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Oregon Welcomes Home Airmen from Iraq Deployment (PHOTOS)

"We worked seven days a week, 12 hours a day" -Senior Airman Rick Lowe

(WARRENTON, Ore.) - Members of one of the most activated and deployed units in the Oregon Air National Guard participated in a demobilization ceremony at the Rilea Training Facility here.

Twenty-seven members of the 116th Air Control Squadron were deployed to Iraq from September 2008 to February 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

IRAQ: Pullout, or Dig In?

It appears the US military occupation may not end, at least not soon. What we are seeing is a public relations shell game.

(MIAMI, Fla.) - A lot of Americans who voted for candidate Barack Obama because of his promises to end George Bush’s war in Iraq are feeling dismayed, or even betrayed.

Two Women Among U.S. Combat Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan

Casualties in this report include soldiers and one Marine who were killed in the past eight days.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For hundreds of years the United States refused to allow women into combat roles.

Many people historically believed that is was wrong to disallow women from combat. Today women die in battle with sometimes the same frequency as men.

Army Captain Indicted for Money Laundering and Theft of Government Property

Indictment Alleges Captain Stole in Excess of $690,000.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Capt. Michael Dung Nguyen, 28, of Ft. Lewis, Wash., with theft of government property, money laundering and structuring financial transactions, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Karin J. Immergut announced today.

Nguyen was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Papak at 1:30 p.m. PST today to answer to the charges.

Obama and Israel`s Military: Still Arm-in-Arm

Obama's supporters must demand that he live up to his promise to change the mindset in Washington that has contributed to such death and destruction in the Middle East.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In the wake of Israel's massive assault on heavily populated civilian areas of the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Amnesty International called for the United States to suspend military aid to Israel on human rights grounds.

Amnesty has also called for the United Nations to impose a mandatory arms embargo on Hamas and Israel. Unfortunately, it appears that President Barack Obama won't be heeding Amnesty's call.

PTSD Veterans Built-In Paranoia

Dr. Phillip Leveque is a WWII Combat Veteran, Professor of Pharmacology, Forensic Toxicologist and Osteopathic Physician.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Oregon newspapers just recently have been reporting a recent PTSD Battle Veteran of carrying a licensed pistol and a knife and having a rifle in his automobile and being disciplined for it.

Training for down and dirty lethal battle includes the mantra that almost everybody out there IS your enemy and trying to kill you. It’s the truth and the advice better be firmly lodged in your brain for instant acquisition. It better be, life OR death is often a decision in a microsecond.

Marijuana Misinformation & Incredible Duplicity by a Money Grubbing Mercenary

Dr. Phillip Leveque is a WWII Combat Veteran, Professor of Pharmacology, Forensic Toxicologist and Osteopathic Physician.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - After studying the Pharmacology of cannabis/marijuana for some fifty years and treating some 4 thousand patients, very little surprises me. Over the weekend I did get the shock of my life.

I accidentally turned up the name Andrea Barthwell on my computer and an absolutely incredible amount of garbage was regurgitated.

Marijuana Vs. Morphine Drugs: Comparative Pharmacology

Phillip Leveque spent his life as a WWII Combat Infantryman, Professor of Pharmacology, Forensic Toxicologist and Osteopathic Physician.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Morphine has long been the standard strong pain killer for almost any purpose. Certain similar drugs are considered more potent on the basis of dose.

For example Dilaudids dose is 1.5 mg compared to morphine at 10 mg for the same effect. Heroin is about 3 mg, Oxycodone (Percodan) is about 10 mg but Oxycontin is a special long acting form which has caused thousands of deaths when patients pulverize the pills which causes immediate release of the drug.

US Soldier Guilty of Iraq Murder

An American military jury has found a US army officer guilty of the murder of an Iraqi detainee.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The jury in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, also convicted 1st Lt Michael Behenna of assaulting Ali Mansour Mohammed near Baiji, north of Baghdad, last May.

Behenna had argued that he was defending himself when he fatally shot Mr Mohammed during an interrogation.

Free Training for Clergy on Needs of OEF/OIF Veterans and Families‏

Training will help clergy learn more about PTSD and suicide.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Free training for clergy and related staff to address the special needs of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans and their families is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11th at the Lane County Armed Forces Reserve Center in Springfield, Oregon.

The training is sponsored by the Portland VA Medical Center, VA Roseburg Health Care System, The Oregon National Guard and VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Educational and Clinical Centers.