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The best medicine didn’t come through an IV. He walked into my hospital room with a hitch in his step. He had been there too. More >

In February 2007 my life changed forever when my vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Iraq. I was thrown from my vehicle but not before catching on fire. The men in my unit reacted quickly to save my life and called in the helicopter to get me. I remember flying to be evacuated out to the nearest medical facility thinking I’m safe now. What I didn’t think about was the road to recovery. More >

I am the wife of a war wounded soldier. It has been three years since my husband, Bryan, was injured by an IED in Kirkuk, Iraq. After a year spent at WalterReed Army Medical Center to we moved to Knoxville, TN. After completing his Medical Board, I started working as a social worker and Bryan got a job working as a bomb robot technician. More >

After spending time in the Marines, one tour in Iraq and 13 months in the hospital from an injury I sustained due to an IED, my college experience has been unique to say the least. More >

I deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom the first time in 2004, leaving behind my family, friends, and missing a semester of college to go lug bombs around a flight line for the Air National Guard. I was twenty years old and had never even seen a live bomb before. More >

On Veterans Day November 11, 2009, I had the honor to hear the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, speak at The George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium at the launch of Service Nations, Mission Serve. More >

I was three the first time my father shipped out to Vietnam. That’s me, with the curly hair, the day he left the first time. More >

Saw this through our friends at SVA, a Thanksgiving Day message from Secretary Shinseki. Have a safe holiday everyone!


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It is clear that the decision to commit 30,000 additional US Forces to the war in Afghanistan came after months of careful deliberation. That same level of deliberation is now needed to ensure every one of those 30,000 troops and their families make a healthy homecoming. More >

I just read this great piece by Paul Reickhoff of IAVA, check it out:

President Obama has finally laid out his strategy for Afghanistan. Unfortunately he did so without using the word "veteran" and without articulating any back-end support for our returning troops. In typical fashion, we've heard the media's talking heads ask: Is Afghanistan Obama's Vietnam? Why only 30,000 troops? Will the exit strategy embolden the Taliban?

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I just finished reading the The American Legion's reaction to the President's strategy for Afghanistan. Read this piece and tell us what you think:

The American Legion is praising President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, but is troubled by some reports that the administration might set artificial timelines for withdrawal.

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