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In Memoriam to our group host pinboy3niner. 48 denbot Apr 2017 Sep 2024 56 68736
More than $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old Army veteran working at grocery store 1 douglas9 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 6 312
MALS-36 Commander Relieved of Command Duties 5 Wonder Why Tuesday 10 hrs ago 13 530
VA Warned These Companies They May Be Breaking the Law. Most Are Still in Business 1 douglas9 Tuesday Tuesday 6 328
Bill Would Force VA to Reveal Secret List of Toxic Exposure Illnesses 0 GP6971 Nov 24 Nov 24 8 269
Veterans' Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA's Quality and Cost 0 GP6971 Nov 24 Nov 24 6 247
Military Veterans Who Refused COVID Vaccine Now Eligible for GI Bill Benefits 0 GP6971 Nov 24 Nov 24 0 264
Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92 0 douglas9 Nov 20 Nov 20 12 378
Vietnam War pilot and longest-held Marine POW laid to rest at Arlington 5 douglas9 Nov 10 Nov 10 24 634
Yearly list of Veteran's Day freebies 1 usonian Nov 6 Nov 6 3 1242
US troops given German food bank advice amid shutdown 1 douglas9 Nov 6 Nov 6 5 430
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law' in Caribbean strikes 0 douglas9 Oct 29 Oct 29 18 692
They've Never Been Arrested. Why Does the FBI List Thousands of Service Members as Potential Criminals? 1 douglas9 Oct 23 Oct 23 12 723
A pilot went down in Vietnam to protect secrets. Will he get the Medal of Honor? 1 douglas9 Oct 22 Oct 22 7 521
Long-dismissed 'Gulf War Illness' finally recognized with international medical code 0 douglas9 Oct 9 Oct 9 8 512
VA statement on the shutdown. Services affected and unaffected. 6 usonian Oct 1 Oct 2 7 716
This Air Force program forged ties with foreign militaries. Now it's on the chopping block 1 douglas9 Oct 2 Oct 2 4 585
The Navy commissioned $400K worth of safety videos. Then, it tried to make them disappear. 1 douglas9 Sep 30 Sep 30 13 2133
If your uniform was the issue B.D.U. Battle dress uniform. 3 Duncanpup Sep 28 Sep 28 7 1796
Veterans who lack citizenship fear being swept up in Trump's deportations 2 douglas9 Sep 24 Sep 24 7 2477
Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan 4 douglas9 Sep 23 Sep 23 4 732
Restaurant Fined $25K for Kicking Out Disabled Veteran, Service Dog 2 Wonder Why Sep 21 Sep 21 16 2506
Medal of Honor recipient's remains identified after 80 years 2 douglas9 Sep 21 Sep 21 7 1953
Cross posting from the photography group 0 HAB911 Sep 17 Sep 17 3 794
People who never served will not understand life in military. 20 Duncanpup Sep 8 Sep 17 15 2873
Mass Deportations Ensnare Immigrant Service Members and Veterans 0 douglas9 Sep 12 Sep 12 5 2606
POW Witness: He Was Forced to Watch an Execution of U.S. Soldiers/80 Years After WWII, His Story Sparks a Search 0 douglas9 Sep 12 Sep 12 11 2922
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Duncanpup Sep 10 Sep 10 0 625
The Dark Truth About Life on a US Aircraft Carrier (Sailors Never Sleep) 5 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1590
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 717

Veterans Continued...

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Trump's SHOCKING Offer to J6 Rioter SPARKS OUTRAGE 1 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 825
'We Need to Terminate Treatment': VA Mental Health Providers Say They Are Under Pressure to Limit Care 3 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 11 1687
Troops deployed to US-Mexico border will get a new medal 6 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 978
Bipartisan House Bill Would Restore Relocation Efforts for Afghan War Allies 0 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 614
Senate vote could lead to rapist's removal from San Antonio cemetery 7 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1003
Laura Loomer unites vets from both sides of aisle after Medal of Honor rant 5 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 12 1108
Trump Tells Purple Heart Recipients: 'It Wasn't That Easy for Me Either' 7 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 13 1272
My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn't Care, and I Wasn't Going Home Without a Tab 2 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 1144
New Login System Coming for Defense Department and Some VA Websites 0 GP6971 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 638
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties 0 GP6971 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 686
The Big Money and High Cost of the US Military's On-Base Slot Machines 2 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 839
Navy Scraps P-8 Poseidon That Ran Off The Runway In Hawaii Two Years Ago 0 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 864
Police HANDCUFFED Me for Mowing Veteran's Lawn for FREE! 8 Jacson6 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 19 1781
Pentagon shifts $200 million from barracks, schools, facilities to border wall 1 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 722
'Nobody to Watch My Twins.' Military Spouses Quit Jobs, Families Bust Budgets in Scramble for Child Care 2 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 914
Am I the first Legionaire to notice political bias coming from leadership? 19 70sEraVet Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1835
ICE agents will patrol gates of Oahu's Marine Corps Base in pilot program 11 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1455
For veterans sensitive to sound or light this July 4 0 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1040
Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S. 1 AZProgressive Jun 2025 Jun 2025 14 1370
Breakfast yesterday with wounded warriors. 2 Duncanpup Jun 2025 Jun 2025 20 1285
Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Republicans have questions 2 littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 1052
We Asked An Expert Why Soldiers Were Marching So Badly In Trump's Military Parade, And Her Reasoning Makes Sense 7 douglas9 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 21 2685
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA 3 GP6971 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 1108
Who's Winning the Multibillion Dollar Battle Over Veterans Benefits? 0 douglas9 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1049
Any military person ordered to violate our Constitution can call 877-447-4487 0 Granny Blue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 1046
My Dad's photo of the crew on his submarine, the Blackfish 7 Beringia Jun 2025 Jun 2025 45 2304
Bill would cover 'Forever Chemical' exposure at bases under VA benefits 0 douglas9 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 1006
Your "new" VA. 2 usonian Mar 2025 Jun 2025 6 1665
@SenatorBaldwin Today, I was in Madison hearing from Wisconsin veterans about what's at stake if the Trump administrati 2 riversedge May 2025 May 2025 8 1273
Why aren't the names of these 74 sailors on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall? 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 5 1208

Veterans Continued...

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The moment you as a private standing in line at the range OSUT infantry training realize you should have not enlisted. 10 Duncanpup May 2025 May 2025 5 2310
On Sale for $2: A Soldier's Act of Heroism, Right Next to Used Books and an Old Toaster 5 douglas9 Feb 2025 May 2025 9 1974
VetsinTech Launches Fed Vets-to-Tech to Connect Displaced Veterans with Cybersecurity and Tech Roles 0 usonian May 2025 May 2025 4 1059
Trump's Assault on Veterans Is Already Taking a Toll 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 12 1604
Their Bombs Destroyed-and Still Threaten-Villages. Vietnam-Era Veterans Are Going Back to Help and Heal 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 6 1191
I Left My Platoon a Day Early. I Listened as the Viet Cong Killed My Replacement 12 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 54 3623
USS Harry Truman Was Evading Houthi Attack When F/A-18 Super Hornet Rolled Off Its Deck 8 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 1942
Sailor wins $7,500 settlement after his car was towed and auctioned off while deployed 6 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1814
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon 3 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 61 2570
Crossing the Delware in 1776 2 Jacson6 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 1358
Please welcome a new Veterans Group Moderator - GP6971 6 denbot Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 2239
Marine awarded Navy Cross at battle of Hue remembered as 'magnificent,' humble leader 3 douglas9 Feb 2025 Apr 2025 6 1679
Not Your Grandfather's Navy 0 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1440
When rank-and-file troops leak secrets, they often go to jail 0 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1313
Following backlash, U.S. Army republishes article on Japanese American unit that fought in WWII 2 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1694
WWII, Last Surviving Battle of Britain Pilot Dies, John Hemingway of Dublin,105, RAF, Shot Down 90 Enemy Planes 1940 1 appalachiablue Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1664
History of the Nisei 'Go For Broke' WWII unit removed from Army website 8 bluestateboomer Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 2138
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany 5 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 1815
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans 5 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 21 2816
After the march on March 14th. 2 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1447
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