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Iraq War’s legacy: One Marine’s five-year battle with PTSD

January 12, 2012 (MSNBC) – After serving four years as a Marine including two deployments to Iraq, Brian Scott Ostrom, now 27, returned home to the U.S. in 2007 with a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder. “The most important … Continue reading

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Officials: Women Can Suffer Same Deployment Ills as Men

Feb 7, 2012 (US Department of Defense) – It once was thought that servicewomen neither were exposed to the same combat situations as men nor developed the same psychological injuries. But officials now recognize otherwise. “With the type of combat … Continue reading

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Coordinating Authority Needed for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Activities

January 27, 2012 (Government Accountability Office) – What GAO Found From fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2010, DOD activities for the treatment and research of PH and TBI received more than $2.7 billion. In fiscal year 2007, funding for … Continue reading

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Digital Partnership Improves Health Care Access for Veterans

Feburary 1, 2012 (Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System) – Part of the demobilization process for Reserve and National Guard troops has gone digital with a partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Eligibility Center and First Army Division … Continue reading

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10th Cir.: Lies About Military Service Not Protected

January 30, 2012 (Reporters Committee) - A federal appeals court recently upheld the constitutionality of a controversial law that criminalizes lying about the receipt of military honors, just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case that struck down … Continue reading

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