http://mfso.org/ http://mfso.org//downloads/Final_Scholarship_Ap.pdf http://mfso.org//downloads/Final_Scholarship_Ap.pdf http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1320 <div class="text blurb">MFSO will have it's first ever Member Assembly in conjunction with the Veterans for Peace Convention in College Park, MD</div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1320 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1319 <div class="text blurb">Warren Henthorn of Choctaw, OK, the father of Army Spc. Jeffrey Henthorn who died in Iraq on Feb 8, 2005, says: “Way too many have died on all sides of these wars. If I remember correctly, President Obama won the Democratic nomination based on the promise to end the war in Iraq. But, between Iraq and Afghanistan, at the end of this year we will actually have more troops in harm’s way then we did at the height of the ‘surge.’ That’s just as bad as we had it under President Bush. These wars now belong to President Obama. The blood is on his hands.” Henthorn is a member of Gold Star Families Speak Out, a national chapter of Military Families Speak Out whose members’ loved ones died a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1319 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1318 <div class="text blurb">The Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee is holding a hearing on June 3rd, in Washington DC on Military Family Programs in Room SR-222 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The Subcommittee members need to hear from you! If you are in the area please try to attend. If your Senator is on the Subcommittee CALL, EMAIL, OR WRITE today. </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1318 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1317 Thu, 28 May 2009 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1317 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1316 <div class="text blurb">I couldn’t have been less surprised to read last week that an American G.I. had been charged with gunning down five of his fellow service members in Iraq. The fact that this occurred at a mental health counseling center in the war zone just served to add an extra layer of poignancy and a chilling ironic element to the fundamental tragedy. </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1316 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1315 <div class="text blurb">Military Families Speak Out, the nation’s largest organization of military families opposing the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling on the U.S. Senate to reject a $91.3 billion “Emergency Supplemental” bill that includes $75.8 billion in new funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1315 http://mfso.org//downloads/MFSO Talking Points May 2009.pdf <div class="text blurb">Our loved ones took an oath to defend our country and our Constitution. Instead, they have been sent and re-sent to wars of occupation. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are denying the Iraq and Afghan people the ability to determine their own future. The best way for Congress and the President to uphold our country’s values and honor our troops’ commitment and sacrifice is to bring the troops home now and let the Iraqi and the Afghan people decide their own course.</div> http://mfso.org//downloads/MFSO Talking Points May 2009.pdf http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1313 <div class="text blurb">Members of Gold Star Families Speaks Out (GSFSO), family members of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, are expressing outrage at two companies that plan to release a video game that graphically recreates one of the Iraq war's bloodiest battles.</div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1313 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1312 <div class="text blurb">After six years of war and the historic election of a new President, we as veterans, military and Gold Star families felt an urgent need to reach out to the larger peace/anti-war movements to make our position on Iraq clear during this time of political and economic uncertainty. Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace continue to stand together in our demand to Bring the Troops Home Now! We ask all those who have stood with us in the past to stay faithful to the cause.</div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1312 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1311 <div class="text blurb">As military and Gold Star families, we are dedicated to doing everything in our power to bring this misbegotten war to an end – now. We know that many in America are struggling with the impacts of a failing economy. But we want to remind the people of this country that military families and our loved ones are also struggling daily with the impacts of this on-going war that is being conducted in all of our names, with monies borrowed from all of our grandchildren. Military Families Speak Out asks the American people: “Will you join us now, on the eve of the seventh year of a war based on lies, in calling for an immediate end to the U.S. military occupation of Iraq, for all of our troops to be brought home now, and for them to receive the care they need when they return?” </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1311 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1309 <div class="text blurb">"For me, it's a solemn moment of reflection for what this country's done," said Great Kills resident Eileen Brower, of Military Families Speak Out. Her son James, a Marine, is serving his third tour in Iraq. "I like to keep reminding people that we're still at war." </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1309 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1308 <div class="text blurb">"If people who aren't involved in monitoring the day-to-day progress of the war get the perception we are pulling out, they'll start thinking, 'I don't have to think about it. I don't have to talk about it. I don't have to deal with the war's ugly ramifications," says Dan Naylor, one of seven members of the state Department of Veterans Affairs governing board and also a member of Military Families Speak Out.</div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1308 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1307 <div class="text blurb">Two members of Canada's Parliament met Sunday with a U.S. Army deserter being held at the brig at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego. Olivia Chow and Borys Wrzesnewskyj were among those who opposed the Canadian government’s decision to deport Robin Long so that he could stand court martial for desertion. Long, now 25, fled to British Columbia in 2005 when his Fort Carson, Colo.-based unit was ordered to deploy to Iraq. "He's a sweetheart," said Dawn O'Brien, leader of the San Diego chapter of Military Families Speak Out. "He's doing very well and he was very pleased for the visit." </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1307 http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1306 <div class="text blurb">Local members of the Military Families Speak Out, an organization of military families against the war, paid tribute to the troops who have lost their lives in Iraq by holding a funeral procession through Seal Beach and Long Beach this afternoon. </div> http://mfso.org/article.php?id=1306