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Paul Rieckhoff: Veterans Day 2.0: A Historic PSA Campaign to Support New Veterans (See the Ad)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... It will bring them together and connect them with the veteran's hall of the future. Veterans coming home have told us again and again, the thing they need most of all is to reconnect with other vets. So this innovative campaign links veterans to a new private social network, exclusively for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, at www.CommunityOfVeterans.org. ...
A Community for Veterans
The Latest on Air America —
The Ad Council and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have just launched Communityofveterans.org . This social networking site was created to give veterans the chance to support one another after the have returned home from their tours of duty. In a statement released today: In an effort to help ease the transition and readjustment challenges facing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in their return home, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) joined with the Ad Council today to launch a national multimedia public service advertising (PSA) campaign. The campaign directs veterans to the ...
Veterans Day 2.0
TPMCafe —
What has the power to shut down part of JFK Airport, the Number 7 Subway Train, and one of the busiest intersections in New York City?
A bold new campaign to support veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
I've told you before about the isolation many troops feel when they come home from Iraq. It's a shock to realize you've been fighting a war while for the average American, life has gone on basically unchanged. For many veterans returning from war, it can be hard to reconnect with friends, family and community.
So today, as people gather nationwide to honor all those who have served, I have a very ...
On This Veterans Day
Daily Kos —
Between last week's election and last month's financial breakdown, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan retreated even further from the minds of the American people. So on this Veterans Day, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and the Ad Council are launching a campaign to help the men and women who have served and are serving in these forgotten wars. The campaign directs veterans to the first and only community exclusive to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans through a new social networking website...where they can listen, share their experiences and access resources. The PSAs are being ...
Community of Veterans.org: New Networking Site For Iraq & Afghanistan Vets
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
They say it’s like Facebook for Veterans…
Visit the site here.
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Paul Rieckhoff: Obama Says Troops are Coming Home: Are we ready to welcome them?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
President Obama traveled to Camp Lejeune today to announce the eventual drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. There's sure to be a lot of discussion about the details of the timeline, and a lot of politics getting in the way of any coherent military analysis.
But whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the President's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.
Our duty to these brave men and women doesn't end when they leave the battlefield. Military families have borne a ...
Paul Rieckhoff: Obama Bringing Troops Home: Are We Ready to Welcome Them?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
President Obama traveled to Camp Lejeune today to announce the eventual drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. There's sure to be a lot of discussion about the details of the timeline, and a lot of politics getting in the way of any coherent military analysis.
But whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the president's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.
Our duty to these brave men and women doesn't end when they leave the battlefield. Military families have borne a ...
Obama Says Troops are Coming Home: Are we ready to welcome them?
TPMCafe —
President Obama traveled to Camp Lejeune today to announce the eventual drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. There's sure to be a lot of discussion about the details of the timeline, and a lot of politics getting in the way of any coherent military analysis.
But whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the President's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.
Our duty to these brave men and women doesn't end when they leave the battlefield. Military families have borne a tremendous strain ...
Drawing Down in Iraq Means a Surge of Returning Veterans
Pundits Blog —
Drawing Down in Iraq Means a Surge of Returning Veterans ( Craig Newmark ) Hey, people commit to our entire country when they join the military, so I feel we should commit to real support for military veterans. I take that personally. Here's Paul Rieckhoff from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America : Whether it is 16 months or 18 months, the strain on our troops and their families will be tremendous. What no one is talking about is how our country will support these tens of thousands of troops when they do come home. The president's new plan will create a "surge" of new veterans coming home in ...
Have an Iraq/Afghanistan Vet In Your Life?
The Political Carnival —
Then please take a minute to click thru on the IAVA ad on your right and check out Support Your Vet and Community of Veterans. The sites are run by the IAVA (very good friends of the blog) and are chock full of resources, ideas and support that can really make a difference in your vets life. Paul Rieckoff and his crew are top notch, I can attest. ...
Paul Rieckhoff: Marine Finds Unlikely Reinforcements Online: Nerds
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
John Hodgman was right. It’s the revenge of the nerds in America right now. These past few years we’ve seen self-proclaimed, highly-influential nerds using the power of online technology to play a huge role in driving public policy, political campaigns and organizing grassroots engagement. In the 2008 presidential campaign both McCain and Obama harnessed the power of new media to address voters, raise millions and rally their supporters. And just in the last two weeks, Twitter is revolutionizing the way protests are coordinated and communicated in Iran.
But social networking isn’t ...
Marine Finds Unlikely Reinforcements Online: Nerds
TPMCafe —
John Hodgman was right. It's the revenge of the nerds in America right now. These past few years we've seen self-proclaimed, highly-influential nerds using the power of online technology to play a huge role in driving public policy, political campaigns and organizing grassroots engagement. In the 2008 presidential campaign both McCain and Obama harnessed the power of new media to address voters, raise millions and rally their supporters. And just in the last two weeks, Twitter is revolutionizing the way protests are coordinated and communicated in Iran.
But social networking isn't just for electoral battles. ...
A Movement Befitting 21st Century Vets
techPresident —
When you go hunting for demonstrations of how technology is changing civil society and politics, you could do a lot worse than to look to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, better known as IAVA.
In 2004, Paul Rieckhoff came back from service Baghdad found his fellow vets scattered, without the support from the country that many needed and all deserved. Rieckhoff immediately grasped how the creativity and collective action of his ...
