Military and veterans issues http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/forums/69 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:40:16 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/forums/69 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Marine held in Killing of wife. ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1737/t/Marine-held-in-Killing-of-wife-.html
feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1737 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:14:33 GMT <![CDATA[ WW ll Gator Navy ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1727/t/WW-ll-Gator-Navy.html feeds@yuku.com (vehampton) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1727 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:12:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Dunwoody to become first female four-star general ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1692/t/Dunwoody-to-become-first-female-four-star-general.html

WASHINGTON - For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general.

The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to head the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wwishingstar) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1692 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:12:07 GMT <![CDATA[ Webb GI Bill Passed by Senate ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1645/t/Webb-GI-Bill-Passed-by-Senate.html Webb GI Bill Passed by Senate

Week of May 23, 2008

Twenty-five Republican senators broke rank with President Bush to help Democrats approve overwhelmingly a new, more generous GI Bill plan negotiated by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) for active duty service members, reservists and veterans who... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1645 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:15:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Austrailia ends operations in Iraq. ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1644/t/Austrailia-ends-operations-in-Iraq-.html Australia ended combat operations in Iraq June 1, even while that country's new prime minister criticized his predecessor, John Howard, for going into the war and a group of war critics moved to have Howard indicted for a war crime. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1644 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:14:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Why do you hesitate ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1554/t/Why-do-you-hesitate.html

Why do you hesitate?

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1554 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:21:40 GMT <![CDATA[ A Rolling Memorial ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1547/t/A-Rolling-Memorial.html

Rolling Hummer Memorial

Unknown Author

I feel a brotherhood and a closeness

feeds@yuku.com (bllondie) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1547 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:10:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Back Door Draft!! ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1529/t/Back-Door-Draft-.html

General: Stop-Loss Needed Through '09

feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1529 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:33:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Its been 5 yrs today ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1419/t/Its-been-5-yrs-today.html
March 19:
2003 : War in Iraq begins

On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces
primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after
explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq's capital, U.S. President
George W. Bush announced in a televised address, "At this hour,
American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military
operations to disarm Iraq, to free... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bllondie) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1419 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:56:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Brothers in Arms ...USA CANADA ENGLAND ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1389/t/Brothers-in-Arms-USA-CANADA-ENGLAND.html image feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1389 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:55:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Last surviving U.S. World War I vet honored by president ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1385/t/Last-surviving-U-S-World-War-I-vet-honored-by-president.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Frank Woodruff Buckles was just 15 years old when he joined the U.S. Army. Soon, he was deployed to war and headed overseas on the Carpathia -- the same ship used in the rescue mission of the Titanic.

feeds@yuku.com (bllondie) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1385 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:42:17 GMT <![CDATA[ U.S. Flag Code (questions dipping) ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1382/t/U-S-Flag-Code-questions-dipping-.html
By NEELA BANERJEE
Published: March 8, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - On Sundays at the Naval Academy Chapel, at a few minutes past 11 a.m., the choir stops singing and a color guard carrying the academy flag and the American flag strides up the aisle.

Below a cobalt blue stained-glass window of Jesus, one midshipman dips the academy flag before the altar cross, and the other dips the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bllondie) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1382 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:35:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Human Statue of Liberty ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1381/t/Human-Statue-of-Liberty.html


]]> feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1381 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:19:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Good Morning ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1371/t/Good-Morning.html Smileycons!

Just wanted to say hello, and all of you have a good day!!!

Smileycons!

]]> feeds@yuku.com (JeannineTexas) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1371 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:03:19 GMT <![CDATA[ An EMail I received from a Friend ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1345/t/An-EMail-I-received-from-a-Friend.html
Subject: "The Marine"

http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1345 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:03:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Any Other Navy Folks? ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1344/t/Any-Other-Navy-Folks-.html
Anybody else a military wife???

Hope photos are allowed, just to prove I am what I sayimage This was in 1972!!! That is our youngest with us.
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JeannineTexas) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1344 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:37:38 GMT <![CDATA[ On a personal level... would appreciate prayers... ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1338/t/On-a-personal-level-would-appreciate-prayers-.html I'm a milatary widow.. I lost my dear husband and father of my children in the Vietnam war days.. Now this current situation has hit very close to home again.
My oldest son has just left to serve his remaining years in the Marine Corp over in Iraq and I have nightmeres of loosing him.... In my mind I realize that due to his position it is very unlikly but the fear is still there when I see the news or think of him.
He recently went through a very bad divorce and is in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Implant Info Net) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1338 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:43:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Recruiting Any and All Pilots ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1264/t/Recruiting-Any-and-All-Pilots.html Army jokes

Recruiting any and all pilots

The chief of staff of the US Air Force... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1264 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:36:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Marine Corps Engineers ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1232/t/Marine-Corps-Engineers.html
feeds@yuku.com (nottoc4) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/1232 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:18:30 GMT <![CDATA[ From a Military Doctor: ]]> http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/740/t/From-a-Military-Doctor-.html Soon to Be Gone

]]> feeds@yuku.com (dartyd) http://viewfromthebackporch.yuku.com/topic/740 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:23:34 GMT