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In Memoriam to our group host pinboy3niner. 48 denbot Apr 2017 Sep 2024 56 64490
Why aren't the names of these 74 sailors on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall? 0 douglas9 Yesterday Yesterday 5 317
The moment you as a private standing in line at the range OSUT infantry training realize you should have not enlisted. 10 Duncanpup Wednesday Sunday 5 689
On Sale for $2: A Soldier's Act of Heroism, Right Next to Used Books and an Old Toaster 5 douglas9 Feb 26 Sunday 8 783
VetsinTech Launches Fed Vets-to-Tech to Connect Displaced Veterans with Cybersecurity and Tech Roles 0 usonian May 10 May 10 4 214
Trump's Assault on Veterans Is Already Taking a Toll 2 Eugene May 9 May 9 12 586
Their Bombs Destroyed-and Still Threaten-Villages. Vietnam-Era Veterans Are Going Back to Help and Heal 0 douglas9 May 8 May 8 6 332
I Left My Platoon a Day Early. I Listened as the Viet Cong Killed My Replacement 12 douglas9 Apr 30 Apr 30 54 2097
USS Harry Truman Was Evading Houthi Attack When F/A-18 Super Hornet Rolled Off Its Deck 8 douglas9 Apr 29 Apr 29 11 625
Sailor wins $7,500 settlement after his car was towed and auctioned off while deployed 6 douglas9 Apr 28 Apr 28 10 732
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon 3 douglas9 Apr 24 Apr 24 61 1507
Crossing the Delware in 1776 2 Jacson6 Apr 23 Apr 23 4 395
Please welcome a new Veterans Group Moderator - GP6971 6 denbot Apr 9 Apr 15 7 724
Marine awarded Navy Cross at battle of Hue remembered as 'magnificent,' humble leader 3 douglas9 Feb 2025 Apr 3 6 631
Not Your Grandfather's Navy 0 douglas9 Mar 31 Mar 31 3 540
Your "new" VA. 0 usonian Mar 28 Mar 28 6 558
When rank-and-file troops leak secrets, they often go to jail 0 douglas9 Mar 26 Mar 26 10 463
Following backlash, U.S. Army republishes article on Japanese American unit that fought in WWII 2 douglas9 Mar 18 Mar 18 2 579
WWII, Last Surviving Battle of Britain Pilot Dies, John Hemingway of Dublin,105, RAF, Shot Down 90 Enemy Planes 1940 1 appalachiablue Mar 17 Mar 18 11 509
History of the Nisei 'Go For Broke' WWII unit removed from Army website 8 bluestateboomer Mar 14 Mar 14 12 781
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany 5 douglas9 Mar 14 Mar 14 13 705
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans 5 douglas9 Mar 13 Mar 14 21 1676
After the march on March 14th. 2 usonian Mar 12 Mar 13 8 529
? Is there a veterans march being organized for noon 3/14/2025 6 Duncanpup Feb 28 Mar 11 9 1109
When Drunks, Felons and Rapists control the histories of our heroes 0 70sEraVet Mar 9 Mar 9 15 583
Battered by Cuts and Firings, VA Employees Describe Serving Veterans Under 'Invisible Cloud of Dread' 1 douglas9 Mar 7 Mar 7 5 414
Veteran entrepreneurs say VA cuts have gutted their businesses 1 douglas9 Mar 6 Mar 6 5 499
SecVA recent address pisses me off.. 3 bluescribbler Mar 5 Mar 5 3 682
Veterans not mentioned once in the make-up splattered traitor's speech last night 1 Mysterian Mar 5 Mar 5 6 467
WW2 Airman From Cleveland, Ohio Accounted for after 80 Yrs Missing, 2nd Lt. KIA, Baltic Sea, Denmark 2 appalachiablue Mar 5 Mar 5 5 535

Veterans Continued...

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VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year 2 douglas9 Mar 5 Mar 5 4 883
Veterans Affairs Advises Employees To Reply To Insulting OPM Email 3 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 666
Fired VA health workers reinstated, but new staff don't trust Trump and Musk 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 595
Just a reminder about Moscow Mitch's evil. 7 The Polack MSgt Oct 2019 Feb 2025 2 2267
Senate rejects PACT Act protections, sending 'signal' that benefits could be cut, vet group says 3 douglas9 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 906
Elon and Donald Have Declared War on Veterans 1 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 13 680
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn't Go Back to Benning 2 douglas9 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 704
VA Disability Benefits at Risk 8 GP6971 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 22 1194
PTSD treatment wiith Hypobaric Oxygen Therapy 0 Desert grandma Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 529
For my dear friend Aristus. 5 Duncanpup Feb 2025 Feb 2025 31 1363
Wish I'd have known this back in 1971 11 KS Toronado Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 1689
Harry Chandler, Navy Medic Survived 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor, Helped Injured Sailors, Dies at 103 4 appalachiablue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1163
He Survived the Battle of the Bulge & Stormed the Normandy Beaches. At 104, He Still Golfs 3 Days A Week 2 appalachiablue Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 918
63 Years Ago Today, the First US Soldier Was Killed in Vietnam 2 C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 844
The cold hard truth of the matter,.. 7 YoshidaYui Dec 2024 Dec 2024 11 1149
From TRICARE Fees to Lower COLA, These Budget Options Could Gut Service-Earned Benefits 1 tinymontgomery Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 731
Is Project 2025 Coming for Your VA Benefits? VA Disability Group PLLC 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 899
I want to take back my comments on an earlier post in this forum 6 70sEraVet Dec 2024 Dec 2024 34 1629
Has anyone contributed to and/or participated in Wreaths Across America? 8 GP6971 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 1057
Something angered me today 22 vanamonde Dec 2024 Dec 2024 83 3685
Preempting Project 2025 VA reforms 2 shotten99 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 12 1204
My "new" DD-214 is received, downloaded, scanned, printed. 11 Siwsan Jul 2024 Nov 2024 20 1988
Kristin Hannah's latest novel shines spotlight on Vietnam War nurses -- including Nebraskans 2 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 833
Veteran's Events and Discounts for November. 1 usonian Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 751
SFO passenger deplaned from Delta flight due to (Veteran's) T-shirt 5 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 31 1841
Veteran Buddy Check Week 2 sl8 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 806
One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II Dies at 107 8 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 43 1284
For the D.U. Airborne veterans community memories good memories. 3 Duncanpup Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 819
Did any (other) Vets take umbrage 4 majdrfrtim Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1232
Got " double booked" with psyche today,,, 1 kozar Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 991

Veterans Continued...

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Quite well pissed at American Legion leadership right now 3 70sEraVet Oct 2024 Oct 2024 16 1633
My Men Had Served a Year in Hell. I Was Getting Them Home, Come Humid Hell or High Water. 2 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1089
Milley drops a truth bomb about Trump: "He's fascist to the core" 0 peppertree Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 1093
Disaster assistance and resources for Veterans, October 8, 2024 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 813
Sitting in the waiting room of my radiation oncologist 18 HAB911 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 17 1866
Black WW2 Veteran Honored Decades Later, 21 Yr Old Medic, D-Day 1944 Helped Save 200 Lives 2 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 889
Help needed re: Project 2025 9 bluescribbler Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1610
Veterans Wait 30 Yrs on Ave for US to Acknowledge Military Toxic Exposure, Illnesses: NBC 0 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 822
Happy birthday to the U.S.A.F. 5 Duncanpup Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 1278
(V) Veterans Abandoning Trump's GOP In Record Numbers ('Suckers & Losers') 0 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 1176
September Is National Recovery Month ( From VA email ) 0 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 664
I know that many DU members are veterans 7 70sEraVet Aug 2024 Sep 2024 37 1825
Trump's Arlington stunt: Speaker Mike Johnson pressured Army to allow event 3 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 1461
Jesse Ventura EXPLODES on Republican lies against Tim Walz 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 16 1724
There are currently 60 living Medal of Honor recipients. 5 70sEraVet Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1425
Local PA GOP official on why he's voting for Harris 0 whiteroses Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 993
US Civil War Soldier Receives Long Overdue Honors at London Cemetery 0 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 827
New Mexico WW2 Veteran Laid to Rest Nearly 82 Yrs Later; D. 1942 As POW After Bataan Death March 2 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 956
Jacques Lewis, Last French Veteran of US D-Day Landing, Dies at 105: Utah Beach, Normandy 🇲🇫 6 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 1126
From Armed Forces spouse Mary Lopez on YouTube: "I am furious at JD Vance" 1 peppertree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1154
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