tagged w/ Wounded Veterans
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Families, individuals, churches, and businesses are now able to directly support a wounded soldier and his/her family through the 'Adopt a Soldier' program being offered by GiveFreedomBack. The focus of the program is to match people with a specific military family to 'adopt'. This gives them the opportunity to directly meet the needs of that family - whether it be clothes, shelter, transportation, etc. The goal is to provide a stress free environment, so that they can focus on healing and getting back on track.Families, individuals, churches, and businesses are now able to directly support a... more
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Families, individuals, churches, and businesses are now able to directly support a wounded soldier and his/her family through the 'Adopt a Soldier' program being offered by GiveFreedomBack.Families, individuals, churches, and businesses are now able to directly support a... more
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Conquering the Keys: A Wounded Veteran Runs 100 Miles for Charity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg0RY7AqaTQ
Keith is a veteran Reconnaissance Marine that was honorably retired from the Marine Corps after his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He suffered severe injuries to his left leg along with massive head trauma, but miraculously he survived. His friends, however, weren't so lucky and many of them were killed in action that day and even more passed on during Keith's entire tour in Iraq. Keith was in the hospital for many months after the incident, suffering from a multitude of ailments derived from the massive shrapnel wound on his leg. Doctors repeatedly told him that he'd never walk without a cane again...but they were wrong.
On May 16, 2009, Keith will be running in the Keys 100, a 100 mile ultramarathon starting in Key Largo and ending in Key West, Florida, in honor of those killed in battle. He is an inspiration to everyone that he meets as well as anyone that has suffered from a debilitating injury. He loved his job as a Special Operator more than anything in world - almost as much as he loved the operators that he worked with that laid down their lives to protect our civil liberties. If he could get deployed again, he would do it without question.
Every cent of the money he raises will go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. This foundation provides college scholarship grants, along with financial aid and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident. To make a donation please visit www.firstgiving.com/keys100.Conquering the Keys: A Wounded Veteran Runs 100 Miles for Charity... more
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Since everyone is at least a bit familiar with John McCain’s record when it comes to strolling through a market in Baghdad with hundreds of his closest guards, or how he wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years (except when he flip flops on that).
But not that many really, truly know just how horrific his voting record is when it comes to the troops. And it is pretty consistent – whether it is for armor and equipment, for veteran’s health care, for adequate troop rest or anything that actually, you know, supports our troops.
Since everyone is at least a bit familiar with John McCain’s record when it... more
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"Stop-Loss" director Kimberly Peirce has witnessed some deeply-felt reactions to the film from American Iraq war veterans.
"Stop-Loss" is on DVD now."Stop-Loss" director Kimberly Peirce has witnessed some deeply-felt... more
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Squeezing lemons to their last drops...
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