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Charles Sheehan-Miles served as a tank crewman with the 24th Infantry Division during the 1991 Gulf War, and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle at Rumayla. He was the founding Executive Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center from 1995-97, and served 18 months as a board member and treasurer of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center. He is a former executive director of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, a Washington-based nuclear policy think-tank. Charles was one of the original co-founders of Veterans for Common Sense and became executive director in August 2004. He is the author of Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War (XLibris, 2001).
The post-deployment challenges facing Alaska’s Army National Guard are more daunting and widespread than any seen by Veterans for America (VFA).
VFA’s National Guard Program just completed a week in the state reviewing the needs of Alaska’s citizen-Soldiers and the resources…
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