Posted Mon, 11/03/2008 - 05:49 by jimstaro
Reservists' Rocky Return To Job Market
60 Minutes Report Also Examines Costs Borne By Employers Of Deployed Citizen Soldiers
Coming Home
Citizen soldiers returning from active military duty are entitled by law to get back their old jobs or at least the same salaries, but many are still having trouble.
Posted Thu, 10/30/2008 - 11:45 by jimstaro
Reservists Face Rocky Return In Job Market
60 Minutes Report Also Examines Costs Borne By Employers Of Deployed Citizen Soldiers
Lesley Stahl could only talk to some of the thousands of reservists and guardsmen who have returned from active duty to find problems with their employers over their jobs.
The rest can call the assistant secretary of defense directly to complain after he broadcasts his phone number during her 60 Minutes report this Su
Posted Sat, 06/14/2008 - 10:28 by GreyHawk
adding video to this post (below the fold), as the Demoines Register provides the code to embed... for more videos, follow GreyHawk's link -- cho
Click image for source.Des Moines is flooding. It's bad. From here, some of the (currently) latest news:
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Culver said "the good news today is we are holding our own" against flood damages but "Iowa City is bracing for a real wave of water which is on the way."FEMA declares disasters: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has granted a presidential disaster declaration for the following counties: Adams, Boone, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Dallas, Dubuque, Floyd, Franklin, Marion, Page, Story, Tama and Union. Now that the disasters have been declared, residents and businesses can begin applying for federal disaster assistance. Black Hawk, Buchanan, Butler and Delaware counties had already received federal disaster declarations.
Seeking public health declaration: Iowa's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. secretary of health and human services to declare a public health emergency in areas of Iowa devastated by floods and tornadoes. They also want certain usual rules governing Medicare beneficiaries to be relaxed for the time being.
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What a mess.
Posted Sun, 12/16/2007 - 16:08 by standingup
McClatchy has been at the forefront of reporting on the run up to the Iraq war, the prosecution of the war, and veteran's issues. David Goldstein has the first in what is billed to be a four part series about the Bravo Battery of the Kansas National Guard's 161st Field Artillery. There is something unique about the Iraq war - it is being fought with the use of so many National Guard units. The note from the editor at the beginning of Goldstein's article explains "Twenty percent of the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan come from the Army National Guard. Many are from small towns, and go to war alongside family and friends."
