Category Archives: Future Veterans

U. S. Navy New Year’s 2015 celebration image from Japan

With 24,000 military and civilian personnel, this is a very large installation! Fleet Activities, Yokosuka comprises 568 acres and is located 43 miles south of Tokyo at the entrance of Tokyo Bay and approximately 18 miles south of Yokohama. Yokosuka … Continue reading

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Sit, stay, rappel: Dogs fast rope with their handlers

A few unique images for military working dog lovers to enjoy.   Who: 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III;  What: Tomorrow’s veterans training; Where: MEFCAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan. When: October 14, 2014. Photos: Lance Cpl. … Continue reading

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SEARS ROEBUCK– THE VET’S FRIEND

I received this from member Randy of the “I’m higher than you state of Colorado”.  Great news when you are planning things like major purchases. I like to buy American and give my business to those who stand with me … Continue reading

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A few recent Air Force photos

The Official photostreams of the branches of military service show tomorrow’s veterans at work today.  They are doing dangerous work, useful work, and humanitarian (also dangerous) work.  Will they find meaningful well-paying work commensurate with their experience and skills when … Continue reading

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Guinness–Coming Home

Few commercials move you as this one submitted by members Paul and Leigh.  Someone who feels he has the stoic control of his emotions may still feel the lump and remember the moment when he/she arrived back from being in … Continue reading

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PROJECT SANCTUARY

Here’s a real hands-on charity in Colorado. I read over their 2012 IRS 990  Sanctuary 990 2012 and liked what I see.  Project Sanctuary conducted ten retreats in 2011, their latest year tabulated above. That took 103 military families-Dads, Moms, and in … Continue reading

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UGLY STATISTICS ON DISABLED VETS BEING HIDDEN

This hardly surprises me. ‘Pop’ Smoke sends us this news flash which should hardly come as a surprise but does. In the early stages of World War II, this was commonplace. Roosevelt did not want America to lose heart at … Continue reading

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WALTER REED HOSPITAL SIX YEARS LATER

Member Frank sends us this missive and link to the neverending Walter Reed imbroglio that’s comparable to the erstwhile cockroaches of Hiroshima. It won’t die or go away nor will it resolve any time soon. When you choose to become … Continue reading

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SYRIAN AIR OPS PATCHES OUT

Preliminary Air Force Search and Rescue teams are gearing up for duty picking up downed airmen in the event of an air/ground war with Syria. In conjunction with the French, we’ve agreed in principle to provide all the Pave Low … Continue reading

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WALTER REED WHERE ARE YOU?

In what would make any physician, especially a military one, roll over in his grave, would be to see the way the military and by extension, the VA, treat our soldiers and Veterans when they think America isn’t looking or … Continue reading

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