Category Archives: All about Veterans

LZ CORK–2015-DOING THE PUYALLUP

Posted on February 15, 2015 by asknod

I’ve looked forward to this day for almost eight months since I was told of Butch’s plight by my fellow Key Peninsula Veteran Christine Copeland. She is Best Friends for Life (BFL is one step above BFF) with Butch’s daughter Carol who … Continue reading →

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Naval Base San Diego Holiday Lights

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Laura

Tomorrow’s veterans bring holiday spirit to communities across the globe. Volunteers, young and old, have remembered our deployed troops.    Veterans home residents are not forgotten. Christmas visits from our grandchildren came earlier this week for us. Our packages have … Continue reading →

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VET HUMOR–CHRISTMAS RAILROAD TRACKS

Posted on December 23, 2014 by asknod

Filed by our senior East coast editor-in-chief, dustoff Bruce comes up once again with the quintessential humor we associate with a lifer. You have to serve at least twenty years to witness every eventuality. I rate this credible. I lived at Langley … Continue reading →

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312th AIR EVAC–CHU LAI 1968–POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE

Posted on December 9, 2014 by asknod

A Huey door gunner wakes up at the 312th Air Evac. surgical ward in Chu Lai late one night. He’s in great pain and sees a lot of tubes and medical gear over his head. He vaguely remembers the pilot yelling “B 40 … Continue reading →

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Bachelor Nation: Was Vietnam really the perfect place to fall in love?

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Laura

I’ve tuned into two popular “reality” TV shows on ABC for the last several years: The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.   Both star attractive Millennials acting in a highly-scripted and staged winning formula: Contestants are eliminated during Rose Ceremonies by the person … Continue reading →

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MARINES 5-BAD GUYS 0

Posted on November 12, 2014 by asknod

I love these stories. Either the same crooks came back to get all the goodies they spotted the first time (greed) or they had the ungodly bad luck to pick the same house that had recently been burglarized. Either way, … Continue reading →

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VETERANS POEMS–THE FINAL INSPECTION

Posted on November 6, 2014 by asknod

I received this several years ago and mistakenly thought I had published it. For that, I apologize profusely to Member WGM of Texas fame. You may remember him from my book as I used him as a prime example of … Continue reading →

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VHA’s Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Laura

If climbing into a tub to take a shower is a perilous activity, installing a low-threshold shower is a sensible preventative measure to reduce injuries as these VA before and after photos illustrate.  Clearly the cost of such alterations is prohibitive … Continue reading →

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DAV’s excellent report out–Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Laura

Some of the topics, as they relate to post 9/11 female vets, include the following:  wounded in action, limb loss and amputation, traumatic brain injury, mental health, suicide, VA health care system, VA Mental Health Care, legal problems, military sexual … Continue reading →

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DECISION REVIEW OFFICERS–AS SEEN BY…

Posted on August 19, 2014 by asknod

Much has been said of VA’s hierarchy of raters known as Decision Review Officers, abbreviated as DROs. Their job is so thankless, their retention rate so low and the perks these days being bonusless, that many move on to greener … Continue reading →

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