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Whistleblowers: Veterans cheated out of benefits 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1705
White House intruder was an Army vet with PTSD, family says 7 jakeXT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 2259
White House meets with veterans groups amid dispute at VA, tension over access to health care 0 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1095
White House officials looking into merging VA and Tricare health services 3 nitpicker Nov 2017 Nov 2017 9 1848
White House proposing large increase in VA funding to cut backlog 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1410
White House: U.S. Can't Afford Veterans' Health Care Without Cuts 9 yuiyoshida Jul 2018 Jun 2019 7 2612
Who Really Broke Veterans Affairs? 5 white cloud May 2014 Jun 2014 2 2005
Who Spends Two-Thirds of Their Salary on Guns and War? The US Government, That's Who 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 2138
Who was Roy Benavidez, the man whose name some say should replace Confederate general's at Fort Hood 8 douglas9 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 2565
Who Will "Punish" Us? Photographs and Testimony about United States' Use ***graphic pix*** 6 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 21 7665
Who wins in Syria? Why, the world's arms makers, of course 2 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2742
Why Are Military Women Affected by Toxic Exposure More than Men? 0 niyad Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1967
Why Can't They Keep Their Dicks In Their Pants? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 2699
Why Did a University Fire a Govt-Approved Marijuana Researcher With No Explanation? 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 1530
Why employment is only half the battle for America's veterans 0 usonian Mar 11 Mar 11 1 574
Why is Obama withholding secret torture report from Americans? 4 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 9 2015
Why National Guard and Reservist Suicide Numbers May Be Misleading 1 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 0 1784
Why privatizing the VA health care system is a bad idea 5 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Feb 2016 6 2166
Why The Army Wants To Ban Tattoos 5 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2254
Why the US Government Lacks Legitimacy on Gun Control 0 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1727
Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil 3 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 3231
Why Washington Just Can’t Stop Making War 4 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1678
Why We Should Reduce the Defense Budget 0 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1517
Why we're investigating the impact of Agent Orange 2 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 9 1519
Why won't the Marine Corps release public records from Lt. Col. Scheller's court-martial? 3 douglas9 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 1427
Will Boeing's Tanker Destroy Lockheed Martin's F-35? 0 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2310
Will Sequester Scuttle DoD’s Energy Efficiency Efforts? 0 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1602
Will Standing Rock create new vet activist movement? 6 pinboy3niner Dec 2016 Dec 2016 13 2042
Will the Pentagon Talk to the VA? 1 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1617
Wisconsin Republicans Just Snuck Through Legislation That Guts Veterans Benefits (xpost from GD) 4 KamaAina Feb 2016 Feb 2016 9 2266

Veterans Continued...

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Wish I'd found this before Veterans Day 6 KS Toronado Nov 2023 Dec 2023 29 2860
With apologies to Country Joe McDonald 1 HAB911 Jan 2024 Mar 8 12 842
With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1930
With the 25% cutbacks due to sequestration, is anyone worried 2 LiberalLoner Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1640
With U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, American military gear sold as scrap 0 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1459
With US encouragement, VA disability claims rise sharply 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1874
Women vets talk Trump 0 HAB911 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2850
Woodrow W. Keeble, an amazing soldier... 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 May 2013 2 1583
WORDS OF WAR Peace of mind 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1748
World War II Vet's Ballot Application Denied Twice Due To New Texas Voter Suppression Law; Age 95 5 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1663
World War II veteran from Louisiana turning 110 years old 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1429
Wounded US soldier, injured military dog together in Texas 2 douglas9 Sep 2018 Sep 2018 6 1471
Wounded veterans at Walter Reed give wheelchair lacrosse a try 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1571
Wounded Veterans' Groups Wage War 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1869
Wounded Vets & Widows Say Big Pharma Funded Terror in Iraq 3 douglas9 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 6 1878
Wounded Warrior Project Fires Top Two Executives 1 The River Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 1427
Wounded Warrior Project Pledges $160 Million to Battle PTSD 6 nitpicker Oct 2018 May 2019 2 1971
wow...can you believe this? 17 AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 3172
WTF??? Pentagon: Who We're At War With Is Classified 24 unhappycamper Jul 2013 Jul 2013 52 5561
WWII female pilots (WASPS) now can be buried at Arlington (but, there is NO war on women!!) 0 niyad May 2016 May 2016 5 1812
WWII Jungle Fighting Unit Approved for Congressional Medal 2 douglas9 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 12 1450
WWII Photo Reconnaissance Pilot Reacts to Footage of Himself from 1944 4 progressoid Jul 2013 Jul 2013 7 2466
WWII Vet (93) Recalls Boyhood Meeting with Union Civil War Uncle, Survived Gettysburg, PA 11 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 13 1669
WWII vet who provided flag on Iwo Jima has died 1 pinboy3niner Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 1724
WWII vet who starved to death in Korean War prison camp will be buried with wife in Nebraska 2 Omaha Steve Sep 2018 Sep 2018 3 1284
WWII vet — presumed dead 72 years ago after crash landing — recounts tale of peril and extraordinary 1 Omaha Steve Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1752
WWII Veterans eligible for no-cost VA care 5 GP6971 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 785
XO of riverine squadron fired after 2 boats grounded 0 tinymontgomery Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1510
Xpost from GD, re: veterans and fireworks. 2 NuclearDem Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1633
Ya know - After 3+ decades of smoking [View all] 67 The Polack MSgt May 2018 Jun 2018 45 9730

Veterans Continued...

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Yale University Statement on Proposed USSOCOM Center 0 unhappycamper Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1486
Yemenis call U.S. drone strikes an overreaction to al Qaida threat 1 unhappycamper Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1666
Yesterday in Arizona, I heard a news report that a soldier from AZ had been killed in Afghanistan 0 lonestarnot Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1592
You ever notice as vets you just meet and click 22 TEB Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 2020
You ever notice dudes that were in high speed units and now their in the civilian world. 8 Duncanpup Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 3059
You ever serve with dudes you knew they just had a destiny 2 TEB Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1575
You Have Mobility Challenges? There is Help 2 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1649
You may have a RANGER tab and yet ,you do not wanna piss mom off 3 TEB Dec 2019 Dec 2019 7 1972
Young war veterans struggle to find jobs 1 unhappycamper Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 1739
Youngkin to strip vet benefits 3 AkFemDem Apr 5 Apr 5 11 956
[updated] Just got released from VA psych ward yesterday [View all] 80 Victor_c3 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 164 14314
‘Blue water’ Navy veterans’ long waits often end in denials at VA 2 unhappycamper Mar 2013 Apr 2013 0 2543
‘Breach of Trust,’ by Andrew J. Bacevich 0 unhappycamper Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1433
‘Coo-Coo Lane’ address still painful for Omaha veteran 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1573
‘SkyNet’ Automated Systems Could Save Lots of Lives 1 unhappycamper Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1751
‘We have to learn how to come home,’ says veteran at conference 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1460
“A Lake of Blood and Destruction” – The Voices We Never Hear From America's Wars 0 unhappycamper May 2013 May 2013 4 1640
“Combat” deaths at home 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1859
“There is no cure for trauma. Once it enters the body, it stays there forever” 35 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Apr 2015 54 6513
“They Were Soldiers” Author Discusses High Cost of War for America’s Veterans 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1467
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