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May 12 VCS Weekly Update: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars By The Numbers
Shh . . . ! (Headline Now Appearing in Newspapers.) (VCS has the numbers the government doesn’t want you to see, the statistics the press frequently neglects to report . . .) VCS spent the past two years sending Freedom of Information … Continue reading
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May 8: Pentagon Deployed 43,000 Medically Unfit Soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
May 8, 2008, Washington, DC — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show. This reliance on troops … Continue reading
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Free Brain Injury Screenings Offered to Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans in Connecticut
May 4, 2008 – Concerned that the most talked-about injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is being overlooked, the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain has started offering free screenings to veterans for symptoms of mild traumatic brain … Continue reading
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Poplar Bluff VA Responds to Plight of Local Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran
June 13, 2007 – The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., took several steps in the last week to make sure newly discharged veterans don’t miss out on promised medical benefits, hospital administrator Nancy Arnold said … Continue reading
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55{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Have Mental Health Conditions
May 30, 2007 – Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a wide range of health concerns, including a 55 percent prevalence of mental health issues, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication … Continue reading
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Ordered to Iraq War, an Afghanistan War Veteran Goes Down Fighting
Asked to Serve Again, a Soldier Goes Down Fighting May 27, 2007, HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND – The sniper fired. It was a clean shot, if there is such a thing. And down for good fell another American soldier. His name was … Continue reading
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Holiday resonates with young veterans – Afghanistan, Iraq troops understand the sacrifice
Kevin Jackson today will be doing more than grilling out at his home in Cherokee to recognize Memorial Day. The 27-year-old Army Reserve specialist and veteran of the war in Afghanistan plans to visit the graves of Sgt. Joe Ray … Continue reading
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Secret Shots Sicken Service Members Sent to Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Are secret vaccinations by military making service members sick? Click here to watch the television news cast: http://www.wlwt.com/video/13281120/index.html
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Treating Psychological Trauma in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
Psychologist explains problems combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan can face when they come home – and how they can get help May 13, 2007 – Four years ago when President Bush declared major combat over in Iraq, the first … Continue reading
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Suicide Risk Said Higher for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of suicide because not all Veterans Affairs health clinics have 24-hour mental care available, an internal review says. The report released Thursday by the department’s inspector general is … Continue reading
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