pictures. She posted a picture of our meeting on her social media pages for Veterans Day. During our conversation she mentioned that for us to have made it through what we did in Vietnam, we had to have our angels with us. I told her how I believed that was true. In that vein, I told her about our reunions and an idea I had for a t-shirt design. She said she would like to help with the artwork and design, pay for it and have it copyrighted. That pretty much blew me away. That night one of her staff called me and scheduled an appointment for me to meet her the next day. I'm very excited for her help in seeing this to fruition. I wish you all could have been there with me to feel and see her appreciation for what Dustoff and Veterans did in Vietnam.
I told the Senator about Jerry Franks, from Columbus, Mississippi, and how he was a medic with our unit and an artist. Nancy Franks, in her generosity, will be sending the Senator a copy of Jerry's artwork. How great is that? The Senator is extremely excited to receive it.
Robin Hunt and I stayed in DC an extra couple of days. While there, Robin made a "cold call" to his legislative aide for his Washington state representative, Kim Schrier. By the time we left, we felt pretty certain that Robin was successful in gaining another cosponsor.
On Thursday, Nancy and I went to the White House for a tour. We got in line behind a woman wearing a Vietnam Veteran hat. I thought to myself, "surely she must have been a nurse in Vietnam." Sure enough, she told me that she was a nurse in Vietnam in 1968. I told her I was a crew chief on a Dustoff helicopter. She became extremely excited and told me she was on the USS Repose. I am sure many of you landed on that ship at some point during your tour. Well, she went on about how the Dustoff men were the heroes and that had it not been for us the fatality rate in Vietnam would have been so much greater. Based on our conversation I could tell that she had high esteem and a bird's eye view of what Dustoff was and did in Vietnam. She told me that she had a personal appointment on Friday with Senator Risch from Idaho. I explained to her why we were in DC. I had the impression that whatever her initial meeting was about, it just changed course to being an advocate for the Dustoff CGM bill. She was also going to make contact with Senator Crapo from Idaho and advocate for us. She told me to thank all of you, wish you all a happy Veterans Day and that she knew Dustoff Crew members were the true heroes of the Vietnam War. I told her that I had landed on the Repose a few times myself. She asked if I had gotten any ice cream. I told her I never did. She said she had heard that before and seemed quite upset at that. She said that they had a person whose job it was to bring ice cream out to the Dustoff crews when they landed on the ship. Did any of you get ice cream, just curious?
Incidentally, we need two thirds of the House and Senate to cosponsor their respective bills for this effort to go forward.
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3/9/24 Email from Gary Hagen
Hello All – In this email I would like to update you on Vietnam Dustoff Congressional Gold Medal effort. Once again, this past week we went to Capitol Hill to help drive support for the CGM bills. In addition to the 236th members that attended (Robin Hunt, Richard Claywell, and me), there were 6 additional members from the Vietnam Dustoff Association. In a nutshell, I feel very good about what we were able to accomplish. Currently, we have 48 Senators and 109 House members as co-sponsors. I believe that in the next couple of weeks those numbers will go up if our meetings went as well as I perceived. First off, I want to say that we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to the Hunton Andrews Kurth law firm for helping us, pro bono, to push this forward. They have worked very hard sending out emails, making appointments and volunteering to be with us in the meetings they scheduled. We certainly wouldn’t be this far had they not stepped in to help us. Their knowledge and expertise have been nothing less than amazing. In case you are not aware, this is the firm that assisted Merrill’s Marauders in receiving their CGM. We need to get to two-thirds of the Senate and House as co-sponsors to get this to a vote. I’m attaching the Senate bill, S. 2825 and House bill, H.R. 1015. Last Tuesday, we were paired up and went to the various House and Senate buildings to do “cold calls.” Richard Claywell and I went to the Cannon Building. We went to about 31 different Congressmen’s offices and either talked to legislative aides or left literature for them. Robin Hunt was assigned to the Rayburn Building with Steve Vermillion, VDA President, and was able to contact a similar number of offices. On Wednesday, we had scheduled appointments with specific offices. I went to the Senate Hart Building with Kevin Gaunt from the Hunton Group. Kevin was an executive officer in the 101st Airborne Division, served in the Army for six years and is now a lawyer. It really helped to have him introduce the bill and explain what we were doing and why we were there. Having the Hunton staff member there didn’t make it appear as self-serving as it may have if it was just a crew member presenting. I am attaching a document we passed out, in case you haven’t seen it before. It has some good information on it. I am personally still amazed at these statistics. Some of our talking points were that Vietnam Dustoff crew members were the pioneers of Medevac. We would point out that back then we had no standards, we had to develop ways and means to pick up the patients in unarmed helicopters to be able to save their lives. We did this as we went along. As a result of what Dustoff did, the MAST (Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic) system was developed in the United States. Stateside, Dustoff units would pick up severely injured traffic accident victims. As a result of MAST, Life Flight was born. The fact that there were only 3400 Dustoff crew members that served in Vietnam to support the 2.5 million soldiers that were deployed to Vietnam still boggles my mind. In addition, Dustoff flew almost a half million missions and picked up over 900,000 patients is astonishing. You all are amazing men. I am so proud to be a part of what you all and Dustoff accomplished in Vietnam. All deserving the recognition of the highest civilian award, the CGM, in the United States. Such a small group of men that did so much for humanity. If you want to follow how the CGM is progressing, you can go to these websites postdate top of this link: At these website, you can see the numbers of co-sponsors in the House and the Senate. You can click on the number and see who has signed on as a co-sponsor. I was told over and over again by the staffers that it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the attention. If you don’t see your Senators or Representatives name on this list, it wouldn’t hurt to write a letter or email to them. Feel free to attach the document I have attached to this email for their reference. I have learned that the staffers have to read them all, document that they received them, and document what the disposition was. Maybe, if they get bombarded, they will be inspired to join as a co-sponsor. For your information on the CGM: If awarded, there is only 1 Gold Medal actually made. In our case, if awarded, it is planned to be displayed at the AAMED Museum in San Antonio. If awarded, there will be a ceremony presenting it and I believe Dustoff Crew Members would be invited to attend. If it is passed in Congress, you and others will have the opportunity to purchase one or more bronze replicas of the CGM. If similar to the Tuskegee Airmen and Merrill’s Marauders Bronze Medal coins, they would be 1.5” size for $20 or 3” size for $160. This medal would be awarded to Vietnam Dustoff Crew Members (all units, not just the 236th) and only to Pilots, Medics and Crew Chiefs. Understand that this award is only acknowledgment and recognition for what Dustoff had done in Vietnam. From what I have been able to determine, you get nothing tangible given to you. It’s only the recognition and notoriety we as crew members will receive. If awarded, anybody can buy these bronze replica coins from the U.S. Mint.
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4/10/24 Gentlemen: This morning we reached a significant goal in the quest to bring the Congressional Gold Medal for US Army Aeromedical Evacuation Aircrews from the Vietnam War (Dustoff, Medevac, etc) to fruition. The requirement in the Senate is to have 2/3d of the members signed on as co-sponsors to the bill. This morning, we surpassed the 2/3ds mark and are currently at 69 co-sponsors. We continue to work on a few remaining holdouts to ensure we have a super majority in case something arises that we are not aware of and that would affect the number of sponsors. The House of Representatives is another issue. We currently have 123 co-sponsors and need 290, so we have reached 42% of our goal. We have until August to make up the deficit before Congress effectively completes its session business in August. Then we have elections and maybe a lame duck session in December. There have two of us working on this effort for several years. After we brought the Hunton Law Group on board as pro bono lobbyists, our bill sponsorship significantly increased. A few months back we were joined by eight of your fellow cohorts who have been with us on two of what we term Walkabouts—walking the halls of Congress, meeting Congressional staff members in an effort to lobby them to join our campaign and become co-sponsors. It appears that we will be heading back to the House of Representatives the last week in May. Tentatively we fly in on Monday the 27th, have scheduled Congressional meetings with Hunton Group members as our guide on Tuesday May 28th. Wednesday, as it sits now, we will pair up internally and repeat the same process as Tuesday—meeting with Congressional representatives. And then fly out Thursday. From that point on, we do follow up calls and emails with our point of contact in each office. If you care to join us and can commit without hesitation to do this, please email Steve Vermillion (stevevermillion40@gmail.com). We will make hotel reservations in a block and you can reserve a room under that block. You are responsible for your expenses which in all fairness are around $2K depending on mode of travel. I would like to add another ten to our group bringing us to 20. This project has been ongoing for eight years now. We want to bring this home this year with a win in our win column.
Cordially, Steve Vermillion President, Vietnam Dustoff Association
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From: Gary Hagen Subject: Congressional Gold Medal Act - H.R. 1015 Date: April 16, 2024 I apologize for the delay. Nancy and I have been travelling and I haven't had time to get it out. Here is a boiler plate letter that I have drafted if you would like to use it to send to the US Representatives in your state. The only way I can see for you to be able to get a good email address to send it to is to look up (Google) each US Representative from your state to get a phone number. You will have to call it to find an appropriate email address to send the letter to. Just tell them you want to email a letter to their office regarding House Bill H.R. 1015, The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act. They typically have a legislative aide or military liaison in their office that would be the appropriate person to receive your letter. You can go to "this list" to determine what representatives from your state have already signed on. You won't need to send a letter to the US Representatives that have already signed on. Feel free to copy and paste the following letter (everything below the line) into a new email. Be sure to edit the YELLOW highlighted areas before sending it on. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me and I will try and help you if I can. If it would be easier for you and you would like the letter sent to you in Word format, let me know. Also, feel free to use this letter as you like. Make any changes you wish. I am only offering it as a suggestion to possibly make sending this easier for those of you that want to use it. Hopefully, together, we can bring awareness of this Bill to Congress and get their much needed support. Gary ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Dear Representative ___________: By way of introduction, my name is John Doe and I am a California constituent. I’m writing to encourage your co-sponsorship of House Bill H.R. 1015, Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act. Currently there are 70 Senators that have signed on to the companion Bill S. 2825, in excess of the required two-thirds majority to pass the bill. Along with Derek Kilmer, [Rep.-D-WA-6] the sponsor of H.R. 1015, there are currently 126 House members that are co-sponsors of this Bill (69 Democrats and 57 Republicans), demonstrating that this is a very bipartisan bill. I personally was an Army Dustoff Medic with the 236th Medical Detachment during the Vietnam War, serving in DaNang, Vietnam, from 1969 to 1970. “Dustoff” was the call sign used for the request of a helicopter aeromedical evacuation. Dustoff Crews flew unarmed Huey helicopters into the middle of ongoing battles. I want to emphasize that different infantry units were working in our areas of operation. Many times, there were multiple battles going on in which we would be called to assist in picking up the wounded in each of them. Often times, we would make multiple trips into these insecure landing zones to get the wounded out and to medical care. Dustoff crews and helicopters were unarmed, i.e., we didn’t have machine guns mounted on our helicopters because of the requirements to conform to the Geneva Convention. Although unarmed, we would fly day or night, twenty-four hours a day, into the middle of these active battles to rescue the wounded and get them to higher medical care within the “golden hour” in order to save their lives. We would administer life saving techniques. If you can imagine any type of war wound, we dealt with it; amputations, head and torso wounds, sucking chest wounds, etc. We gave intravenous injections, employed CPR, and some of our medics were trained in applying chest tubes and tracheotomies and would do so on the helicopters. We picked up and treated all branches of the United States Services. We also picked up North and South Vietnamese soldiers, along with Australians and Korean soldiers. We picked up Vietnamese civilians, women and children included. Babies were born on our helicopters. If there was a medical need, Dustoff responded, no matter what the situation was, and again, even if it was during the middle of a battle. There were an estimated 3,400 pilots, medics and crew chiefs that flew these missions for the 2.5 million soldiers that served in the Vietnam War. It is estimated that there are between 840 and 1,020 crew members alive today. In all, Dustoff crews rescued 900,000 wounded in nearly 500,000 combat missions from 1962 to 1973. There was an aircrew loss rate of 33% which is actually very good given the conditions we flew in. Dustoff crews were the pioneers in developing the tactics for the employment of the helicopter in a medical evacuation role in order to survive the mission and bring the crews and wounded back alive. Flight school didn't replicate combat conditions! It was a new and ever changing environment. Life and death decisions were being made in the cockpit of a Huey by 21 year old aircraft commanders--and 18 or 19 year old medics and crew chiefs keeping the wounded alive until we reached higher level medical support. This had never happened before! The Congressional Gold Medal is recognition for these heroic efforts by these Dustoff crew members that saved so many lives allowing future generations to grow exponentially. I can’t think of a time in history where so many lives were saved by so few. As the Vietnam War was winding down, Dustoff units returned to the United States. With their expertise in flying day or night, in poor weather conditions and precarious landing zones, they started what was known as the MAST (Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic) program. Dustoff units would pick up serious casualties of major traffic accidents getting them to the hospital much quicker than an ambulance could. As a result of these programs, Life Flight was established and is thriving today, saving the lives of others. One of the Dustoff pilots of the Vietnam Dustoff Association presented a 6 minute TEDxSanAntonio talk for a past Veterans Day. He describes a hoist mission he was on when he was shot down. You can access this short, but very interesting YouTube video here. This month an article about Dustoff was written by an attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. You can access that article here. This law firm is providing pro bono assistance to the Vietnam Dustoff Association in support of lobbying efforts to pass the Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act. A Congressional Gold Medal Bill needs co-sponsorship from two-thirds of the House and Senate to be considered. As such, they are by definition efforts with overwhelming bipartisan support. The crews involved in Dustoff exhibited the highest values we hold as a society, the humanity of our country, even in time of moral conflict. Please help the nation show recognition and appreciation by co-sponsoring H.R. 1015. If there is any additional information that you may want or need, I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Respectfully, John Doe Dustoff Crew Chief 236th Medical Detachment – DaNang Vietnam Email: johndoe@gmail.com Ph: 123-456-7890
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From: Gary Hagen Date: April 17, 2024 at 2:13:51 PM PDT One other thing I wanted to pass on. I called the phone numbers for the Representatives from Oregon and Idaho, that hadn't signed the bill yet. I needed to get email addresses in order to send them my letter. On my first call, I told the receptionist my name and that I was calling in support of House Bill H.R. 1015, Dustoff Cews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act. I told her I was wondering if they had an aide or military liaison that I might get an email address for in order to send my letter to. She put me on hold and a staffer came on and wanted to know all about why I was calling. I wasn't quite prepared to give a presentation.....I used my letter as a guide to go over significant points about the bill with him. My point being is that when you call your congressman's office to get an email address to send in your letter, be ready for something like that to happen. I did receive email addresses from the other offices. I have been receiving what I feel is a very positive response. They just aren't aware of the Bill so a major onslaught of emails from all of you with your letters would be very helpful. When you call, you will find these staffers to be very friendly and courteous. They will provide you with what they can and are very happy (or seem so) to help you out. It seems to help if you are a constituent in their State. If you don't want to or don't know how to get phone numbers for your respective representatives, let me know and I will send you a list of representatives that haven't co-sponsored yet that are from your State. I am happy to help any of you in any way I can. Thank you all in advance for your help in getting this pushed forward and hopefully passed, Gary
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1968
John putting on his body armor at LZ Baldy.
Body armor and fabric cover..
White mark at neckline shows where bullet hit.
Fabric cover is blood stained.
“A fellow ain’t got a soul of his own, just a little piece of a big soul,
the one big soul that belongs to everybody”
Jim Casy - Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
“Choose truth and oppose lies. And always strive for good words, good thoughts and good deeds” --- Zarathustra [1700 and 1300 BCE.]
"Treat others as we wish others to treat us”
"Declaration Toward a Global Ethic” (1993)
LZ Baldy C CO 23 MED BN Aid Station Webpage
http://www.lzbaldymedic.com/
Gary Weaver hosts a website dedicated to everyone who served in the Vietnam War. Specifically, his site recalls 1968 - 1970 when C Company 23rd Medical Battalion was stationed at LZ Baldy (fire support base) and later moved to Hawk Hill.
Gary was a medic and acting 1st Sergeant at the Aid station on Baldy where Dustoff crews were assigned regular rotations. Gary remembered John--the medic that was shot in August 1969--and located him in 2004 for a joyful reunion! Gary provided valuable and crucial knowledge for our book An Introduction to War. It was an honor to include him in the book.
LZ Baldy and Hawk Hill 1968 1970
Photoshow by Gary Weaver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzExsdABiFU
In memory of Gary Weaver who passed away December 10, 2021. Gary was a medic at LZ Baldy in 1969 when John was shot. He was with C Company 23 Med Battalion Aid Station and helped save John's life--as well as many others. Gary was a brother who honored his fellow veterans.
STORIES OF WAR: Vietnam to the Gulf War
by Fred DuPont
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READING RECOMMENDATION: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2011)
https://www.amazon.com/Matterhorn-Novel-Vietnam-Karl-Marlantes/dp/0802145310
https://www.amazon.com/Matterhorn-Novel-Vietnam-Karl-Marlantes/dp/0802145310
95th Evacuation Hospital Webpage
http://www.95thevac.com/
In Vietnam, the 95th Evacuation Hospital was located near Da Nang. Dustoff flew severely wounded soldiers and Vietnamese children to the 95th where they received exceptional care.
John was transported to the 95th after being shot and received life-saving surgery.
Interview With Dr. Clarence T. Sasaki (Doctor at the 95th who treated John)
"What would you consider your most unusual or most difficult case in Vietnam?"
http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-dr-clarence-t-sasaki-holding-death-at-bay-during-the-vietnam-war.htm
John was transported to the 95th after being shot and received life-saving surgery.
Interview With Dr. Clarence T. Sasaki (Doctor at the 95th who treated John)
"What would you consider your most unusual or most difficult case in Vietnam?"
http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-dr-clarence-t-sasaki-holding-death-at-bay-during-the-vietnam-war.htm
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
http://dfcsociety.net/?page_id=699
JOHN N. SEEBETH, Specialist Five, US Army, is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism while participating in aerial flight evidenced by voluntary actions above and beyond the call of duty in the Republic of Vietnam; Specialist Five Seebeth distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions during the period 20 August 1969 through 22 August 1969 while serving as flight medic aboard an unarmed medical evacuation helicopter during rescue missions in the Hiep Duc Valley south of DaNang. At times without helicopter gunship cover or any other mode of air support, Specialist Seebeth and fellow crewmen undertook the dangerous task of evacuating the wounded and dead soldiers of the 196th Infantry Brigade, 7th Marine and 5th ARVN regimental units from the midst of a raging battle involving major elements of the 2nd North Vietnamese Army Regiment and 1st Viet Cong Regiment. While supervising the loading of patients, often while receiving enemy fire, Specialist Seebeth is also commended for performing life saving medical treatment during the flight back to the 23rd Medical Battalion aid station located at LZ Baldy. On what turned out to be Seebeth’s final mission, the Dustoff crew responded to an urgent request to evacuate a severely wounded American soldier on August 22, 1969. The unarmed Medivac helicopter undertook the mission and entered the fire-fight without benefit of gunship escort. The Dustoff chopper and crew came under light automatic weapons fire which left Specialist Seebeth with a gunshot wound to the neck. The professional competence -- both medical and aerial skill -- and unwavering devotion to duty displayed by Specialist Seebeth reflect great credit upon himself and the US Army.
As part of the Salute to Those Who Serve program, the Mariners recognized NW recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal on July 12, 2015
http://vanhoutenphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Distinguished-Flying-Cross/G0000zIy5INghOR4
Video link:
http://m.mariners.mlb.com/sea/video/v256444883/distinguished-flying-cross-recipients-honore /?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU
http://vanhoutenphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Distinguished-Flying-Cross/G0000zIy5INghOR4
Video link:
http://m.mariners.mlb.com/sea/video/v256444883/distinguished-flying-cross-recipients-honore /?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU
Military Order of the Purple Heart
http://www.purpleheart.org/
Let it be known
JOHN N SEEBETH
Having been awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received while engaged in armed conflict against an enemy of the United States of America, and having met the requirements as given in the Constitution and Bylaws of this organization is hereby declared a LIFE MEMBER of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and is entitled to all benefits thereof.
Ocean County College Newsletter: An OCC Veteran of War And Peace
After over a dozen surgeries, John followed his doctor's advice and enrolled in college. His two years at Ocean County were pivotal in his recovery and launched him on a lifelong quest for truth and knowledge.
John was honored to be featured in the college's Autumn 2010 Newsletter, Ocean Views:
John Seebeth: An OCC Veteran of War and Peace
Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Fundraising Project
Thank you Ashton, Scouts and family members! November 2 & 3 2013
Dustoff!: "God Go With Us"
Article written by Captain Robeson
He was co-pilot on the mission when John was shot.
The article is about that day.
Soldier of Fortune Magazine
May 1983
"Some men see things as they are and say, why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?" - Robert Kennedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGhFcGNh0Q
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Dustoff pilot Bill McGee and John (2008) Bill is the pilot who flew John from LZ Baldy to the 95th in 8 minutes
Dustoff pilot Bill McGee and John (2008) Bill is the pilot who flew John from LZ Baldy to the 95th in 8 minutes
IN MEMORY
Doctor George Waters
Dr. George Waters died March 7, 2015. The Waters family are from Santa Monica, CA. Dr. Waters was a very special person in my life! He gave me back the breathe of life!!
“…Doctor George Waters, on TDY from the Air Force and assigned to the 23rd, stood to the side watching the young doctor probe around in the mangled flesh of John’s wound. The process was taking too long. John was unconscious, but when Doctor Waters saw him turning blue, he pushed the younger physician aside and said, “Let’s get an airway into this man.”
Sergeant Weaver quickly handed a trach kit to Doctor Waters, who promptly inserted a tube that established a life-saving flow of oxygen to John’s lungs. The medical team worked to stabilize John enough so he could be transported to the 95th…”
“…For the medical team in the cargo bay, the eight-minute flight was intense. Doctor Waters flew onboard because John’s air passage would not stay open. He knelt beside John, closely monitoring his breathing. When John’s heart stopped, Doctor Waters was able to bring him around with chest compressions and artificial breath of the ambu bag. Concentrating on keeping John alive diverted the doctor’s attention from the head-reeling view outside the open cargo bay doors. The pilot did not waste time gaining altitude, and at a speed of 160 knots, treetops flew by at a dizzying rate. The copilot continually checked gauges, making sure the Huey didn’t overheat as the pilot pushed it to the max…”
Excerpt from “An Introduction to War”
IN MEMORY
“It is once again my sad duty to report the passing of another fine Charger. Charles 'Tony' May served with B 3/21, in 1968. Tony was the co-founder and driving force behind "Locate-A-Brother". It was formed to help former 196th soldiers connect with their brothers. It provided a great service to Chargers. No service details have been provided other than the burial will be in the Phoenix City Cemetery on Rose St in Phoenix, OR on 7 Mar 2015. Thanks for your unselfish work, Tony. RIP Brother....”
http://www.196th.org/GWGuest/index.php
{Tony May and Doc Kralich (deceased) were both very helpful in my grasping a deeper understanding of those ‘bad old days’ in the Hiep Duc Valley, Thanks Brothers – John S.)
Thomas Arthur Curtis of New Ulm, Minnesota | 1948 - 2016 | Obituary
http://www.mvfh.org/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/13603/id/3749760
“It is once again my sad duty to report the passing of another fine Charger. Charles 'Tony' May served with B 3/21, in 1968. Tony was the co-founder and driving force behind "Locate-A-Brother". It was formed to help former 196th soldiers connect with their brothers. It provided a great service to Chargers. No service details have been provided other than the burial will be in the Phoenix City Cemetery on Rose St in Phoenix, OR on 7 Mar 2015. Thanks for your unselfish work, Tony. RIP Brother....”
http://www.196th.org/GWGuest/index.php
{Tony May and Doc Kralich (deceased) were both very helpful in my grasping a deeper understanding of those ‘bad old days’ in the Hiep Duc Valley, Thanks Brothers – John S.)
Thomas Arthur Curtis of New Ulm, Minnesota | 1948 - 2016 | Obituary
http://www.mvfh.org/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/13603/id/3749760
In Memory
Frederick J Magsamen, SGT E-5 USASF
Several years ago, John learned the identity of one of his patients killed on a hoist mission on 09 May 69 when the Dustoff chopper crashed in Elephant Valley.
“The following is what I remember, through the filter of almost 42 years...”
http://www.macvsog.cc/1969.htm
Special Forces History
http://www.specialforceshistory.com/default.asp
SOG Team History and Insignia of a Clandestine Army
http://www.amazon.com/Team-History-Insignia-Clandestine-Army/dp/0965854620/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427382209&sr=1-1&keywords=jason+hardy
“The following is what I remember, through the filter of almost 42 years...”
http://www.macvsog.cc/1969.htm
Special Forces History
http://www.specialforceshistory.com/default.asp
SOG Team History and Insignia of a Clandestine Army
http://www.amazon.com/Team-History-Insignia-Clandestine-Army/dp/0965854620/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427382209&sr=1-1&keywords=jason+hardy
Ways John dealt with the after effects of war:
* Ran the Seattle Marathon (26.2 miles) in 1980 – time: 3:31
* Bicycled from Whitehorse, Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories via the Dempster Highway in 1981- (760 miles)
time: 3 weeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YdjsmDw4Es
* John’s Baja Bicycling Adventure:
San Diego, CA. to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 1983 (800 miles) time: 3 weeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtUDsA5JtM
* ‘There and Back Again’ - John’s Kayaking Adventure:
Seattle to Haines, Alaska via the Alaskan Highway - from Haines to Ketchikan, Alaska
via the Alaskan Inside Passage in 1985 (300 miles) time: 3 weeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwAXeAb4V8
John's Work With Disabled Veterans
John worked as a counselor at the Bellevue Office of Washington State Employment Securities from 1985-88.
The picture at left displays his outreach and his innovation of a billboard campaign to hire disabled vets.
He received awards and recognition for his passionate and devoted service to his brother veterans and disabled vets.
How to get the most out of your GI Bill benefits
https://taskandpurpose.com/education/get-the-most-out-of-your-gi-bill-benefits
VA Offers Debt Relief to Those Affected by Natural Disasters
https://www.military.com/money/personal-finance/2020/09/17/va-offers-debt-relief-those-affected-natural-disasters.html
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS
https://www.osp.va.gov/VA_Disaster_Assistance_to_Veterans_Brochure_2018.pdf
Veterans services added to Together Center campus (Redmond Washington)
http://www.issaquahreporter.com/news/251538481.html
VetNet: A place for veterans and military spouses to build civilian careers (video)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/vetnet-place-for-veterans-and-military.html
Veterans Employment Center
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/first-lady-announces-one-stop-job-site-for-veterans-1.279458
VetJobs
https://vetjobs.com/
Stars & Stripes Veterans Job Center
http://veteranjobs.stripes.com/
Solar Industry Employs A Surprisingly High Percentage Of America’s Veterans
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/27/3336621/solar-employment-veterans/
Iraq and Afghanistan: The physical and mental toll, by the numbers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/03/31/iraq-and-afghanistan-the-physical-and-mental-toll-by-the-numbers/
Vietnam Veterans of America
http://www.vva.org/
Vietnam veterans sue military over PTSD
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/vietnam-veterans-sue-military-over-ptsd-1.270901
Gulf War Veterans
http://www.gulfweb.org/
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
http://iava.org/
Military Officers Association of America
http://www.moaa.org/
Veterans for Common Sense
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/
FARMER VETERAN COALITION
http://www.farmvetco.org/
GROWING VETERANS
http://growingveterans.org/
Cornyn, Manchin Introduce Bill Honoring Elite Group of Vietnam Vets
http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=e8e99d2d-f6e2-46c8-9eee-47d0066978c5
A BILL: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life- saving actions in Vietnam.
http://dustoff.org/Old-news/2015-Images/SIL15830%20Cornyn%20Bill.pdf
God`s Own Lunatics by Joe Galloway.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1374306864
PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION
http://pattillmanfoundation.org/
https://taskandpurpose.com/education/get-the-most-out-of-your-gi-bill-benefits
VA Offers Debt Relief to Those Affected by Natural Disasters
https://www.military.com/money/personal-finance/2020/09/17/va-offers-debt-relief-those-affected-natural-disasters.html
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS
https://www.osp.va.gov/VA_Disaster_Assistance_to_Veterans_Brochure_2018.pdf
Veterans services added to Together Center campus (Redmond Washington)
http://www.issaquahreporter.com/news/251538481.html
VetNet: A place for veterans and military spouses to build civilian careers (video)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/vetnet-place-for-veterans-and-military.html
Veterans Employment Center
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/first-lady-announces-one-stop-job-site-for-veterans-1.279458
VetJobs
https://vetjobs.com/
Stars & Stripes Veterans Job Center
http://veteranjobs.stripes.com/
Solar Industry Employs A Surprisingly High Percentage Of America’s Veterans
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/27/3336621/solar-employment-veterans/
Iraq and Afghanistan: The physical and mental toll, by the numbers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/03/31/iraq-and-afghanistan-the-physical-and-mental-toll-by-the-numbers/
Vietnam Veterans of America
http://www.vva.org/
Vietnam veterans sue military over PTSD
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/vietnam-veterans-sue-military-over-ptsd-1.270901
Gulf War Veterans
http://www.gulfweb.org/
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
http://iava.org/
Military Officers Association of America
http://www.moaa.org/
Veterans for Common Sense
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/
FARMER VETERAN COALITION
http://www.farmvetco.org/
GROWING VETERANS
http://growingveterans.org/
Cornyn, Manchin Introduce Bill Honoring Elite Group of Vietnam Vets
http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=e8e99d2d-f6e2-46c8-9eee-47d0066978c5
A BILL: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life- saving actions in Vietnam.
http://dustoff.org/Old-news/2015-Images/SIL15830%20Cornyn%20Bill.pdf
God`s Own Lunatics by Joe Galloway.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1374306864
PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION
http://pattillmanfoundation.org/
Veterans' Library
Reading & Viewing
Reading & Viewing
Reading Recommendations:
The best military books we read this year - Here’s a brief list of some of the best books we read here at Task & Purpose in the last year.
https://taskandpurpose.com/reviews/best-military-books-2/
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story (2014) [Beware: Difficult Read]
https://www.amazon.com/They-Were-Soldiers-Americas-Dispatch/dp/1608463710/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2XXEPJSAV9SFS&keywords=they+were+soldiers&qid=1657118095&s=books&sprefix=they+were+,stripbooks,229&sr=1-3
The World Played Chess: A Novel (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/World-Played-Chess-Novel/dp/1542029392/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1633283427&sr=1-1
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/What-Have-We-Done-Longest/dp/0316264156/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MYPTPM3I17IY&dchild=1&keywords=what+have+we+done+david+wood&qid=1624558003&s=books&sprefix=what+have+we,stripbooks,235&sr=1-1
Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Patriotic-Dissent-America-Age-Endless/dp/1597145149/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1U5HDE3U4SB3H&dchild=1&keywords=patriotic+dissent&qid=1619184767&s=books&sprefix=patriotic+,stripbooks,446&sr=1-1
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-My-Combat-Boots-Americas/dp/0316429090/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AFLMX01DAV36&dchild=1&keywords=walk+in+my+combat+boots+james+patterson&qid=1616939403&s=books&sprefix=walk+in+my+combat+boots,stripbooks,273&sr=1-1
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Babylons-Ark-Incredible-Wartime-Baghdad/dp/0312382154/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N7XAOW17V8D4&dchild=1&keywords=babylon's+ark&qid=1616263994&s=books&sprefix=babylon's+ark,stripbooks,260&sr=1-1
Why The Vietnam War?: Nuclear Bombs and Nation Building in Southeast Asia, 1945-1961 (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Vietnam-War-Southeast-1945-1961/dp/1734139358/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1X7904H1LZORB&dchild=1&keywords=why+the+vietnam+war&qid=1615041640&s=books&sprefix=why+the+vietnam,stripbooks,368&sr=1-2
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Ashleys-War-Soldiers-Special-Battlefield-ebook/dp/B00MTSC86K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1613846015&sr=1-1
Traitors of Rome - BOOK 18 (2020) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Traitors-Empire-Eagles-18/dp/1472258401/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
The Blood of Rome - BOOK 17 (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Rome-Eagles-Empire-17/dp/1472258371/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HFHCJM5HJ734&dchild=1&keywords=the+blood+of+rome&qid=1609018403&s=books&sprefix=the+blood+of+rome,stripbooks,274&sr=1-1
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change (2019) * * * * * * * * * ! A MUST READ
https://www.amazon.com/All-Hell-Breaking-Loose-American/dp/1627792481/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R361DVO8SI0S&keywords=all+hell+breaking+loose&qid=1584284601&s=books&sprefix=all+hell,stripbooks,282&sr=1-1
Beat the Drums Slowly (Napoleonic War) – BOOK 2 (2012) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Drums-Slowly-Napoleonic-War/dp/178022494X/ref=bseries_primary_1_178022494X
God's Hammer (Hakon's Saga) (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Hammer-Hakons-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00CEM625E/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=God's+Hammer+(Hakon's+Saga)&qid=1565472579&s=books&sr=1-2
True Soldier Gentlemen (Napoleonic War) (2011) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/True-Soldier-Gentlemen-Napoleonic-War/dp/0753828367/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1564007611&sr=1-14
The Noise of War: A Tale of Ancient Rome – BOOK 2 (2019) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Noise-War-Ancient-Sertorius-Scrolls/dp/0999120824/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=AL223OYYJQD8&keywords=the+noise+of+war&qid=1563140464&s=books&sprefix=the+noise+of+war,stripbooks,248&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1
The Man With Two Names: A Novel of Ancient Rome (2016) * * * * * * * * * * !
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Two-Names-Ancient-Sertorius/dp/0999120808/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1Z7QWDMKZ59SO&keywords=the+man+with+two+names&qid=1561758265&s=books&sprefix=the+man+with+two+names,stripbooks,1292&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1
Vindolanda (2018) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Vindolanda-Adrian-Goldsworthy/dp/1784974684/ref=sr_1_2?crid=QSDAPQVD2N9K&keywords=vindolanda+adrian+goldsworthy&qid=1557525298&s=books&sprefix=vindoland,stripbooks,351&sr=1-2
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization (2015) * * * * * * * * * * ! [A MUST READ]
https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Die-Anthropocene-Reflections-Civilization/dp/0872866696/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MILVVARYU70A&keywords=learning+to+die+in+the+anthropocene&qid=1553809093&s=books&sprefix=learning+to+die,stripbooks,353&sr=1-1-catcorr
Cherry: A novel (2018) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Cherry-novel-Nico-Walker/dp/0525520139/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538951995&sr=1-1&keywords=cherry
The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories are Heroic (2018) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Hooligans-Kandahar-Not-Stories-Heroic/dp/163161049X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1536601848&sr=1-1-spons
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Beginning-Roman-Republic/dp/1610397215/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513378088&sr=1-1&keywords=the+storm+before+the+storm
Invictus (Eagles of the Empire #15) (2017) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Invictus-Eagles-Empire-Simon-Scarrow/dp/1472241355/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1472241355&pd_rd_r=P9BV192RK6CH368MZAV1&pd_rd_w=wBTeC&pd_rd_wg=FN75Z&psc=1&refRID=P9BV192RK6CH368MZAV1
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (2017) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Rome-Climate-Disease-Princeton/dp/0691166838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510601656&sr=1-1&keywords=the+fate+of+rome
Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War) (2016) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Brutal-Valour-Tragedy-Isandlwana-Anglo-Zulu/dp/153098971X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508363297&sr=1-1&keywords=brutal+valor
Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (2017) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Storming-Wall-Migration-Homeland-Security/dp/0872867153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509645643&sr=1-1&keywords=storming+the+wall
Marius' Mules IX: Pax Gallica (Volume 9) (2016) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Marius-Mules-IX-Pax-Gallica/dp/1537765434/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507158139&sr=1-1&keywords=pax+gallico
The Korean War: A History (2011) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Korean-War-History-Library-Chronicles/dp/081297896X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507502096&sr=1-1&keywords=history+of+korean+war
Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Romes-Last-Citizen-Legacy-Mortal/dp/1250042623/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506961077&sr=1-1&keywords=romes+last+citizen
Dictator: A Novel (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Dictator-Novel-Robert-Harris/dp/0307948137/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505165189&sr=1-1&keywords=dictator
The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War (2013) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Rome-Marius-Sulla-First/dp/1848843267/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504800917&sr=1-1&keywords=the+collapse+of+rome
Britannia – BOOK 14 (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Britannia-Simon-Scarrow/dp/1472213300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502487782&sr=1-1&keywords=britannia+scarrow
Compassionate Soldier: Remarkable True Stories of Mercy, Heroism, and Honor from the Battlefield (2017)* * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Compassionate-Soldier-Remarkable-Stories-Battlefield/dp/1629722928/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502993916&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=compassiate+soldier
Soldier of Rome: The Last Campaign: Book Six of the Artorian Chronicles (2013) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Campaign-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1492833347/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1492833347&pd_rd_r=34ER1V0S2H0ERJZ2BC5W&pd_rd_w=FLbML&pd_rd_wg=dZdKz&psc=1&refRID=34ER1V0S2H0ERJZ2BC5W
Arminius: The Limits of Empire -- Book 8 (2017) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Arminius-Limits-Empire-Robert-Fabbri/dp/1782397000/ref=bseries_primary_0_1782397000
Fields of Death (Wellington and Napoleon Quartet – Book 4) (2010) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fields-Death-Wellington-Napoleon-Quartet/dp/0755324404/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0755324404&pd_rd_r=JXASTEYJBN61TXW593FK&pd_rd_w=0N3bs&pd_rd_wg=k4nRz&psc=1&refRID=JXASTEYJBN61TXW593FK
Soldier of Rome: The Centurion: Book Four of the Artorian Chronicles (Volume 4) (2012) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Centurion-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/147524231X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=147524231X&pd_rd_r=S5JNJZ1WZ5A0YHF8EBMG&pd_rd_w=qNGHD&pd_rd_wg=CVP3a&psc=1&refRID=S5JNJZ1WZ5A0YHF8EBMG
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/How-Everything-Became-War-Military/dp/1476777861/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495997970&sr=1-1&keywords=how+everything+became+war+and+the+military+became+everything
Fire and Sword (The Wellington and Napoleon Quartet – Book 3) (2009) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sword-Wellington-Napoleon-Quartet/dp/0755324382/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0755324382&pd_rd_r=PQGPDSWHCJHED1AS1CE4&pd_rd_w=3HBEj&pd_rd_wg=7GKgY&psc=1&refRID=PQGPDSWHCJHED1AS1CE4
Soldier of Rome: Heir to Rebellion: Book Three of the Artorian Chronicles (Volume 3)) (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Rebellion-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1481222694/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1481222694&pd_rd_r=B0ZSWGY9RWMFXYJ5SQ3T&pd_rd_w=s0FLz&pd_rd_wg=sXpWb&psc=1&refRID=B0ZSWGY9RWMFXYJ5SQ3T
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Story-Life-Follows/dp/0307950875/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492184860&sr=1-4&keywords=the+long+walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/0062644025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492266386&sr=1-1&keywords=Billy+Lynn's+Long+Halftime+Walk
READING RECOMMENDATION: Generals (Revolution, Book 2) (2008) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Generals-Revolution-Book-Simon-Scarrow/dp/0755324366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490222899&sr=1-1&keywords=simon+the+generals
READING RECOMMENDATION: Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (2011) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Monsoon-Indian-Ocean-Future-American/dp/0812979206/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491173293&sr=1-1&keywords=monsoon
READING RECOMMENDATION: Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal: The Roman Legend's Life, Times, and Legacy (2001) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Cincinnatus-Citizen-Servant-Ideal-Legends-Legacy/dp/1401011268/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1489761233&sr=1-1&keywords=cincinnatus
READING RECOMMENDATION: Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt (Volume 2) (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Sacrovir-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/147756361X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488321761&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sacrovir+revolt
READING RECOMMENDATION: Young Bloods: Revolution 1 (The Wellington and Napoleon Quartet) (2007) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Young-Bloods-Revolution-Wellington-Napoleon/dp/075532434X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487807387&sr=1-1&keywords=young+bloods
READING RECOMMENDATION: The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome/dp/0393338495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484771507&sr=1-1&keywords=the+end+of+empire
READING RECOMMENDATION: Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War (2011) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Kaboom-Embracing-Suck-Savage-Little/dp/0306819678/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MP86W0XQR83D33CTWQMN
READING RECOMMENDATION: Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: Book One of the Artorian Chronicles (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Legionary-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1477418342/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484347858&sr=1-1&keywords=soldier+of+rome
READING RECOMMENDATION: The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/General-vs-President-MacArthur-Nuclear/dp/0385540574/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483574194&sr=1-1&keywords=the+general+vs+the+president
READING RECOMMENDATION: Galdir - A Slave's Tale (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Galdir-Slaves-Fiction-Barbarian-Warlord/dp/1908824131/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482175143&sr=1-3&keywords=galdir
READING RECOMMENDATION: Youngblood: A Novel (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Youngblood-Novel-Matt-Gallagher/dp/1501105752/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482101906&sr=1-1&keywords=young+blood
Review: ‘Youngblood,’ an Urgent Novel About the Iraq War
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/books/review-youngblood-an-urgent-novel-about-the-iraq-war.html?_r=0
‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/youngblood-review-a-novel-about-the-iraq-war-from-a-soldier-who-was-there/2016/01/22/279a7930-bf7f-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html?utm_term=.5a538c925ad7
READING RECOMMENDATION: Aetius: Attila's Nemesis (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Aetius-Attilas-Nemesis-Ian-Hughes/dp/1848842791/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1482017878&sr=1-1-spell
READING RECOMMENDATION: Napoleon (1995) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Vincent-Cronin/dp/0006375219/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479483257&sr=1-9&keywords=napoleon
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Last Battle: The Life of William the Conqueror (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-Life-William-Conqueror/dp/1537172425/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476397135&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=the+last+battle+-+william+the+conquer
READING RECOMMENDATION: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (2010) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Where-Men-Win-Glory-Odyssey/dp/030738604X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424539812&sr=1-1&keywords=where+men+win+glory
READING RECOMMENDATION: City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas (2013) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/City-Fortune-Venice-Ruled-Seas/dp/0812980220/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475186343&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+fortune+how+venice+ruled+the+seas
READING RECOMMENDATION: War Porn (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Porn-Roy-Scranton/dp/1616957158/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474816286&sr=1-1&keywords=war+porn
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Falcon of Palermo (2005) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Palermo-Maria-R-Bordihn-ebook/dp/0871138808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472335029&sr=8-1&keywords=the+falcon+of+palermo
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Rights-Secure-Americas-Liberties/dp/1476743800/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469311092&sr=1-1&keywords=the+bill+of+rights+carol+berkin
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Gate-Habsburgs-Ottomans-Battle/dp/046502081X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965937&sr=1-2&keywords=enemy+at+the+gates
READING RECOMMENDATION: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465913023&sr=1-1&keywords=tribe+sebastian+junger
READING RECOMMENDATION: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Curious-Science-Humans-War/dp/0393245446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965903&sr=1-1&keywords=grunt
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War (BOOK 4) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fateful-Lightning-Novel-Civil-War/dp/0345549198/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463090271&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+shaara
READING RECOMMENDATION: Scourge of Rome: BOOK 6 (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Scourge-Rome-Gaius-Valerius-Verrens/dp/0593070585/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1460932541&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: A Falcon Flies (Talon Book 5) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Flies-James-Boschert/dp/1942756089/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1459030009&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Theater-War-Ancient-Greek-Tragedies/dp/0307959457/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459288598&sr=1-1&keywords=theater+of+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War
(2013) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Cannot-Say-Soldiers/dp/0061990523/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456678644&sr=1-1&keywords=the+things+they+cannot+say
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-German-Soldiers-Joined/dp/0306822962/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452121554&sr=1-1&keywords=the+last+battle
READING RECOMMENDATION: Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Mike-Heroes-Brought-Mission/dp/1451677308/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450803048&sr=1-1&keywords=charlie+mik
READING RECOMMENDATION: Belisarius: The Last Roman General (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Belisarius-Roman-General-Ian-Hughes/dp/1473822971/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444514954&sr=1-1&keywords=belisarius
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (2002) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pox-Americana-Smallpox-Paperback-Elizabeth/dp/B00EKWOCX0/ref=sr_1_2_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441579730&sr=1-2&keywords=pox+americana
READING RECOMMENDATION: Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle (2003) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Shayss-Rebellion-American-Revolutions-Battle/dp/0812218701/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437950530&sr=1-1&keywords=shay%27s+rebellion
READING RECOMMENDATION: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam/dp/0375756477/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=016RBYDXFSW4ZPSKFN17
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Islamic-State-Sunni-Revolution/dp/1784780405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423266062&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Rise+of+Islamic+State
American Addict (2013)
http://www.amazon.com/American-Addict-Sasha-Knezev/dp/B00FXSI9IY/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1388423287&sr=1-1&keywords=american+addict
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Story of the Goths (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Goths-Famous-Nations/dp/1539752216/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478645111&sr=8-1&keywords=the+story+of+the+goths
READING RECOMMENDATION: The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/White-Horse-King-Alfred-Great/dp/1595552529/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475963683&sr=1-1&keywords=the+white+horse+king
READING RECOMMENDATION: Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fleet-Novel-Next-World/dp/054470505X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465596175&sr=1-1&keywords=ghost+fleet
READING RECOMMENDATION: Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia (Volume 4) (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Legionary-Scourge-Mr-Gordon-Doherty/dp/1507561369/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
READING RECOMMENDATION: Sparta: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Sparta-Novel-Roxana-Robinson/dp/1250050170/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448395014&sr=1-2&keywords=sparta
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Yellow Birds: A Novel (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Birds-Novel-Kevin-Powers/dp/0316219347/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430147579&sr=1-1&keywords=yellow+birds
READING RECOMMENDATION: Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Conquerors-Portugal-Forged-Global-Empire/dp/0812994000/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474063036&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=consquerors
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fear: A Novel of World War I (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Novel-World-Review-Classics/dp/1590177169/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473520331&sr=1-1&keywords=fear:+novel+of
READING RECOMMENDATION: Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (2009) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Sea-Battle-Lepanto-Contest/dp/0812977645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471645041&sr=1-1&keywords=empires+of+the+sea
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Normans: From Raiders to Kings (2007) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Normans-Raiders-Kings-Lars-Brownworth/dp/1909979082/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460065963&sr=1-1&keywords=the+normans
READING RECOMMENDATION: Legionary: Gods & Emperors (Legionary 5) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Legionary-Emperors-Mr-Gordon-Doherty/dp/1517585333/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1458598908&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pride and Honour - The Battle for Saxony (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Honour-Battle-Nathaniel-Burns/dp/1499200471/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1457308549&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: When The Jungle is Silent (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/When-Jungle-Silent-James-Boschert/dp/1942756186/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1453937679&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Defeated-Forgotten-American/dp/0306823381/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447023578&sr=1-1&keywords=last+to+die
READING RECOMMENDATION: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(2012) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/0060885610/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437604880&sr=1-1&keywords=billy+lynn
READING RECOMMENDATION: My Enemy, My Friend, a story of reconciliation from the Vietnam War (2009) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Friend-story-reconciliation-Vietnam/dp/0692000070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441923303&sr=1-1&keywords=my+enemy+my+friend
READING RECOMMENDATION: Roman - The Fall of Britannia (The Roman Chronicles) (Volume 1) (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Roman-Fall-Britannia-Chronicles-Volume/dp/1503015807/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1433631382&sr=1-20
READING RECOMMENDATION: Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Worth-Fighting-Rangers-Journey-Military/dp/1608463915/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421971128&sr=1-1&keywords=worth+fighting+for
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fobbit (2012) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fobbit-David-Abrams/dp/0802120326/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
READING RECOMMENDATION: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1394123912
YOUTUBE: Louis S. Zamperini - Unbroken by author Laura Hillenbrand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Hlu0yHb9Q
William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere dies; was member of WWII 'Band of Brothers'
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/william-wild-bill-guarnere-dies-was-member-of-wwii-band-of-brothers-1.272213
YOUTUBE: Band of Brothers: Toy and Guarnere get hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUdI41NfeQ
READING RECOMMENDATION: Terry Jones' Barbarians: An Alternative Roman History (2007) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Jones-Barbarians-Alternative-History/dp/056353916X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1445712871&sr=1-9
READING RECOMMENDATION: All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See/dp/1476746583/ref=pd_bxgy_14_text_z
READING RECOMMENDATION: Scipio Rising (Scipio Africanus Trilogy) (Volume 1) (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Scipio-Rising-Africanus-Trilogy/dp/1494305127/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437516683&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=scipo+rising
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty (2010) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Rebellion-Washington-Challenged-Sovereignty/dp/0743254910/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420156014&sr=1-1&keywords=the+whiskey+rebellion
READING RECOMMENDATION: State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration (2006) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/State-War-Secret-History-Administration/dp/0743270673/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419181635&sr=1-1&keywords=state+of+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: Redeployment (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Redeployment-Phil-Klay/dp/1594204993/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418142859&sr=1-1&keywords=redeployment
READING RECOMMENDATION: The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam (2005) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/First-Crusade-History-Conflict-Christianity/dp/0195189051/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423609480&sr=1-1&keywords=the+first+crusade
READING RECOMMENDATION: Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America (2008) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Rome-Empire-America/dp/0547052103/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409933164&sr=1-1&keywords=are+we+rome
READING RECOMMENDATION: Roman II (2012) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Roman-II-K-M-Ashman/dp/1782990607/ref=pd_bxgy_14_text_y
READING RECOMMENDATION: Badon Hill (The Dominic Chronicles) (Volume 3) (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Badon-Hill-Dominic-Chronicles-Volume/dp/1499193335/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1431904955&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Three Generals: Book Two of the Scipio Africanus Trilogy (Volume 2) (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Generals-Scipio-Africanus-Trilogy/dp/1505994632/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439160458&sr=1-1&keywords=three+generals
READING RECOMMENDATION: Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (2011) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dividing-Spoils-Alexander-Ancient-Civilization/dp/0195395239/ref=sr_1_31?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425166154&sr=1-31&keywords=alexander+the+great
READING RECOMMENDATION: Parthian Dawn (The Parthian Chronicles -- Volume 2) (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Dawn-Chronicles-2/dp/1491049898/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408660852&sr=1-1&keywords=parthian+dawn
READING RECOMMENDATION: Carrhae (The Parthian Chronicles) (Volume 4) (2013) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Carrhae-The-Parthian-Chronicles-Volume/dp/149282805X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z
READING RECOMMENDATION: SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq (2011) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/SHADE-BLACK-Death-After-Iraq/dp/1612000010/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396367025&sr=1-2&keywords=shade+of+black
READING RECOMMENDATION: We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/We-Meant-Well-American-Project/dp/0805096817/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407338453&sr=1-1&
keywords=we+meant+well
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later: Benjamin Franklin
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr169229.html#DwJ6WEulLTb2MGE8.99
Vietnam War: Two Men, Two Fates
http://pages.stripes.com/edit/vietnam50/pow/index.html
READING RECOMMENDATION: Total War Rome: Destroy Carthage
(2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Total-War-Rome-Destroy-Carthage/dp/1250054850/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1428617077
READING RECOMMENDATION: Sons of Zeus: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Zeus-Novel-Noble-Smith/dp/1250025575/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426350686&sr=1-1&keywords=sons+of+zeus
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pay-Any-Price-Greed-Endless/dp/0544341414/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416675737&sr=1-1&keywords=pay+any+price
READING RECOMMENDATION: Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam (1998) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Johnson-McNamara-Vietnam/dp/0060929081/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393524744&sr=1-1&keywords=dereliction+of+duty
READING RECOMMENDATION: Bare Feet, Iron Will ~ Stories from the Other Side of Vietnam's Battlefields (2010) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Bare-Stories-Other-Vietnams-Battlefields/dp/0977788431/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392399100&sr=1-1&keywords=bare+feet+iron+will
READING RECOMMENDATION: They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/They-Were-Soldiers-Wounded-Americas/dp/1608463710/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392309658&sr=1-1&keywords=they+were+soldiers
READING RECOMMENDATION: Flags of Our Fathers (2006) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Flags-Fathers-Movie-Tie-Edition/dp/0553589342/ref=tmm_mmp_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1371076705&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Everything-That-Untold-American/dp/1451654685/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415552600&sr=1-1&keywords=the+heart+of+everything+that+is
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 (2007) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fiasco-American-Military-Adventure-Iraq/dp/0143038915/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384557416&sr=1-1&keywords=fiasco
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq (BOOK 2) (2010) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Gamble-Petraeus-American-Military-Adventure/dp/0143116916/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387580987&sr=1-3&keywords=the+gamble
Letter-to-Editor: There's still a chance for diplomatic pressure – 8/28/02
http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Letters-to-the-Editor-1094670.php
Letter-to-Editor: Hypocritical Administration Acts Dishonorably – 7/16/04
http://rense.com/general54/hypp.htm
Op-Ed for Memorial Day: Lest We Forget
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/26/lest-we-forget/
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Forever War (2009) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Forever-War-Dexter-Filkins/dp/0307279448/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420313456&sr=1-3&keywords=forever+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Soldiers-America-Outsourced-Security/dp/1416598804/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410128755&sr=1-1&keywords=invisible+soldiers
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Good Soldiers (2010) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Soldiers-David-Finkel/dp/0312430027/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386354220&sr=1-2&keywords=the+good+soldier
READING RECOMMENDATION: Thank You for Your Service
(Book 2) 2013 * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Thank-Your-Service-David-Finkel/dp/0374180660/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388940449&sr=1-1&keywords=thank+you+for+your+service
READING RECOMMENDATION: House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (2004) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/House-Bush-Saud-Relationship-Dynasties/dp/0743253396/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387735374&sr=1-1&keywords=house+of+bush
READING RECOMMENDATION: Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War (2007) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Curveball-Spies-Lies-Con-Caused/dp/1400065836/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1387743660&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars (2009) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Eaves-Heaven-Life-Three-Wars/dp/0307381218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390238536&sr=1-2&keywords=the+eves+of+heaven
READING RECOMMENDATION: A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath (1986) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Vietcong-Memoir-Account-Vietnam-Aftermath/dp/0394743091/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390779325&sr=1-1&keywords=viet+cong+memoir
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fuelling The War: Revealing An Oil Company's Role In Vietnam (2000) * * * * * ( Linda’s Recommendation)
http://www.amazon.com/Fuelling-War-Revealing-Companys-Vietnam/dp/075677473X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390519055&sr=1-2&keywords=fuelling+the+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Taken-Flood-Conquest-Ancient-Civilization/dp/0199916896/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423176177&sr=1-2&keywords=taken+at+the+flood
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Narrow-Road-Deep-North/dp/0804171475/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438552842&sr=1-1&
keywords=the+narrow
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Outpost-Untold-Story-American-Valor/dp/031618540X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389655354&sr=1-1&keywords=the+outpost+an+untold+story+of+american+valor
READING RECOMMENDATION: Generation Kill (2008) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Evan-Wright/dp/0425224740/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391447631&sr=1-1&keywords=generation+kill
READING RECOMMENDATION: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Curious-Science-Humans-War/dp/0393245446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965903&sr=1-1&keywords=grunt
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers (2019)
https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Girls-Americas-First-Soldiers/dp/0674237439/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GLG32354S1PE&keywords=the+hello+girls+americas+first+women+soldiers&qid=1649969598&s=books&sprefix=the+hello+girls,stripbooks,378&sr=1-1
The best military books we read this year - Here’s a brief list of some of the best books we read here at Task & Purpose in the last year.
https://taskandpurpose.com/reviews/best-military-books-2/
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story (2014) [Beware: Difficult Read]
https://www.amazon.com/They-Were-Soldiers-Americas-Dispatch/dp/1608463710/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2XXEPJSAV9SFS&keywords=they+were+soldiers&qid=1657118095&s=books&sprefix=they+were+,stripbooks,229&sr=1-3
The World Played Chess: A Novel (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/World-Played-Chess-Novel/dp/1542029392/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1633283427&sr=1-1
What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/What-Have-We-Done-Longest/dp/0316264156/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MYPTPM3I17IY&dchild=1&keywords=what+have+we+done+david+wood&qid=1624558003&s=books&sprefix=what+have+we,stripbooks,235&sr=1-1
Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Patriotic-Dissent-America-Age-Endless/dp/1597145149/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1U5HDE3U4SB3H&dchild=1&keywords=patriotic+dissent&qid=1619184767&s=books&sprefix=patriotic+,stripbooks,446&sr=1-1
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-My-Combat-Boots-Americas/dp/0316429090/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AFLMX01DAV36&dchild=1&keywords=walk+in+my+combat+boots+james+patterson&qid=1616939403&s=books&sprefix=walk+in+my+combat+boots,stripbooks,273&sr=1-1
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Babylons-Ark-Incredible-Wartime-Baghdad/dp/0312382154/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N7XAOW17V8D4&dchild=1&keywords=babylon's+ark&qid=1616263994&s=books&sprefix=babylon's+ark,stripbooks,260&sr=1-1
Why The Vietnam War?: Nuclear Bombs and Nation Building in Southeast Asia, 1945-1961 (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Vietnam-War-Southeast-1945-1961/dp/1734139358/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1X7904H1LZORB&dchild=1&keywords=why+the+vietnam+war&qid=1615041640&s=books&sprefix=why+the+vietnam,stripbooks,368&sr=1-2
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Ashleys-War-Soldiers-Special-Battlefield-ebook/dp/B00MTSC86K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1613846015&sr=1-1
Traitors of Rome - BOOK 18 (2020) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Traitors-Empire-Eagles-18/dp/1472258401/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
The Blood of Rome - BOOK 17 (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Rome-Eagles-Empire-17/dp/1472258371/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HFHCJM5HJ734&dchild=1&keywords=the+blood+of+rome&qid=1609018403&s=books&sprefix=the+blood+of+rome,stripbooks,274&sr=1-1
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change (2019) * * * * * * * * * ! A MUST READ
https://www.amazon.com/All-Hell-Breaking-Loose-American/dp/1627792481/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R361DVO8SI0S&keywords=all+hell+breaking+loose&qid=1584284601&s=books&sprefix=all+hell,stripbooks,282&sr=1-1
Beat the Drums Slowly (Napoleonic War) – BOOK 2 (2012) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Drums-Slowly-Napoleonic-War/dp/178022494X/ref=bseries_primary_1_178022494X
God's Hammer (Hakon's Saga) (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Hammer-Hakons-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00CEM625E/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=God's+Hammer+(Hakon's+Saga)&qid=1565472579&s=books&sr=1-2
True Soldier Gentlemen (Napoleonic War) (2011) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/True-Soldier-Gentlemen-Napoleonic-War/dp/0753828367/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1564007611&sr=1-14
The Noise of War: A Tale of Ancient Rome – BOOK 2 (2019) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Noise-War-Ancient-Sertorius-Scrolls/dp/0999120824/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=AL223OYYJQD8&keywords=the+noise+of+war&qid=1563140464&s=books&sprefix=the+noise+of+war,stripbooks,248&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1
The Man With Two Names: A Novel of Ancient Rome (2016) * * * * * * * * * * !
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Two-Names-Ancient-Sertorius/dp/0999120808/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1Z7QWDMKZ59SO&keywords=the+man+with+two+names&qid=1561758265&s=books&sprefix=the+man+with+two+names,stripbooks,1292&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1
Vindolanda (2018) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Vindolanda-Adrian-Goldsworthy/dp/1784974684/ref=sr_1_2?crid=QSDAPQVD2N9K&keywords=vindolanda+adrian+goldsworthy&qid=1557525298&s=books&sprefix=vindoland,stripbooks,351&sr=1-2
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization (2015) * * * * * * * * * * ! [A MUST READ]
https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Die-Anthropocene-Reflections-Civilization/dp/0872866696/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MILVVARYU70A&keywords=learning+to+die+in+the+anthropocene&qid=1553809093&s=books&sprefix=learning+to+die,stripbooks,353&sr=1-1-catcorr
Cherry: A novel (2018) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Cherry-novel-Nico-Walker/dp/0525520139/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538951995&sr=1-1&keywords=cherry
The Hooligans of Kandahar: Not All War Stories are Heroic (2018) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Hooligans-Kandahar-Not-Stories-Heroic/dp/163161049X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1536601848&sr=1-1-spons
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Before-Beginning-Roman-Republic/dp/1610397215/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513378088&sr=1-1&keywords=the+storm+before+the+storm
Invictus (Eagles of the Empire #15) (2017) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Invictus-Eagles-Empire-Simon-Scarrow/dp/1472241355/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1472241355&pd_rd_r=P9BV192RK6CH368MZAV1&pd_rd_w=wBTeC&pd_rd_wg=FN75Z&psc=1&refRID=P9BV192RK6CH368MZAV1
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (2017) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Rome-Climate-Disease-Princeton/dp/0691166838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510601656&sr=1-1&keywords=the+fate+of+rome
Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War) (2016) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Brutal-Valour-Tragedy-Isandlwana-Anglo-Zulu/dp/153098971X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508363297&sr=1-1&keywords=brutal+valor
Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (2017) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Storming-Wall-Migration-Homeland-Security/dp/0872867153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509645643&sr=1-1&keywords=storming+the+wall
Marius' Mules IX: Pax Gallica (Volume 9) (2016) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Marius-Mules-IX-Pax-Gallica/dp/1537765434/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507158139&sr=1-1&keywords=pax+gallico
The Korean War: A History (2011) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Korean-War-History-Library-Chronicles/dp/081297896X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507502096&sr=1-1&keywords=history+of+korean+war
Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Romes-Last-Citizen-Legacy-Mortal/dp/1250042623/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506961077&sr=1-1&keywords=romes+last+citizen
Dictator: A Novel (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Dictator-Novel-Robert-Harris/dp/0307948137/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505165189&sr=1-1&keywords=dictator
The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War (2013) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Rome-Marius-Sulla-First/dp/1848843267/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504800917&sr=1-1&keywords=the+collapse+of+rome
Britannia – BOOK 14 (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Britannia-Simon-Scarrow/dp/1472213300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502487782&sr=1-1&keywords=britannia+scarrow
Compassionate Soldier: Remarkable True Stories of Mercy, Heroism, and Honor from the Battlefield (2017)* * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Compassionate-Soldier-Remarkable-Stories-Battlefield/dp/1629722928/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502993916&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=compassiate+soldier
Soldier of Rome: The Last Campaign: Book Six of the Artorian Chronicles (2013) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Campaign-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1492833347/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1492833347&pd_rd_r=34ER1V0S2H0ERJZ2BC5W&pd_rd_w=FLbML&pd_rd_wg=dZdKz&psc=1&refRID=34ER1V0S2H0ERJZ2BC5W
Arminius: The Limits of Empire -- Book 8 (2017) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Arminius-Limits-Empire-Robert-Fabbri/dp/1782397000/ref=bseries_primary_0_1782397000
Fields of Death (Wellington and Napoleon Quartet – Book 4) (2010) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fields-Death-Wellington-Napoleon-Quartet/dp/0755324404/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0755324404&pd_rd_r=JXASTEYJBN61TXW593FK&pd_rd_w=0N3bs&pd_rd_wg=k4nRz&psc=1&refRID=JXASTEYJBN61TXW593FK
Soldier of Rome: The Centurion: Book Four of the Artorian Chronicles (Volume 4) (2012) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Centurion-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/147524231X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=147524231X&pd_rd_r=S5JNJZ1WZ5A0YHF8EBMG&pd_rd_w=qNGHD&pd_rd_wg=CVP3a&psc=1&refRID=S5JNJZ1WZ5A0YHF8EBMG
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/How-Everything-Became-War-Military/dp/1476777861/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495997970&sr=1-1&keywords=how+everything+became+war+and+the+military+became+everything
Fire and Sword (The Wellington and Napoleon Quartet – Book 3) (2009) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sword-Wellington-Napoleon-Quartet/dp/0755324382/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0755324382&pd_rd_r=PQGPDSWHCJHED1AS1CE4&pd_rd_w=3HBEj&pd_rd_wg=7GKgY&psc=1&refRID=PQGPDSWHCJHED1AS1CE4
Soldier of Rome: Heir to Rebellion: Book Three of the Artorian Chronicles (Volume 3)) (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Rebellion-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1481222694/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1481222694&pd_rd_r=B0ZSWGY9RWMFXYJ5SQ3T&pd_rd_w=s0FLz&pd_rd_wg=sXpWb&psc=1&refRID=B0ZSWGY9RWMFXYJ5SQ3T
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Story-Life-Follows/dp/0307950875/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492184860&sr=1-4&keywords=the+long+walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/0062644025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492266386&sr=1-1&keywords=Billy+Lynn's+Long+Halftime+Walk
READING RECOMMENDATION: Generals (Revolution, Book 2) (2008) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Generals-Revolution-Book-Simon-Scarrow/dp/0755324366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490222899&sr=1-1&keywords=simon+the+generals
READING RECOMMENDATION: Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (2011) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Monsoon-Indian-Ocean-Future-American/dp/0812979206/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491173293&sr=1-1&keywords=monsoon
READING RECOMMENDATION: Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal: The Roman Legend's Life, Times, and Legacy (2001) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Cincinnatus-Citizen-Servant-Ideal-Legends-Legacy/dp/1401011268/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1489761233&sr=1-1&keywords=cincinnatus
READING RECOMMENDATION: Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt (Volume 2) (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Sacrovir-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/147756361X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488321761&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sacrovir+revolt
READING RECOMMENDATION: Young Bloods: Revolution 1 (The Wellington and Napoleon Quartet) (2007) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Young-Bloods-Revolution-Wellington-Napoleon/dp/075532434X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487807387&sr=1-1&keywords=young+bloods
READING RECOMMENDATION: The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome/dp/0393338495/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484771507&sr=1-1&keywords=the+end+of+empire
READING RECOMMENDATION: Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War (2011) * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Kaboom-Embracing-Suck-Savage-Little/dp/0306819678/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MP86W0XQR83D33CTWQMN
READING RECOMMENDATION: Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: Book One of the Artorian Chronicles (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Rome-Legionary-Artorian-Chronicles/dp/1477418342/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484347858&sr=1-1&keywords=soldier+of+rome
READING RECOMMENDATION: The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/General-vs-President-MacArthur-Nuclear/dp/0385540574/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483574194&sr=1-1&keywords=the+general+vs+the+president
READING RECOMMENDATION: Galdir - A Slave's Tale (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Galdir-Slaves-Fiction-Barbarian-Warlord/dp/1908824131/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482175143&sr=1-3&keywords=galdir
READING RECOMMENDATION: Youngblood: A Novel (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Youngblood-Novel-Matt-Gallagher/dp/1501105752/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482101906&sr=1-1&keywords=young+blood
Review: ‘Youngblood,’ an Urgent Novel About the Iraq War
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/books/review-youngblood-an-urgent-novel-about-the-iraq-war.html?_r=0
‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/youngblood-review-a-novel-about-the-iraq-war-from-a-soldier-who-was-there/2016/01/22/279a7930-bf7f-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html?utm_term=.5a538c925ad7
READING RECOMMENDATION: Aetius: Attila's Nemesis (2012) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Aetius-Attilas-Nemesis-Ian-Hughes/dp/1848842791/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1482017878&sr=1-1-spell
READING RECOMMENDATION: Napoleon (1995) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Vincent-Cronin/dp/0006375219/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479483257&sr=1-9&keywords=napoleon
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Last Battle: The Life of William the Conqueror (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-Life-William-Conqueror/dp/1537172425/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476397135&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=the+last+battle+-+william+the+conquer
READING RECOMMENDATION: Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (2010) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Where-Men-Win-Glory-Odyssey/dp/030738604X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424539812&sr=1-1&keywords=where+men+win+glory
READING RECOMMENDATION: City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas (2013) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/City-Fortune-Venice-Ruled-Seas/dp/0812980220/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475186343&sr=1-1&keywords=city+of+fortune+how+venice+ruled+the+seas
READING RECOMMENDATION: War Porn (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Porn-Roy-Scranton/dp/1616957158/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474816286&sr=1-1&keywords=war+porn
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Falcon of Palermo (2005) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Palermo-Maria-R-Bordihn-ebook/dp/0871138808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472335029&sr=8-1&keywords=the+falcon+of+palermo
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Rights-Secure-Americas-Liberties/dp/1476743800/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469311092&sr=1-1&keywords=the+bill+of+rights+carol+berkin
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Gate-Habsburgs-Ottomans-Battle/dp/046502081X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965937&sr=1-2&keywords=enemy+at+the+gates
READING RECOMMENDATION: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/1455566381/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465913023&sr=1-1&keywords=tribe+sebastian+junger
READING RECOMMENDATION: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Curious-Science-Humans-War/dp/0393245446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965903&sr=1-1&keywords=grunt
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War (BOOK 4) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fateful-Lightning-Novel-Civil-War/dp/0345549198/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463090271&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+shaara
READING RECOMMENDATION: Scourge of Rome: BOOK 6 (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Scourge-Rome-Gaius-Valerius-Verrens/dp/0593070585/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1460932541&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: A Falcon Flies (Talon Book 5) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Flies-James-Boschert/dp/1942756089/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1459030009&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Theater-War-Ancient-Greek-Tragedies/dp/0307959457/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459288598&sr=1-1&keywords=theater+of+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War
(2013) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Cannot-Say-Soldiers/dp/0061990523/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456678644&sr=1-1&keywords=the+things+they+cannot+say
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Battle-German-Soldiers-Joined/dp/0306822962/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452121554&sr=1-1&keywords=the+last+battle
READING RECOMMENDATION: Charlie Mike: A True Story of Heroes Who Brought Their Mission Home (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Mike-Heroes-Brought-Mission/dp/1451677308/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450803048&sr=1-1&keywords=charlie+mik
READING RECOMMENDATION: Belisarius: The Last Roman General (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Belisarius-Roman-General-Ian-Hughes/dp/1473822971/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444514954&sr=1-1&keywords=belisarius
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (2002) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pox-Americana-Smallpox-Paperback-Elizabeth/dp/B00EKWOCX0/ref=sr_1_2_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441579730&sr=1-2&keywords=pox+americana
READING RECOMMENDATION: Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle (2003) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Shayss-Rebellion-American-Revolutions-Battle/dp/0812218701/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437950530&sr=1-1&keywords=shay%27s+rebellion
READING RECOMMENDATION: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam/dp/0375756477/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=016RBYDXFSW4ZPSKFN17
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Islamic-State-Sunni-Revolution/dp/1784780405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423266062&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Rise+of+Islamic+State
American Addict (2013)
http://www.amazon.com/American-Addict-Sasha-Knezev/dp/B00FXSI9IY/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1388423287&sr=1-1&keywords=american+addict
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Story of the Goths (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Goths-Famous-Nations/dp/1539752216/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478645111&sr=8-1&keywords=the+story+of+the+goths
READING RECOMMENDATION: The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great (2010) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/White-Horse-King-Alfred-Great/dp/1595552529/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475963683&sr=1-1&keywords=the+white+horse+king
READING RECOMMENDATION: Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fleet-Novel-Next-World/dp/054470505X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465596175&sr=1-1&keywords=ghost+fleet
READING RECOMMENDATION: Legionary: The Scourge of Thracia (Volume 4) (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Legionary-Scourge-Mr-Gordon-Doherty/dp/1507561369/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
READING RECOMMENDATION: Sparta: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Sparta-Novel-Roxana-Robinson/dp/1250050170/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448395014&sr=1-2&keywords=sparta
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Yellow Birds: A Novel (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Birds-Novel-Kevin-Powers/dp/0316219347/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430147579&sr=1-1&keywords=yellow+birds
READING RECOMMENDATION: Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Conquerors-Portugal-Forged-Global-Empire/dp/0812994000/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474063036&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=consquerors
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fear: A Novel of World War I (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Novel-World-Review-Classics/dp/1590177169/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473520331&sr=1-1&keywords=fear:+novel+of
READING RECOMMENDATION: Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (2009) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Sea-Battle-Lepanto-Contest/dp/0812977645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471645041&sr=1-1&keywords=empires+of+the+sea
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Normans: From Raiders to Kings (2007) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Normans-Raiders-Kings-Lars-Brownworth/dp/1909979082/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460065963&sr=1-1&keywords=the+normans
READING RECOMMENDATION: Legionary: Gods & Emperors (Legionary 5) (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Legionary-Emperors-Mr-Gordon-Doherty/dp/1517585333/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1458598908&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pride and Honour - The Battle for Saxony (2014) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Honour-Battle-Nathaniel-Burns/dp/1499200471/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1457308549&sr=1-3
READING RECOMMENDATION: When The Jungle is Silent (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/When-Jungle-Silent-James-Boschert/dp/1942756186/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1453937679&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Defeated-Forgotten-American/dp/0306823381/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447023578&sr=1-1&keywords=last+to+die
READING RECOMMENDATION: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(2012) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/0060885610/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437604880&sr=1-1&keywords=billy+lynn
READING RECOMMENDATION: My Enemy, My Friend, a story of reconciliation from the Vietnam War (2009) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Friend-story-reconciliation-Vietnam/dp/0692000070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441923303&sr=1-1&keywords=my+enemy+my+friend
READING RECOMMENDATION: Roman - The Fall of Britannia (The Roman Chronicles) (Volume 1) (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Roman-Fall-Britannia-Chronicles-Volume/dp/1503015807/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1433631382&sr=1-20
READING RECOMMENDATION: Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Worth-Fighting-Rangers-Journey-Military/dp/1608463915/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421971128&sr=1-1&keywords=worth+fighting+for
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fobbit (2012) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fobbit-David-Abrams/dp/0802120326/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
READING RECOMMENDATION: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1394123912
YOUTUBE: Louis S. Zamperini - Unbroken by author Laura Hillenbrand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Hlu0yHb9Q
William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere dies; was member of WWII 'Band of Brothers'
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/william-wild-bill-guarnere-dies-was-member-of-wwii-band-of-brothers-1.272213
YOUTUBE: Band of Brothers: Toy and Guarnere get hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUdI41NfeQ
READING RECOMMENDATION: Terry Jones' Barbarians: An Alternative Roman History (2007) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Jones-Barbarians-Alternative-History/dp/056353916X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1445712871&sr=1-9
READING RECOMMENDATION: All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See/dp/1476746583/ref=pd_bxgy_14_text_z
READING RECOMMENDATION: Scipio Rising (Scipio Africanus Trilogy) (Volume 1) (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Scipio-Rising-Africanus-Trilogy/dp/1494305127/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437516683&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=scipo+rising
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty (2010) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Rebellion-Washington-Challenged-Sovereignty/dp/0743254910/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420156014&sr=1-1&keywords=the+whiskey+rebellion
READING RECOMMENDATION: State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration (2006) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/State-War-Secret-History-Administration/dp/0743270673/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419181635&sr=1-1&keywords=state+of+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: Redeployment (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Redeployment-Phil-Klay/dp/1594204993/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418142859&sr=1-1&keywords=redeployment
READING RECOMMENDATION: The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam (2005) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/First-Crusade-History-Conflict-Christianity/dp/0195189051/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423609480&sr=1-1&keywords=the+first+crusade
READING RECOMMENDATION: Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America (2008) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Rome-Empire-America/dp/0547052103/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409933164&sr=1-1&keywords=are+we+rome
READING RECOMMENDATION: Roman II (2012) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Roman-II-K-M-Ashman/dp/1782990607/ref=pd_bxgy_14_text_y
READING RECOMMENDATION: Badon Hill (The Dominic Chronicles) (Volume 3) (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Badon-Hill-Dominic-Chronicles-Volume/dp/1499193335/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1431904955&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Three Generals: Book Two of the Scipio Africanus Trilogy (Volume 2) (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Generals-Scipio-Africanus-Trilogy/dp/1505994632/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439160458&sr=1-1&keywords=three+generals
READING RECOMMENDATION: Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (2011) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dividing-Spoils-Alexander-Ancient-Civilization/dp/0195395239/ref=sr_1_31?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425166154&sr=1-31&keywords=alexander+the+great
READING RECOMMENDATION: Parthian Dawn (The Parthian Chronicles -- Volume 2) (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Dawn-Chronicles-2/dp/1491049898/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408660852&sr=1-1&keywords=parthian+dawn
READING RECOMMENDATION: Carrhae (The Parthian Chronicles) (Volume 4) (2013) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Carrhae-The-Parthian-Chronicles-Volume/dp/149282805X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z
READING RECOMMENDATION: SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq (2011) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/SHADE-BLACK-Death-After-Iraq/dp/1612000010/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396367025&sr=1-2&keywords=shade+of+black
READING RECOMMENDATION: We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/We-Meant-Well-American-Project/dp/0805096817/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407338453&sr=1-1&
keywords=we+meant+well
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later: Benjamin Franklin
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr169229.html#DwJ6WEulLTb2MGE8.99
Vietnam War: Two Men, Two Fates
http://pages.stripes.com/edit/vietnam50/pow/index.html
READING RECOMMENDATION: Total War Rome: Destroy Carthage
(2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Total-War-Rome-Destroy-Carthage/dp/1250054850/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1428617077
READING RECOMMENDATION: Sons of Zeus: A Novel (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Zeus-Novel-Noble-Smith/dp/1250025575/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426350686&sr=1-1&keywords=sons+of+zeus
READING RECOMMENDATION: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Pay-Any-Price-Greed-Endless/dp/0544341414/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416675737&sr=1-1&keywords=pay+any+price
READING RECOMMENDATION: Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam (1998) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Johnson-McNamara-Vietnam/dp/0060929081/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393524744&sr=1-1&keywords=dereliction+of+duty
READING RECOMMENDATION: Bare Feet, Iron Will ~ Stories from the Other Side of Vietnam's Battlefields (2010) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Bare-Stories-Other-Vietnams-Battlefields/dp/0977788431/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392399100&sr=1-1&keywords=bare+feet+iron+will
READING RECOMMENDATION: They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/They-Were-Soldiers-Wounded-Americas/dp/1608463710/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392309658&sr=1-1&keywords=they+were+soldiers
READING RECOMMENDATION: Flags of Our Fathers (2006) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Flags-Fathers-Movie-Tie-Edition/dp/0553589342/ref=tmm_mmp_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1371076705&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Everything-That-Untold-American/dp/1451654685/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415552600&sr=1-1&keywords=the+heart+of+everything+that+is
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 (2007) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fiasco-American-Military-Adventure-Iraq/dp/0143038915/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384557416&sr=1-1&keywords=fiasco
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq (BOOK 2) (2010) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Gamble-Petraeus-American-Military-Adventure/dp/0143116916/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387580987&sr=1-3&keywords=the+gamble
Letter-to-Editor: There's still a chance for diplomatic pressure – 8/28/02
http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Letters-to-the-Editor-1094670.php
Letter-to-Editor: Hypocritical Administration Acts Dishonorably – 7/16/04
http://rense.com/general54/hypp.htm
Op-Ed for Memorial Day: Lest We Forget
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/26/lest-we-forget/
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Forever War (2009) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Forever-War-Dexter-Filkins/dp/0307279448/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420313456&sr=1-3&keywords=forever+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security (2014) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Soldiers-America-Outsourced-Security/dp/1416598804/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410128755&sr=1-1&keywords=invisible+soldiers
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Good Soldiers (2010) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Soldiers-David-Finkel/dp/0312430027/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386354220&sr=1-2&keywords=the+good+soldier
READING RECOMMENDATION: Thank You for Your Service
(Book 2) 2013 * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Thank-Your-Service-David-Finkel/dp/0374180660/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388940449&sr=1-1&keywords=thank+you+for+your+service
READING RECOMMENDATION: House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties (2004) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/House-Bush-Saud-Relationship-Dynasties/dp/0743253396/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387735374&sr=1-1&keywords=house+of+bush
READING RECOMMENDATION: Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War (2007) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Curveball-Spies-Lies-Con-Caused/dp/1400065836/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1387743660&sr=1-1
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars (2009) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Eaves-Heaven-Life-Three-Wars/dp/0307381218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390238536&sr=1-2&keywords=the+eves+of+heaven
READING RECOMMENDATION: A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath (1986) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Vietcong-Memoir-Account-Vietnam-Aftermath/dp/0394743091/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390779325&sr=1-1&keywords=viet+cong+memoir
READING RECOMMENDATION: Fuelling The War: Revealing An Oil Company's Role In Vietnam (2000) * * * * * ( Linda’s Recommendation)
http://www.amazon.com/Fuelling-War-Revealing-Companys-Vietnam/dp/075677473X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390519055&sr=1-2&keywords=fuelling+the+war
READING RECOMMENDATION: Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Taken-Flood-Conquest-Ancient-Civilization/dp/0199916896/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423176177&sr=1-2&keywords=taken+at+the+flood
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Narrow-Road-Deep-North/dp/0804171475/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438552842&sr=1-1&
keywords=the+narrow
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Outpost-Untold-Story-American-Valor/dp/031618540X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389655354&sr=1-1&keywords=the+outpost+an+untold+story+of+american+valor
READING RECOMMENDATION: Generation Kill (2008) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Evan-Wright/dp/0425224740/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391447631&sr=1-1&keywords=generation+kill
READING RECOMMENDATION: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Curious-Science-Humans-War/dp/0393245446/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468965903&sr=1-1&keywords=grunt
READING RECOMMENDATION: The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers (2019)
https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Girls-Americas-First-Soldiers/dp/0674237439/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GLG32354S1PE&keywords=the+hello+girls+americas+first+women+soldiers&qid=1649969598&s=books&sprefix=the+hello+girls,stripbooks,378&sr=1-1
Viewing Recommendations
From Shock to Awe (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Awe-Mike-Cooley/dp/B07ZGC5WXL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32QWFME454VS5&dchild=1&keywords=from+shock+to+awe&qid=1615818514&s=instant-video&sprefix=from+shock,instant-video,499&sr=1-1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Sand Castle (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.netflix.com/title/80118916
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Liberator (2020)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81019775
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Outpost (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Outpost-Scott-Eastwood/dp/B08BK1KP6Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+outpost&qid=1596550222&s=movies-tv&sr=1-1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Father Soldier Son (2020)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002464
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Resurface (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80184055
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: United States of Tents (2019)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZDKF48M/ref=s9_acsd_otopr_hd_bw_b3BjM7v_c2_x_8_t?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-10&pf_rd_r=K5RPE64JFDKVDYRNJ7A5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=dcc21b81-5758-50cd-8cae-2b9155575c6a&pf_rd_i=2921748011
Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History (2015)
https://www.amazon.com/Debt-Honor-Disabled-Veterans-American/dp/B017JON9ZW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OVZ35WRPHEKS&keywords=debt+of+honor&qid=1573745303&s=movies-tv&sprefix=debt+of+ho,aps,624&sr=1-1
Five Came Back (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80049928
American Medevac (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Medevac-Morton-Dean/dp/B07VCH4CS5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T09FX1ZBXFW6&keywords=american+medevac&qid=1565014397&s=instant-video&sprefix=american+med,instant-video,268&sr=1-1
Operational Song Of The week: Medevac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmoZ7DAYi1g
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: WTC 7: Firefighters for 9/11 Truth: "Calling OUT Bravo 7" Documentary (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTKyyzxbBCI
Firefighters for 9/11 Truth
https://www.ff911truthandunity.org/
Cancers Rise 40% Among 9-11 First Responders
http://911truth.org/cancers-rise-9-11-first-responders/
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Criterion-Collection-Vladimir-Ivashov/dp/B0000633SB
Mudbound (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80175694
The Pacific (2010)
https://www.amazon.com/The-Pacific-Part-Ten/dp/B006885LZM/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1544736748&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pacific+season+1
Homecoming (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07FP11SZN/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_ZWyNDQ_50kCmY_1_1
Marvel's The Punisher (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80117498
American Experience: Command and Control (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Command-Robert-Kenner/dp/B01N6GCF9J/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1511019454&sr=1-1&keywords=command+and+control
The Long Road Home (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076LB7G14/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_sS-aAbEKZ7Y7G
The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice (2015)
https://www.amazon.com/Episode-1/dp/B073FV8L9D/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1509989074&sr=1-1&keywords=celts+documentary
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B06XFVDZVY/ref=pd_cbs_318_1
The Great Wall (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N18CKZS?ref=sr_1_1_acs_kn_imdb_pa_dp&qid=1507385663&sr=1-1-acs&autoplay=0
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/PBS-Previews-Burns-Vietnam-Novick/dp/B0754262TB/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1506118954&sr=1-1&keywords=vietnam+war+documentary
Megan Leavey (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/Megan-Leavey-Kate-Mara/dp/B071JSMKY5/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1505744633&sr=1-1&keywords=megan+leavey
Distinguished Wings Over Vietnam (VIDEO)
http://video.kpbs.org/video/3004009325/
Man Down (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Down-Kate-Mara/dp/B06WD5NM5R/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1492642765&sr=1-1&keywords=man+down
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/B01MQFZSNV/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1492184973&sr=8-1&keywords=Billy+Lynn's+Long+Halftime+Walk
Fray (2014)
https://www.amazon.com/Fray-Bryan-Kaplan/dp/B00J6TQOXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1487344956&sr=1-1&keywords=fray
Rome Power & Glory: Seduction of Power (2006)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGZ60A/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: Legions of Conquest - Part 2 (2006)
https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Power-Glory-Legions-Conquest/dp/B019ECQFVC/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1487085777&sr=1-2&keywords=Legions+of+Conquest
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: Grasp of Empire – Part 4 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGZ1GO/ref=pd_cbs_318_2/153-6771803-9941016
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: The Cult of Order – Part 5 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGE0S4/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: The Fall – Part 6 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IULN7G/ref=pd_cbs_318_3
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Vietnam in HD (2011) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-HD-Various/dp/B005BSCPY0/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1421858438&sr=1-2&keywords=Vietnam+in+HD
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Allegiance (2013) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Allegiance-Shad-34/dp/B009V9N1NO/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406388416&sr=1-1&keywords=allegiance
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rescue Dawn (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Rescue-Dawn-Christian-Bale/dp/B000WMA6R8/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1405782303&sr=1-2&keywords=rescue+dawn
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Fourth-July-Tom-Cruise/dp/B000ICXQR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1404662658&sr=1-1&keywords=born+on+the+fourth+of+july
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Britains-Bloodiest-Dynasty-Plantagenets-Jones/dp/B00S8ONMKA/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1486411932&sr=1-1&keywords=britian's+bloodiest+dynasty
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Power of Nightmares (2004) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Nightmares-Adam-Curtis/dp/B000ZI3G30
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Testament Of Youth (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Testament-Youth-Alicia-Vikander/dp/B014X5RCZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1480001304&sr=1-1&keywords=testament+of+youth
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: A War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Pilou-Asbæk/dp/B01CH9TO8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1471270920&sr=1-1&keywords=a+war
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Censored Voices (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Censored-Voices-Amos-Oz/dp/B01CUSZ428/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470494672&sr=1-2&keywords=censored+voices
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Finest Hours (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Finest-Hours-Theatrical-Chris-Pine/dp/B01B6YRA2O/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1469311684&sr=1-1&keywords=the+finest+hours
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: My Father's Vietnam (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/My-Fathers-Vietnam-Peter-Sorensen/dp/B01F7Q5WV8/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1467212228&sr=1-1&keywords=my+father's+vietnam
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Korengal (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Korengal-Artists-Not-Provided/dp/B00KXQL6IQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1415464119&sr=1-2&keywords=korengal
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Dirty Wars (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Wars-Jeremy-Scahill/dp/B00DPUB5LK/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1412693165&sr=1-2&keywords=dirty+wars
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Railway Man (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Man-Colin-Firth/dp/B00MN68BFK/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1409326165&sr=1-1&keywords=the+railroad+man+movie
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Always Faithful (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Always-Faithful-Harris-Done/dp/B009ZUUO7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1400597123&sr=1-2&keywords=always+faithful
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Shelter Me (2012) * * * * * (5/5)
http://www.amazon.com/Shelter-Me-Katherine-Heigl/dp/B00B8O4X82/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1372002740&sr=1-1&keywords=shelter+me
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Wartorn 1861-2010 (2011) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Wartorn-1861-2010-Jon-Alpert/dp/B004MQ6VRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1372002827&sr=1-1&keywords=war+torn
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Invisible War (2012) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/The-Invisible-War-Kori-Cioca/dp/B008MIYKLW/ref=pd_sim_mov_4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Unknown Known (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Known-Donald-Rumsfeld/dp/B00JV054FQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1409154368&sr=1-2&keywords=The+Unknown+Known
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: High Ground (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/High-Ground-Steve-Baskis/dp/B008WAM2XS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384794186&sr=1-1&keywords=high+ground
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Days of Glory (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Days-Glory-Indigenes-Samy-Naceri/dp/B000NVT0RU/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1465741752&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=days+of+glory+2006
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Kilo Two Bravo (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Kilo-Two-Bravo-Paul-Katis/dp/B017UPRWA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1464388172&sr=8-2&keywords=Kajaki
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Frontline: Losing Iraq (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M9AVM74/ref=dv_dp_ep16
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lone Survivor (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivor-Blu-ray-Digital-UltraViolet/dp/B00HEPEBWC/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406476105&sr=1-2&keywords=lone+survivor
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Tangerines (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Tangerines-English-Subtitled-Lembit-Ulfsak/dp/B00YTM41VO/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1440344076&sr=1-1&keywords=tangerine
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Camp X-Ray (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Camp-X-Ray-Kristen-Stewart/dp/B00OLI769K/ref=sr_1_1_dvt_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1435704201&sr=1-1&keywords=camp+x-ray
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Generation War (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-War-Volker-Bruch/dp/B00ID8H8EW
Big & Rich - 8th of November Documentary: A True Story of Pain & Honor (Thanks: James McCloughan - 196th Light Infantry Brigade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_UJwwI_Is&feature=youtu.be
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Jacknife (1989) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Jacknife-David-Hugh-Jones/dp/B001MQYDZ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1482336690&sr=1-1&keywords=jackknife
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Eye in the Sky (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Sky-Helen-Mirren/dp/B01GPQPBYM/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1474035542&sr=1-1&keywords=eye+in+the+sky
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Kill Team (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Team-Dan-Krauss/dp/B00P7PL1KQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1437761085&sr=1-1&keywords=kill+team
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Saints & Soldiers: The Void
(2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Saints-Soldiers-The-Void/dp/B00KGA8EHU
/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1424536741&sr=1-2&keywords=the+void
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Fort Bliss (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fort-Bliss-Ron-Livingston/dp/B00MIKP00U/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1421513587&sr=1-2&keywords=fort+bliss
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Medal of Honor (2008) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Medal-Honor-Roger-Sherman/dp/B004BUC82S/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1407164986&sr=1-1&keywords=medal+of+honor
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Agent Orange: 30 Years Later (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Agent-Orange-30-Years-Later/dp/B00A42VPHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406561137&sr=1-1&keywords=agent+orange+-+30+years+later
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Years-Our-Lives-HD/dp/B00AOOR7DA/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406129504&sr=1-1&keywords=the+best+years+of+our+lives
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Unbroken (2015) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Jack-OConnell/dp/B00HLTDC9O/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1429717552&sr=1-2&keywords=unbroken
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Abu-Ghraib-John-Heard/dp/B00I1O34KA/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1404227551&sr=1-2&keywords=the+boys+of+abu+ghraib
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I (2006) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Oil-Middle-East-World/dp/B000HEWH3C/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1399473440&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+and+oil+the+middle+east+in+world+war+i
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-11-John-Ashcroft-II/dp/B00005JNEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387582321&sr=1-1&keywords=Fahrenheit+9%2F11
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Battle For Haditha (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Haditha-Matthew-Knoll/dp/B001FRNB9Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387646798&sr=1-1&keywords=battle+of+haditha
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lioness (2008) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lioness-Specialist-Rebecca-Guttormsen-Anastasia/dp/B002ZS0R58/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1398723873&sr=1-1&keywords=lioness
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Combat Hospital 1 Season (2011) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-to-Kandahar/dp/B005FOLI1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1399219816&sr=1-1&keywords=combat+hospital
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Escape Fire: Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2013) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Fire-Rescue-American-Healthcare/dp/B00AJLHU80/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1379434993&sr=1-2&keywords=Escape+Fire%3A+Fight+to+Rescue+American+Healthcare
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Heroes of the Forgotten War: the Battle of Kapyong (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Forgotten-War-Battle-Kapyong/dp/B01MRV22AR/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1483978513&sr=1-2&keywords=heros+of+the+forgotten+war
YOUTUBE: Heroes of the Forgotten War The Battle of Kapyong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsrzzOjGP4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: My Vietnam, Your Iraq (2011) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Your-Iraq-Ron-Osgood/dp/B01CH39G4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1482767926&sr=1-1&keywords=my+vietnam+your+iraq
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Purple Hearts (1984) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RACL4GA/ref=pd_cbs_318_4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Gardens Of Stone (1987) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PX26YS/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: In Country (1989) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006QSLFBS/ref=pd_cbs_318_1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Marco Polo - Season 2 (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.netflix.com/title/70305883
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Citizen Soldier (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Soldier-Eran-Harrill/dp/B01IAM2WEQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1480694420&sr=1-1&keywords=citizen+soldier
YOUTUBE: Avicii - Hey Brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cp6mKbRTQY
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Tillman Story (2011) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Tillman-Story-Blu-ray-Amir-Bar-Lev/dp/B004CLDB9U/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1422463759&sr=1-1&keywords=tillman+story+blu
The VTV Special episode War Artifact Exchange – Coming Home (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3edhAzlw54&feature=player_embedded
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: When I Have Your Wounded: The DUSTOFF Legacy (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FIB2EDC/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item
YOUTUBE: Medevac Legacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFE0BhbAYmY
YOUTUBE: Danang Dustoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0o7Y1HJq4
YOUTUBE: "Welcome Home" Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-CTKFzWjjw&sns=em#aid=P-yzWRAuIyA
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: A War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Pilou-Asbæk/dp/B01CH9TO8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1471270920&sr=1-1&keywords=a+war
Big & Rich - 8th of November Documentary: A True Story of Pain & Honor (Thanks: James McCloughan - 196th Light Infantry Brigade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_UJwwI_Is&feature=youtu.be
“War is an incredibly expensive proposition – in terms of human life, human suffering and in financial terms. If we are not prepared to take care of those men and women who went to war, then we should not send them to war in the first place. Taking care of veterans is a cost of war….The cost of war continues until the last veteran receives the care and benefits that he or she has earned on the battlefield.”
--- ENSURING VETERANS’ ACCESS TO CARE
“My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.”
-- Robert Green Ingersoll
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: This is War: Memories of Iraq (2007) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/This-War-Memories-Iraq/dp/B000UFP2Q2/ref=sr_1_6?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384816633&sr=1-6&keywords=this+is+war
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Baghdad ER - An HBO Documentary Film (2006) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Baghdad-ER-HBO-Documentary-Film/dp/B000G1R4V6/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1385080283&sr=1-1&keywords=er+bagdad
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Stop-Loss (2008) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Loss-Ryan-Phillippe/dp/B0013FSL1Q/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1385683113&sr=1-5&keywords=stop+-+loss
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lessons of Darkness (1992) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Darkness-Morgana-Eugen-Montagnes/dp/B000059PPP/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1386869833&sr=1-1&keywords=lessons+of+darkness
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Shock Doctrine (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Naomi-Klein/dp/B005CFBZAM/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387130821&sr=1-2&keywords=the+shock+doctrine
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Nova - Life and Death in the War Zone
(2003) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Nova-Life-Death-War-Zone/dp/B0000B1OG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391646017&sr=1-1&keywords=life+and+death+in+the+war+zone
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Generation Kill (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Blu-ray-Rudy-Reyes/dp/B001IFZL50/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391901378&sr=1-1&keywords=generation+kill
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: World War 1 - American Legacy (2006) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/World-War-American-Legacy-DVD/dp/B000HLDAWW/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1398350194&sr=1-1&keywords=world+war+1+american+legacy
From Shock to Awe (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Awe-Mike-Cooley/dp/B07ZGC5WXL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32QWFME454VS5&dchild=1&keywords=from+shock+to+awe&qid=1615818514&s=instant-video&sprefix=from+shock,instant-video,499&sr=1-1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Sand Castle (2017) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.netflix.com/title/80118916
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Liberator (2020)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81019775
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Outpost (2020)
https://www.amazon.com/Outpost-Scott-Eastwood/dp/B08BK1KP6Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+outpost&qid=1596550222&s=movies-tv&sr=1-1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Father Soldier Son (2020)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002464
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Resurface (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80184055
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: United States of Tents (2019)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZDKF48M/ref=s9_acsd_otopr_hd_bw_b3BjM7v_c2_x_8_t?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-10&pf_rd_r=K5RPE64JFDKVDYRNJ7A5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=dcc21b81-5758-50cd-8cae-2b9155575c6a&pf_rd_i=2921748011
Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History (2015)
https://www.amazon.com/Debt-Honor-Disabled-Veterans-American/dp/B017JON9ZW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OVZ35WRPHEKS&keywords=debt+of+honor&qid=1573745303&s=movies-tv&sprefix=debt+of+ho,aps,624&sr=1-1
Five Came Back (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80049928
American Medevac (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Medevac-Morton-Dean/dp/B07VCH4CS5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T09FX1ZBXFW6&keywords=american+medevac&qid=1565014397&s=instant-video&sprefix=american+med,instant-video,268&sr=1-1
Operational Song Of The week: Medevac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmoZ7DAYi1g
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: WTC 7: Firefighters for 9/11 Truth: "Calling OUT Bravo 7" Documentary (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTKyyzxbBCI
Firefighters for 9/11 Truth
https://www.ff911truthandunity.org/
Cancers Rise 40% Among 9-11 First Responders
http://911truth.org/cancers-rise-9-11-first-responders/
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Criterion-Collection-Vladimir-Ivashov/dp/B0000633SB
Mudbound (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80175694
The Pacific (2010)
https://www.amazon.com/The-Pacific-Part-Ten/dp/B006885LZM/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1544736748&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pacific+season+1
Homecoming (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07FP11SZN/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_ZWyNDQ_50kCmY_1_1
Marvel's The Punisher (2017)
https://www.netflix.com/title/80117498
American Experience: Command and Control (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Command-Robert-Kenner/dp/B01N6GCF9J/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1511019454&sr=1-1&keywords=command+and+control
The Long Road Home (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076LB7G14/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_sS-aAbEKZ7Y7G
The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice (2015)
https://www.amazon.com/Episode-1/dp/B073FV8L9D/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1509989074&sr=1-1&keywords=celts+documentary
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B06XFVDZVY/ref=pd_cbs_318_1
The Great Wall (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N18CKZS?ref=sr_1_1_acs_kn_imdb_pa_dp&qid=1507385663&sr=1-1-acs&autoplay=0
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/PBS-Previews-Burns-Vietnam-Novick/dp/B0754262TB/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1506118954&sr=1-1&keywords=vietnam+war+documentary
Megan Leavey (2017)
https://www.amazon.com/Megan-Leavey-Kate-Mara/dp/B071JSMKY5/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1505744633&sr=1-1&keywords=megan+leavey
Distinguished Wings Over Vietnam (VIDEO)
http://video.kpbs.org/video/3004009325/
Man Down (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Down-Kate-Mara/dp/B06WD5NM5R/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1492642765&sr=1-1&keywords=man+down
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Lynns-Long-Halftime-Walk/dp/B01MQFZSNV/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1492184973&sr=8-1&keywords=Billy+Lynn's+Long+Halftime+Walk
Fray (2014)
https://www.amazon.com/Fray-Bryan-Kaplan/dp/B00J6TQOXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1487344956&sr=1-1&keywords=fray
Rome Power & Glory: Seduction of Power (2006)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGZ60A/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: Legions of Conquest - Part 2 (2006)
https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Power-Glory-Legions-Conquest/dp/B019ECQFVC/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1487085777&sr=1-2&keywords=Legions+of+Conquest
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: Grasp of Empire – Part 4 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGZ1GO/ref=pd_cbs_318_2/153-6771803-9941016
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: The Cult of Order – Part 5 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IGE0S4/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rome Power & Glory: The Fall – Part 6 (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IULN7G/ref=pd_cbs_318_3
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Vietnam in HD (2011) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-HD-Various/dp/B005BSCPY0/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1421858438&sr=1-2&keywords=Vietnam+in+HD
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Allegiance (2013) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Allegiance-Shad-34/dp/B009V9N1NO/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406388416&sr=1-1&keywords=allegiance
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Rescue Dawn (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Rescue-Dawn-Christian-Bale/dp/B000WMA6R8/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1405782303&sr=1-2&keywords=rescue+dawn
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Fourth-July-Tom-Cruise/dp/B000ICXQR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1404662658&sr=1-1&keywords=born+on+the+fourth+of+july
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Britains-Bloodiest-Dynasty-Plantagenets-Jones/dp/B00S8ONMKA/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1486411932&sr=1-1&keywords=britian's+bloodiest+dynasty
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Power of Nightmares (2004) * * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Nightmares-Adam-Curtis/dp/B000ZI3G30
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Testament Of Youth (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Testament-Youth-Alicia-Vikander/dp/B014X5RCZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1480001304&sr=1-1&keywords=testament+of+youth
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: A War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Pilou-Asbæk/dp/B01CH9TO8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1471270920&sr=1-1&keywords=a+war
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Censored Voices (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Censored-Voices-Amos-Oz/dp/B01CUSZ428/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1470494672&sr=1-2&keywords=censored+voices
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Finest Hours (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Finest-Hours-Theatrical-Chris-Pine/dp/B01B6YRA2O/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1469311684&sr=1-1&keywords=the+finest+hours
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: My Father's Vietnam (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/My-Fathers-Vietnam-Peter-Sorensen/dp/B01F7Q5WV8/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1467212228&sr=1-1&keywords=my+father's+vietnam
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Korengal (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Korengal-Artists-Not-Provided/dp/B00KXQL6IQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1415464119&sr=1-2&keywords=korengal
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Dirty Wars (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Wars-Jeremy-Scahill/dp/B00DPUB5LK/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1412693165&sr=1-2&keywords=dirty+wars
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Railway Man (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Man-Colin-Firth/dp/B00MN68BFK/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1409326165&sr=1-1&keywords=the+railroad+man+movie
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Always Faithful (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Always-Faithful-Harris-Done/dp/B009ZUUO7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1400597123&sr=1-2&keywords=always+faithful
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Shelter Me (2012) * * * * * (5/5)
http://www.amazon.com/Shelter-Me-Katherine-Heigl/dp/B00B8O4X82/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1372002740&sr=1-1&keywords=shelter+me
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Wartorn 1861-2010 (2011) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Wartorn-1861-2010-Jon-Alpert/dp/B004MQ6VRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1372002827&sr=1-1&keywords=war+torn
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Invisible War (2012) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/The-Invisible-War-Kori-Cioca/dp/B008MIYKLW/ref=pd_sim_mov_4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Unknown Known (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Known-Donald-Rumsfeld/dp/B00JV054FQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1409154368&sr=1-2&keywords=The+Unknown+Known
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: High Ground (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/High-Ground-Steve-Baskis/dp/B008WAM2XS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384794186&sr=1-1&keywords=high+ground
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Days of Glory (2006) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Days-Glory-Indigenes-Samy-Naceri/dp/B000NVT0RU/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1465741752&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=days+of+glory+2006
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Kilo Two Bravo (2015) * * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Kilo-Two-Bravo-Paul-Katis/dp/B017UPRWA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1464388172&sr=8-2&keywords=Kajaki
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Frontline: Losing Iraq (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M9AVM74/ref=dv_dp_ep16
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lone Survivor (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivor-Blu-ray-Digital-UltraViolet/dp/B00HEPEBWC/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406476105&sr=1-2&keywords=lone+survivor
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Tangerines (2015) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Tangerines-English-Subtitled-Lembit-Ulfsak/dp/B00YTM41VO/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1440344076&sr=1-1&keywords=tangerine
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Camp X-Ray (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Camp-X-Ray-Kristen-Stewart/dp/B00OLI769K/ref=sr_1_1_dvt_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1435704201&sr=1-1&keywords=camp+x-ray
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Generation War (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-War-Volker-Bruch/dp/B00ID8H8EW
Big & Rich - 8th of November Documentary: A True Story of Pain & Honor (Thanks: James McCloughan - 196th Light Infantry Brigade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_UJwwI_Is&feature=youtu.be
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Jacknife (1989) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Jacknife-David-Hugh-Jones/dp/B001MQYDZ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1482336690&sr=1-1&keywords=jackknife
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Eye in the Sky (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Sky-Helen-Mirren/dp/B01GPQPBYM/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1474035542&sr=1-1&keywords=eye+in+the+sky
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Kill Team (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Team-Dan-Krauss/dp/B00P7PL1KQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1437761085&sr=1-1&keywords=kill+team
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Saints & Soldiers: The Void
(2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Saints-Soldiers-The-Void/dp/B00KGA8EHU
/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1424536741&sr=1-2&keywords=the+void
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Fort Bliss (2014) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fort-Bliss-Ron-Livingston/dp/B00MIKP00U/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1421513587&sr=1-2&keywords=fort+bliss
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Medal of Honor (2008) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Medal-Honor-Roger-Sherman/dp/B004BUC82S/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1407164986&sr=1-1&keywords=medal+of+honor
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Agent Orange: 30 Years Later (2013) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Agent-Orange-30-Years-Later/dp/B00A42VPHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406561137&sr=1-1&keywords=agent+orange+-+30+years+later
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Years-Our-Lives-HD/dp/B00AOOR7DA/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1406129504&sr=1-1&keywords=the+best+years+of+our+lives
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Unbroken (2015) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Jack-OConnell/dp/B00HLTDC9O/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1429717552&sr=1-2&keywords=unbroken
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Abu-Ghraib-John-Heard/dp/B00I1O34KA/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1404227551&sr=1-2&keywords=the+boys+of+abu+ghraib
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I (2006) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Oil-Middle-East-World/dp/B000HEWH3C/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1399473440&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+and+oil+the+middle+east+in+world+war+i
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-11-John-Ashcroft-II/dp/B00005JNEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387582321&sr=1-1&keywords=Fahrenheit+9%2F11
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Battle For Haditha (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Haditha-Matthew-Knoll/dp/B001FRNB9Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387646798&sr=1-1&keywords=battle+of+haditha
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lioness (2008) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lioness-Specialist-Rebecca-Guttormsen-Anastasia/dp/B002ZS0R58/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1398723873&sr=1-1&keywords=lioness
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Combat Hospital 1 Season (2011) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-to-Kandahar/dp/B005FOLI1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1399219816&sr=1-1&keywords=combat+hospital
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Escape Fire: Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2013) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Fire-Rescue-American-Healthcare/dp/B00AJLHU80/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1379434993&sr=1-2&keywords=Escape+Fire%3A+Fight+to+Rescue+American+Healthcare
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Heroes of the Forgotten War: the Battle of Kapyong (2016) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Forgotten-War-Battle-Kapyong/dp/B01MRV22AR/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1483978513&sr=1-2&keywords=heros+of+the+forgotten+war
YOUTUBE: Heroes of the Forgotten War The Battle of Kapyong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsrzzOjGP4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: My Vietnam, Your Iraq (2011) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Your-Iraq-Ron-Osgood/dp/B01CH39G4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1482767926&sr=1-1&keywords=my+vietnam+your+iraq
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Purple Hearts (1984) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RACL4GA/ref=pd_cbs_318_4
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Gardens Of Stone (1987) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PX26YS/ref=pd_cbs_318_2
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: In Country (1989) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006QSLFBS/ref=pd_cbs_318_1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Marco Polo - Season 2 (2015) * * * * * * * * *
https://www.netflix.com/title/70305883
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Citizen Soldier (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Soldier-Eran-Harrill/dp/B01IAM2WEQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1480694420&sr=1-1&keywords=citizen+soldier
YOUTUBE: Avicii - Hey Brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cp6mKbRTQY
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The Tillman Story (2011) * * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Tillman-Story-Blu-ray-Amir-Bar-Lev/dp/B004CLDB9U/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1422463759&sr=1-1&keywords=tillman+story+blu
The VTV Special episode War Artifact Exchange – Coming Home (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3edhAzlw54&feature=player_embedded
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: When I Have Your Wounded: The DUSTOFF Legacy (2012) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FIB2EDC/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item
YOUTUBE: Medevac Legacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFE0BhbAYmY
YOUTUBE: Danang Dustoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0o7Y1HJq4
YOUTUBE: "Welcome Home" Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-CTKFzWjjw&sns=em#aid=P-yzWRAuIyA
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: A War (2016) * * * * * * * * * *
https://www.amazon.com/War-Pilou-Asbæk/dp/B01CH9TO8A/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1471270920&sr=1-1&keywords=a+war
Big & Rich - 8th of November Documentary: A True Story of Pain & Honor (Thanks: James McCloughan - 196th Light Infantry Brigade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_UJwwI_Is&feature=youtu.be
“War is an incredibly expensive proposition – in terms of human life, human suffering and in financial terms. If we are not prepared to take care of those men and women who went to war, then we should not send them to war in the first place. Taking care of veterans is a cost of war….The cost of war continues until the last veteran receives the care and benefits that he or she has earned on the battlefield.”
--- ENSURING VETERANS’ ACCESS TO CARE
“My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.”
-- Robert Green Ingersoll
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: This is War: Memories of Iraq (2007) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/This-War-Memories-Iraq/dp/B000UFP2Q2/ref=sr_1_6?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1384816633&sr=1-6&keywords=this+is+war
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Baghdad ER - An HBO Documentary Film (2006) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Baghdad-ER-HBO-Documentary-Film/dp/B000G1R4V6/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1385080283&sr=1-1&keywords=er+bagdad
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Stop-Loss (2008) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Loss-Ryan-Phillippe/dp/B0013FSL1Q/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1385683113&sr=1-5&keywords=stop+-+loss
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lessons of Darkness (1992) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Darkness-Morgana-Eugen-Montagnes/dp/B000059PPP/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1386869833&sr=1-1&keywords=lessons+of+darkness
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Shock Doctrine (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Naomi-Klein/dp/B005CFBZAM/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1387130821&sr=1-2&keywords=the+shock+doctrine
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Nova - Life and Death in the War Zone
(2003) * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Nova-Life-Death-War-Zone/dp/B0000B1OG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391646017&sr=1-1&keywords=life+and+death+in+the+war+zone
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Generation Kill (2009) * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Blu-ray-Rudy-Reyes/dp/B001IFZL50/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1391901378&sr=1-1&keywords=generation+kill
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: World War 1 - American Legacy (2006) * * * * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/World-War-American-Legacy-DVD/dp/B000HLDAWW/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1398350194&sr=1-1&keywords=world+war+1+american+legacy
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From Warren Neill, Jr.
May 5, 2012: This was sent to me by another Nam Vet. I immediately thought of John. It is a very well done piece……..
The Man in the Doorway-- FOR ALL VIET NAM VETS
To the Huey crews with thanks!
Have your sound on.
If it will not work the first time please keep trying it's may be busy because it is GREAT!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qH2vbYs6ebc
From "Doc" Rolly Morrison
Combat Medic, 196th LIB
July 3, 2012: Hey Doc, I fired this off to all the grunts I had the privilege of being their medic and then thought of you. It brings tears to my eyes as I think back to long ago and far away when I could faintly hear the sound of the wop wop wop of those blades and knowing that hopefully my guy just might make it with the help from the docs in the birds. Blessings to you dear man and your wife, Doc Morrison
You may have served in Combat or in non-combat. You may have retired out or you may have served for a short time. You may have been a draftee or a volunteer. You may have served in the Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard or the Merchant Marines, BUT YOU SERVED. You did not run off to England or Canada, etc. YOU DID YOUR JOB HONORABLY and for that I am PROUD to call you Brother/Sister.
You may have served during Korea, WWII,. Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq or Afghanistan, But you served, you did not run. You have a DD 214 with those words "HONORABLY DISCHARGED" the two most noble words in the world. Again I am proud to know each and every one of you. Brother-Sister, life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forgive the ones who don't, just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands know this. If it changes your life, let it. Take a few minutes to think before you act when you're mad. Forgive quickly. God never said life would be easy, he just promised it would be worth it. Today is Band of Brothers' Day ; send this to all your brothers, fathers, sons and fellow veterans you know.
Happy Brothers' Day! To the cool men that have touched my life: Here's to you!! I was never a hero, but I am thankful I served among them. A real Brother walks with you when the rest of the world walks on you. Send to all your Band of Brothers, because the fake ones won't.
Sept. 26, 2013: Friends and brothers,
I got this from Sam this am, more than likely he sent it to you also. I just needed to send it on to you just in case you did not get it. It is moving to see and hear those of us who paid a higher price for our freedom than we did. Doc PS Almost every day I think of how special it was to spend time with each of you at the DC reunion, I am a better man for it. Looking forward to more of it. Stay in touch!
POW & apos's from Nam, the ending is beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LemllfcAY8A&sns=em
If you enjoy good music just listen, from a battle buddy who was in Nam with... Rolly
USAF Band Flash Mob Performance 12/4/13
http://www.wtop.com/696/3518316/Aerial-Flash-Mob
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Living to fight another way
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2003/02/26/living-to-fight-another-way-2/
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I am sending this so you will have time to remember....and if you wish, to pass it on to others in memory of those who have served, those who are still serving, and 'those who gave their last full measure of courage'....
GARY WEAVER
YOUTUBE: The Path of the Warrior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqT0-3JV5E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Dear Heather, Charlie Tiger Brothers, and Patriotic Friends,
I am sending this must watch video to you and Heather Tornes. Heather is an educator who teaches at Caledonia High School where Jerome Lukes graduated from. Jerome was the point man in Tam Ky who was KIA May 13, 1969. Heather is an outstanding teacher who teaches a class entitled "America at War". I want you all to know that she is filling the minds of our young Americans with the knowledge of the price of Freedom. God Bless her in this effort, God Bless You, and God Bless America. Watch with reverence.
Doc McCloughan
Combat Medic
C company, 3/21 battalion, 196th Brigade, Americal Division
This is indeed a fitting and touching tribute to OUR military. You have to listen carefully when Sgt McKensie sings in Scottish English.
YOUTUBE: Mansions!
http://worriersanonymous.org/Share/Mansions.htm
May 5, 2012: This was sent to me by another Nam Vet. I immediately thought of John. It is a very well done piece……..
The Man in the Doorway-- FOR ALL VIET NAM VETS
To the Huey crews with thanks!
Have your sound on.
If it will not work the first time please keep trying it's may be busy because it is GREAT!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qH2vbYs6ebc
From "Doc" Rolly Morrison
Combat Medic, 196th LIB
July 3, 2012: Hey Doc, I fired this off to all the grunts I had the privilege of being their medic and then thought of you. It brings tears to my eyes as I think back to long ago and far away when I could faintly hear the sound of the wop wop wop of those blades and knowing that hopefully my guy just might make it with the help from the docs in the birds. Blessings to you dear man and your wife, Doc Morrison
You may have served in Combat or in non-combat. You may have retired out or you may have served for a short time. You may have been a draftee or a volunteer. You may have served in the Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard or the Merchant Marines, BUT YOU SERVED. You did not run off to England or Canada, etc. YOU DID YOUR JOB HONORABLY and for that I am PROUD to call you Brother/Sister.
You may have served during Korea, WWII,. Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Iraq or Afghanistan, But you served, you did not run. You have a DD 214 with those words "HONORABLY DISCHARGED" the two most noble words in the world. Again I am proud to know each and every one of you. Brother-Sister, life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forgive the ones who don't, just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands know this. If it changes your life, let it. Take a few minutes to think before you act when you're mad. Forgive quickly. God never said life would be easy, he just promised it would be worth it. Today is Band of Brothers' Day ; send this to all your brothers, fathers, sons and fellow veterans you know.
Happy Brothers' Day! To the cool men that have touched my life: Here's to you!! I was never a hero, but I am thankful I served among them. A real Brother walks with you when the rest of the world walks on you. Send to all your Band of Brothers, because the fake ones won't.
Sept. 26, 2013: Friends and brothers,
I got this from Sam this am, more than likely he sent it to you also. I just needed to send it on to you just in case you did not get it. It is moving to see and hear those of us who paid a higher price for our freedom than we did. Doc PS Almost every day I think of how special it was to spend time with each of you at the DC reunion, I am a better man for it. Looking forward to more of it. Stay in touch!
POW & apos's from Nam, the ending is beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LemllfcAY8A&sns=em
If you enjoy good music just listen, from a battle buddy who was in Nam with... Rolly
USAF Band Flash Mob Performance 12/4/13
http://www.wtop.com/696/3518316/Aerial-Flash-Mob
********************************************************************************************************************************************************
Living to fight another way
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2003/02/26/living-to-fight-another-way-2/
********************************************************************************************************************************************************
I am sending this so you will have time to remember....and if you wish, to pass it on to others in memory of those who have served, those who are still serving, and 'those who gave their last full measure of courage'....
GARY WEAVER
YOUTUBE: The Path of the Warrior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqT0-3JV5E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Dear Heather, Charlie Tiger Brothers, and Patriotic Friends,
I am sending this must watch video to you and Heather Tornes. Heather is an educator who teaches at Caledonia High School where Jerome Lukes graduated from. Jerome was the point man in Tam Ky who was KIA May 13, 1969. Heather is an outstanding teacher who teaches a class entitled "America at War". I want you all to know that she is filling the minds of our young Americans with the knowledge of the price of Freedom. God Bless her in this effort, God Bless You, and God Bless America. Watch with reverence.
Doc McCloughan
Combat Medic
C company, 3/21 battalion, 196th Brigade, Americal Division
This is indeed a fitting and touching tribute to OUR military. You have to listen carefully when Sgt McKensie sings in Scottish English.
YOUTUBE: Mansions!
http://worriersanonymous.org/Share/Mansions.htm