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Group Needs Help Locating C-123 Veterans

Please get the word out to any former C-123 crew and their families to go to the web site and engage on the issue.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Through a coincidence of timing and chance I recently met a retired USAF officer who has never forgotten the aviators’ duty to take care of one’s aircrew.

Marine Medal of Honor Recipient, Nation`s Best- Faces Retaliation as Whistleblower

The Medal of Honor reflects the gratitude of the entire nation. Here's the rest of the story...

(SALEM) - Marine Corps sergeant Dakota Meyer was awarded the Congressional medal for saving 36 lives in the heat of extensive combat, in Afghanistan.

But now, instead of being honored, Dakota Meyer is experiencing retaliation for having blown the whistle on a former employer based in England, military defense contractor BAE Systems, that he believes was trying to sell military hardware to Pakistan that could in turn be used against U.S. forces.

Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism`s Role is Taboo

The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes — from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya — remains taboo.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - On 22 May 2007, the Guardian’s Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq." The writer, Simon Tisdall, claimed that Iran had secret plans to defeat American troops in Iraq, which included "forging ties with al-Qaeda elements."

Reflections of the Iraq War

It's a war where nationalism drove an aggressive U.S. to mirror the behavior it supposedly believed Iraq was 'capable' of committing.

(SALEM) - For many the war in Iraq will never end, and for their sake everyone should understand as much as possible about this military operation that claimed far more lives than western media sources accurately reveal.

There is right and there is wrong and there is popular opinion. U.S. politicians with few exceptions, follow that third option.

Former U.S. Marine D`Manti Shocks Audience with Scorching-Hot Performance

(WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.) - Never afraid to push the envelope, Pop star D’Manti isn't called “The Queen of the Night” for nothing. Her debut blew audience away.

As the Troops Come Home

Acquired knowledge and experience can be used in the interest of peace.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - They should not be discharged unless they want to be, providing their enlistment has expired.

They can be used for peace time duty; search and rescue in the event of a calamity. Whatever; You get the idea.

Who is Julie Kramer and why is she contacting Veterans For Peace?

We are finding ourselves at the center of a historic movement, able to make a critical contribution.

(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) - My name is Julie Kramer and I have been at Occupy San Diego for almost a month. I would like to first thank you very much for your support of the Occupy Movement. It means the world to us when we see veterans in our marches and at our rallies…

Who, indeed, is this Julie Kramer? After a thorough background check, VFP’s counter-intel unit determined she belongs to a growing number of people electronically communicating people electronically communicating with VFP -------- to thank us for participating in the Occupy encampments.

The Shadow Government

What is different today, is the Internet, and the crimes committed in those shadowy halls are all being clearly exposed.

(SALEM) - Independent experts question the ‘official suicide death’ of decorated Marine Corps Colonel James E. Sabow at MCAS El Toro, California.

A number of unsolved ‘suicides’ and more likely outright murders followed the violent death of this straight arrow Marine.

Keeping Veterans` Claims Alive

Important info for U.S. military vets.

(SAN DIEGO) - In 2010, more than 3 million veterans received monthly monetary benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including more than 1 million veterans each from the Vietnam War and Gulf War eras, as well as veterans who served as far back as World War II.1 Nearly 40 percent of the veterans receiving benefits are age 65 or older.

Processing Disability Claims Based on Exposure to Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune

EPA's revised assessment of trichloroethylene (TCE), now characterizes chemical as "carcinogenic to humans" by all routes of exposure.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - Veterans who served at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to contaminants present in the base water supply prior to 1987.