Troops Home Now? Editorials from MFSO members: By Al Glatkowski We won’t go back to normal, because normal was the problem. Hi, Al Glatkowski here, VVAW-OSS/VFP/MFSO, back home and checking in from my town in North Carolina.  We are all hoping that each of our families in MFSO are safe, well, and practicing “Social Distancing.”  […]

MFSO Newsletter November 2019  

Marine Iraq War veteran to be deported Tuesday to El Salvador (Marine Times) “…Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Jeff Merrick said that deporting the Marine veteran after he served his prison sentence was a second punishment after he already paid his debt to society. It’s “a real injustice to allow a veteran to be deported […]

Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq facing deportation to El Salvador (NBC News) “… His sister said that during his time in detention, Segovia Benitez has helped other detainees and is “really loved.” “He’s very helpful and obviously cares about people,” she said. Jeff Merrick, a retired master sergeant with the Air Force, said […]

Military Families Speak Out participated in the 23rd annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 9, 2019 on Atlantic Avenue in North Long Beach. Photo by Geronimo Quitoriano

Sunday  November 11 I had heard of the decision to award Bush the Liberty Medal in the summer.  Gold Star Mom Sure Niederer had asked if we should be present, but I had thought to go to Washington DC with the Vets to protest the Trump parade.  By early November I knew I could not […]

My son was featured in a story done about Pathway Home in the Mercury News on 2/10/2011.  My son was an inpatient at Pathway Home and at that time the founder and director was Fred Gusman.   I started having concerns about the program and contacted them and requested to talk to Fred Gusman.   He never returned my […]