Rieckhoff

With the support of thousands of readers from The Huffington Post, IAVA helped make history. When the GI Bill was signed into law in June, many of you contributed to this remarkable victory.

An issue I have been writing about for years has finally hit center stage -- the disturbing rate of PTSD among veterans, the surging suicide epidemic and new revelations about the high number of soldiers on meds.

Iraq and Afghanistan vets must serve as pop culture watchdogs, and help the American public understand what is an accurate portrayal of the Iraq experience... and what is not.

Andy was killed in Iraq on Thursday, and he left a devastatingly beautiful and profound final piece with a friend, to be posted in the event of his death.

According to the 2006 Army Suicide Event Report, the suicide rate for active-duty soldiers reached its highest level in 26 years.

Does Gen. Peake believe the current World War Two-style GI Bill adequately covers the cost of college tuition today? If not, what specific improvements to the GI Bill would he recommend?

Some troops seriously wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are being denied their full enlistment bonus by the Pentagon, while others are being asked to return money they have already received.

Some will say this is a ridiculous venture, but it makes our men and women in uniform laugh, and helps to remind them that we all support the troops.

Those with a partisan axe to grind will find plenty of material in the Petraeus-Crocker testimonies. But it's long past time to put aside the rhetoric, and to stop waiting for answers from on high.