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Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law' in Caribbean strikes 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 18 1755
They've Never Been Arrested. Why Does the FBI List Thousands of Service Members as Potential Criminals? 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1857
A pilot went down in Vietnam to protect secrets. Will he get the Medal of Honor? 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1631
Long-dismissed 'Gulf War Illness' finally recognized with international medical code 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 1484
VA statement on the shutdown. Services affected and unaffected. 6 usonian Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 2202
This Air Force program forged ties with foreign militaries. Now it's on the chopping block 1 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1599
The Navy commissioned $400K worth of safety videos. Then, it tried to make them disappear. 1 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 13 3176
If your uniform was the issue B.D.U. Battle dress uniform. 3 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 3034
Veterans who lack citizenship fear being swept up in Trump's deportations 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 3629
Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan 4 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1955
Restaurant Fined $25K for Kicking Out Disabled Veteran, Service Dog 2 Wonder Why Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 3576
Medal of Honor recipient's remains identified after 80 years 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2913
Cross posting from the photography group 0 HAB911 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1623
People who never served will not understand life in military. 20 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 15 5254
Mass Deportations Ensnare Immigrant Service Members and Veterans 0 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3265
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 2025 Sep 2025 11 3564
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1189
The Dark Truth About Life on a US Aircraft Carrier (Sailors Never Sleep) 5 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 2574
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Duncanpup Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 1327
Trump's SHOCKING Offer to J6 Rioter SPARKS OUTRAGE 1 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1519
'We Need to Terminate Treatment': VA Mental Health Providers Say They Are Under Pressure to Limit Care 3 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 11 2498
Troops deployed to US-Mexico border will get a new medal 6 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2085
Bipartisan House Bill Would Restore Relocation Efforts for Afghan War Allies 0 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1203
Senate vote could lead to rapist's removal from San Antonio cemetery 7 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 2024
Laura Loomer unites vets from both sides of aisle after Medal of Honor rant 5 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 12 2011
Trump Tells Purple Heart Recipients: 'It Wasn't That Easy for Me Either' 7 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 13 2268
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 1862
New Login System Coming for Defense Department and Some VA Websites 0 GP6971 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1195
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties 0 GP6971 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1235
The Big Money and High Cost of the US Military's On-Base Slot Machines 2 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 1510

Veterans Continued...

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Navy Scraps P-8 Poseidon That Ran Off The Runway In Hawaii Two Years Ago 0 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1414
Police HANDCUFFED Me for Mowing Veteran's Lawn for FREE! 8 Jacson6 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 19 2805
Pentagon shifts $200 million from barracks, schools, facilities to border wall 1 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1333
'Nobody to Watch My Twins.' Military Spouses Quit Jobs, Families Bust Budgets in Scramble for Child Care 2 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1613
Am I the first Legionaire to notice political bias coming from leadership? 19 70sEraVet Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 4068
ICE agents will patrol gates of Oahu's Marine Corps Base in pilot program 11 douglas9 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 2684
For veterans sensitive to sound or light this July 4 0 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1897
Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S. 1 AZProgressive Jun 2025 Jun 2025 14 1957
Breakfast yesterday with wounded warriors. 2 Duncanpup Jun 2025 Jun 2025 20 1901
Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Republicans have questions 2 littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 1673
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 3636
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA 3 GP6971 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 1788
Who's Winning the Multibillion Dollar Battle Over Veterans Benefits? 0 douglas9 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1572
Any military person ordered to violate our Constitution can call 877-447-4487 0 Granny Blue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 1592
My Dad's photo of the crew on his submarine, the Blackfish 7 Beringia Jun 2025 Jun 2025 45 3370
Bill would cover 'Forever Chemical' exposure at bases under VA benefits 0 douglas9 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 1513
Your "new" VA. 2 usonian Mar 2025 Jun 2025 6 2291
@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 1903
Why aren't the names of these 74 sailors on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall? 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 5 1706
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 3612
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 2757
VetsinTech Launches Fed Vets-to-Tech to Connect Displaced Veterans with Cybersecurity and Tech Roles 0 usonian May 2025 May 2025 4 1540
Trump's Assault on Veterans Is Already Taking a Toll 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 12 2151
Their Bombs Destroyed-and Still Threaten-Villages. Vietnam-Era Veterans Are Going Back to Help and Heal 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 6 1663
I Left My Platoon a Day Early. I Listened as the Viet Cong Killed My Replacement 12 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 54 4953
USS Harry Truman Was Evading Houthi Attack When F/A-18 Super Hornet Rolled Off Its Deck 8 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 2885
Sailor wins $7,500 settlement after his car was towed and auctioned off while deployed 6 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 2522
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon 3 douglas9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 61 3149
Crossing the Delware in 1776 2 Jacson6 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 1939
Please welcome a new Veterans Group Moderator - GP6971 6 denbot Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 3100

Veterans Continued...

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Marine awarded Navy Cross at battle of Hue remembered as 'magnificent,' humble leader 3 douglas9 Feb 2025 Apr 2025 6 2266
Not Your Grandfather's Navy 0 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1852
When rank-and-file troops leak secrets, they often go to jail 0 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1663
Following backlash, U.S. Army republishes article on Japanese American unit that fought in WWII 2 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 2224
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 2294
History of the Nisei 'Go For Broke' WWII unit removed from Army website 8 bluestateboomer Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 3024
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany 5 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 2367
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans 5 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 21 3429
After the march on March 14th. 2 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1880
? Is there a veterans march being organized for noon 3/14/2025 6 Duncanpup Feb 2025 Mar 2025 9 3032
When Drunks, Felons and Rapists control the histories of our heroes 0 70sEraVet Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 1748
Battered by Cuts and Firings, VA Employees Describe Serving Veterans Under 'Invisible Cloud of Dread' 1 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1744
Veteran entrepreneurs say VA cuts have gutted their businesses 1 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1711
SecVA recent address pisses me off.. 3 bluescribbler Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 2178
Veterans not mentioned once in the make-up splattered traitor's speech last night 1 Mysterian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1575
WW2 Airman From Cleveland, Ohio Accounted for after 80 Yrs Missing, 2nd Lt. KIA, Baltic Sea, Denmark 2 appalachiablue Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 2082
VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year 2 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 2182
Veterans Affairs Advises Employees To Reply To Insulting OPM Email 3 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1987
Fired VA health workers reinstated, but new staff don't trust Trump and Musk 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1824
Just a reminder about Moscow Mitch's evil. 7 The Polack MSgt Oct 2019 Feb 2025 2 4146
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