Yearly Archives: 2007

UN: Baghdad Security Operation Has Failed

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Team VCS

Sectarian violence continued to claim the lives of a large number of Iraqi civilians in Sunni Arab and Shiite neighbourhoods of Iraq’s capital, despite the coalition’s new Baghdad security plan, the UN said today. In its first human rights report … Continue reading →

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Bush Orders Veterans Health Action Plan Implemented

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he was ordering implementation of a government-wide “action plan” to improve health care and related services for U.S. troops and returning veterans. The plan was developed by Veterans … Continue reading →

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Fort Carson to Test Equipment to Gauge Brain Injuries

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Team VCS

FORT CARSON – The Army, faced with thousands of cases of brain injury from the Iraq war, soon will begin testing brain scanning equipment in hopes of finding a more accurate way to identify hard-to-diagnose wounds, the commander of the … Continue reading →

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U.S. Command Shortens Life of Long War as a Reference

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, April 23 — When the Bush administration has sought to explain its strategy for fighting terrorism, it has often said the United States is involved in a “long war” against Islamic extremists. The phrase was coined by Gen. John … Continue reading →

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Attack Kills Nine GIs in Iraq on April 23

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Team VCS

BAGHDAD, April 24 — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged truck into a U.S. military outpost near Baqubah on Monday, killing nine soldiers and wounding 20 in one of the deadliest single ground attacks on U.S. forces since the start … Continue reading →

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New Measures Announced on Veteran’s Care

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON — Injured soldiers and veterans grappling with backlogs and red tape will now fill out less paperwork, get more screenings for brain injury and have an improved claims system, a presidential task force said Tuesday. To read the report, … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Bush Administration’s Hacks at VA and DoD Still Need to Go

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Team VCS

Beyond Walter Reed: the DOD’s Other Healthcare Scandal The governmental and media response to the Walter Reed scandal scratches only the most visible layer of the larger crisis in the US military’s healthcare system. The fact remains that the majority … Continue reading →

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VA Gains EHR Access, Adds Patient Tracking System

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Team VCS

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday will allow every clinician at all its hospitals and clinics to access in real-time electronic health records of wounded soldiers evacuated from Afghanistan and Iraq through a VA version of the Department of … Continue reading →

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Mission of Marines’ Parents: To Cope

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Team VCS

ST. LOUIS — Patricia Fry, whose son is a Marine infantryman, was explaining the fine art of creating a scrapbook to Rita Swift, whose son is a Marine helicopter pilot. “I think the blue looks great because it brings out … Continue reading →

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Cooking the Books at VA – Veterans Fall Through the Cracks

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Team VCS

Nurse Diane Birmingham offered her resignation to the Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Medical Center last Monday with great relief. She was tired and demoralized and no longer able to fight for the patients. Birmingham is the second medical practitioner in two … Continue reading →

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