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The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen targeted Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil company on Saturday with missiles and drones, marking a significant escalation in the second front of the ongoing Iran conflict. President Trump issued new warnings against Iran this week, threatening to hit one power plant or bridge for every ship they hit in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked another tanker near the coast of Oman on Tuesday. The President has further said that he is weighing a “massive” attack on Iran, which would be “bigger than ever before,” he said. “They haven’t received enough pain yet,” Trump said...

More than 150 medics have arrived at the US military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, in recent days, the Wall Street Journal reported. The deployment could signal a potential escalation of US military operations in the ongoing Iran conflict.The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in the Kaiserslautern district serves as one of the primary treatment facilities for US soldiers wounded in the Middle East. The arrival of additional medical personnel suggests preparations for a possible increase in casualties. Military preparations intensify Bombers stationed at bases in the United States and Great Britain are on high alert, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing...

Raising awareness for wounded veterans

Project Valour-IT: Cassy's Hero The Project Valour-IT Marine donation button is in my sidebar, top right. It'll be there while the program runs. Cassandra is a good place to visit for the rundown on the effort. And you can see how the teams are doing in this post. Project Valour IT is simply this: grateful Americans, providing voice-activated laptops and other helpful tech gear to severely wounded troops. As VC's resident Tech Wench, the blog princess cannot help but approve of such a noble endeavor. The story behind this project is a moving one: Cassy Fiano has today's Marine hero...

Hi Everyone, My name is Brad Strittmatter and we have a new TV show on Fox Sports called Hunts for Heroes' Veteran Outdoors. The sole purpose of Veteran Outdoors Television is to honor our service members that have been wounded in combat by giving them a platform to tell their story in their own words. We also give them a little something back by surprising them with their dream adventure as our way of saying “Thank You!” for all they’ve done for us. Taking our wounded heroes on these trips has changed our lives. We are just a small group...

A slide show of an evening parade featuring Wounded Warriros from our US military services.

The cat’s out of the bag: In work for more than 3 years, The Veterans Journal leads the way! America’s Car Racing Team… for our Wounded Warriors has arrived. We have been hiding a secret from you for a very long time. It’s now time to let the cat out of the bag. Because this particular cat is so big, please bear with us as we explain just how big a cat we are talking about. Right after the terrible events of September 11, 2001, the staff of the Veterans Journal conceived of, designed and implemented a program known as...