Tampa VA hospital apologizes to veterans for 'miscommunication'
By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Monday, October 24, 2011
TAMPA — The James A. Haley VA Medical Center has apologized to four men quoted in a recent St. Petersburg Times article about difficulties they faced in a program that pays for medical care outside the facility, a hospital spokeswoman said.
This program, called fee basis, allows veterans to get medical care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs if the agency is too busy, doesn't offer a service or in case of some emergencies.
Veterans interviewed by the Times for the Oct. 16 story complained appointments with non-VA doctors have been canceled because of Haley's budget problems. Some noted instances in which Haley refused to pay for outside medical care.
"We have contacted those veterans who contacted you and apologized for any miscommunication that our veterans received," Haley spokeswoman Carolyn Clark said.
But interviews with most of the veterans or their families indicate the VA has not offered to remedy any of the problems they discussed in the story.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington
Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington
October 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Friday that the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
The Department of Defense said in a news release that the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin in April 1944 when their B-24J Liberator aircraft crashed near East Meitze, Germany. There were no survivors.
October 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Friday that the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
The Department of Defense said in a news release that the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin in April 1944 when their B-24J Liberator aircraft crashed near East Meitze, Germany. There were no survivors.
read more hereArmy Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop of Joliet, Ill.2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, Jr. of Pittsburgh2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess of Sioux City, Iowa2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce, of Fort Bragg, Calif.Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso, of PhiladelphiaStaff Sgt. Ralph L. McDonald of East Point, Ga.Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle of Oakland, Calif.Sgt. James T. Blong of Port Washington, Wis.Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo of ClevelandSgt. John J. Harringer, Jr. of South Bend, Ind.
Army Ranger Killed on 14th Combat Deployment Since 2001
Army Ranger Killed on 14th Combat Deployment
October 24, 2011
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash
by Stacia Glenn
Two Soldiers with Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Army Ranger battalion were killed Saturday when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, of San Diego, and Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20, of Colorado Springs, Colo., were mortally wounded in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, according to the U.S. Special Operations Command.
Both were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
Domeij, who was on his 14th deployment, enlisted in the Army in July 2001 after graduating from Rancho Bernardo High School.
His commanders called him irreplaceable.
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October 24, 2011
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash
by Stacia Glenn
Two Soldiers with Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Army Ranger battalion were killed Saturday when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, of San Diego, and Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20, of Colorado Springs, Colo., were mortally wounded in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, according to the U.S. Special Operations Command.
Both were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
Domeij, who was on his 14th deployment, enlisted in the Army in July 2001 after graduating from Rancho Bernardo High School.
His commanders called him irreplaceable.
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Military investigating what killed Sgt. Bob Schlote
New probe underway in Neb. soldier death
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Oct 23, 2011 17:25:24 EDT
OMAHA, Neb. — The family of a soldier who died in May after collapsing in his Omaha home continues to seek answers about his death.
Tiffany Schlote told the Lincoln Journal Star that she can’t move on until she knows what led to her 26-year-old husband’s demise.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Oct 23, 2011 17:25:24 EDT
OMAHA, Neb. — The family of a soldier who died in May after collapsing in his Omaha home continues to seek answers about his death.
Tiffany Schlote told the Lincoln Journal Star that she can’t move on until she knows what led to her 26-year-old husband’s demise.
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Marine mistaken for a bear, killed by hunter
Marine mistaken for a bear, killed by OR hunter
By CBS Newspath
Story Created: Oct 23, 2011 MDT
SALEM, Oregon (CBS Newspath) A hunter near Portland, Oregon has admitted killing a 20 year old Marine he mistook for a bear on his property.
The accident occurred after a man hunting with his 12-year-old grandson, mistook a hiker for a bear and shot him.
20-year-old Marine reservist Christopher Ochoa was visiting the Salem-area from California.
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By CBS Newspath
Story Created: Oct 23, 2011 MDT
SALEM, Oregon (CBS Newspath) A hunter near Portland, Oregon has admitted killing a 20 year old Marine he mistook for a bear on his property.
The accident occurred after a man hunting with his 12-year-old grandson, mistook a hiker for a bear and shot him.
20-year-old Marine reservist Christopher Ochoa was visiting the Salem-area from California.
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Senator Rick Santorum said we lost the war in Iraq?
I can't believe I just saw this! Santorum had a lot to say but when he said "we lost the war in Iraq" I almost fell off my chair. Is he that stupid?
The mission for the troops in Iraq was to remove Saddam, remove the threat to the US and then it was to restore power to the people to secure and run their own country. Sure, the reasons Bush gave changed but men like Santorum didn't pay enough attention to what was going on to ask a single question, didn't ask for plans that worked and never managed to complain once about how the conditions were for our troops back then. How many years was he in full support of what was going on? Since the troops were sent in 2003 and all the time Bush was president. He squawks about Wall Street Bail out but forgets about the billions lost in Iraq that no one ever had to account for.
If all of this was not bad enough, the troops won in Iraq a long time ago and did everything they were sent to do. They paid a very high price so that people like Santorum can go on TV and say they lost. Who elected this man ready to put politics ahead of the troops risking their lives, carrying their wounds and families with someone missing from their home?
The mission for the troops in Iraq was to remove Saddam, remove the threat to the US and then it was to restore power to the people to secure and run their own country. Sure, the reasons Bush gave changed but men like Santorum didn't pay enough attention to what was going on to ask a single question, didn't ask for plans that worked and never managed to complain once about how the conditions were for our troops back then. How many years was he in full support of what was going on? Since the troops were sent in 2003 and all the time Bush was president. He squawks about Wall Street Bail out but forgets about the billions lost in Iraq that no one ever had to account for.
If all of this was not bad enough, the troops won in Iraq a long time ago and did everything they were sent to do. They paid a very high price so that people like Santorum can go on TV and say they lost. Who elected this man ready to put politics ahead of the troops risking their lives, carrying their wounds and families with someone missing from their home?
Santorum: We lost the war in Iraq
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum spoke with Bob Schieffer on the U.S. troop withdrawal in Iraq and the possible threat of Iran's influence in the fragile nation after their departure. (Oct. 23) (CBS News)
Video of 101st Airborne Division In The A Shau Valley 1969-1971
101st Airborne Division In The A Shau Valley 1969-1971
By Military Videos on Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
101st Airborne Division In The A Shau Valley 1969-1971
Like This Movie Trailer? Go to 101st Airborne to purchase the entire video, or to see movie trailers of over 700 other military videos.
This 60 min. video documents activities of the 101st Airborne Division in the A Shau Valley from 1969 through 1971. Featured are scenes of the aftermath of the battle of Hamburger Hill; the battle for FSB Ripcord; and the return of the division to the A Shau Valley as part of Operation Fury.
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Here is another video about the 101st but this one is from Iraq
By Military Videos on Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
101st Airborne Division In The A Shau Valley 1969-1971
Like This Movie Trailer? Go to 101st Airborne to purchase the entire video, or to see movie trailers of over 700 other military videos.
This 60 min. video documents activities of the 101st Airborne Division in the A Shau Valley from 1969 through 1971. Featured are scenes of the aftermath of the battle of Hamburger Hill; the battle for FSB Ripcord; and the return of the division to the A Shau Valley as part of Operation Fury.
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Here is another video about the 101st but this one is from Iraq
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sheriff: Tenn. guardsman kills Ga. deputy, self
Sheriff: Tenn. guardsman kills Ga. deputy, self
By Adrian Sainz and Dorie Turner - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Oct 23, 2011 12:04:12 EDT
ATLANTA — A guardsman who appeared to be drunk and had been firing at passing cars shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy, then committed suicide alongside a Georgia road, authorities said Sunday.
Evidence shows Christopher Michael Hodges, 26, fired 35 rounds from his M4 semiautomatic rifle, Richmond County Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Gay said. Hodges and 47-year-old Deputy James D. Paugh were found dead on the side of Bobby Jones Expressway after 1 a.m. Sunday, Gay said.
Hodges was based with the Tennessee National Guard but was on temporary duty at Fort Gordon for training, said Buz Yarnell, a spokesman for the post. Yarnell said he was not aware of any problems with Hodges before the shooting, and he would not say if Hodges had previously been deployed overseas.
Sheriff Ronnie Strength told The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle that Paugh was off duty and on his way home when he saw a suspicious car on the side of the road. He was shot several times when he stopped to check on the car and apparently fired two shots from his service weapon before he was killed.
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By Adrian Sainz and Dorie Turner - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Oct 23, 2011 12:04:12 EDT
ATLANTA — A guardsman who appeared to be drunk and had been firing at passing cars shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy, then committed suicide alongside a Georgia road, authorities said Sunday.
Evidence shows Christopher Michael Hodges, 26, fired 35 rounds from his M4 semiautomatic rifle, Richmond County Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Gay said. Hodges and 47-year-old Deputy James D. Paugh were found dead on the side of Bobby Jones Expressway after 1 a.m. Sunday, Gay said.
Hodges was based with the Tennessee National Guard but was on temporary duty at Fort Gordon for training, said Buz Yarnell, a spokesman for the post. Yarnell said he was not aware of any problems with Hodges before the shooting, and he would not say if Hodges had previously been deployed overseas.
Sheriff Ronnie Strength told The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle that Paugh was off duty and on his way home when he saw a suspicious car on the side of the road. He was shot several times when he stopped to check on the car and apparently fired two shots from his service weapon before he was killed.
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Soldier from Kettering dies after surgery
Soldier from Kettering dies after surgery
By Ben Sutherly, Staff Writer
Updated 10:52 PM Saturday, October 22, 2011
KETTERING — An outpouring of support is planned Monday for the homecoming of a 2007 Fairmont High School graduate who died of complications from surgery for back problems related to combat duty in Iraq.
Army Sgt. Cody Bryan, 22, died Oct. 14, a day after surgery in Colorado. He had sustained back injuries in two Humvee rollover incidents in Iraq. His second tour of duty ended in March.
An e-mail circulating locally encourages the community to line Far Hills Avenue between Stroop and Rahn roads with flags or signs of support at 6 p.m. Monday to greet Bryan’s family and their military escort. Parking is at the Apex church, 5200 Far Hills Ave.
Bryan is survived by wife Megan (Moore) and children, Kaydence, 4, and Ian, 2. A third child, Tanner, is due in January.
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By Ben Sutherly, Staff Writer
Updated 10:52 PM Saturday, October 22, 2011
KETTERING — An outpouring of support is planned Monday for the homecoming of a 2007 Fairmont High School graduate who died of complications from surgery for back problems related to combat duty in Iraq.
Army Sgt. Cody Bryan, 22, died Oct. 14, a day after surgery in Colorado. He had sustained back injuries in two Humvee rollover incidents in Iraq. His second tour of duty ended in March.
An e-mail circulating locally encourages the community to line Far Hills Avenue between Stroop and Rahn roads with flags or signs of support at 6 p.m. Monday to greet Bryan’s family and their military escort. Parking is at the Apex church, 5200 Far Hills Ave.
Bryan is survived by wife Megan (Moore) and children, Kaydence, 4, and Ian, 2. A third child, Tanner, is due in January.
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Homes For Our Troops finishes another house
Wounded Marine Has New Place to Live
A wounded soldier and his family got a first look at their now-finished new home Saturday.
Posted: 7:04 PM Oct 22, 2011
Reporter: Joe Harrington
SMITH VALLEY, NV - A wounded soldier and his family got a first look at their now finished new home Saturday.
The house is designed for wheel-chair access, with shelves that fold out, lower counters, wider doors.
"Just having the freedom in a wheelchair in here is pretty awesome it's a beautiful home," Marine Sgt. Dylan Gray said.
Sgt. Dylan Gray wears prosthetics when not using his wheelchair. The married father of three lost his legs to an anti-tank mine in Iraq. His sacrifice was an inspiration for the community to build a home for his family.
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A wounded soldier and his family got a first look at their now-finished new home Saturday.
Posted: 7:04 PM Oct 22, 2011
Reporter: Joe Harrington
SMITH VALLEY, NV - A wounded soldier and his family got a first look at their now finished new home Saturday.
The house is designed for wheel-chair access, with shelves that fold out, lower counters, wider doors.
"Just having the freedom in a wheelchair in here is pretty awesome it's a beautiful home," Marine Sgt. Dylan Gray said.
Sgt. Dylan Gray wears prosthetics when not using his wheelchair. The married father of three lost his legs to an anti-tank mine in Iraq. His sacrifice was an inspiration for the community to build a home for his family.
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