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Syrian Dissidents Reach Out. Yes, Assad is Killing Children - Veterans Today

“Yes, Children are being Killed the dissidents say”   NOTICE:  GRAPHIC VIDEOS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS STORY.    by Ken Smith   I admitted upfront in an earlier post that I know even less than you do (the...

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Homeless Veterans need to Stand Up – Not Stand Down - Veterans Today

Almost 20 years ago I met a combat Vietnam Veteran named Robert Van Keuren and his partner in crime Dr. Jon Nachison both advocates like me doing work for homeless veterans in San Diego.

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Homeless Veterans Bank Robbery - Veterans Today

Every day at the homeless veterans shelter in Boston at ten in the morning there was a huge influx of vets.

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Muslim Christian Jew, Extremism is Extremism - Veterans Today

I recently read a story online about a little 8-year old girl from Israel and the trouble she encounters just going to her local elementary school everyday because some ultra-orthodox Jews living in a...

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Homeless Veterans, Cable TV and the FBI - Veterans Today

Once upon a time, I ran the largest shelter for Homeless Veterans in the USA, located in Boston Massachusetts. Here is a story that I remember with a smile:

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Charity? You kidding me? - Veterans Today

The season of giving has come and gone, and like a lot of you, I walked by the bell ringers of the Salvation Army every day during my shopping and the requests for my charity dollars came pouring in...

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Sons of the Fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan - Veterans Today

I seldom get moved about a movie, or a cause, beyond the confines of my own home, where I take time for my own kids every day, day after day, week after week.

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New Online Group for Out of Work Veterans - Veterans Today

I was sent an email by a veteran who had lost his job last summer, and has been searching hard for a place to find work.

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The Good Sheppard is Healing Our Heroes’ Homes - Veterans Today

Seldom do we hear stories of people who give. We always hear stories about people who take. Meet the good Sheppard and learn something.

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Mitt Romney – Ted Kennedy and Veterans Milking Cows - Veterans Today

Years later, I found out that the anonymous donor was Romney. Out of his own pocket he did this.

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Pissed off Marines - Veterans Today

As many of you already know, I volunteer at the "National Veterans Hotline" a few nights per month. The hotline website can be found at www.Veterans911.com Last night, I was on duty for close to four...

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Connecting the Military Dots - Veterans Today

She walked onto the campus of the West LA Veterans Hospital in her Anne Taylor outfit and instantly could feel her throat tighten. "You OK Ma'am?" said one of the VA tour guides, a young male half her...

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101 Year Old Widow of a Veteran Homeless by HUD - Veterans Today

HUD now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can't return to her home because the building's unsanitary and unsafe.

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Military Veterans And Cancer - Veterans Today

Men and Women in the military know that they risk their lives when they go into combat. What they have not anticipated is that they might be exposed to chemicals or toxins that could cause cancer many...

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Google+ Plus and the “L-Shaped” Ambush - Veterans Today

I was invited to attend a symposium at the US Naval War College in Newport, RI last summer to learn something about how our Navy deals with terrorist threats to our fleets worldwide.

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Google+ Plus and the L-Shaped Ambush (Part two) - Veterans Today

In my earlier writings about the Google+ platform I suggested to my readers that this Google product was perhaps the most significant leap in social media technology since the invention of the telephone.

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Former Navy Doctor spearheading “Remote Medicine Initiative” to Pakistan -...

Let me introduce you to Dr. Gary Levin. Dr. Levin was in the US Navy from 1969 to 1971 serving as a general medical officer. He was in an amphibious group, and served on the USS Jeneau, LPD 10.

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