Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Senate HELP Committee Releases Report on, Recommendations on Disability Employment

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate author of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, released a report detailing the current state of employment for adults with disabilities, and describing … Continue reading →

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The (pixelated) things they carry.

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Team VCS

VCS Advocate Chris Miller’s New Article from The Guardian   US soldiers wear the grey pixel pattern in action. Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP Friday 13 July 2012 This is not the Army’s first uniform controversy, but given the costs we must … Continue reading →

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Will PTSD By Any Other Name Bring More Troops to Treatment?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Team VCS

by Aaron Levin From PsychiatryOnline While two generals and two psychiatrists disagree over diagnostic language, they do agree about the crucial need to get troops with posttraumatic stress disorder into care. The general wants to change one word. The psychiatrist … Continue reading →

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Army’s huge culture shift: No shame in mental health help

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Team VCS

  By Gail Sheehy, Special for USA TODAY Daniel Rodriguez joined the Army when his home life collapsed. His parents split. His father dropped from a heart attack. He was 18 and on the runty side for a high school … Continue reading →

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Will Veterans Lose if Mitt Romney Wins?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Team VCS

  VCS Executive Director quoted extensively _____________________________________ What would a Mitt Romney Administration really mean for America’s veterans? On Tuesday, Romney named former President George H.W. Bush and former Sen. Bob Dole as honorary co-chairmen of his Veterans and Military Families for … Continue reading →

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Marine Corps to launch new holistic fitness program

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Team VCS

By AMANDA WILCOX The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Published: July 5, 2012 The Marine Corps is implementing a new holistic fitness program designed to help warriors focus on whole body fitness. For regular individuals who want to test out their fitness … Continue reading →

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Iraq, Afghanistan War Veterans Struggle With Combat Trauma

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Team VCS

By David Wood From the HuffingtonPost   HAVERHILLL, Mass. — Before her life fell apart, before suicide began to sound like sweet release, Natasha Young was a tough and spirited and proud Marine. Straight off the hardscrabble streets of Lawrence, … Continue reading →

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Soldiers seeking routine medical care now get PTSD screening as well

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Team VCS

  By SETH ROBSON Stars and Stripes Published: July 5, 2012 The Army is asking soldiers who go to the doctor for ailments such as back pain or colds to answer questions about depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in a bid … Continue reading →

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70 years gone, Montford Point Marines get their due

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Team VCS

Only about 120 of the nearly 20,000 African Americans who trained at the segregated Montford Point in Camp Lejeune are still alive. They will be honored with the Congressional Gold medal. | Shawn Rocco/Raleigh News and Observer/MCT MORE ON THIS … Continue reading →

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Mental health group urges increased assistance for military, families

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Team VCS

By Farah Mohamed | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A new report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness said the government needs to fill the gaps in mental health coverage for America’s soldiers and veterans, who – along with their families … Continue reading →

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