icons on the home page, or look under the NewsWire link for the feeds.January 24, 2008: Please see the Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans Information System, June 2007 GWVIS Report. The Gulf War Veterans Information System (GWVIS) provides the best available current data identifying the 6.5 million Gulf War service member population. The GWVIS reports monitor, in part, the service members’ use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare and disability benefits.
January 23, 2008: Receive a free DVD of the film Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own, released by the award-winning director Dr. Gary Null. Please see this forums post for more details.
July 29, 2007: A student at university in the United Kingdom is looking for some U.S. Gulf War Veterans to answer a questionnaire towards his disertation. Please see his forums post and reply to him if you are interested.
July 25, 2007: Forum Login Finder has been added to the site to assist people who have created Forums accounts but never received the email address containing your password. Please use this new tool to find your login information so that you can begin using the Forums. You will need to enter the email address that you used when you signed up to use the Forums to find your information.
July 1, 2007: On June 25th, 2007 the GWVRP web hosting facility was struck by lightning, rendering our servers inoperable. This resulted in a significant outage while we scrambled to purchase and configure new equipment. The site is now back online. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
July 7, 2006: A Global War On Terror (GWOT) veterans survey is being conducted by Veterans For America. Anyone who served on active duty since 9/11/2001 is eligible to take the survey. To find out more and to take the survey please click here.
June 6, 2006: Harold Messer (AKA "WrenchDevil6") has joined the all volunteer staff of the GWVRP to help with administration of the online Forums. We are very pleased to welcome him and hope that you will visit the GWVRP Forums to see the wonderful restructuring that is going on.
June 4, 2006: Concerned about identity theft? Please see the VA's guidelines.
May 29, 2006: In honor of Memorial Day, Sillysoft is holding a charity fundraiser. 100 percent of American History Lux proceeds from now until Friday June 2nd will be donated to charity. The Carter Center will be the recipient, with the stated goals to "wage peace, fight disease, and build hope."
March 18, 2006: March 23rd will be the third anniversary of the beginning of the battle for An Nasiriyah in Iraq -- the bloodiest battle in the campaign to oust Saddam Hussein. Richard S. Lowry has written a book called Marines in the Garden of Eden covering these events.
November 27th, 2005: TLC (The Learning Channel) is seeking American Iraqi War Veterans and Families for an upcoming parenting documentary. Read more...
February 7th, 2005: A new GWVRP NewsWire has been established using RSS 2.0. If you are using an RSS News Aggregator to read your news, link into the 3 new GWVRP RSS Feeds. Look for the icons on the home page, or look under the NewsWire link for the feeds.
January 14th, 2005: Bill Kibler, webmaster of www.goldstarsiblings.com writes, "I wanted to let you know that I am developing a new website - Gold Star Siblings www.goldstarsiblings.com - for the brothers and sisters of the fallen have a place to go on the Internet. Modeled after Gold Star Mothers organization, we are seeing if there is enough interest to form a National Organization as such. Could you please let your members know?"
November 19th 2004: Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, a Congressionally-chartered panel of scientific experts has released its first major report on Gulf War Illness. Read the press release and read the report.
November 19th, 2004: Vose & Meadows provides high quality legal representation to Veterans and their families, where the Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim within the last 120 days. They provide services on a pro bono basis, meaning there is no charge to the veteran. See www.veterans-appeals.com for more information.
November 10th, 2004: Veterans' Readjustment Guide has been published by Veterans For Common Sense. This is must read content for any returning service men and women from Operation Iraqi Freedom.
October 27th, 2004: If you registered to use the GWVRP Discussion Forums and never received an email with your password, please visit the Forgot My Password page, enter your email address, and the system will send you out your information. A network configuration change caused the email system to stop working and it wasn't noticed for some time. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.
July 1st, 2004: New RSS Feeds feature has been added to the site. It is now possible to view syndicated content brought in from a variety of sources.
April 1st, 2003: The GWVRP Forums (Message Boards) have been fully updated with new software. Please check it out and participate in the online discussion forums!
March 31st, 2003: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing a nationwide registry of living veterans who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This effort is directed by the Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC) at the VA Medical Center in Durham, NC, with cooperation from the VA Medical Center in Lexington, KY. The ALS Association (ALSA) is advising the study leaders. All living veterans who have been diagnosed with ALS are encouraged to participate in this research registry.
March 24th, 2003: Here are some important toll-free numbers for families with loved ones overseas to call with any questions -- Army: (800) 833-6622, Marine Corps: (800) 433-6868, Navy: (800) 372-5463, Air Force: (866) 299-0596.
Febuary 17th, 2003: If you submitted your profile to the GWVRP Locator Database between November 2002 and February 12th, 2002, your entry may have been affected by a database bug that was recently identified. Please read the site owner's detailed description in the Forums.
January 5th, 2003: Michael Woods, President of the National Gulf War Resource Center, has issued a request to veterans and non-veterans asking you to encourage service connection for Gulf War veterans. Mr. Woods says, "I felt it very important to take time and relay to all of you, the overwhelming evidence that is now present involving our exposure to Chemical Warfare agents. I hope that each and every person who reads this letter will urge the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, your congressmen and Senators to service connect All Gulf War Veterans as their first priority as a result of our combat wounds." Please read his entire message and take action today.
The Gulf War Information Service Stats have been released as of September 10, 2002. The information can be seen at Desert Storm Mom's non-government public Vet Center web site. GWVIS reports are prepared every three months (February, May, August, and November) by the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) Office of Performance Analysis and Integrity (PA&I), Data and Information Services (D&IS).
September 2002: Today we were contacted about a book available on living with chronic pain by Linda Martinson entitled "Poetry of Pain". This may be an important title for any Gulf War vets suffering from chronic pain to look into. For more information, please see the Press Release.
August 2002: Harris Baseman has authored a new novel, "After Kamisiyah". It is the story of a fictional young officer who participated in the demolition of the munitions dump at Kamisiyah. Following that action, he and his men suffer from many of the illnesses experienced by Gulf War veterans. See the full letter from the author for further details and where to purchase.
January 2002: Former NGWRC president, Charles Sheehan-Miles, has authored a new novel, A Prayer at Rumalya. PRAYER AT RUMAYLA is a blistering account of the Gulf War that will be very difficult to put down and impossible to forget. The story of Chet Brown, who arrived home from the Gulf War in the spring of 1991 to find that the war was only beginning, is bluntly honest in its language and description. Betrayed by his friends and lover, ignored by his family, Brown travels across the country in an attempt to find answers to questions he doesn’t even know to ask.
January 2001: Johns Hopkins University alerted us to a current study on Gulf War illness. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland have received funding from the Department of Defense to study whether or not some Gulf War veterans with unexplained symptoms have a treatable medical condition which could explain their symptoms. To find out more, visit http://www.med.jhu.edu/gws.
November 2000: A particularly poignant reminder of the purpose of this website was quietly added to Tracings in the Sand, the section of our site that allows vets and civilians alike to record their experiences in the Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. The story, a tribute to his friend and fellow soldier, was submitted by John Brine regarding a lost comrade in arms, Cpl Stephen Rawlings of the British Army.
Over the past year, we have been notified through private email, Tracings in the Sand Entries, and Guestbook Entries about an alarming number of Gulf War Veteran deaths. In an effort to honor these brave men and women, we are in the process of creating a section of the site to list the names of the deceased. No names will be displayed until they are reviewed by an Editor of this site. If you would like to enter a name, please do so using our new GWS Deaths Entry Form.