After a particularly brutal and vitriolic election, Stand For the Troops wants to thank the brave men and women in uniform who serve – and have served – our country so selflessly and valiantly.
This morning, I was honored to attend a ceremony at my granddaughter’s school honoring Veterans and active duty personnel who have a family connection with a student at the school. Frankly, I haven’t attended a Veteran ceremony in well over 40 years.
Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
Drop me an email at [email protected] if you believe that there are other subjects that are newsworthy.
Ten Good Reasons to Hire Military Veterans
Companies take note: hiring a veteran of the U.S. Military comes with a host of ...
Each year the Heritage Foundation publishes a security threat analyis to determine hostile “hot spots” that may affect U.S. security. The threat rating tends to be a blend of overt aggressive behavior and capabilities.
For instance, in 2016, North Korea was considered more of a threat to vital U.S. interests than Iran and Middle East terrorism. (http://index.heritage.org/military/2016/assessments/threats/conclusion-global-threat-level/).
Regardless of which candidate wins the election and the political configuration of ...
Continue Reading →Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
Note: Off traveling in Europe and back next week. Editing is a little difficult so please cut me a little slack if your reading experience is not up to par.
Drop me an email at [email protected] if you believe that there ...
Continue Reading →SFTT reports frequently on the massive coverups, dishonesty and hypocrisy within the DoD and VA which continue to erode the confidence of the many thousands of men and women who have served our country so valiantly.
As we have stated on numerous occasions, SFTT takes no pleasure at all in doing so, but there appears to be no end to the deceit. It is not all black and white – there is much good and healthy within the DoD and VA ...
Continue Reading →Found below are a few news items that caught my attention this past week. I am hopeful that the titles and short commentary will encourage SFTT readers to click on the embedded links to read more on subjects that may be of interest to them.
I am currently traveling in Europe so I do apologize that some of my editing tools are not easily available. The information is good – Dr. Orange article brings tears to my eyes – so do cut me a little ...
Continue Reading →The recent cyberattack that temporarily shut down Twitter, Netflix, PayPal and others may be just the beginning of disruptive communications warfare. While this cyberattack appears to have orchestrated by a rogue band of hackers who call themselves the New World Hackers, it portends an ominous future for cybersecurity.
The “attack” called distributed denial-of-service or Ddos causes tens of thousands of mobile devices to simultaneously query server databases that ...
Continue Reading →Last month, the New York Times published an article entitled “Scuba, Parrots, Yoga: “Veterans Embrace Alternative Therapies for PTSD.” The article focuses on Veterans with PTSD who seek alternative treatment programs.
In this article, author Dave Phillips, suggests that Veterans with PTSD (Post-traumatic stress) are seeking alternative treatment since conventional treatments approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”) ...
Continue Reading →It is reassuring to learn that Brig. Gen. Donald C. Bolduc encourages troops under his command to seek help when dealing with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
Many in the military believe that headaches, depression and mood swings are simply job fatigue symptoms and that it is “not macho” to seek out treatment. As Gen. Bolduc knows, these common wartime symptoms may be a clear signal of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
In a recent article featured in the New York Times, Continue Reading →