Wounded Warriors and the America Way

"The new organization will allow us to give a personal touch to former Marines," says Col. Gregory A.D. Boyle, the regimental commander. "I want these Marines to feel . . . that they're the center of the universe and that we care about them and we're concerned about them."

When Boyle and other Marine Corps leaders describe the advantages of the new Regiment, one also gets a glimpse of what has been deficient in previous programs. Troops will be helped through loneliness, frustration and depression; troops and their families won't get substandard or unsanitary treatment, won't get lost in the system or fall through the "seams" or the "cracks" of inattention and perfunctory care, troops will get "personal" care and a built-in and focused support network, transportation to appointments and therapy, an advocate, an ombudsman, legal counsel, religious and spiritual support; troops will have assistance in cutting through Marine Corps, Navy, Defense Department, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security and federal government red tape and in navigating the voluminous paperwork and bureaucratic tangle, and in dealing with military and government boards and commissions, Congressional offices, disability claims, military contracts, insurance policies, discharge papers, as well as external charities and veterans groups; troops will have help in the transition back to units for duty, to the Veterans Administration, or in making their way to civilian life and follow-up family, charitable or government outpatient care, services, and benefits.

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Sailing

# Learn to Sail Manual

# The Physics of Sailing

# How Sails Really Work Arvel Gentry was largely responsible for delineating the modern theory of Sails. Quoted extensively by Marchaj and others this is his website. Includes articles on how sails really work and the implications for design and trim.

# Sailing and the Tech Dinghy -- MIT's dinghy sailing instruction booklet

# Sailing Simulator from National Geographic

# International Sailing Federation



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Veterans

Before I begin I want to state that the following comments are not directed at any one organization or agency, but rather to the American people as a whole.

Sadly to say the scandal at Walter Reed Hospital did not surprise me in the least. Be honest, it did not really take anybody by surprise.

I for one have been screaming at the top of my lungs to anybody that will listen for a few years now. I have begged for assistance in caring for our warriors. Wounded or not every veteran in this country needs to be cared for better.

Not to pick apart one of my associates, but when he agreed with me that every citizen in the united states is responsible for the neglect our veterans have suffered after all wars, whether they be "Domestic or Foreign" "Past or Present" they deserve much more. When he added "if one facility gets more than another, people will complain they get more help than we do." I had to cut him off. I replied that would be just plain childish. This whole scandal is absurd.

We are the people, all of us must bear the burden of what our warriors have had to endure since the creation of this Country. To stand back and point fingers at our Government just does not
compute to me.

We are all to blame. Some more than others. If a person cannot spare one hour out of their busy week to help a Veteran, then they do not get to complain about how our veterans are treated.
Enough said.


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6 indicted in Arizona foreclosure scam that targeted home owners in financial trouble

Posted on Friday, March 9, 2007 at 12:53PM by Registered CommenterThe Editor - Ian Shuter in Indictments, Loan Officers, Flipping, Arizona | CommentsPost a Comment | PrintPrint
In the following press release from Phoenix, AZ United States Attorney Daniel G. Knauss and HUD Inspector General Kenneth M. Donohue announced that six individuals have been indicted for conspiracy and separate counts of mail and wire fraud violations in connection with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) "Pre-Foreclosure" sale program.

The charged defendants are:
Trudy M. Peters, 43, of Peoria, Az, formerly an Escrow Officer for Ticor Title Agency, Phoenix, Az.
John M. Soto, 35, of Moreno Valley, Ca., formerly a Service Representative for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Larry M. Smith, 28, of Rancho Cucamonga, Ca, formerly a Service Representative, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Maria A. Felix, 47, of Glendale, Az, formerly a Housing Counselor for Acorn Housing, Phoenix.
Tony S. Vasquez, 54, of Tolleson, Az, formerly a Housing Counselor for Chicanos Por La Causa, Phoenix, Az.

Also listed in the indictment as an un-indicted co-conspirator is Edward Carrillo, Jr., currently serving a five year prison sentence arising from a state conviction for Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices. He ran a company called Sahara Investments.
According to the charging documents filed in the District of Arizona, the defendants conspired with Carrillo, doing business as Sahara Investments, Scottsdale, Az, to purchase and sell 65 properties in the Phoenix area using the HUD . Pre-Foreclosure. sale program. The program was designed to reduce foreclosures cost to the government by allowing homeowners to sell their homes for less than what they owed on the mortgage, often referred to as a "short sale." The "Pre-Foreclosure" sale program had strict guidelines among which required that property owners receive homeowner counseling, and that an independent appraisal had to establish the market value of the home.


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Two Plead Guilty In Florida $10 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme - Operation Whose House

Friday, March 16, 2007

Megan McGuire, Miramar, Florida, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and/or wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for her involvement in Operation Whose House. On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Christine A. Brown also pled guilty to one court of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in Operation Whose House.

McGuire and Brown are both scheduled to be sentenced in May, 2007 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At sentencing, McGuire faces a maximum statutory sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment and Brown faces mandatory sentence of two years’ imprisonment. They are the …

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In-ear Headsets In-ear Headsets

Motorola Miniblue H9
Meet Miniblue, the revolutionary new Motorola Bluetooth headset specially designed around the way your body works. Measuring in at only 30 x 23 millimeters this barely-there headset fits perfectly inside your ear. Its advanced design creates a seal to reduce ambient noise, so the person you’re talking with will hear you (not the surrounding sounds) and their voice will sound clear.

Coming Soon

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The Official Bluetooth® Wireless Info Site:

What is Bluetooth wireless technology?

Bluetooth technology is how mobile phones, computers, and personal digital assistants (PDAs), not to mention a broad selection of other devices, can be easily interconnected using a short-range wireless connection. Using this technology, users can have all mobile and fixed computer devices be totally coordinated.



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ThinkGeek :: LED Binary Clock:

Yes, It's A Clock. No, Your Mom Can't Read It*

New Feature - Now Displays Time In True Binary As Well As Powers Of Two Binary Mode! Woohoo!

It's easy for any self-respecting geek to figure out how to read this clock in a few minutes. Check out the image below for the details. Still don't get it? Then you probably shouldn't buy one, should you? Sure you could wing it and 'approximate' the time based on the position of the sun and act like you can read this clock, but you should probably go get one of these instead

Computers use on/off switches to tell the time, now you can too! Get one of these puppies and you are on your way to truly becoming one with the binary...

Each LED binary clock has these features/specs:

* Default mode displays time in 'Powers of Two' binary system
* Dim button on rear allows user to step down LED light output
* Startup option allows user to display time in 'True' binary mode (using the binary coding of 32/16/8/4/2/1)
* Autosensing of AC line frequency for worldwide ease of use.
* Size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2"
* Packaged Weight: 10 oz

Your Choice of RED LED (120V) with a semi-translucent red face or BLUE LED (120V) with a silver face. Also available is an international version (230V) with BLUE LEDs and a silver face.


*OK, some moms can read it. The kind with degrees in computer science. Our bad.

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FBI Director Robert Mueller traveled to Los Angeles Thursday

FBI Director Robert Mueller traveled to Los Angeles Thursday to talk about what we're doing to help big cities and small communities battle the growing wave of gang violence. "Gang crime may be part of our reality today," he said. "But law enforcement can change that reality tomorrow." Read More

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IAVA - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America - IAVA Blog:

Our War Tapes campaign is off to a great start. We sent out the first email last week, and we had an excellent response. Supporters are hosting parties across the country, and it's not too late to sign up.

You can search for a party in your area - just enter your zip code at the bottom of this page. If there are no parties planned nearby, you can also sign up to host your own. Hosting is easy - just be sure to get your hands on a copy of The War Tapes in time for the 27th.

At the House Parties, IAVA supporters are going to:

• Watch The War Tapes, the first documentary filmed by the soldiers on the ground in Iraq. You can watch the trailer here.
• Take part in a free conference call with IAVA Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff and Iraq Veteran Steve Pink, star of The War Tapes.
• Put their signatures on a petition to Jim Nicholson, Secretary of the VA, calling for increased mental health staffing at VA hospitals.

From the New York Times:

On an October night in 2003, mortar shells fell on a base camp near Baquba, Iraq, where Specialist Abbie Pickett, then 21, was serving as a combat lifesaver, caring for the wounded.

At first, she did not notice that one of the medics who was working with her was bleeding heavily and near death; then, frantically, she treated his wounds and moved him to a medical station, not knowing if he would survive.

He did survive, Specialist Pickett later learned. But the horror of that night is still vivid, and the memory stalks her even now, more than a year after she returned home.

"I would say that on a weekly basis I wish I would have died during that attack," said Specialist Pickett, who served with the Wisconsin Army National Guard. "You never want family to hear that."

This is Abbie's story, but she isn't alone. A new study suggests that US soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq are suffering from major depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Vet Centers, which were established after the Vietnam War, are the primary source of care for veterans facing these issues. Join us in calling for better funding for these vital centers.

I hope you can join us on the 27th. To those of you who have already signed up to host or attend - thank you. Your efforts to bring the people who care about these issues together make a huge difference for veterans like me.

Sincerely,

Rob Timmins
IAVA Field Director
Iraq Veteran

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Defence Events

Network Centric Warfare 2007

January 22 - 25, 2007 :: Washington, DC

Image Fusion 2007
January 23 - 24, 2007 :: Alexandria, VA

Tactical Power Source 2007
January 29 - 31, 2007 :: Washington, DC

Total Asset Visibility For Defense
January 30 - 31, 2007 :: Arlington, VA

5th Annual Software Radio Summit
February 21 - 22, 2007 :: Vienna, VA

CBRNE Defense
February 26 - 28, 2007 :: Arlington, VA

UAV Summit 2007
February 27 - 28, 2007 :: Alexandria, VA

Maritime Homeland Security
March 19 - 21, 2007 :: Baltimore, MD

5th Annual Battlefield Healthcare
March 21 - 23, 2007 :: Alexandria, VA

Next Generation Materials for Defense
March 28 - 29, 2007 :: Arlington, VA

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If you would like to place an order please visit:
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Bush gives ground on domestic eavesdropping program

KOMO

By Dan Eggen and Peter Baker. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Wednesday it has agreed to disband a controversial warrantless surveillance program run by the National Security Agency, replacing it with a new effort to be overseen by a secret ...
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Flash Player 9 for Linux arrives, looks great

Flash Player 9 for Linux arrives, looks great
Desktop Linux - Adobe Systems Inc. on Jan. 17 finally released the long-awaited Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux. Although a binary-only ...READ MORE


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Learn from other Google Docs & Spreadsheets users

Find answers, ask questions, and share your expertise with others in the Google Docs & Spreadsheets Help Group.

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The New BAH rates are available at Military.com

Here's the website for the new BAH rates. It's not time sensitive, so forward when you can.

Thanks!

The New BAH rates are available at Military.com

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning. Forwarded for your information.. Happy New Year!

Very Respectfully,
Capt Mellon

 

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Blackwater Tactical Weekly: The Next Jihadists: Iraq's Lost Children

Ammar will tell you he's proud to be carrying a gun. His father was a brigadier in Saddam Hussein's Army, a man who saw combat in his country's several wars, and from an early age Ammar had accompanied him to the shooting range. "I got used to the sound of guns then," Ammar says. So he was ready, last fall, when the imam in his Baghdad neighborhood urged residents to take up arms against the invader-who in this case happened to be members of a Shiite militia trying to push into the predominantly Sunni area. Ammar joined the neighborhood watch, a ragtag bunch of men who stand guard nightly at improvised roadblocks and rooftop observation posts. In mid-October Ammar fought his first big battle against soldiers from the Mahdi Army-"the garbage collectors and robbers," as he contemptuously refers to the Shiite militia. He says he put his Kalashnikov assault rifle to good use: "I think I injured or even killed two of them. Our group killed more than six of them that night."

Full Story

Gary Jackson
President
Blackwater

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Tactical Power Sources Summit

Dear Colleague,

This is your last chance to register for IDGA's Tactical Power Sources Summit. This must-attend event for government/military agencies and leading contractors at the fore-front of evolving programs, emerging policies and technologies for portable power sources is coming up in a few weeks.

If you are considering attending this event visit our website and register yourself and a team today.

This event will allow you to:

Access a comprehensive update on the roles that different types of batteries play in theatre

Analyze strategies to make batteries more reliable and more effective

Evaluate the promise of fuel cell technology to optimize soldier performance

Comprehensively assess new and alternative power sources

Hear case studies of "Power in Action" in the military

Develop an action plan to implement what you have learned into your own program

If you have any questions, please phone Customer Service at 1-800-882-8684. I look forward to meeting you at the event.

Cordially,

Page Robinson
Program Director, Tactical Power Sources 2007
IDGA

P.S. Also, don't forget to join us on the day before for the outstanding pre-conference Mobile Power Sources Development Day featuring 3 interactive seminars: Designing Low-cost, Durable Fuel Cells for Military Applications , Designing and Manufacturing High Power Density Motor Systems and Future Technologies of Man Portable Battery Systems.

This email was sent to: wooran@ec.rr.com

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Help us take care of our veterans who worked so hard to protect and serve their country!

We are beginning to work with a military-affiliated association that is assisting our wounded warriors when they return from the battlefield. Many of these men and women are permanently disabled and want to purchase a home together by combining their income. What programs would you be able to offer these veterans? Any information that you can offer me would be greatly appreciated. We will be presenting this proposal to the general on the local base here.

Some of these veterans are discharged and waiting placement for permanent residence and some are still active-duty military status. Insofar as credit scores are concerned, I'm sure that we will have a mixed box of scores.

Help us take care of our veterans who worked so hard to protect and serve their country!

Jamie Sharpe/Loan Officer


910-478-8810 cell

Ray Thomas, commander of VFW Post 10386

Ray Thomas, commander of VFW Post 10386 in Kingman, sat in on the discussion Wednesday with Coker. Coker said the only other person to whom he has put forth his idea is the commander of VFW Post 2555 in Golden Valley.

Update on the Coker Project:

He needs help to get it operational. I think foundation involvement/support with this project is a definite possibility.

N.C. State Commander, Jim Goins has a friend who needs our help also. The materials and land have already been donated for a homeless veterans house. Now we need to get the house built. I was thinking about the Barn raisings that occurred years ago with the granges.

Those were a shining example of Americans looking out for each other and a good format to use now.