What the current administration has done for the military and veterans

[Riot]

And our veterans and military deserve every bit of it

Ended previous “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123741885685978043.html

Ended media “blackout” on reporting details of war casualties; allowing full information, the reporting and photographing, of return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB (prohibited by Bush)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...ad-photos.html

Families of fallen soldiers now have transport expenses paid for themselves and body of loved one
http://https//cs.mhf.dod.mil/content....500.570.0.0.0

Increased pay and benefits for military personnel
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/0...obama_022609w/

Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/1...armor-120410w/

Improved housing for military personnel
http://www.militaryconnection.com/ne...y-housing.html

Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, changed command, infused new troop support, successfully putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along.
(gee, does this really need to be referenced)

Ordered Osama bin Laden killed
(any of you doubt this one?)

Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force: includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/veterans

Increased VA budget $112.8 billion, 15.5-percent increase over the previous year. Hiring more staff, treating 122,000 more patients, and beginning the switch of patient records to an electronic system that can be accessed by all VA facilities.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nf...nf022609-8.htm

The creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to improve quality of medical care for enlisted and veteran members
http://www.usmedicine.com/articles/p...me-record.html

The increase will also pay for an uptick in education claims by veterans who are taking advantage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, passed last year.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nf...nf022609-8.htm

Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an additional $1.4 billion to improve services to America’s Veterans (by cutting missile defense program by $1.4 billion in 2010) to be used toward improving services, including grant money to states to build extended care facilities for vets (authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans) and the hiring of 1,500 new claims processors to speed up delivery of veterans benefits.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/veterans
http://www.disabled-world.com/news/v...t-spending.php

The VA and DOD held a joint Mental Health Summit in Washington last year, designed to "harness the programs, resources and expertise of both departments to deal with the aftermath of the battlefield." The initiative will include removing the stigma many soldiers feel about admitting to PTSD symptoms, and, finally, treating PTSD and traumatic brain injuries more fully, rather than how it's been dealt with in the past, as something to be merely contained enough to keep it from causing major social (or political) problems.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-09/u...-wars?_s=PM:US

[timmgirvan]

Thank you(really) for this important update. Up til now, I figured it was all golf and holiday. I am,however,waiting to see the demonstratable "fruit" of his labors

[lord007]

Originally Posted by Riot

And our veterans and military deserve every bit of it

Ended previous “stop-loss” policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date

Ended media “blackout” on reporting details of war casualties; allowing full information, the reporting and photographing, of return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB (prohibited by Bush)

Families of fallen soldiers now have transport expenses paid for themselves and body of loved one

Increased pay and benefits for military personnel

Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

Improved housing for military personnel

Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, changed command, infused new troop support, successfully putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along.

Ordered Osama bin Laden killed

Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force: includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.

Increased VA budget $112.8 billion, 15.5-percent increase over the previous year. Hiring more staff, treating 122,000 more patients, and beginning the switch of patient records to an electronic system that can be accessed by all VA facilities.

The creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to improve quality of medical care for enlisted and veteran members

The increase will also pay for an uptick in education claims by veterans who are taking advantage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, passed last year.

Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an additional $1.4 billion to improve services to America’s Veterans (by cutting missile defense program by $1.4 billion in 2010) to be used toward improving services, including grant money to states to build extended care facilities for vets (authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans) and the hiring of 1,500 new claims processors to speed up delivery of veterans benefits.

The VA and DOD held a joint Mental Health Summit in Washington last year, designed to "harness the programs, resources and expertise of both departments to deal with the aftermath of the battlefield." The initiative will include removing the stigma many soldiers feel about admitting to PTSD symptoms, and, finally, treating PTSD and traumatic brain injuries more fully, rather than how it's been dealt with in the past, as something to be merely contained enough to keep it from causing major social (or political) problems.

....you would die for this man

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by lord007

....you would die for this man

you got that too,huh?

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by lord007

....you would die for this man

leave-obama-alone-funny-animated-gifs_20090728_1088051651.gif

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Attachment 1766

Kev...It's going to be a beautiful thing when our President is re-elected. The right wing whackos ( and I know your motivation in these threads) just won't know what to do.

[lord007]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Kev...It's going to be a beautiful thing when our President is re-elected. The right wing whackos ( and I know your motivation in these threads) just won't know what to do.

Sickening....

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by lord007

Sickening....

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Kev...It's going to be a beautiful thing when our President is re-elected. The right wing whackos ( and I know your motivation in these threads) just won't know what to do.

Ror !! Bob let me thank you in advance for paying for all the free stuff Obama is going to be giving me.

gotta go Hannity is on

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Ror !! Bob let me thank you in advance for paying for all the free stuff Obama is going to be giving me.

gotta go Hannity is on

Look man..I suffered through 2 BCs at SA..THe LEAST you could do is cash in a voucher, buy a sweatshirt and get to CD in sunny November

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Look man..I suffered through 2 BCs at SA..THe LEAST you could do is cash in a voucher, buy a sweatshirt and get to CD in sunny November

I'm still frozen from the BC at Arlington Park....

But maybe.....just maybe my friend !!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Thank you(really) for this important update. Up til now, I figured it was all golf and holiday. I am,however,waiting to see the demonstratable "fruit" of his labors

The above is demonstrable. Done deals. I know you guys can't seem to stand the President, but I figured at least you'd give credit where it's due.

The Obama Derangement Syndrome can be pretty severe here at times <g>

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Riot

The above is demonstrable. Done deals. I know you guys can't seem to stand the President, but I figured at least you'd give credit where it's due.

The Obama Derangement Syndrome can be pretty severe here at times <g>

I thought it was demonstrable, but its been a long day. As I said...when it comes to harvest, then I'll applaud.

[Danzig]

where did the info in the first post come from?

My guess is someone's ass.

[dellinger63]

England's (yea Riot I know it's not all of England) take on Obama and the military

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ni...-presidential/

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

where did the info in the first post come from?

The news.

[Antitrust32]

ahahahhahahahhaahahah "the news". Riot when you copy and paste something you are supposed to provide sources

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

England's (yea Riot I know it's not all of England) take on Obama and the military

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ni...-presidential/

Seriously? SERIOUSLY?

Yeah, I guess honoring the dead at the Tomb of the Unknowns before hand doesn't count.

What pathetic Obama hate. ROFLMAO.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

ahahahhahahahhaahahah "the news". Riot when you copy and paste something you are supposed to provide sources

whitehouse.gov

AP

Those are not exactly secrets.

What do you think is inaccurate? Which statements? (as I have time, I"ll go back and reference them, but that's pretty ridiculous as you guys obviously own computers and I assume you know how to use google, and have read some newspapers in the past couple of years. Maybe not.)

The political acumen and knowledge around this place is about a 1 on a 10 point scale. Seems the best some can do "talking politics" is to insult the poster. As Geeker likes to say, ROR!