Press Release: VETERANS AND FRIENDS TO DEMONSTRATE OPPOSITION TO ATTACKING IRAN Veterans for Peace, Northwest Florida invites the public to show opposition to any military action against Iran. The rally will take…
Category: Veterans
Legion supports executive order on student loans
Press release: A longstanding campaign by The American Legion to end the victimization of military veterans and families by some for-profit schools has culminated in an order by President Obama to halt…
100 Years of Marine Aviation
May 22 will mark the centennial birthday of Marine Aviation. In celebration, Marines are raising funds for a memorial to honor those that have served in Marine Aviation for the past 100…
Military Veteran Hiring Increasing But Skills Jargon Still a Barrier
A new poll from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released this week shows that the majority of organizations—64 percent—have hired military veterans during the past 36 months, an increase over the…
First Black Female Fighter Pilot follows her dream
By the time she was in fourth grade, young Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot. What the now-Air Force major didn’t know, however, was that she would…
Miller links homeless vets & contraceptives
Yesterday, Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla), who chairs the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued a statement regarding the President’s 2013 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs. In it, Miller warns, “VA’s…
Veterans Bill of Rights
A Veterans Bill of Rights petition is being circulated by Project Foot, a charity for homeless veterans and military families. The Veterans Bill of Rights addresses key issues with the Department of…
Florida and Pensacola Unemployment rates continue to drop
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December 2011 was 9.9 percent, the lowest since April 2009 when the rate was 9.7 percent. This represented 913,000 jobless out of a labor force of…
Fact Sheet: Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax Credits
From the White House: In August, President Obama called on Congress to enact tax credits that will help get veterans back to work. The Returning Heroes Tax Credit provides businesses that hire…
More Army suicides
The Army released on Friday, Nov. 18 suicide data for the month of October. Among active-duty soldiers, there were 17 potential suicides: one has been confirmed as suicide and 16 remain under…
Parents struggle with how Air Force treated son’s remains
A mother and father deal with how their son’s body was treated at Dover Air Force Base. Their son, Sgt. Daniel M. Angus, 28, married and daddy to a little girl, had…
Tribute to the troops
“We salute you, We remember you, We honor your service” ‘We have 25 year-old Sergeants leading Soldiers into the chaos of battle, responsible for bringing them home alive; we have 24 year-old…