Vet Friends

Dale F. Sutcliffe, a veteran of the first Gulf War who runs VetFriends.com from his Mount Pleasant office, built a business around the special bonds formed in war-time friendships. His website, VetFriends.com, offers a lot of excellent resources for veterans.

First and foremost it’s a great tool for finding and contacting military friends made during various engagements. The new Veterans Business Directory is useful for businesses looking for veteran owned businesses to engage and for vets to get more exposure for their businesses.

Bush Spends Veterans Day in Waco Texas

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AP - President Bush went to American Legion Post 121, which was honoring four Texas men who were among the members of the U.S. military who have died in Iraq since 2003. They were Army Spc. Javier Antonio Villanueva of Bellmead, Army Spc. Jeffrey Paul Shaffer of West, Marine Lance Cpl. Johnny Ray Strong of Waco and Marine Gunnery Sgt. John David Fry of Lorena.

As can be expected it was a tearful event with the President leaving politics out of the event and focusing instead strictly on making sure the event was an honorable one that would make the families of the fallen proud.

Illinois announces new home for homeless vets

Illionois is trying to do something to help reduce the homelessness problem in their state by opening a home for homeless veterans. Their are an estimated 200,000 veterans of wars sleeping in streets across the U.S. on any given night and this is a small step in the right direction. More information can be found on the Illinois State website: Homeless veterans. If you’re looking for an application for you or a loved one you can find it here:

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Veterans have a blast in the Caribbean

Recently seven veterans took a trip down to the Islands to kayak the Caribbean Sea.

A chapter of Disabled Sports USA, Team River Runner, organized the event. Kudos to the kayak-ers and those that pulled this adventure trip together.