On this Memo­r­ial Day—one of our nation’s most solemn and revered holidays—we all pause to reflect upon the prin­ci­ples that have made our nation great. We pause to remem­ber the true cost of free­dom and honor those who made the ulti­mate sac­ri­fice to pro­tect it. The brave men and women we honor today self­lessly gave […]

Recent crit­i­cisms of the U.S. military’s long-term invest­ment in advanced bio­fu­els, which are sourced from non-edible plants like grass and algae, fail to take into con­sid­er­a­tion the sac­ri­fices of the men and women serv­ing in uni­form across the globe.  America’s reliance on for­eign oil cre­ates unnec­es­sary strate­gic risks and we have a respon­si­bil­ity to solve […]

LANHAM, Md., April 23, 2012—AMVETS National Com­man­der Gary L. Fry expressed his sup­port today for the deci­sion to increase men­tal health staffing at the Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans Affairs by 1,600 pro­fes­sion­als. VA Sec­re­tary Eric K. Shin­seki announced on Thurs­day, April 19, the addi­tion of 1,600 men­tal health work­ers, includ­ing psy­chol­o­gists, psy­chi­a­trists, nurses, social work­ers and […]

By Rick Maze – Mil­i­tary Times— Wednes­day Mar 28, 2012—A major vet­er­ans group wants fed­eral affir­ma­tive action laws expanded to include vet­er­ans among the classes of Amer­i­cans that are specif­i­cally pro­tected from employ­ment dis­crim­i­na­tion. Under their plan, laws bar­ring dis­crim­i­na­tion on the basis of gen­der, reli­gion, race, dis­abil­ity or sex­ual ori­en­ta­tion would be altered to […]