Author Archives: Team VCS

Families help soldiers through post traumatic stress disorder

Posted on March 25, 2006 by Team VCS

MOBILE, Ala. – Sgt. Milton Caples made it home safely to his wife and daughter after a year in Iraq, but thoughts of suicide bombers, mortar attacks and rapid pops of gunfire haunted him. The security convoy driver would lapse … Continue reading →

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‘Wounded warrior’ reaches out to help other amputees

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Team VCS

Everything went right east of Tikrit on Nov. 15, 2004. At least that’s the way 1st Lt. Ed Salau sees it, though that was the day he lost his left leg. As platoon leader, he had 20 of his guys … Continue reading →

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Iraq Widow to Sue Army

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Team VCS

THE widow of a Carlisle soldier who committed suicide after a six-month tour of duty in Iraq has vowed to sue the Ministry of Defence. Donna Mahoney, whose husband, 45, gassed himself in the family car in August last year, … Continue reading →

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U.S. lacks mechanism to accurately track troops wounded in Iraq

Posted on March 20, 2006 by Team VCS

here is no disputing the number of American troops who have died in the war on terror. At press time, more than 2,590 soldiers had lost their lives, according to U.S. Department of Defense numbers. But the number of wounded … Continue reading →

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‘I will do my best to stay alive’: son

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Team VCS

Andrew Best of Evanston enlisted in the military on his 18th birthday, two months after his graduation in 2002 from Evanston Township High School. He returned to Iraq in November 2005 for his third deployment. By the end of his … Continue reading →

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Palestinian group warns Americans, Britons to leave

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Team VCS

A Palestinian militant spokesman on Tuesday warned American and British citizens to leave Palestinian territories or they would be kidnapped in response to an Israeli raid on a West Bank prison. “We call upon all American and British citizens to … Continue reading →

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Overextended, U.S. gets real

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Team VCS

The nuclear agreement between the United States and India signals a change in the Bush administration’s foreign policy from a unilateralism based upon a sense of strength to one which frankly admits the limits of American power. The president has … Continue reading →

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OP-ED Band of Brothers: Firing Back with Our Own Ad

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Team VCS

If you haven’t heard of “Midwest Heroes” or seen their ads, prepare to get pretty steamed. Their “Remember” ad recycles two of the most insidious – and most widely discredited – right-wing talking points on the war in Iraq: First, … Continue reading →

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Group insurance has paid out $103M to severely wounded

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Team VCS

More than 1,600 severely wounded servicemembers have received cash payouts through the new Traumatic Servicemembers Group Life Insurance program in its first three months, according to program officials. The program, launched in December, allows servicemembers to pay $1 a month … Continue reading →

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Science Quickens Its Steps

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Team VCS

In the history of war, the more proficient combatants have become at fighting, the better medicine has become at healing. During World War II, battlefield doctors devised better techniques to repair delicate blood vessels, essentially rewriting the textbooks on vascular … Continue reading →

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