Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Vets often denied academic credits, Specialized skills go unrewarded February 5, 2008 – When Sean Lunde enrolled at the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 2005, he expected his four years of training and experience as an Army medic in … Continue reading →

February 4, 2008, Holyoke, Mass. — For many returning soldiers, lifesaving combat instincts can complicate life at home: constant vigilance, agitation in confined places, bolting from loud noises and other behaviors that can be misinterpreted by police. Concerned that some … Continue reading →

February 4, 2008, Amman, Jordan (AFP) – When Saad Tawfiq watched Colin Powell’s presentation to the United Nations on February 5 2003 he shed bitter tears as he realised he had risked his life and those of his loved ones … Continue reading →

February 3, 2008 – It was, he admits, quite a shock. The sniper’s bullet ripped through his left cheek, gouging through both eye sockets before exiting below his right ear. Corporal Simon Brown remembers lying in a Basra backstreet trying … Continue reading →

February 5, 2008 – After a year of news reports about a stubborn backlog of 400,000 disability benefits claims and combat veterans turned away from immediate mental health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a proposed fiscal 2009 budget … Continue reading →

February 4, 2008 – In March of this year, the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will convene the Winter Soldier hearings in Washington, DC. “Winter Soldiers,” according to Thomas Paine, are those who step up in behalf of their … Continue reading →

When young American men and women sign up to serve in the U.S. military, our government makes them a basic promise: If they are wounded in the line of duty, they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens … Continue reading →

February 1, 2008 – More than two dozen U.S. soldiers and their interpreters were rushed to a hospital by helicopter this week from Diyala province’s “bread basket” after being exposed to chlorine gas while destroying an al Qaida explosives cache, … Continue reading →

February 3, 2008 – London – Hundreds of veterans, including many who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, are being denied vital help by the [British] government to cope with the psychological fallout of war. Despite ministerial pledges to improve support … Continue reading →

January 31, 2008 – About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while temporary, could heighten their risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers are reporting. The study, … Continue reading →