FOR OUR WOUNDED
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/atf/cf/{279F00F6-7AEF-4E77-9462-B707D698D169}/TSGLI%20APPLICATION%20FORM.PDF
News and Highlights
Traumatic Injury Insurance Payment Forms Now Available:
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Service Member Group Life Insurance has recently released the form that MUST be filled out for severely injured service members to qualify for payment under the newly created Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) program.
To Download the Application Form (with instructions) Click here.
For a detailed presentation on the Traumatic Injury Insurance program and eligibility requirements Go here
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/atf/cf/{279F00F6-7AEF-4E77-9462-B707D698D169}/TSGLI%20APPLICATION%20FORM.PDF
Veterans' Day Message from the Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
By U.S. Senator Larry Craig
"... I later met with three younger veterans, all in their early 20s, who also made me proud to be an American, and who put another lump in my throat.
Ryan Kelly, from Prescott, Arizona, lost a leg in Iraq. Heath Calhoun, from Clarksville, Tennessee, lost both of his legs. Jeremy Feldbusch from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, lost his sight. They explained the financial difficulties they faced with long recuperation times, and wives and family members who gave up jobs to be near them as they were in hospital rehab.
They sought legislation not to help themselves, but to help others. I was inspired by their courage and selflessness. Only a few weeks later, Congress approved legislation I authored, which will provide anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 to our nation's "Wounded Warriors" to offset the costs families incur when they have to leave jobs and homes to be with loved ones who are recuperating at military hospitals."
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Schiff to Deliver Letters to Our Troops
Schiff to Deliver Letters to Our Troops
During the next few weeks, Congressman Schiff will be visiting our troops, and he would like to bring messages of thanksgiving from our community.
"I'm so thankful to the men and women of our military, many of whom are overseas, sacrificing time away from their families to serve our nation," said Schiff. "During this holiday season when we gather among friends and family, let's think of those who are away from home. If you would like to send notes or letters to the soldiers, I'd be honored to deliver them to our heroes in uniform. Children may even want to draw pictures. Your messages will brighten the day for so many who are serving our nation far from home."
Please send cards, letters, and drawings to:
Congressman Adam Schiff
35 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Or via fax at (626) 304-0572
Please send messages by December 9. If you have any questions, or have additional ideas for how our community can honor our troops, please contact my office at 626-304-2727.
Schiff to Deliver Letters to Our Troops
During the next few weeks, Congressman Schiff will be visiting our troops, and he would like to bring messages of thanksgiving from our community.
"I'm so thankful to the men and women of our military, many of whom are overseas, sacrificing time away from their families to serve our nation," said Schiff. "During this holiday season when we gather among friends and family, let's think of those who are away from home. If you would like to send notes or letters to the soldiers, I'd be honored to deliver them to our heroes in uniform. Children may even want to draw pictures. Your messages will brighten the day for so many who are serving our nation far from home."
Please send cards, letters, and drawings to:
Congressman Adam Schiff
35 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Or via fax at (626) 304-0572
Please send messages by December 9. If you have any questions, or have additional ideas for how our community can honor our troops, please contact my office at 626-304-2727.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
HughHewitt.com
Posted at 1:00 PM, Pacific
The news on the Special Forces crash in Afghanistan is confirmed as as bad as it could be. I will feature a number of milbloggers on today's show, including FroggyRuminations Col. Bay, Smash, as well as Mark Steyn and, from Baghdad, Michael Yon.
I will also be urging the audience to contribute to the United Warrior Survivor Foundation which is "dedicated to the surviving spouses of Special Operations military personnel killed in the line of duty since 9/11. UWSF offers Survivor Transition Assistance to surviving spouses, along with educational counseling, financial guidance, investment planning, and other programs." I know the groups' founders and they are superb people with extensive ties to the special operations community, and they do great things with the resources they raise. You can contribute here.
Perhaps some other civilian bloggers could post a link to the Foundation. The url is easy to remember: www.frogfriends.com.
SoldiersAngels can also use as many sponsors as there are out there.
Radioblogger will post the transcripts later this evening.
HughHewitt.com
The news on the Special Forces crash in Afghanistan is confirmed as as bad as it could be. I will feature a number of milbloggers on today's show, including FroggyRuminations Col. Bay, Smash, as well as Mark Steyn and, from Baghdad, Michael Yon.
I will also be urging the audience to contribute to the United Warrior Survivor Foundation which is "dedicated to the surviving spouses of Special Operations military personnel killed in the line of duty since 9/11. UWSF offers Survivor Transition Assistance to surviving spouses, along with educational counseling, financial guidance, investment planning, and other programs." I know the groups' founders and they are superb people with extensive ties to the special operations community, and they do great things with the resources they raise. You can contribute here.
Perhaps some other civilian bloggers could post a link to the Foundation. The url is easy to remember: www.frogfriends.com.
SoldiersAngels can also use as many sponsors as there are out there.
Radioblogger will post the transcripts later this evening.
HughHewitt.com
Friday, June 24, 2005
From My Position... On the way!: Walter Reed, Her We Come!
There is one man (other than God Himself) in particular who saved Chuck's life. CPT Jason Spencer, Chuck's XO. Chuck said to me, "Jason saved my life. Don't ever let me forget that." I don't know Jason on a very personal level, but he dove into the canal when Chuck was blown in from the explosion... I don't know the details of what Jason did when he was in the canal w/ Chuck, but whatever it was, Chuck remembers, and Jason is forever in our debt.
From My Position... On the way!: Walter Reed, Her We Come!
From My Position... On the way!: Walter Reed, Her We Come!
Monday, June 20, 2005
The San Marino Tribune 5K Run/Walk
The San Marino Tribune 5K Run/Walk
5K Run
benefiting the JP Blecksmith Leadership Foundation
July 4, 2005
REGISTRATION FORM
When:
Monday, July 4th, 2005-Race day registration will begin at 7:30 AM and end at 8:30 AM -5K Run/Walk will begin promptly at 9:00 AM
Where:
Start/Finish Location:-NW corner of San Marino Avenue and -Huntington Drive in San Marino.Map of course
Cost:
Postmarked by 6/22:
19 & Under: $2520+ :$30
Postmarked after 6/22:
All Ages: $40
Race day Registration:
All Ages: $40
-Donations to the JP Blecksmith Leadership Foundation welcome
-Entry Fee includes a T-Shirt. Size not guaranteed for entries received after June 22nd.
-Checks are to be made payable to the: SAN MARINO TRIBUNE
Sign-up:
Mail registration form and payment to:JP Blecksmith Leadership Foundation 5K2275 Huntington Drive #525San Marino, CA 91108
Additional Information:
-Awards Ceremony and San Marino Rotary Club Centennial Clock Dedication to follow 5K run/walk beginning at 10:00 AM-Adopt a soldier at the Soldiers' Angels booth during the post-race festivities.
-The San Marino Tribune 5K Run/Walk benefiting the JP Blecksmith Leadership Foundation will also serve as a training run for 11 individuals, JP's family and friends, who will be running the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC on October 30, 2005 in honor of JP and his fellow Marines.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Marathon for the Fisher House Landstuhl
Marathon for the Fisher House Landstuhl
http://sponsormywalk.info/
My name is Norm Raynal; I am a 64-year old diabetic who works for the Defense Commissary Agency. I have been wondering, perhaps like many of you, how to stay healthy and do something beneficial with my off-duty time. I tried several different activities, but nothing seemed "right" for meâ?¦too time-consuming, limited exercise, and especially no sense of feeling like I was doing something worthwhileâ?¦nothing seemed to "fit.â?? I told a good friend about my dilemma and she suggested I consider volunteering at the Fisher House. I had no idea what the Fisher House was. When I saw an ad looking for volunteers to help the Fisher House clean up after the holidays, I thought about her suggestion and decided to give it a try.
The manager was kind enough to take some time from her busy day to explain what the Fisher House provides for service members and their families. I learned that in our area, there are two Fisher Houses collocated to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center that provide a â??home away from homeâ?? for families assisting wounded service members or who are themselves receiving medical care at Landstuhl. During 2004, these two houses assisted over 900 families.
The Fisher Houses depend on donations to maintain their operation. To support this worthwhile cause, I will walk five 42.9 marathons and ask each of you to pledge a dollar amount for each kilometer I walk or a dollar amount for each marathon I walk. No walk â?¦no donation.
Kathy Gregory provided me with more ideas and suggestions and along with another friend, Berndt Schwarz, we put this web site together. Karin Hand did the final edit so Kathy Reed could do the English - German translation what we will post in the near future. Thanks to my friends, we are able to reach out to the community for support.
Your donation after the first, third and fifth marathon will directly go to the service members and their families who stay at the Landstuhl Fisher Houses.
I ask you to help those who fight for our freedom by being generous with your pledge.
As the Manager of the Landstuhl Fisher Houses I welcome the support you will provide us. We do not receive any government funding and our operating costs come from donations and the $10 room fee. The Fisher House Foundation that is listed on the Combined Federal Campaign is a separate Fund that solicits money for building new Fisher Houses, supporting existing Fisher Houses and helping individual families in need. Charitable activities like this 5 X marathon help us meet our donation goal as well as spread the word that the Landstuhl Fisher Houses are here to help our families in need. We estimate $155,000 will be needed this year, so we thank you for your pledge which will help us provide care and support. You will be helping to keep a family unit together and assisting each family through their medical crisis by giving us the ability to provide â??compassionate care beyond the call of dutyâ??.
Marathon for the Fisher House Landstuhl
http://sponsormywalk.info/
My name is Norm Raynal; I am a 64-year old diabetic who works for the Defense Commissary Agency. I have been wondering, perhaps like many of you, how to stay healthy and do something beneficial with my off-duty time. I tried several different activities, but nothing seemed "right" for meâ?¦too time-consuming, limited exercise, and especially no sense of feeling like I was doing something worthwhileâ?¦nothing seemed to "fit.â?? I told a good friend about my dilemma and she suggested I consider volunteering at the Fisher House. I had no idea what the Fisher House was. When I saw an ad looking for volunteers to help the Fisher House clean up after the holidays, I thought about her suggestion and decided to give it a try.
The manager was kind enough to take some time from her busy day to explain what the Fisher House provides for service members and their families. I learned that in our area, there are two Fisher Houses collocated to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center that provide a â??home away from homeâ?? for families assisting wounded service members or who are themselves receiving medical care at Landstuhl. During 2004, these two houses assisted over 900 families.
The Fisher Houses depend on donations to maintain their operation. To support this worthwhile cause, I will walk five 42.9 marathons and ask each of you to pledge a dollar amount for each kilometer I walk or a dollar amount for each marathon I walk. No walk â?¦no donation.
Kathy Gregory provided me with more ideas and suggestions and along with another friend, Berndt Schwarz, we put this web site together. Karin Hand did the final edit so Kathy Reed could do the English - German translation what we will post in the near future. Thanks to my friends, we are able to reach out to the community for support.
Your donation after the first, third and fifth marathon will directly go to the service members and their families who stay at the Landstuhl Fisher Houses.
I ask you to help those who fight for our freedom by being generous with your pledge.
As the Manager of the Landstuhl Fisher Houses I welcome the support you will provide us. We do not receive any government funding and our operating costs come from donations and the $10 room fee. The Fisher House Foundation that is listed on the Combined Federal Campaign is a separate Fund that solicits money for building new Fisher Houses, supporting existing Fisher Houses and helping individual families in need. Charitable activities like this 5 X marathon help us meet our donation goal as well as spread the word that the Landstuhl Fisher Houses are here to help our families in need. We estimate $155,000 will be needed this year, so we thank you for your pledge which will help us provide care and support. You will be helping to keep a family unit together and assisting each family through their medical crisis by giving us the ability to provide â??compassionate care beyond the call of dutyâ??.
Thursday, June 9, 2005
Iraq War News
U.S. Probing Private Iraqi Guards: "The U.S. military is investigating 16 private American security guards and three Iraqi contractors for shooting at Marines and Iraqi civilians during a three-hour spree last month in Fallujah."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
Sunnis given 25 seats on Iraqi committee: "Sunni Muslim Arabs will be given up to 25 seats on the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution, President Jalal Talabani said Thursday."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
16 contractors under arrest for attack US troops in IraqWar.info
Iraqi leader seeks security role for militia: "very hard to sully the reputation of nationalist movements like Badr so that they can achieve goals that do not serve the interests of the Iraqi people," Abdul
[in Aljazeera.net]"
In The US News: Iraq News
Talks with Iraqi rebels possible - Rice: "Washington - American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left the door open on Wednesday for Iraqi officials to negotiate with groups linked to the insurgency, saying political reconciliation must be...
[in IOL]"
In The US News: Iraq News
America's best hope is a Democratic regime change: "Iran is developing an atomic bomb delivery system along with North Korea, and our president invaded Iraq. Iraq had no capability to do anything to anyone.
[in Port Huron Times Herald]"
In The US News: Iraq News
In Increasing Numbers Youth Resisting Recruitment for Iraq: "Darrett Evans, a legal secretary from Bridgeport, Connecticut and of Costa Rican descent, wanted to find summer employment for her nephew and her daughter, so she responded to a Sunday classified ad i...
[in Pacific News Service]"
In The US News: Iraq News
Katy soldier who killed himself added to Iraq casualty roster: "The Department of Defense has added the name of a soldier from Katy who committed suicide almost two years ago to the official roster of casualties from the war in Iraq."
In HoustonChronicle.com -- Iraq
U.S. Probing Private Iraqi Guards: "The U.S. military is investigating 16 private American security guards and three Iraqi contractors for shooting at Marines and Iraqi civilians during a three-hour spree last month in Fallujah."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
Sunnis given 25 seats on Iraqi committee: "Sunni Muslim Arabs will be given up to 25 seats on the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution, President Jalal Talabani said Thursday."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
16 contractors under arrest for attack US troops in IraqWar.info
Iraqi leader seeks security role for militia: "very hard to sully the reputation of nationalist movements like Badr so that they can achieve goals that do not serve the interests of the Iraqi people," Abdul
[in Aljazeera.net]"
In The US News: Iraq News
Talks with Iraqi rebels possible - Rice: "Washington - American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left the door open on Wednesday for Iraqi officials to negotiate with groups linked to the insurgency, saying political reconciliation must be...
[in IOL]"
In The US News: Iraq News
America's best hope is a Democratic regime change: "Iran is developing an atomic bomb delivery system along with North Korea, and our president invaded Iraq. Iraq had no capability to do anything to anyone.
[in Port Huron Times Herald]"
In The US News: Iraq News
In Increasing Numbers Youth Resisting Recruitment for Iraq: "Darrett Evans, a legal secretary from Bridgeport, Connecticut and of Costa Rican descent, wanted to find summer employment for her nephew and her daughter, so she responded to a Sunday classified ad i...
[in Pacific News Service]"
In The US News: Iraq News
Katy soldier who killed himself added to Iraq casualty roster: "The Department of Defense has added the name of a soldier from Katy who committed suicide almost two years ago to the official roster of casualties from the war in Iraq."
In HoustonChronicle.com -- Iraq
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