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Dec 1, VCS in the News: Struggle with Military Over Care Leaves Airman Feeling Abandoned as He Fights Leukemia
November 30, 2008 – It’s not how Air Force enlistee Joseph Weston pictured either his military service or his country. Not long after he began basic training May 31 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Weston figured something was … Continue reading
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Dec 1: More than Two Thirds of Americans Unaware of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD
December 1, 2008 – In a survey conducted Oct. 24-27, most of the 1,008 respondents said they had never even heard of the acronym PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Of the respondents, 9{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} answered “Yes, I have heard of it … Continue reading
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Newspaper Editorial: Another Report Confirms Existence of Gulf War Illnesses
Another report confirms the existence of Gulf War Syndrome; America owes the veterans suffering from it adequate care and treatment for their illnesses THE ISSUE: Another report confirms the existence of Gulf War Syndrome. November 21, 2008 – Birmingham News … Continue reading
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KY Widow Settles Lawsuit Against VA for $975,000
November 29, 2008, East St. Louis, IL – A widow whose husband died at a Veterans Affairs hospital under fire for substandard care has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the government for $975,000, her attorney said. Katrina Shank had … Continue reading
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Afghan Leader Criticizes U.S. on Taliban
November 28, 2008, New Delhi – Afghan President Hamid Karzai blasted the U.S. and its NATO allies for failing to defeat the Taliban, insisting for the first time that Afghans need a firm deadline to end the war. Setting such … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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