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Dr. Scott Magill, founder and executive director of Veterans in Defense of Liberty, served in the Marine Corps from 1965 to 1971, and then in the Army Medical Corps from 1981 to 1988. He says the new group fulfills a longstanding need.

1 posted on 08/10/2011 2:05:13 PM PDT by astyanax

Just passing this along. I have no affiliation with the group (as of yet), although I do intend to do some research. Information would be appreciated if anyone is familiar with this organization. Hoping it may be of interest to fellow vets and/or FReepers.

2 posted on 08/10/2011 2:10:41 PM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)

From the article:
ViDoL is also working on a way to fight the politicization of naming Navy ships. In 2010, the Navy named the LPD-26 the USS John Murtha, after the late congressman known for smearing US Marines serving in Haditha, Iraq; and in 2011 it named the USNS Cesar Chavez after a leftist labor leader who had no connection to the military at all. Both namings angered veterans across the country. VDL has a remedy that’s working its way through Congress, which would take the naming duties out of political hands and put them in the hands of veterans groups, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Veterans should get a say in the images and names that the military projects now and into the future, Magill says.

3 posted on 08/10/2011 2:15:35 PM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)

5 posted on 08/10/2011 3:54:20 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)

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