Since joining the Air Force in 1999, he's been on 500 combat missions.....
A 10 year old boy who has been battling cancer via chemotherapy for the last 1.5 years had the opportunity to become an 'Airman for a Day' at Fairchild Air Force Base.
This week we had heavy rain Somehow I still had fun Last week we had Sun for days You know I still had fun The ever changing weather Can't put a stop to joy In fact it gives you reason To all the more enjoy Splash in a puddle Walk in the sand Build a snowman Just sit and blow bu …
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When Mary Martin was asked to be a health policy analyst for the Air Force Reserve, a position as one of the few female colonels at the Pentagon, she was honored to accept. Little did she know, her appointment would turn into the worst day of her life. "Every Tuesday morning, we …
The head of Arkansas' Veterans Affairs Department retired suddenly Monday, four days after state auditors questioned whether his agency suffered from lax oversight of its finances.Legislative auditors found that a state credit card was used at liquor stores, beauty salons and pet …
Ron Paul's presidential campaign did not return repeated Army inquiries seeking information about the political activities of a reservist who endorsed Paul in uniform at an Iowa rally, according to Army documents released Tuesday. Records released to The Associated Press under …
When Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Cooney, 31, returned home from Afghanistan to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina last December, he was taken aside and escorted into a gymnasium where his wife and five children waited.
Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions when evaluating disability claims and failed to inform veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan that they are entitled to free mental health care, according to a report release …
While most of us go about our daily lives today, it's estimated 18 veterans will kill themselves. Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan feel they must hide their deepest wounds to save their careers, but one marine is putting it all out there in the hope of helping hi …
The estate of a Puyallup, Wash., soldier who died in Roseburg in 2008 is suing the federal government for $2 million, arguing that he was too impaired to have been given a three-day pass by the Roseburg VA Medical Center. According to the lawsuit in federal court in Eugene, Jeffr …
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