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US Calls Attack a Premeditated Violation of the 1953 Korean War Armistice

Obama says US would defend its ally South Korea.

(SACRAMENTO) - The US government says a lethal North Korean artillery strike on a South Korean island is a premeditated violation of the 1953 Korean War armistice. However, U.S. officials did say they do not believe Pyongyang is preparing for an extended military campaign.

US President Barack Obama is asking officials in Communist China to press their friends in Communist Pyongyang, North Korea into "abiding by rules", following a military strike.

North Korea Bangs War Drum, Prepares for Attack on South Korea

Just when you thought U.S. military action overseas was winding down...

(CHICAGO) - A possible showdown is coming between the million man army of North Korea and the joint US-South Korean forces. Like a pressure cooker simmering for many months, all the ingredients for war that have been simmering may be about ready to boil over.

The official news agency of the government in Pyongyang is reacting to the joint naval exercises conducted by US, Japanese and South Korean forces.

PTSD Therapy by Psychologists: Maybe this isn`t the Correct Term

Annihilation Anxiety. Battle Terror. Call it what you may, but PTSD victims deserve respect in treatment.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Salem-news.com posted an article Sept. 17, 2010 Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity During Interaction With PTSD Sufferers by Carol Ware Duff, RN, BA, MSN, which appears to be a psychological approach for PTSD therapy.

This is very important because there are estimates of more than 1,000,000 military victims from recent wars and more turning up years after they got out of the military.

PTSD and Anti-Depressant Drugs: the Worst Notorious Modern Medical Fraud

A side comment is that the drug companies have sold the idea to the Veterans Administration and they prescribe these drugs by the ton to PTSD Veterans.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I’m sure some people will take umbrage at my title. Keep on reading. First of all there are about 30 of them – why? It’s easy, most don’t work. In fact placebos (fake sugar pills) frequently work better.

PTSD: The Silent Enemy

Addiction, alcoholism, failed marriages, failures as a parent, on and on. Homelessness. Yes, PTSD takes no prisoners and does not discriminate.

(DANANG, Vietnam) - Fear, paranoia, procrastination, self destruction, isolation, depression – I can go on and on with adjectives and descriptions. The feelings are so familiar to so many of us.

The disease is insidious. We think the feelings go away, just to find out after days of feeling good, they come right back and kick our ass.

Soldier Suicides: They are Killing my Infantry Buddies

Recruiting and retention are decreasing drastically. Fighting ones enemies is bad enough, when a soldier has to fight his superiors and the VA when he gets out it’s worse.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Suicides are increasing, alcoholism is increasing, illegal drug use is increasing, spousal murder is increasing, recruiting is decreasing, retention is decreasing.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE STATISTICS????

One can be ordered to perform a real suicide battle mission as simply as one could be ordered to clean his rifle or shave.

Veterans Administration Needs to Take Charge and Become Advocates for Change

If our nation rescinds its promises and ignores its obligation to those who have fought to preserve freedom throughout the world, we compromise the right to ask our men and women to serve and defend our national principals.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, would like to bring to your attention the ever-increasing problems affecting veterans and their families every day.

President Obama has clearly stated, “Whether you left the service in 2009 or 1949, we will fulfill our responsibility to deliver the benefits and care that you earned. That's why I've pledged to build nothing less than a 21st-century VA”.

The Day I Flew Wing to Wing with a Soviet MiG-17

"I spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force learning to fight these things, and now I own one" -MiG Pilot Bill Reesman

(SALEM, Ore.) - From time to time I unearth old archival material and this one, an aerial show from a historic Russian jet fighter, I think, is a gem.

On this particular day, I was able to shoot a story on Bill Reesman's red MiG-17 the best possible way; from a Lear Jet!

Marinestan

Conflict will remain the same as long as human nature does. The Marines have always understood that.

(PALO ALTO, Calif.) - Periodically, the Marines’ way of doing things so bothers our military planners that some higher-ups try to curb their independence.

The ten-part HBO series on the Pacific campaign of World War II just ended. That story of island-hopping was mostly about how the old breed of U.S. Marines fought die-hard Japanese infantrymen face to face in places like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Guam, and Okinawa.

U.S. Casualties Span Sixty Years and Four Wars

Americans in this report died in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kenya, and at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Korean and Vietnam.

(SALEM, Ore.) - When we publish casualty reports, something always stands out about the individuals we lose in the wars overseas.