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Yearly Archives: 2008
DoD Develops Compensation & Benefits Handbook
October 6, 2008 – DoD announced today it has developed a comprehensive handbook describing compensation and other benefits service members and their families would be entitled to upon separation or retirement as a result of serious injury or illness. … Continue reading
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Mind Training Helps Troops with Combat, Then PTSD
October 7, 2008, Camp Lejeune, NC – The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, … Continue reading
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Pentagon Asks Troops to Rate Health Care
October 3, 2008 – The Pentagon is asking wounded, ill or injured service members and their families to rate their medical care in an anonymous poll that officials hope will encourage candor. The Defense Department on Thursday posted questionnaires on … Continue reading
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Iraq Veteran Relays the Trauma, Tragedy of War
October 7, 2008 – Tuesday night, Iraq War veteran Kristofer Goldsmith tried to describe what a dead human body smells like to a wide-eyed audience of more than 50 students, professors and community members. “I can tell you that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, torture, voting rights
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Oct 7, VCS Mentioned in Editorial Column About Torture: Even Blind Justice Sees Through the Bush Administration
October 6, 2008 – Justice may be blind, sometimes deaf and too often dumb, but every once in a while it still gets something right. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ordered the government to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, ACLU, Civil Liberties Articles & News, Guantanamo, torture
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Editorial Column: Veterans, Alone Together, Share Stories They Can’t Tell You
October 5, 2008 – The war on terror, which has now lasted longer than World War II, is producing a growing family of combat veterans. It’s a disconnected family, large and far-flung, but close in ways that battle-tested soldiers always … Continue reading
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Rate of Sexual Assault in Army Prompts an Effort at Prevention
October 3, 2008 – The Army is launching a new war against an old foe: the lingering problem of sexual violence within the military. Last month, 80 high-ranking generals gathered at a hotel in Alexandria, Va., for a mandatory, weeklong … Continue reading
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Armed Forces in United Kingdom Facing ‘Explosion’ of Mental Illness
October 5, 2008 – The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that ex-servicemen’s charities have seen a 53{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} increase in the number of veterans seeking help since 2005, a rate which threatens to “swamp” them within a few years. The Ministry of … Continue reading
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Tagged Gulf War, mental health
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Oct 6 Weekly Update: Reminder to Register to Vote
VCS Speaks at Sarasota and San Francisco Events, and VCS Reminds Everyone to Register and Vote October 6, 2008 – First, some great news from our recent VCS road trips. On Saturday, October 4, more than 150 people turned out … Continue reading
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Military Families See Nov 4 Presidential Election as Crucial
October 6, 2008, Cameron, NC – For Private First Class Michael Anderson, the perils he could face on his first deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan next year are the least of his worries. Anderson, 22, says he is more concerned … Continue reading
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