Sentences with phrase «as war veterans»

What are the best businesses to start as a war veteran?

Phoenix, appearing at ADIFF for another premiere (Mary Magdalene), stars in Ramsey's film as a war veteran turned contract killer.

James Badge Dale is very one dimensional in his role as the war veteran.

If the characters were dull, maybe this would be less of a problem, but those on hand are legitimately interesting and watchable, well cast, and well performed (including new additions Anthony Mackie, as war veteran Sam Wilson, Robert Redford, cannily cast - against - type as World Security Council head Alexander Pierce, and Emily VanCamp as S.H.I.E.L.D's Agent 13, though she's admittedly underused).

As a war veteran, Outterbridge knew many men who died abroad, only to be shipped back home.

As a war veteran, George Sink is dedicated to helping injured and disabled veterans, and knows how...

This situation has changed during the last two decades and PTSD is now one of several psychiatric diagnoses for which a veteran can receive compensation, such as a war veteran indemnity pension, in the U.S. (see below: Mezey & Robbins 2001)

Not exact matches

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I mean, as a veteran, I watched Star Wars all the time in Afghanistan and can say without a... F — .

Specifically, as he said during an interview years later, he was looking at demographics — and the sheer number of his fellow veterans who said their plan after the war was simply to go home and start a family.

He also described «an intimidating moment» as a newly - minted officer at Fort Carson in Colorado, where he met and worked with some of the Iraq War's very first veterans.

«As an entrepreneur, it's inevitable that you'll face adversity,» says Chris Nolte, an Iraq War Veteran who served in the Army as a fuel truck driver from 2000 - 200As an entrepreneur, it's inevitable that you'll face adversity,» says Chris Nolte, an Iraq War Veteran who served in the Army as a fuel truck driver from 2000 - 200as a fuel truck driver from 2000 - 2005.

As he wrote on Facebook, his father was a World War II veteran fighting fascism, he served in Vietnam fighting communism, and his son is currently serving in the Army fighting the Taliban and terrorism.

War veterans are comprised of individuals of all ages; many are in service from their late teenage years to their early twenties, entering the workforce at the same time as a university graduate.

The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond - like assets called mortgage - backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.

As part of its continued commitment to the veteran and military spouse community, Starbucks today announced the locations of its next five Military Family Stores (MFS): Austin and El Paso, Texas (Camp Mabry and Ft. Bliss); Clarksville, Tennessee (Fort Campbell); Newport, Rhode Island (Naval War College); and Bedford, Massachusetts (Joint Base Hanscom).

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has guaranteed more than 20 million home loans since the VA Loan program was launched in 1944 as part of a program for returning World War II vVeterans Affairs has guaranteed more than 20 million home loans since the VA Loan program was launched in 1944 as part of a program for returning World War II veteransveterans.

World War II veteran Billy Hargrove walked the AJC Peachtree Road Race (or The Peachtree as it's called locally) in...

Better known to nightclubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria - inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers said Wednesday.

In fact, there are a goodly number of WWII veterans, as well as Vietnam and Korean war vets.

If you are Veteran you can go to ANY service organization i.e. VFW, DAV, American Legion for help... But if you are NOT a Jew you can not use the Service Organizations as the Jewish Veterans of America or the Jewish Veterans of Foreign Wars.

«Low intensity conflict is an economical option which we must, as a result of Vietnam, recognize as a legitimate form of conflict at least for the next twenty years, stated a former U.S. Army officer and veteran of the war in Southeast Asia.

As a counselor to Vietnam veterans who opposed the war, Lifton drops all pretense of ethical neutrality.

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This process received a tremendous boost after World War II, as veterans, hoping to save the souls of the people they had liberated or defeated, returned to the fields where they had once fought.

From Rebekah: As the wife of an Iraq veteran, I'd like to know your thoughts on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in particular how they relate to fiscal conservatism and a pro-life stance.

It figured heavily in my approval as a candidate for the ministry: the chairman of the committee, a veteran of World War I, was disturbed because I refused to embrace completely the warmaking side of the ambiguity.

The 90 - year - old said his experiences as a veteran of World War II, when the United States was fighting Japan, have given him insight over the years into the need to combat «invidious prejudice.»

For the Civil War cohort — the veterans, and their spouses and children — this battle, like the war itself, was, as Lincoln put it in 1865, «fundamental and astounding.&raqWar cohort — the veterans, and their spouses and children — this battle, like the war itself, was, as Lincoln put it in 1865, «fundamental and astounding.&raqwar itself, was, as Lincoln put it in 1865, «fundamental and astounding.»

The Iraq War veteran doesn't expect to wash away the memories that have haunted him since 2003, when he served as a tank driver in the vanguard of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

«More veterans are coming back from war and getting back to work in the civilian job force, thanks to efforts by both employers and the government, as well as the improving economy.»

He responded by charging that Ledeen had «maliciously impugned the 110 - year - old reputation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,» dismissing the Homeland Security Report as merely a «poorly written report» and defending their endorsement of Murtha with this:

Composed of veterans, former socialists and anarchists, and enraged bourgeois youth eager to fight the socialists as a substitute for the war they were too young for, fascism focused around the leader role Mussolini copied largely from D'Annunzio but with effective organizational forms Mussolini had learned in his years as a socialist.

Sidney Adelstein, Steve's father and a decorated World War II veteran of the U.S. Air Force, founded the company in 1948 as Finest Pickle Products, when he took advantage of an opportunity he learned of on a tip from a friend.

However, the British retail veteran — the keynote speaker at the Australian Food & Grocery Council's annual executive conference — says the major chains can avoid a UK - style grocery price war by taking lessons from successful retailers such as Britain's Waitrose and France's Leclerc.

He not only survived the war but also served the Union veterans as a symbol of their victory.

He worked tirelessly as a member of the local Kiwanis, the Orland Park Lions, the village's Recreation Advisory Board, Friends of the Library, the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2604, the American Legion Post 118, the Boy Scouts, the Orland Park Veterans» Commission, the Wabash Historical Society and the Old Orland Heritage Foundation.

As the Iraq War came to an official end Thursday, several Chicago - area veterans and service members talked about the youthful idealism that led them into the military and the hard experience of serving in the Middle East during a war that dragged on for eight yeaWar came to an official end Thursday, several Chicago - area veterans and service members talked about the youthful idealism that led them into the military and the hard experience of serving in the Middle East during a war that dragged on for eight yeawar that dragged on for eight years.

Of course, like every other pregnant woman, I'd heard many well - meaning mothers recant their birth stories like old veterans retelling their war stories (and sometimes just as gruesome).

McCain has praised Cameron as a «breath of fresh air», which ironically flags up the fact the same can not be said of the grizzled 71 - year - old war veteran.

Nick Clegg has hailed the event as a «showstopping homecoming» in his message to Paralympics GB ahead of the opening ceremony this evening, 64 years after 16 Second World War veterans first competed at Stoke Mandeville.

As a veteran of the war of independence and a powerful figure in Zanu - PF, he was seen as a possible successor to MugabAs a veteran of the war of independence and a powerful figure in Zanu - PF, he was seen as a possible successor to Mugabas a possible successor to Mugabe.

Senior House Natural Resources Committee Republicans sent their own letter Wednesday to National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis to ask him to «take steps as necessary to keep and not destroy documents related to the decision this week to restrict public access» to open - air memorials and monuments in the Washington area, including those honoring veterans of multiple wars, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

Bratton, a Vietnam War veteran, was also asked about the candidate's remarks after receiving a Purple Heart medal as a token from a supporter Tuesday at a Virginia rally.

Trump today awarded his first Medal of Honor as president to Vietnam veteran James McCloughan of the US Army for «conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War.»

He truly stands for America's «Greatest Generation» as a model of citizenship, sacrifice and service as a soldier, a prisoner of war and a veteran who returned home and went on looking out for his community, family, friends and fellow veterans.

The exemption provides a basic property tax exemption, of either 10 or 15 percent of assessed value (as adopted by the municipality) to veterans who served during the Cold War period.

Mallgraf, a retired World War II veteran and survivor of the USS Franklin, the most heavily damaged ship to survive World War II, was surprised as he and his wife were on their way to the airport to move down South.

Ø in 2011, Philip C. Smith, a highly decorated Korean War combat veteran and well - known figure in Schuyler County government and veterans» affairs; Ø in 2012, J. Arthur «Archie» Kieffer, a World War II combat veteran and a widely admired fixture in Chemung County government as the Chemung County historian; Ø in 2013, Painted Post Mayor and World War II combat veteran Roswell L. «Roz» Crozier, Jr.; Ø in 2014, Anthony J. «Tony» Specchio, Sr., a distinguished Korean War veteran and widely respected for his long - standing and active service to veterans and government in Watkins Glen and throughout Schuyler County; and Ø in 2016, P. Earle Gleason, a lifelong Yates County resident and long - time director of the Yates County Veterans» Serviceveterans» affairs; Ø in 2012, J. Arthur «Archie» Kieffer, a World War II combat veteran and a widely admired fixture in Chemung County government as the Chemung County historian; Ø in 2013, Painted Post Mayor and World War II combat veteran Roswell L. «Roz» Crozier, Jr.; Ø in 2014, Anthony J. «Tony» Specchio, Sr., a distinguished Korean War veteran and widely respected for his long - standing and active service to veterans and government in Watkins Glen and throughout Schuyler County; and Ø in 2016, P. Earle Gleason, a lifelong Yates County resident and long - time director of the Yates County Veterans» Serviceveterans and government in Watkins Glen and throughout Schuyler County; and Ø in 2016, P. Earle Gleason, a lifelong Yates County resident and long - time director of the Yates County Veterans» ServiceVeterans» Service Agency.

As part of the project, the state will separate traffic on the Korean War Veterans Parkway heading westbound to the bridge from the merging West Shore Expressway by installing a concrete barrier between the lanes, the DOT said.