For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results

on 12/02/2011 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results By JAMES DAO, BENEDICT CAREY and DAN FROSCH Published: February 12, 2011  In his last months alive, Senior Airman […]

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Weight of War: Gear that protects troops also injures them

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U.S. Marines watch an explosion after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle in northern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. A 2007 study found Marines typically carry 97 to 135 pounds of […]

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For Brain-Injured Soldiers, Top Quality Care From a Philanthropist, not the Pentagon

on 12/01/2011 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Brendan Jannesen, 23, was injured in a fall in Afghanistan in August 2010. A math whiz who helped to coordinate airplane and artillery strikes with soldiers on the ground attacking […]

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For Many Returning Veterans, Home Is Where the Trouble Is

on 03/01/2011 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Editorial Observer By LAWRENCE DOWNES Published: January 2, 2011 UTICA, N.Y. Across the country a tide is reversing. Soldiers deployed to two long wars are coming back, bringing some of […]

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Vets with PTSD train dogs to help comrades

on 12/12/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

By Arthur AllenSpecial to The Washington Post Monday, November 8, 2010; 1:51 PM A new program uses a canine connection to help service members with post-traumatic stress disorder and others […]

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National Center for PTSD

on 03/12/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Aging Veterans and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms For many Veterans, memories of their wartime experiences can still be upsetting long after they served in combat. If you are an older Veteran, […]

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It Takes a Community

on 23/11/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Therapy-as-usual can’t serve the needs of our returning troops By Laurie Leitch and Elaine Miller-Karas The debate about our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has raged for a decade, but […]

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Stryker soldier Jeremy Morlock faces court-martial in Afghan killings

on 15/10/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Army Spc. Jeremy Morlock will face a general court-martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for allegedly murdering three Afghan men and other crimes. If convicted, Morlock, 22, of Wasilla, Alaska, […]

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VA Publishes Final Regulation on Presumptive Illnesses

on 28/09/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

September 28, 2010 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced the publication of a final regulation in the Federal Register that makes it easier for Veterans to obtain […]

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Seeking better mental health for soldiers

on 17/07/2010 posted by Judith in News, Comments (0)

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