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Salem-News.com Joins Forces With Occupy Marines

There's nobody you would rather have on your side than the Marines.

(SALEM) - We've covered activities from Marines and former Marines in the Occupy Wall Street movement from day one.

Now we're taking a step forward in sync with this group whose motto: OCCUPY MARINES Fighting for our Country - Not the 1%.

Last Week: 84 US Afghan War Casualties

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting only those killed, but rarely mentioning those wounded in action.

(PORTLAND, OR) - US military occupation forces in Afghanistan and Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 84 casualties in the period ending April 17.

The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations "Iraqi Freedom" and "New Dawn"), and 33,574 since the US invaded Afghanistan in November, 2001.

The War After the War

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Our Returning Veterans.

(STAYTON, OR) - Did you know that 10 to 18% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans may have post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD? Do you know the signs and symptoms and where to turn for help?

A team leader at the Salem Oregon Veterans Health Administration, will speak on these issues and answer questions at an informative lecture on our returning veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder on Thursday, in Stayton.

Afghanistan: Is Karzai Peace Plan a No-Go?

Taliban won't accept any deal Afghanistan’s political system, as a whole, can live with.

(SEATTLE) - Wave of coordinated attacks were unleashed by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan Sunday.

It brings the grim realization that Western backed Afghan President Mr. Karzai’s staked peace deal efforts with the Taliban aren’t working.

Leave Us Out of Another Middle East War

We have not yet been given the butcher’s bill for our misadventure in Afghanistan, but it will be finally delivered within a couple of years.

(WASHINGTON DC) - One of the most vivid memories I have of my service in the U.S. Senate was of an early Democratic caucus.

It was in January of 1973, not long after President Richard Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had ordered the carpet bombing of Hanoi in an effort to strong arm the Vietnamese into surrendering.

Infantry Attack: the Prospect of Horrible Death

WWII: 300,000 infantry killed. This is a story about PTSD.

(MOLALLA, OR) - There is very much widespread ignorance about what PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is all about.

There has been a litany of "homesickness", "miss their mothers", "miss their girlfriends". PTSD is the fear of death while it is erupting all around a soldier.

Jobless Warrior Announces Official Launch

Jobless Warrior has more than 100 volunteer career professionals registered to provide pro bono, job preparation services to veterans.

(CUMBERLAND, RI) - Jobless Warrior, a new online career enhancing service for veterans, is proud to announce its official nationwide launch of services.

Veterans can now visit joblesswarrior.org to request free resume help, connect with a career coach, join a job networking group, and more.

Sgt Bales: Army Sacrifice of a Good Soldier

Irrationality and irresponsibility...

(MOLALLA, OR) - In Army command philosophy, it is always the lowest ranking person who is at fault and gets the blame.

Help the Family of a Rhode Island National Guard Hero

“Actions speak louder than words”

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks.

Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters.

Fiery Crash of Navy Jet Spares All

Five of the six injured people were reportedly released from the hospital before 6:00 p.m. before local time.

(VIRGINIA BEACH) - A U.S. Navy FA/18-D jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach today, just after take-off. Amazingly, according to reports, nobody died in the violent crash, however six people in the low-rise apartment complex were injured and transported from the scene.

The scene was described as a a massive inferno as the video clearly shows. The two naval aviators aboard the plane both survived.