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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35706617554354983892011-04-21T21:07:06.818-07:00Westerly Photojournal FilesWesterly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-33199148049368437482008-08-21T23:13:00.000-07:002008-08-22T00:12:11.687-07:00BLACKWATER Mercenaries, Above the Law?

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Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-51836658082502450942008-08-21T22:38:00.000-07:002008-08-22T00:02:06.968-07:00WAR What Is It Good For ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-92036468250962713162008-08-18T22:51:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:54:37.786-07:00Watch War, Inc.

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-44825658592514601022008-08-18T21:46:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:55:37.544-07:00Military Blogger from Hawaii Muzzled

Filed under: HI Media — Doug @ 12:31 pmA long time ago, when former-Representative Tamayo was blogging from Iraq, I wrote a post where I wondered what other milbloggers from Hawaii were out there blogging from Iraq or Afghanistan. Well, today the Star-Bulletin In the Military column mentions a blog by a Schofield-based soldier in Iraq that apparently the Army would rather we not read. They forced

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-72115750378026036042008-07-21T18:08:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:00.243-08:00The Costs of War: The Parents' Agony

Friday 18 July 2008by: Ann Wright, t r u t h o u t | PerspectiveEvery day for a parent of a person in the United States military is a long day, filled with concern for their daughter or son. Parents of nine US Army soldiers were notified of the deaths of their family members in Afghanistan this week. July 16 and 17, 2008 have been extraordinarily long days for another group of parents. In

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-85032384679807518442008-07-21T18:01:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:00.526-08:00Afghanistan can no longer be ignored

The Taliban Strikes BackMonday 21 July 2008 by: Gary Brecher, AlterNetAfter six years of ignoring Afghanistan, things have gotten bad enough to force American officials to pay attention. For the past two months, U.S. casualties in Afghanistan have been higher than in Iraq. And on July 13, Afghanistan definitely got everybody's attention when nine U.S. troops were killed in what Wikipedia is now

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-55658105937029613672008-07-19T13:07:00.000-07:002008-07-19T13:11:42.644-07:00Soldiers have dramatic emotional changes

"We're Going to Be Paying For This For a While": Soldiers Bring the War HomeBy Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. Posted July 16, 2008.When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with themDuring 21 years in the Marine Corps, Jeff Johnson saw young adults walk into his recruiting office and newly minted marines walk

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-68386335503280090672008-06-27T21:15:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:03.356-08:00Veterans Must Fight For the Care They Deserve

* * Segments of this article published in June 25-July 1 issue of the Honolulu Weekly*****Thank you to Stephen who generously contributed the photos of himself in Iraq, and his Team at home**"That's When Everything Fell Apart"“Our convoy went through the [Green Zone, Baghdad] Gateway 310 times. I always thought it could be my last day. Our adrenaline was so high. When I was out there I could only

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-48328413524121250802008-06-23T14:01:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:04.196-08:00Update From Stephen

*Stephen Imamoto's clarifications, comments, photosStephen Imamoto "did 21 years with the 100th BN 442 Infantry, but I didn't deploy with this unit in 2005-2006. The Unit I deployed with was 322 Civil Affairs Brigade (CAB) as the Team Chief of the Convoy Security Detail.""I'm so honored to have served with 322 CAB," Imamto said, just as much as if he were to have gone out with the 100/442. "The

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-61801559992208687842008-06-21T20:57:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:05.069-08:00Response From Tripler Army Hospital

Tripler Begins a new Warrior Transitioning Program - (hoping for the best!)

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-60223116628513589382008-06-12T19:00:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:08.372-08:00Iraq in Photos and Footnotes - by James Dale

****click on the images to go directly to a large selection of James Dales very interesting photos* as well as very informative bios of each image*I was wondering about the backdrop of the sword arch in many photos of the troops, and this is what I found out:The Swords of Qādisīyah, Baghdad To celebrate his victory (actually a draw) over Iran, Saddam decided to build a Triumphal Arch. The

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-70804556749935330752008-06-03T16:49:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:08.648-08:00Iraq War Documentaries

THE OIL FACTOR: BEHIND THE WAR ON TERROR (2005)"After assessing today's dwindling oil reserves and skyrocketing use of oil for fuels, plastics and chemicals, "The Oil Factor" questions the motives for the U.S. wars in the Middle-East and Central Asia where 3/4 of the world's oil and natural gas is located."A COMPANY OF SOLDIERS (2004)"In "A Company of Soldiers," Frontline reports from inside the

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-91514920492417563832008-06-03T16:36:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:09.193-08:00Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI

A patient at the Hyperbaric Medicine Center read the recently published Honolulu Weekly article on Military Veteran Stephen Imamoto, and immediately brought the article to the attention of Helen McCracken, nurse and owner with husband Alfred, of the Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Honolulu, one of 20 hyperbaric therapy centers in the United States.The patient wanted Stephen Imamoto and others

Westerly PhotoJournal Filesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570661755435498389.post-54743496394565693372008-06-01T21:22:00.000-07:002008-12-09T19:01:10.094-08:00DoD & VA Joint HBOT Proposal for Veterans

2007.02.12 - DoD & VA Joint HBOT Proposal for VeteransProposalDepartment of Defense Brain Injury Rescue & Rehabilitation Project (DoD-BIRR)Experimental Study of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Residual Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in United States Military Iraqi War VeteransPaul G. Harch, M.D.LSU School of Medicine, New OrleansINTRODUCTION: The current military conflict in

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