Kelly Kennedy
@KellySKennedy
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Co-Author: The Unit. Queen of Cuba. Fight Like a Girl. Author: They Fought for Each Other. Army vet. Kidney donor. Combat ballerina. inkghost @protonmail .com
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Y'all. I'm so proud of Adam and of this book.
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Trump says he won't be changing his mind on troop brain injuries — says they’re not serious - Business Insider
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“You’re so pretty, if you talk a little longer, I won’t say anything,”
@SenatorIsakson
in SVAC hearing this morning to Dr. Patricia Hastings, chief consultant, post-deployment health.
She spent 33 years in the Army, retired a colonel.
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If you had the opportunity to travel (cheaply) all by your lonesome somewhere for about 10 days in January--to plant yourself and either work remotely or get going on that new book--where would you go?
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Kate Thomas can't be here to say it, so I will: If you're a woman who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, go get your mammogram. Tell your healthcare provider about your potential exposure to the burn pits, and ask for it.
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Brigadier General Laura Yeager to become first woman to command an Army Infantry Division
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Bunch of bikers in combat-vet leathers.
I talk to them, cuz vets, and ask a dude which war.
“Desert Storm,” he says. “You can tell by the beer gut and gray hair.”
“Oh,” I say. “Uh. Me, too.”
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FFS. Having PTS doesn’t send you into bars shooting kids. Ever. So many of us served, so many of us deal/t with combat stress, and some of us are angry assholes who can’t act appropriately—sort of like the general population.
California shooting suspect 28-year-old Ian Long was veteran and in the United States Marine Corps, according to authorities.
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Y’all.
Trump has folks booing the media covering the VFW convention.
Has anyone met the reporters who cover veterans’ issues?
@LeoShane
?
@Travis_Tritten
?
@CarlPrinetweets
?
@patriciakime
? A+ others?
FFS
You won’t meet a group that cares more about its subject matter.
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The Pentagon just fired the Navy chief because he refused to go easy on a war criminal.
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My co-author, who shall not be named, and I should soon be through Pentagon pre-pub review of the book about the unit that shall also not be named…
‘It's Jason Bourne Shit’: How the US Killed the Leader of Al Qaeda
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We’ve got a bunch of 30-year Desert Storm coverage planned, because here’s what I remember: They thought 10,000 of us were going to die in the first week, and no lie, I was terrified. We all were, even with the usual bravado.
@thewarhorsenews
#whenitsthemanagingeditorswar
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Just out from VA Sec McDonough: “We at VA are ready to deliver for Veterans as soon as this bill is signed into law. Vets and survivors have already waited too long for the health care and benefits they’ve earned...
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Anyone know of any women who were unofficially snipers in the U.S. military? Like they didn't go through training, but sort of ended up in that role? DM or kelly.kennedy
@thewarhorse
.org, please. (No. I'm not trying to hire one. Unless she's a crack reporter.)
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"Polish media reports say the government promised the White House cheering crowds as part of its invitation."
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Oh man. Head of Baltimore hospital’s ICU dies of coronavirus
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OMG I'm dying: But when he was exposed to radical propaganda in a YouTube ad late at night, “all [he] could think about was slaying dragons and wearing white gloves and a sword.”
@DuffelBlog
@BlondsOvrBaghd
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Oh gosh. This made me all teary-eyed
You put the lives of others before your own.
We see you, Colonel Ralph Puckett.
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Finishing Max’s mission — parents of corpsman killed in Kabul offered home for Afghan child
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In other news: If you'd like to write a personal reflection for The War Horse, please hit me up.
Vets, service members, family members.
We pay $300 for 1,000- to 1,500-word pieces.
Not previously published.
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@DanLamothe
Oh FFS. When will people understand the difference between an editorial board and a reporter? Lemme know if you need a beer. Also, asshats. What reporter doesn't grouse about having to cover Trump's tweets? Also, the up-the-nose angle? Not your best side :D
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The War Horse News is a nonprofit military/veterans-issues newsroom--we're like the Propublica of military-related news.
Which means, editor-types, that you can steal our stuff: Full stories, photos, headlines, all of it.
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Hey editors: Did you know you could poach from our website?
Yup, we're the ProPublica of military news, so you can swipe our stories for free.
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“Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War era veterans and survivors also stand to benefit from the legislation. The bill adds hypertension, or high blood pressure, as a presumptive disease associated with Agent Orange exposure.”
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Please check out . We write military and veteran news for a civilian audience, and we're like ProPublica, so any editor can steal our stuff. Why is that important? DoD has the nation's biggest budget, for one.
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If you’re looking for books for the new year, “Fight Like a Girl” and 0They Fought for Each Other” both made the list—as did books by several friends
@kwilliams101
@AnuBhagwati
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Incredibly proud of Brennan for this. He documents how early the Marines knew Thae Ohu was not well, and that they pursued an "attempted murder" charge against her even as the alleged victim fights for Ohu's freedom.
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This happened in Georgia, too
Texas voters say voting machines are changing their pick in Cruz-O’Rourke race when they try to straight-ticket vote
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I tried to be 'one of the guys' in the Marines and shut out other women. I was wrong. via
@usatoday
#iwaswrong
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I'm moderating a panel tomorrow for PBS's American Veteran. I've been a fangirl of Shoshana Johnson for forevah, and Mitcheline BigMan's reception from her family made me full on cry. Edie Meeks? Hero. She made sure the rest of us got a chance. Shain Brendan? Fun.
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Thread: So, a few years back, I gave my kidney to a dear friend’s dad—just as my dad was dying of colon cancer (go get checked).
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And just like that, we have a cover. Available for presale now
#fightlikeagirl
@kate_germano
@JoePlenzler
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Book No. 3: Sold.
@StMartinsPress
. Due out in the fall.
And that's all I'm gonna say about that.
Neener-neener.
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Have been thinking about this a lot going into the new year: We vets have a long history of asshole behavior, often racist or antisemitic, too. Would love to hear about groups actively working against it this time around, cuz we shouldn’t be the problem.
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You guys. I need reflections. Always. 1,000 to 1,500 words, never-published. $300. kelly.kennedy
@thewarhorse
.org. Hit me and I'll send guidelines.
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Gulf War Illness Treatments Discovered. Will Veterans Affairs Officials Listen Now?
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Y’all.
“Others around the campfire too agree with the conspiracy myth that the outbreak of war in Europe is an attempt to divert attention away from this trucker convoy, which is currently about a couple hundred people parked in the desert”
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VA changed its mission statement from all of those hes and hims: “To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those who have served in our nation’s military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors’’
@SecVetAffairs
announces at
@womensmemorial
.
@TheWarHorseNews
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Proud of this from the boss today
@thewarhorsenews
:
Dear readers,
Veterans and active-duty service members had a prominent role in last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, through vitriolic rhetoric and the violent acts those words incited.
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“If we don’t take care of our veterans and our military families, we won’t have people who are willing to serve in the future,” Michele Fluornoy says.
@TheWarHorseNews
#thewarhorsesymposium
@DeptofDefense
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One year ago today, I started
@thewarhorsenews
Y’all—they got me a cake, and this time it was a reward for staying, rather than leaving!
I was editing until 11 last night, and I still love this job so much—the mission and the people.
Thanks for the opportunity, Thomas Brennan!
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The feeling in my stomach today is very similar to the feeling in my stomach 20 years ago, and on many days since: Helpless.
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Unreal. You’d think “professionals” would behave better. (The first crew did.) As a Woman Serving Alongside Green Berets, I Had No Problem Keeping Up. It Wasn’t Enough.
#fightlikeagirl
@kate_germano
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I would like to be stabbed in the eye with a fork.
*wouldn’t
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Thinking about Kate and Alex and an awful lot of other folks I’ve met over the years. Thanks,
@jonstewart
, for amplifying it, and
@danclare
for caring enough about your people to leak it back in 2008 when it could have cost you. That’s some hero shit. Cheers.
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This makes me want to weep. In 2008, a PAO leaked a doc to us about the burn pits while I was
@ArmyTimes
, and Chuck Vinch spent many late nights sweating through breaking that story w/o f’ing up the science.
More big
@DeptVetAffairs
news: Officials are starting rulemaking “to consider adding respiratory conditions, which may include asthma, sinusitis, and rhinitis, to the list of chronic disabilities, based on an association with military service” in the Middle East and SW Asia.
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My latest: Why Isn’t Infertility in Military Women a Bigger Conversation? - The War Horse
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Who could have predicted that?
@kate_germano
Marine Corps' integrated boot camp cohort ends with no problems & no plans to repeat it:
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Hey all --
@TheWarHorseNews
is looking for Reflections for Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Hit Kristin.Davis
@thewarhorse
.org to find out more. Thanks!
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If there are vets, service members or milspouses out in the world who would like to move into journalism,
@thewarhorsenews
is happy to help get you started. DM me: The top 10 veterans in journalism and how you could join them
@MVJNetwork
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But do you have a house there?
I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety.
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Why co-ed bootcamps will curb sexism in the Marines by
@kate_germano
#FightLikeAGirl
#IWasWrong
via
@nypost
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You guys: The War Horse Is Hiring Two Full-Time Investigative Reporters
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Army leader reveals Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s entire chain of command at Fort Hood was fired - U.S. - Stripes
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"Numbers for breast cancer in military women have been high for years, but as veterans returned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rumors began to swirl: The cancers are hitting young—and they’re extraordinarily aggressive.
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I have news:
Friday will be my last day at The War Horse.
I'm going to write books. I'm also available for some side-gig work cuz a woman's gotta eat.
#AuthorSchmauther
#BestYearEvah
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I was at a wedding in Spain, so I missed this. But holy crap.
@theproblem
's first show was about the burn pits. When we broke this story back in 2008 at
@MilitaryTimes
, it took everything I had not to cry under my desk every night. I hate that it's so slow, but damn. Get it.
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Former Green Beret’s links to extremism surface in congressional primary
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They took on the wrong woman: Anyone who knows her knows her word is good. "Ex-VA official claims refusal to discredit female veteran who complained of sex assault led to his firing"
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I just got the sweetest note from my kidney, Lenny, and his new owner. It's the five-year anniversary.
#FreeLenny
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I missed my dad. He deployed two months prior and was set to return just after Christmas. I missed the smell of his Barbasol shaving cream lather. I missed him steering with his knees, convincing me the wheel of his 1992 Chevy Silverado moved by magic.
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If you missed it, here's my news: I'm the new ME at
@thewarhorsenews
, and I'm so friggin' excited about it it's making me dizzy.
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Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so - The Washington Post
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I'm back at work
@thewarhorsenews
today. $6,600 in small donations in about three days--y'all know how to make a reporter's crusty ol' heart mushy. It's impossible to say how much of a morale boost that was, so thank you. Lights on.
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@thepricefamily3
@SenatorIsakson
She blinked. She let it go and moved on. But yes, would have loved to sit in on the AAR.
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Spent some time at Balad, as well as other fab places in Iraq/Afghanistan, as a reporter. Broke the burn pit story.
And now, just cuz the universe likes to play, I have asthma.
But, I'm also a Desert Storm vet. Yay me! Guess it's time to (finally) sign up...
You, too. Do it.
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She was a pioneering Coast Guard rescue swimmer. A tsunami of sexual harassment followed
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Hey all. I'm working on a piece for
@nytimes
@NYTimesAtWar
about female fighter pilots. Anyone have a minute to talk today or this weekend? Thanks!
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“I love
@TheWarHorseNews
because it’s a lot of people that have served and train people who have actually experienced the military. The media are often excited to embed, but coverage focuses on sensationalized aspects, and not daily challenges and sacrifices faced.” -
@jonstewart
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"From fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2015, Veterans Affairs saw the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer increase by five times for women ages 45 to 64—or 3% of Veterans Health Administration patients in this age group—by fiscal year 2015, according to a VA report."
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New from the White House: FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Actions to Address the Health Effects of Military Exposures via
@whitehouse
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My guys? They’re dealing with all of it. Hardest hit battalion since Vietnam, and now it’s their lungs. Weird cancers. Worse, they expect it.
They felt deserted when folks didn’t know a damned thing about Iraq in 2007.
Why would they feel different now?
In an eleventh-hour act of cowardice, Republicans chose today to rob generations of toxic-exposed veterans across this country of the health care and benefits they've earned and so desperately need.
Make no mistake—the American people are sick and tired of these games.
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@KenDilanianNBC
T&P:
"The policy change explains that we will not consider children who live abroad with their parents to be residing in the United States even if their parents are U.S. government employees or U.S. service members stationed outside of the United States, and as a result...
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Definitely gonna need more coffee. Ooh! And my state just legalized weed! Is the day after elections a good day for weed?
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Last day at
@TheWarHorseNews
. It's been a good run with an excellent team, and I'm so proud of the work we've done and the nonsense we've engaged in. Proud of the relationships we've formed with other organizations. Proud of the change we've made.
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@nixonron
from
@AP
talks about the need for veterans in newsrooms to explain that “military training” could mean “cook,” and “marksman” means “managed to qualify at the range.”
@TheWarHorseNews
@HarrisPolicy
#TheWarHorseSymposium
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It’s been a surreal kind of day.
.
@jonstewart
starts his remarks by shouting out
@KellySKennedy
’s groundbreaking work on burn pit illnesses which resulted (eventually) in the
#PACTAct
.
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"—the Senate shouldn’t make them wait a moment longer. They must pass the PACT Act now.”
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All Things Considered interview: Ousted Marine Commander Aims To 'Fight Like A Girl' Against Gender Bias In Marines
@kate_germano
#FightLikeAGirl
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