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Iraq Vets` Amazing Cross Country Trek to California

Both Voss and Anderson served in the Army, and both have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

(LOS ANGELES) - Two Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans have followed the footsteps of a small handful of veterans who have ‘taken to the open road’ to raise money for respective veterans organizations and to help people understand the scores of issues that plague veterans as they try to readjust to life back home.

Tom Voss (29) and Anthony Anderson (30) donned their hiking boots and headed west from Wisconsin on a 2700-mile journey that would take them to California’s Santa Monica Pier.

Shinseki Must Fire VA Director Beiter or Obama Must Fire Him!

The Los Angeles VA is a national disgrace and that’s because Donna Beiter’s “leadership” is a disgrace.

(LOS ANGELES) - Donna Beiter, executive director of the Los Angeles VA must be fired posthaste because serious misconduct is her Modus Operandi and it flows downhill.

She has two Federal Judgments against her so why do you suppose a VA law officer sees nothing wrong with sending a nude photo of himself to a young woman who sought VA help for her missing uncle who is a Veteran?

Shameful: US Vets Have to Sue to Get Benefits... Going to Court in SoCal

VA determinations are not made by mental health professionals or adjudicated in a Court of law, but rather by a benefit administrator- a policy that is quite different than the rest of the population whose cases must be adjudicated in a Court of law.

(LOS ANGELES CityWatch) - RUSS REPORT - The United States Justice Foundation (USJF) has filed the first lawsuit of what promises to be a string of lawsuits in the US District Court for the Southern District of California against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA).

USJF sought records via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding "Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) rules, regulations, and criteria for making determinations of incompetency..."

Feds Are Spending Billions to Help States Avoid Privacy Laws to Ban Firearm Ownership

New proposals would add mental health issues and minor drug convictions to the list of those blocked from buying or possessing guns.

(SALEM) - Documents from the U.S. Government Accountability Office published in 2012, reveal that the federal government is spending billions of to help states avoid privacy laws and add Americans with mental health and minor drug convictions to the roles of people blocked from buying or possessing firearms.

States are being rewarded with money if they help the DOJ and other agencies peel back the privacy laws and rights that block federal access to state records.

EXCLUSIVE: Feds Tell Veteran He Will Lose 2nd Amendment Rights Because of PTSD

When did serving your country become a crime?

(MYRTLE CREEK, OR) - If Pat Kirby's guns are taken away by the federal government, then everyone else is probably going to eventually face the same thing. The clock is ticking.

American Legion to Host Town Hall Meeting on VA Health-Care Quality

“The input and feedback that we receive from veterans during these town hall meetings helps us understand firsthand what challenges and recommendations they have for improving their medical care” - Ralph Bozella, chairman of the task force

(ROSEBURG, OR) - The American Legion, the country’s largest organization of wartime veterans, will host a local town hall meeting for veterans that will focus on the past, present and future of health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Roseburg, Ore.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 at American Legion Post 16 on 406 SE Oak Street in Roseburg.

Beyond Arbitrary and Capricious

Latest news from the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veteran's Association...

(LITTLETON, CO) - For the fourth time in just over four years, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has taken a position contrary to current Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA or VA) policy regarding the exposure of Blue Water Navy personnel to Agent Orange/Dioxin (AO/D) during their service in the Vietnam War.

The DVA continues to claim that these offshore Navy and Marine personnel were not exposed to Agent Orange during their active military service.

PTSD: Malignant Medications are Murdering Military Heroes

Pharmacological treatment is best.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Readers are most likely wondering about my title --- good, good! A whole bunch of entrenched treatments must be critiqued. They are bad for the Veterans and society as a whole. With 22 PTSD Veterans killing themselves every day and thousands homeless or hermits, something must be said about this absolute betrayal of our combat Veterans. Our society owes them the return of their souls and minds.

It is not necessary for me to recite the causes and effects of PTSD. They are well known and a cancer on our society. Almost from the first, they were regarded as a lack of moral fiber and/or a sign of whimpiness. Not so. The best combat soldier is frequently the worst victim if he is still alive. His brain has been undone.

Post Traumatic Stress (PTS): New, Fake Treatments Reported by CBS News

Cannabis best relieves PTS, say most veterans.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I was both astonished and bewildered by Scott Kelly's TV program, The War Within: Treating PTS. It appears that Dr. Kevin Reeder, who acts more like a psychologist guarding his turf, somehow got to Kelly to promote a PTS treatment called “Prolonged Exposure Therapy”, which after years of use does not really work. How he got some 16 PTS veterans to participate really baffles me.

For me to intervene in this brouhaha requires my introduction to the subject.

New Song and Music Video for Veteran Outreach Mission: (Operation) Red Dragonfly

Along with former Marine Robert O'Dowd, Tim King is the co-author of Betrayal: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-up

(BOSTON) - Operation Red Dragonfly is one former Marine's journey to cross the country spreading the word about toxic military bases and other issues impacting Veterans and the general public.

Tim King rode just over 11,500 miles this summer giving talks about health issues that impact Veterans and the general public. It all takes off again in the summer of 2014 with Red Dragonfly II. The goal is to save lives.