veteran Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/veteran/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:12:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 So Many Preventable Deaths https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/24/so-many-preventable-deaths/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:28:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8712 I’m not easily shocked, but this chart shocked me. I didn’t realize we had this epidemic going on in the United States. Keep the numbers

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]]> Protect Our Veterans https://smthingscount.com/2019/02/22/protect-our-veterans/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:15:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7784 Life is hard for veterans, who may come back to face loss of jobs, family, friends, life-focus, homes, physical disability, emotional hurdles. So much so

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]]> Remembering The Arizona & Veterans https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/07/remembering-the-arizona-veterans/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:37:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7546 have vivid memories of my experience in visiting the Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.  The visit began with a film showing the horrors of the attack

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]]> My Veteran https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/12/my-veteran/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:10:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7457 I honor, respect, and thank all veterans. But this is the one I love. Proud Navy man. Loving husband and father. Overall good person. I

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]]> Would You Vote for These Veterans? https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/10/would-you-vote-for-these-veterans/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:36:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6392 What if all our politician took–and lived by–this pledge? THE PLEDGE 1. Integrity I will always speak the truth and prioritize the public interest above

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]]> Where Are the Donations to Our Vets? https://smthingscount.com/2016/04/11/where-are-the-donations-to-our-vets/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:49:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4756 A person who holds a “huge” rally to raise money to benefit our veterans and manages to raise $6 million should be praised–unless he doesn’t

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]]> The Arizona, Veterans, and Remembering https://smthingscount.com/2014/11/11/the-arizona-veterans-and-remembering/ Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:53:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3252 I have vivid memories of my experience in visiting the Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.  The visit began with a film showing the horrors of the

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]]> How to Spend that Upcoming Extra Hour https://smthingscount.com/2014/10/29/how-to-spend-that-upcoming-extra-hour/ Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:46:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3219 Let’s plan ahead for Sunday, when we turn our clocks back an hour.  What will we do with the extra hour we’ve gained?  Why not share it with

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]]> Vets, the VA, and Priorities https://smthingscount.com/2014/06/25/vets-the-va-and-priorities/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:42:30 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2889 65% of senior executives at the Veterans Administration received bonuses last year while veterans (we don’t know how many because of record-keeping games) went without

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