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Please Donate to our Motorcycle Outreach Effort for Veteran Health Awareness

Through addressing groups, answering questions, and efforts to get in front of as many reporters and cameras as possible, this tour will measurably turn the problem around.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - This is one of the most revolutionary ideas to evolve from our years of covering Veteran health issues.

It is a solo cross country motorcycle ride designed to reach Veterans all over and inform them of the health risks they face from toxins used by the various military services but not disclosed to those who served.

Operation Red Dragonfly Brings Hardcore Veteran Health Outreach to America

This is the beginning of a movement to reach thousands, then millions.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Veteran outreach needs to become radicalized, and it must become a constant effort. So I ask, what are you willing to do? We publish news about Veterans health constantly, but this summer I will ride a motorcycle all over the USA to give presentations about Veterans health issues. We are calling it Operation Red Dragonfly.

I could use your help. We aren't looking for that much and there will be fundraising events along the way, but more is needed to get this show on the road.

The Computer Mouse and Genius Inventor Doug Englebart

I lived with him about two years... way before he invented "the mouse".

(PORTLAND, OR) - Over one billion Englebart’s mouse have been sold.

It was extremely disheartening to read Doug’s obituary in the New York Times. His extensive list of extreme honors such as the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize for invention and innovation was not a surprise to me.

Children of Vietnam Veterans Bring Healthcare Issues to Forefront

Agent Orange Institute of Medicine Official COVVHA Testimony

(IRVINE, CA) - There is a renewed push for the Institute of Medicine to take seriously the claims made by the Children of Vietnam Veterans and their families about the birth defects and illnesses they are suffering from.

The adverse affects of the dioxin laden herbicide sprayed over the jungles of Vietnam, AKA Agent Orange, have been well known since the government first admitted in 1991 to cause illnesses in Vietnam Veterans.

Operation Red Dragonfly - Former Marine Will Cross Country for Veteran`s Health

One Marine-turned journalist, one motorcycle, and valuable information to help Vets live longer, coming soon to a venue near you...

(SALEM / SACRAMENTO) - "This will be the most important thing I have ever done." says Tim King, founder and news editor of Salem-News.com, in regard to his scheduled 48-state motorcycle ride for Veterans.

A Marine Veteran who has covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Tim will talk about the potential health risks they face from having served in the armed forces, and in military conflict.

Veterans... Does the Federal Government Really Care About You?

Those who served have a list of particular concerns, from Agent Orange to Depleted Uranium and beyond....

(WASHINGTON DC) - Obviously, like all of us who live in this country, we are exposed to environmental pollutants, household chemicals, and workplace hazards.

But what most of us would never imagine is that our employer would, without our knowledge, deliberately expose us to life threatening toxins.

John Rocker Goes to Bat for Veterans

Former major leaguer's organization helps homeless re-enter society

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - Conducting interviews on this topic is John Rocker, a Major League Baseball pitcher for six years, is the author of "Scars and Strikes."

After retiring from baseball, Rocker embarked upon a successful career in real estate development.

Road Warrior Crossroads: Taking Veteran`s Issues to the Street

Announcing Tim King's plan to visit different regions of the U.S. to raise awareness of Veteran's health issues and motorcycle rider's civil rights.

(SALEM / SACRAMENTO) - Tim King is taking a new military assignment and you can help.

He isn't reporting from Iraq or Afghanistan this time, Tim's covering an ongoing war here at home where Veterans are fighting for their rights, and he'll be checking in with motorcycle riders who are busy defending their civil rights in regard to club membership and other issues.

Memorial Day 2013 at Arlington National Cemetery - POW Bowe Bergdahl is Still Alive, After 4 Years!

Our Service Men and Woman are putting their lives on the line every day for US, ‘We should never leave anyone behind”!

(ARLINGTON, VA) - It was a beautiful bright sunny Memorial Day at Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery where many family members, loved ones and friends paid there respects to their fallen heroes.

Again this year our President and the new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stopped bye to visit with the families.

If I could Just Save One

“We honor the dead best by treating the living well." ~Jennifer M. Granholm

(PORTLAND, OR) - I would arrive to work, coffee in hand, and my brain in screen-saver to sit in the same spot in the report room below a paper pinned to the wall that read “You know you are a nurse if…”

I stared at the bottom of the nurse bucket-list that read, “Your next project is writing a book titled “Suicide: How to do it right the first time.”