Category Archives: All about Veterans

The Forgotten “92%”

Posted on August 18, 2012 by joeaveragevet

According to the VA, about 8% of Veterans are female, which would make about 92% of Vets male. About 1 in 5 female Vets are victims of MST. This means men outnumber women in the military by better than 10 … Continue reading →

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VETERANS MEMORIAL MUSEUM–CHEHALIS, WA.

Posted on August 16, 2012 by asknod

In a rare moment of spare time, I opted to make a one and a half hour run south from Gig Harbor, Washington to Chehalis to the Veterans Museum. It was well worth the journey. These ladies and gentlemen, and … Continue reading →

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FROM MY FACEBOOK

Posted on August 15, 2012 by asknod

I was sent a private message from one of our illustrious  English”VFW”s abroad in Britain (name withheld to protect contributor Rory and Post 9 of the Falmouth Welsh Guard Vets). Apparently some of the recent returnees of the Afghan “Stripes … Continue reading →

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HHVETS BACK IN THE NEWS

Posted on August 14, 2012 by asknod

Help Hospitalized Vets (occasionally), Inc. is back in the news. They were caught buying each other private golf club memberships to the tune of $80 K  back in 2008. That was just the tip of the iceberg apparently. They hauled … Continue reading →

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WINSTON-SALEM OVERLOAD

Posted on August 10, 2012 by asknod

We can’t make this stuff up. It’s priceless. Problem? What Problem? Oh, you mean the 37,000 C-files stacked up on the file cabinets? Yeah, Bummer, huh? Relax. They’re in alphabetic order-sort of. Or they were last year. Things are a … Continue reading →

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WALMART SENIOR GREETER

Posted on August 10, 2012 by asknod

I received this also from Chip. It is a heartwarmer. Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, … Continue reading →

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MORE BIG BROTHER AT THE VA

Posted on July 31, 2012 by asknod

Just when we thought we’d heard it all about spying on 80 year old VAMC patients, out comes this tidbit spotted by Bodacious Bob, our FAC spotter in the Northeast. It shows the lengths vA is willing to go to … Continue reading →

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Military Sexual Trauma

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Laura

ASKNOD forwarded a recent article from another member to me for comment.   The article, by Jamie Goldberg, is entitled Military sexual assault victims’ PTSD claims are neglected, a House panel told.  After doing some research, I learned that there is an … Continue reading →

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vA JOBS PROGRAMS BY MOS

Posted on July 24, 2012 by asknod

At last, we’re going to be saved. Yessir. They’re starting with military policemen  and eventually will work all the way down to cooks in the mess hall as culinary masters in Michelin 5 star Restaurants. Were you a mechanic? Chances are … Continue reading →

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ADVENTURES IN vA LAND–NEW BOOK

Posted on July 23, 2012 by asknod

Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag now. XLibris just informed me they sent out this press release several days ago. I’m not finished talking to them on price. I didn’t get any input on that yet. I … Continue reading →

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