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Before calling my post stupid, please read it. I specifically hold the VA as an entity that should not be outsourced. I make the point about turning it into an "economic interest" in order to explain why it should not be privatized. I agree with the privatization of other areas of government...

Privatizing the VA turns the interest of caring for Veterans into an economic one. Companies like Lockheed and Northrop Grunman, as much as they love to play the patriotic card, still do everything they can to make money off of the government. If we turn the VA over to a private company, then...

You are making an assumption based on a lack of fact. This is the text from the DoD release regarding this: "The MHS obesity and nutrition awareness campaign will feature cooperative efforts with each of the armed services to achieve the following: Update menu standards at military...

I couldn't possibly agree more. I'm just excited about the menu change, I don't want or need her to tell me how to be fit. I just want the army to provide our soldiers with the ability to eat healthy, as long as that happens, I don't care what the First Lady or the President do with their own...

The Army (I can't speak to the specifics of other services) does not judge its Soldiers solely on the NIH BMI ratio. If a soldier is over the recommended weight for his height on the BMI, he is simply sent to be "taped" for body fat. As one of these Solders who: I fell into this category the...

While I generally dislike the First Lady sticking her nose into military business, I can't say that I'm too upset with this. As someone who has spent the better part of the last decade around the military, I can vouch for how terrible the menu in most Army dining facilities is. The menu's are...

In some ways I agree with you. I don't believe that most veterans, myself included, wish to have a company coerced into hiring us. We would prefer to earn the job on our own merits, or not at all. That being said, veterans, especially those in the 18-24 age group, are having a harder time...

The first thing you need to do is clear up your language and focus here. If you are referring to Veteran's Preference Act, it pertains only to jobs in the federal government. The intent of this law, passed in 1944, is to prevent veterans seeking federal employment from being penalized for...

Your absolutely right, which is one of the reasons that I hijacked this thread. I know a lot of people have a hard enough time believing these numbers in the first place, and I didn't want misinformation to further stain them. This is an issue that needs to be addressed, and the best way...

I absolutely agree that correct numbers are crucial to making informed decisions. Unfortunately, my relatively recent entry onto this forum prevents me from posting my sources. This is especially frustrating as I have 3 sources that support the 168 number as Active Duty only. I would submit...

The numbers are unfortunately correct, its the subject group that it is incorrect. There are in fact, on average 18 [B]Veterans[B] who commit suicide everyday. This of course includes service members from conflicts besides Iraq and Afghanistan. I am hoping that you weren't setting out 164...

I only see one problem with this whole situation...if your going to do something stupid don't record it, and if you do record it, definitely don't let it make its way to youtube. Young soldiers have trouble separating killing from emotion. To bring themselves to a point where they are able...

From what I've seen, those who serve in the military, even if they weren't born Americans, tend to value and cherish their rights more than many of my friends who grew up here. Granted, this is a commentary on how some of my friends were raised, and on how fickle many in this generation are...

Yet again, my parents are proved smarter and smarter the older I get. I seem to recall a childhood lesson about books and their covers which is very applicable to Mr. Crawford's story.

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