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Veterans for America (http://www.veteransforamerica.org) is an advocacy and humanitarian organization. VFA focuses specifically on the signature wounds these conflicts: psychological traumas and traumatic brain injuries. VFA concentrates much of its attention on the needs of those who are currently serving in the military since the majority of those who have seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are still in the military and under the care of the Department of Defense. Veterans for America unites the current generation of servicemembers and veterans with veterans from previous wars to address the needs of our men and women in uniform—both active-duty and Guard/Reserve—and their families. VFA’s mission is to ensure that the voices of those who have sacrificed immeasurably on behalf our country in recent years are heard and that support commensurate with their sacrifice is provided.
Veterans for America (http://www.veteransforamerica.org) is an advocacy and humanitarian organization. VFA focuses specifically on the signature wounds these conflicts: psychological traumas and traumatic brain injuries. VFA concentrates much of its attention on the needs of those who are currently serving in the military since the majority of those who have seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are still in the military and under the care of the Department of Defense. Veterans for America unites the current generation of servicemembers and veterans with veterans from previous wars to address the needs of our men and women in uniform—both active-duty and Guard/Reserve—and their families. VFA’s mission is to ensure that the voices of those who have sacrificed immeasurably on behalf our country in recent years are heard and that support commensurate with their sacrifice is provided.
National Military Family Association (http://www.nmfa.org) their goals are to educate military families concerning their rights, benefits and services available to them and to inform them regarding the issues that affect their lives and...
To promote and protect the interests of military families by influencing the development and implementation of legislation and policies affecting them.
National Journal's Oral History of Iraq & Afghanistan (http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080805_8304.php) Since 2004, National Journal reporter Sydney Freedberg has conducted in-depth interviews with more than 90 military service members about their experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq. The resulting series of articles has covered subjects ranging from rules of engagement to National Guard call-ups to the role of armored vehicles in urban combat. For National Journal's influential audience -- members of Congress, their staffs, lobbyists, analysts, activists and other Washington insiders -- this series helps provide an infusion of "ground truth" into often abstract policy debates. At the same time, it puts individual experiences into the wider context of the high-level decisions being made about how to equip, organize and employ the U.S. military.
Since this blog is private I know (almost) for a fact that no one who is currently in the military or has served is going to read this post (though my friend Saundra's husband did serve in Vietnam but she rarely looks at this blog). But I wanted to post, for my own peace of mind, this info and say a big THANK YOU for all the SACRIFICES and SERVICE the many men and women of this country have given in years past and currently giving. Selflessly these people are serving in the military and more recently in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I know a 'thank you' isn't much and it seems very insignificant compared to all service that has been done for us as US citizens and for people of other nations. But I didn't want this day to go by and not do or say anything!
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