Happy 231st Birthday US Army!

The United States Army was born out of the desire to defend liberty and proudly celebrates its 231st birthday on 14 June 2006.

Since 1775, millions have worn the uniform and lived the “Warrior Ethos.” Soldiers have always understood that the freedoms our nation guarantees are worth fighting for and America’s decision to put “boots on the ground” illustrates like no other action its continued commitment to these ideals.



From Kabul, Afghanistan, the Security Detachment Soldiers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District (AED) wish all Soldiers and Civilians throughout the Army, Happy 231st Birthday. Through our construction and reconstruction programs, AED’s Boots on the Ground are making a difference in promoting stability and security in Afghanistan and the Central Asia Republics.





This year’s theme is “Call to Duty – Boots on the Ground.”




“To all of our Soldiers around the world, our thoughts are with you and your families on this 231st Army Birthday. We are humbled by your sacrifices and awed by your achievements,” said Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. Harvey.

CWVD in New Jersey Proclaimed

Help Adam Kokesh

Everyone,

My old Army buddy Tony sent me this he is webmaster and very active VFP in D.C. Chapter 16 he has been sending emails about Adams story and I have been following it. I was wondering if you could post a bulletin and a blog asking people to help. Here is a letter he sent me to pass around.

Thanks
Sean Eagan
CWVA Northeast



Dear friend,

Please write to Marine Brigadier General Darrell Moore
immediately about Adam Kokesh.
darrell.moore@jrmpclaw.com

Adam is a VFP chapter 16 member and fighting to keep
his honorable discharge. You can find more
information on Adam's blog http://kokesh.blogspot.com/
, www.vfpdc.org and
http://www.yellowrosepeacebus.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to use or edit the message below.
General Moore is to decide on a review board's
recommendation within the week. Adam's full 8 year
commitment ends on June 18 so we have to ask fast!
Thank you and consider donating to Adam's cause and
Iraq Veterans Against the War via
http://www.ivaw.org/support

Dear General Moore,

I represent Veterans For Peace Chapter 16 of
Washington D.C. and I am writing to you on behalf of
Adam Kokesh. I urge you to act most urgently and
disregard the recommendation of the three-person
Marine board that met on June 4 in Kansas City and
recommended he receive a general discharge under
honorable conditions.

After a tour of duty in Iraq and completion of his
military service, Adam Kokesh received an honorable
discharge from active duty. This Marine continued to
honor his oath to protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic by joining Iraq Veterans Against the War and
speaking out against a war he sees as illegal and
immoral.

As a result of exercising his right to freedom of
speech, (a right he was told he was fighting for in
Iraq) the Marine Corps, while admitting that The
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) does not apply
to Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) service members, is
trying to refuse him an IRR honorable discharge for
alleged violations of the UCMJ! This bold attempt by
the government to suppress the views of our service
men and women must not go unchallenged.

The Marine Corps claims that is against regulations to
wear a uniform, or apparently a part of a uniform, at
political events. If that is correct, the regulation
is selectively enforced by the Department of Defense.
President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other
politicians often have soldiers in full dress uniform
standing behind them for the cameras at political
events.

Veterans For Peace sees Adam Kokesh and all active
duty and reserve troops who have the courage to speak
out against this illegal war as true patriots and
heroes. Any attempt to stifle legitimate pro-American
speech will not be tolerated. Thank you for your time
and consideration.

http://kokesh.blogspot.com/


Best regards,

Tony Teolis
Veterans For Peace Chapter 16
www.vfpdc.org
vfpdc@vfpdc.org
home (evenings/weekends): 703-352-1603
cell: 703-402-1763

A Message from DVI

DISABLED VETERANS INTERNATIONAL GIVEN BOGUS & FRAUDULENT AUDIT BY TOLEDO OHIO TAX FIRM "Citizens Tax Service"

Disabled Veterans International given bogus and fraudulent audit by Citizen’s Tax Service 3724 Williston Road Woodville Mall suite # 950 that caused the DVI not to meet requirements for VA accreditation and Combined Federal Campaign funding so far.

This information was found out when the DVI application for VA accreditation, which an audit was required with the Department of Veterans Affairs, was rejected due to failed audit.

In the VA decision they stated it was the worst audit they ever seen the DVI hired and paid a fee of 3,ooo dollars to have this professional audit.

The DVI was referred to Citizens Tax service and informed they were the best by officials in Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur 9th district of Ohio Mr. Dan Foote. He spoke to our CEO and Founder who is a member of one of America’s Founding Families Mr. Steven T. Banneker Burden.

Mr. Foote referred Mr. Banneker to Dave McPherson & Pat Walsh Citizens Tax Service they require Mr. Banneker to deposit 3,000 dollars for the fee in advance to a bank account in Toledo it was transferred by International Bank transfer directly to the specified account given from Pat Walsh Citizens tax service.

Now Congresswoman Kapturs office refuses to help the DVI in getting to the bottom of their referral of citizens Tax service and why the DVI was defrauded on this important issue we have with the VA.

The DVI calls on all our viewers and members & fellow Veterans organization’s to call Congresswoman Kapturs office 419-259-7500 and ask for an explanation.
Mr. Banneker Burden has made statements and as well as others in the organization Mr. Foote assured our Founder that they would get the job done because he personally knows both Dave & Pat from citizens. He stated to Mr. Banneker Burden in numerous telephone conversations but instead has caused the DVI needed funding and our accreditation until the issue is cleared up in court.

Many people feel that this was and intentional malicious attempt to cause the ruin of the DVI because the DVI opened people’s minds and hearts and helped bring change, which the DVI is Internationally known to promote.

The DVI is because of this fraud we are short on funding and we call on our members and viewers to donate to the DVI to help us with any legal costs caused by this referral to this very questionable Company.

We Call upon Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur to show her sincerity towards Veterans and find out why members of Citizens tax service her office referred us to can submit to the DVI & audit unworthy of the paper its written on for us to turn into the Dept. of Veterans Affairs on the very nature of the existence of the DVI & our members & viewers. And we believe we should be granted DVI be granted our VA accreditation we would have made if not for this fraud by citizen Tax service and their employees

The liberty Report
reportliberty.pdf

Liberty Report


The USS Liberty after incident with Isreali Defense Forces (IDF)
in 1967.



Response to this Post


I just want to tell you great post. My CWVA Boss Legislative Dr. Frank Tims just attended the Liberty Reunion in D.C. this weekend and tonight we had a long discussion about this subject .

People need to be reminded of this incident. The bravery of the Men, but maybe more importantly the shameful fact that the truth was never disclosed and even now these families suffer on May 1st we had a meeting in Washington and one of the widows of the men on the liberty and a retired Col. spoke at length about the liberty incident and the passion they have to fight for justice and the public disclosure of what really happened was inspiring . To them the Liberty might as well have been attacked 40 days ago instead of 40 years that fact became profoundly clear as I listened to them speak. We must never let our govt. behave in this manner ever again and as "Captain" Morgan said "Telling the truth is a part of being honorable. It's time to testify the truth..."




Sean P. Eagan

Northeast Zone Director

Cold War Veterans Association

CWVA NY 716-708-6416

Time for the truth about the Liberty
By Ward Boston Jr.June 8, 2007

Forty years ago this week, I was asked to investigate the heaviest attack on an American ship since World War II. As senior legal counsel to the Navy Court of Inquiry, it was my job to help uncover the truth regarding Israel's June 8, 1967, bombing of the Navy intelligence ship Liberty.

On that sunny, clear day 40 years ago, Israel's combined air and naval forces attacked the Liberty for two hours, inflicting 70 percent casualties. Thirty-four American sailors died, and 172 were injured. The Liberty remained afloat only by the crew's heroic efforts.

Israel claimed it was an accident. Yet I know from personal conversations with the late Adm. Isaac C. Kidd – president of the Court of Inquiry – that President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered him to conclude that the attack was a case of “mistaken identity.”


The ensuing cover-up has haunted us for 40 years. What does it imply for our national security, not to mention our ability to honestly broker peace in the Middle East, when we cannot question Israel's actions – even when they kill Americans?

Today, survivors of Israel's cruel attack will gather in Washington, D.C., to honor their dead shipmates as well as the mothers, sisters, widows and children they left behind. They will continue to ask for a fair and impartial congressional inquiry that, for the first time, would allow the survivors themselves to testify publicly.

For decades, I have remained silent. I am a military man, and when orders come in from the secretary of defense and president of the United States, I follow them. However, attempts to rewrite history and concern for my country compel me to share the truth.
Adm. Kidd and I were given only one week to gather evidence for the Navy's official investigation, though we both estimated that a proper Court of Inquiry would take at least six months.

We boarded the crippled ship at sea and interviewed survivors. The evidence was clear. We both believed with certainty that this attack was a deliberate effort to sink an American ship and murder its entire crew.

I am certain the Israeli pilots and commanders who had ordered the attack knew the ship was American. I saw the bullet-riddled American flag that had been raised by the crew after their first flag had been shot down completely. I heard testimony that made it clear the Israelis intended there be no survivors. Not only did they attack with napalm, gunfire and missiles, Israeli torpedo boats machine-gunned at close range three life rafts that had been launched in an attempt to save the most seriously wounded.

I am outraged at the efforts of Israel's apologists to claim this attack was a case of “mistaken identity.”

Adm. Kidd told me that after receiving the president's cover-up orders, he was instructed to sit down with two civilians from either the White House or the Department of Defense and rewrite portions of the court's findings. He said, “Ward, they're not interested in the facts. It's a political matter, and we cannot talk about it.” We were to “put a lid on it” and caution everyone involved never to speak of it again.

I know that the Court of Inquiry transcript that has been released to the public is not the same one that I certified and sent to Washington. I know this because it was necessary, due to the exigencies of time, to hand-correct and initial a substantial number of pages. I have examined the released version of the transcript and did not see any pages that bore my hand corrections and initials. Also, the original did not have any deliberately blank pages, as the released version does. In addition, the testimony of Lt. Lloyd Painter concerning the deliberate machine-gunning of the life rafts by the Israeli torpedo boat crews, which I distinctly recall being given at the Court of Inquiry and including in the original transcript, is now missing.

I join the survivors in their call for an honest inquiry. Why is there no room to question Israel – even when it kills Americans – in the halls of Congress?
Let the survivors testify. Let me testify. Let former intelligence officers testify that they received real-time Hebrew translations of Israeli commanders instructing their pilots to sink “the American ship.”

Surely uncovering the truth about what happened to American servicemen in a bloody attack is more important than protecting Israel. And surely 40 years is long enough to wait.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070608/news_lz1e8boston.html