DALLAS, May 18th, 2012 - H.R. 3523, also known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, authored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), is the most audacious, frightening legislation this Congress has passed, which considering indefinite detention is now legal, says a lot. CISPA passed in a surprisingly rushed vote and moves to the Senate next. Here’s [...]
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VeteranCentral.com helps military with Veterans Affairs chaos, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, April 23, 2012 – Wading through the chaotic world of veteran’s affairs is no easy task, but a promising venture aims to revolutionize the online veteran support community. By merging passion with innovation, VeteranCentral.com, is set to achieve what no other entity has [...]
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Civilian couple honors children of fallen warriors; helps families heal, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, April 11, 2012 – Thousands of special American citizens dedicate their energy to supporting and honoring military families, but a uniquely talented Ohio couple has placed an original spin on this institution. Fueled by profound patriotism, Trish and Scott Snyder [...]
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Senator Schumer’s petition to reunite Marine Corporal Leavey and Sgt. Rex, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, March 15, 2012 – Corporal Megan Leavey, a Marine dog-handler and combat veteran has been tireless in her efforts to adopt, “Sergeant Rex”, the military service dog that has followed her lead from Camp Pendleton, Calif., to Iraq. With recent [...]
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Veterans say war mismanagement may have contributed to Afghanistan soldier’s rage, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, March 14th, 2012 – In southern Afghanistan, an Army Staff Sergeant on his fourth deployment left his base in the middle of the night and executed 16 Afghan civilians while they slept. As the media analyzes the story [...]
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White House sacrifices military community for budget cuts, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, March 10th, 2012 – Recently, the White House honored 200 of the 1.2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with a special meal and high words of praise. In a moving speech, President Obama spoke of sacrifice and struggle, reminding his audience that new veterans would not be abandoned [...]
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To parade or not to parade, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, TX, February 11, 2012 – As New York City and Foxboro, Massachusetts hoped to celebrate a Super Bowl win with a ticker-tape parade for their football champions, Paul Rieckhoff, accomplished Army veteran and Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) issued a press [...]
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The divisive case of Bradley Manning, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, January 10, 2012 – PFC Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old US military analyst accused of publicly leaking the largest set of confidential documents in history to WikiLeaks, has had his day in court. By January 16th, the investigating officer, Lt Col Paul Almanza, will submit his opinion on whether Manning should [...]
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Civilian and Warrior: A common crisis, Citizen Warrior by Tiffany Madison for Communities @WashingtonTimes.com DALLAS, December 20, 2011–As this decade of a two-front war gradually comes to a close, a sadly familiar cultural rift has been resurrected in America: the communication crisis between the civilian and the soldier/veteran. A groundbreaking Pew Research study attempted to assess the gravity of this [...]
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It has been quite a while, but I’ve been a busy bee. Thank you all for your kind emails and words of encouragement regarding the editing of Black and White. Things are progressing, but in relation to why there’s been no update, I wanted to share a few things. As many of you know I [...]
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