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Article Excerpt: "...“It has been the privilege of a lifetime for us to shepherd my father’s poetic and visionary design for the National Medal of Honor Museum to its ultimate realization,” said Román Viñoly, now a partner in the firm. ..."
Reference Source: www.dallasnews.com
Article Excerpt: "Paul Critchett battled Veterans Affairs for years, certain his terminal cancer diagnosis stemmed from radiation exposure. On Feb. 21, the government acknowledged it. ...he believed was a straightforward assignment: Repair a stripped pipe fitting. What made it less straightforward was the location of the pipe: Inside a reactor compartment on a nuclear submarine.
Something on that day went horribly awry, and Critchett was exposed to a level of radiation so high it could not be tracked on the pocket dosimeter used to monitor radiation levels in real time. ..."
Reference Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
Article Excerpt: "...Here are the facts in a nutshell: If you were in the military anytime up until 2001, the government may add a small amount of additional earnings to your Social Security record. Note that I am NOT talking about extra money added to your Social Security check. These are simply extra earnings incorporated into your Social Security earnings record – the record upon which your Social Security monthly benefit is based.
The good news is you get these extra earnings on your Social Security account. But the bad news is these extra credits are relatively minimal and usually will have little or no effect..."
Reference Source: www.dallasnews.com
Article Excerpt: "...DICK’S Sporting Goods does not officially offer an active military or Veteran discount, but some stores offer an in-person 10% discount upon request. The discount is available at the individual store manager’s discretion.
You can ask DICK’S employees when you visit a location or call a specific store before you visit to see the store’s policy. Use the DICK’S Sporting Goods store location tool to find a nearby location. ..."
Reference Source: themilitarywallet.com
Article Excerpt: "...William Bottger, 66, an Army National Guard veteran from Bellevue, Ohio, found an unlikely hero in his beagle, Roxie, who has fur markings in the shape of the superhero's logo on her left side, news agency SWNS reported.
Despite suffering from PTSD, memory loss and the loss of his right eye, Bottger said he finds comfort in his dog's unwavering presence and support. ...Bottger, who served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, retired from the military in 2012. ..."Overall, the military was good to me," he said, according to SWNS. "I did 22 years.""
Reference Source: www.foxnews.com
Article Excerpt: "... A GROUP of Army veterans and military vehicle enthusiasts are preparing for an ambitious mission.
In an event to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of D-Day and VE Day and honour the fallen, they plan to drive a convoy of vintage 1940s Second World War Jeeps across Europe, tracing the exact route their former regiment took during the war. ... The aim of the D-DAY to VE DAY event is to raise funds for the Light Dragoons Charitable Trust.
The charity, which supports veterans and their families"
Reference Source: www.dorsetecho.co.uk
Article Excerpt: "...California stands alone as the only state in the country that taxes military veterans on their retirement income...“We should be like the other 49 states. Can we possibly do enough to thank our veterans? I don’t think we can.” Jamie added, “Why are we taxing everybody and anything—and not supporting those who’ve served our country?”
While critics say the tax break could cost the state an estimated $130 million this year, supporters argue it's a small price to pay to support those who served."
Reference Source: www.nbcpalmsprings.com
Article Excerpt: "...Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, ending a months-long pause to the sixth-generation fighter jet program intended to replace the F-22 Raptor.
Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the contract of the platform — which will be designated as the F-47, President Donald Trump announced...“ We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. With that said, and this is a very important point, this is also not an endless offensive. This is not about regime change in the Middle East — this is about putting American interests first,” Parnell said.
A series of Houthi-led UAV and missile attacks against military and commercial ships intensified in and around the Red Sea under the Biden administration ...
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Reference Source: defensescoop.com
Article Excerpt: "When the media omit the facts that matter most, it’s clear that they are more interested in undermining the Trump administration than informing the public about threats America faces. ...propaganda press continues to play fast and loose with the truth, and nowhere is that more apparent than in their coverage of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain yet another terrorist sympathizer living in the United States. This time, it’s Badar Khan Suri, a man with ties to a senior Hamas official — but you wouldn’t necessarily glean that from the deliberately misleading headlines and articles.
“Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says,” Politico’s Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein said. Cheney and Gerstein added that Suri “says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife..."
Reference Source: thefederalist.com
Article Excerpt: "...The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) reportedly issued a “threat advisory” on Thursday warning of “possible threats” from radical left-wing activists against the command’s Tesla owners. ..."
Reference Source: thefederalist.com
Article Excerpt: "...Tim Walz has claimed that Maga voters are “scared” of his masculinity. ...“I think I scare them...“No, I’m serious, because they know I can fix a truck, they know I’m not bulls—ing on this.” ...people attacked him online for appearing “gay” and “not masculine”. “I think I could kick most of their ass,” he said. ...Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender former US athlete, re-shared a clip of Mr Walz’s interview on X, captioned: “I am more ‘masculine’ than this [clown] Gov Walz.” ..."
Reference Source: www.yahoo.com
Article Excerpt: "...President Donald Trump said on Friday reacting to a reporter’s question on Walz remarking that he could kick the “ass” of conservatives.
“Oh boy, he’d be in trouble,” Trump responded, adding, “Well, he’s a loser.”...Walz then asked how they fight it and quickly proceeded to answer his own question.
“I think I could kick most of their ass. I do think that,” Walz said before adding that he could at least “outrun” them.
“I don’t know if we’re going to fall into that place where we want to, okay, we challenge you to do a, you know, a WWE fight here type of thing here,” Walz added."
Reference Source: www.breitbart.com
Article Excerpt: "...President Donald J. Trump decided to revoke the security clearances of many people, including some top Democrats. Hillary Clinton, Antony Blinken, Alvin Bragg, Adam Kinzinger, Alexander Vindman, and Joe Biden. The entire Biden crime family got stripped of their clearances. Kamala Harris is also without a clearance.
The inner circle of the plot to imprison him on bogus charges has lost those privileges, as they should. They don’t need them. They’re not running things right now. It made CNN angry, so my night has been made. ..."
Reference Source: townhall.com
Article Excerpt: "U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service ...Reyes, who was nominated by President Joe Biden...“District court judges have now decided they are in command of the Armed Forces…is there no end to this madness?”..."
Reference Source: www.navytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico* AMERICA in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. ..."
Reference Source: Associated Press (AP)
* Media Bias Warning Relating to the Associated Press | Please note many liberal, America-hating media sources refuse to acknowledge the OFFICIAL change of the U.S. Gulf to its current official name of the Gulf of America. Be vigilant of political bias with sites refusing to acknowledge this official, patriotic change.
Article Excerpt: "...The NAS Key West Southernmost Air Spectacular presented by Key West International Airport will be on March 29 & 30, 2025 onboard Naval Air Station Key West. The...The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron Team the Blue Angels and other military and civilian aerial performances will fill the skies on the Florida Keys. This year's theme is AIR | LAND | SEA in addition to celebrating the U.S. Navy 250th Anniversary!
Admission and parking is free. Preferred seating is available for purchase. The gates open at 10 a.m. and the show begins at 11 a.m. with the Blue Angels flying at 3 p.m. Boca Chica Field is located at Mile Marker 8 on US 1. "
Reference Source: www.navymwrkeywest.com
Article Excerpt: "Monroe County Veterans Affairs, the City of Key West and the Florida Keys Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a National Vietnam War Veterans Day 50th anniversary commemoration on Monday, March 24 at 10 a.m. at Bayview Park, Key West, in the Veterans Memorial Garden.
The commemoration honors all who served on active duty in the U.S. military, whether in-country, in-theater, or elsewhere. Vietnam-era veterans who served from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975 will receive a commemorative pin.
“It is an honor to recognize everyone who served our country during the Vietnam War era...If you are a Vietnam-era veteran who cannot make it to the ceremony but would like a pin, please call 305-453-8777 to submit a request for a commemorative pin to be mailed to you. ..."
Reference Source: keysweekly.com
Article Excerpt: "...Veterans Affairs officials announced Monday they will phase out all medical treatments for gender dysphoria, including hormone therapy and any surgical options for transgender veterans.
In a statement, VA Secretary Doug Collins said that “VA should not be focused on helping veterans attempt to change their sex” and claimed most Americans and veterans would support the decision. ..."
Reference Source: www.militarytimes.com
Article Excerpt: "...in real life, he was a hero who served his country during World War II. Before becoming an actor, Van Cleef was a U.S. Navy veteran, demonstrating the same determination and discipline that would later define his Hollywood career. ..."
Reference Source: www.newsbreak.com
Article Excerpt: "Michael Abramowitz, Voice of America's director, said nearly his entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants had been put on administrative leave, crippling a media broadcaster that operates in almost 50 languages. ...VOA's parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), also terminated its grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which broadcasts to countries in Eastern Europe, including Russia and Ukraine, as well as to Radio Free Asia, which broadcasts to China and North Korea. ...In a statement, the White House said his executive orders "will ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda," before listing various criticisms of VOA, including allegations of left-wing bias."
Reference Source: www.reuters.com
Title: Low-income Americans might not get DOGE benefits
Article Snip: "...to receive $5,000 each. Importantly, the rebate would be sent only to households that are net-income taxpayers — people who pay more in taxes than they get back — with lower-income Americans not qualifying for the return. According to the Pew Research Center, most Americans who have an adjusted gross income of under $40,000 pay effectively no federal income tax. ..."
Reference: www.nbcnews.comArticle Excerpt: "now, Military.com’s Patricia Kime is the latest member of the propaganda press ...First, it was ABC’s Martha Raddatz. Then, it was CBS’s Margaret Brennan. And now, Military.com’s Patricia Kime is the latest member of the propaganda press to get a well-deserved scolding from the Trump administration for masquerading her left-wing activism as reporting. ...“When you start headlines with ‘there’s a rumor going around,’ and … ‘we’ve heard that,’ that hurts my veterans. That scares my veterans. That scares my employees, because it’s not true,” Collins said. “Will you commit to not doing that in the future?”
“Well, there was a DOGE representative [at the VA] that day,” Kime replied.
The VA secretary quickly shot back, saying that he has “a VA employee who is our DOGE liaison,” and that Kime “knew that, and could ask that question.”
“Nobody hid that from you. Nobody. We answered it, but it was reported as a rumor,” Collins later added. ..."
Reference Source: thefederalist.com
Article Excerpt: "...Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot added in a statement to Breitbart News:
Unfortunately, the U.S. military’s high standards on body composition and other metrics eroded in recent years, particularly during the tenure of former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, who set a bad example from the top through his own personal corpulence. Secretary Hegseth is committed to restoring high standards, and this review is the first step in doing so.
Hegseth directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) to gather the existing aforementioned standards set by each military branch, review them and how they have changed over the last decade, since January 1, 2015.
The review will also look at why those standards changed and the impact of those changes.
Read the memo:
Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards by Kristina Wong on Scribd..."
Reference Source: www.breitbart.com
Article Excerpt: "...It was a really part-time job and I went in and joined the reserves at Navy JAX in VA-203, actually, right before 203 was commissioned in the summer of 1970. So, that started my reserve career and we were flying A-4L’s which were modified Charlies and we flew those for three and half years and then transitioned to the A-7 in the reserves and moved to Cecil Field. ... spend the rest of my flying career in the Navy back at Cecil Field and my last time to fly an airplane was the day before my change of command. I was the commanding officer of VA-203 and we were flying A-7B’s at the time. ...It was just a great ball-team spirit flying with VA-203 Blue Dolphins we called ourselves. We were deployed to active duty to Fallon, Nevada and we deployed to Yuma. We deployed to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico all on weapons dets to have concentrated weapons training. You know, when I flew my last flight and Bill Bailey and I, Bill was taxiing in behind me going into Hangar, I think it is 14 which is the eastern-most of those two older hangars there. Then I look up and the whole squadron is out, all the enlisted guys are in the dungarees and everybody is out on the ramp and then I look and there is Mac McClarin. Mac McClarin was one of these first-class petty officers that had been active duty as a TAR for a long, long time."
Reference Source: www.powmiamemorial.org
'Many documents signed by President Joe Biden were done so using an autopen...'WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE AUTOPEN CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY,' the Oversight Project wrote in a post on X on Thursday.
'We gathered every document we could find with Biden's signature over the course of his presidency. All used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year,' it continued. ...'
Article Title: Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors Article Excerpt: "...An official, up-to-date government m...
