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Yearly Archives: 2008
Not Everything is Peachy at Gates’ Pentagon
November 25, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert Gates has won plaudits all around for his stewardship of the Pentagon, enough so that (as Alex just noted) President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly likely to ask Gates to stick around for at … Continue reading
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U.S. Military Expects Surges in Stress Disorders
November 26, 2008, Fort Campbell, KY – Some 15,000 U.S. soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in … Continue reading
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Nov 26, VCS in the News: Chairman Bob Filner Describes a ‘Culture of Dishonesty’ at VA
Paul Sullivan places much, if not all, of the blame squarely on President George W. Bush’s shoulders. “Additional funding and new laws pushed through by Congress in 2007 should have some impact next year,” Sullivan said in an interview. “But … Continue reading
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Post-Combat Coping Methods Vary, Troops Say
November 24, 2008 – Methods of coping with combat and its after effects vary as greatly as the effects themselves, six warriors participating in a conference panel here said. The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain … Continue reading
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Injured Veterans Engaged in New Combat
November 25, 2008 – Marine Cpl. James Dixon was wounded twice in Iraq — by a roadside bomb and a land mine. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a concussion, a dislocated hip and hearing loss. He was diagnosed with … Continue reading
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Army Uses Video Games in Suicide Prevention
November 26, 2008 – As the strains of war push the Army’s suicide rate up to an all-time high, the service is turning to a fictional soldier named Spc. Kyle Norton to encourage soldiers to seek help faster. Suicides … Continue reading
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Gates: Follow Law on PTSD-Disability Rating
November 22, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert Gates has issued a policy stating that the military will follow a new law requiring that service members being medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder be rated at least 50 percent disabled, a … Continue reading
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Karzai: Obama Promises to Fight Terror in Region
November 23, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to increase U.S. aid to Afghanistan and said fighting terrorism in the region would be a top priority, Karzai’s office … Continue reading
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Veterans of Modern Warfare Calls VA Report on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses “Bittersweet”
November 23, 2008, Washington, DC – On Monday, November 17, 2008, Veterans of Modern Warfare hosted a national press conference to discuss the finding of a report issued by the Congressionally chartered Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses … Continue reading
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U.S. Department of Labor Partners With U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs on National Resource Directory for Wounded Warriors
November 19, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to launch a Web-based National Resource Directory to help wounded warriors identify resources available to assist them in transitioning back … Continue reading
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