(Washington Post) — IN HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. During the seven months that he was stationed in Iraq, Joe Janssen served as an assaultman, a job that involved manning the turret gun in a Humvee and using shoulder-fired rockets and other explosives to support his fellow Marines. Those skills were invaluable in war. But they are of […]
(Washington Informer) — Retired Marine Anthony Jones is fed up. Suffering from congestive heart failure, the 53-year-old veteran from Northeast is struggling to find work, and said he is willing to do whatever it takes to earn a decent living. “It seems I can’t get a job anywhere,” he said. Jones, who has been making […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — The 13 men in the concrete classroom in Division 3 of the Cook County Jail never imagined they’d end up trading their military uniforms for the beige scrubs that mark each of them as an inmate. The men — once proud soldiers , several who served in combat units — know […]
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(AJC) — Cpl. Corey Speck spent almost a year in Afghanistan with the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Georgia Army National Guard. For part of his deployment he served with a 14-man team embedded with the Afghan army in the country’s hottest battle zone. He earned a Bronze Star for valor for saving […]
(NYT) — Veterans with service-related disabilities who own businesses will have a better chance to win Cook County government contracts under legislation to be introduced this week by a county commissioner. Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno said the proposed law, which he plans to present Wednesday, sets the goal of giving 3 percent of the total […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, they’re all tough. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Family gatherings. “You never know when it’s going to catch you by surprise,” said Jim Frazier, whose 24-year-old son, Jacob, was killed in Afghanistan in 2003. “I can be driving […]