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Labor Day News: DAV and IAVA Decry ‘Betrayal’ of Veterans by Department of Defense
August 29, 2008 – In a letter going out to members of Congress next week, the directors of two major veterans’ groups say the Pentagon’s personnel chief has intentionally withheld benefits from wounded service members. “We need your immediate assistance … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: There’s Stress, and Then There’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
August 28, 2008 – The news that 22,000 veterans called the military’s new suicide hotline in the past year was somewhat disturbing. Even more troubling was the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ estimate that 6,500 veterans actually commit suicide every … Continue reading
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Aug 26, Denver Post Part Two: Soldiering on in Pain, Deploying Unfit Soldiers to the Iraq War
August 25, 2008 – Strain of duty surfaces Military officials say there is no way to track how much pain and behavioral medication is being consumed by soldiers at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part because soldiers and military … Continue reading
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Aug 24, Denver Post Part One: DoD Deploys Unfit Soldiers to Iraq War, The Battle Within in a Combat Zone – Updated 9-12-2008
August 24, 2008 – In the weeks before Christmas last year, a brigade of battle-bruised soldiers left Colorado’s Fort Carson for its third round of war in Iraq. Sgt. Colin Barton was getting Botox shots in his forehead to kill … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Why Whistle-Blowing is Patriotic
August 23, 2008 – I recently witnessed instruments of music inspire patriotism at the Chicago Air and Water show. Actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band — named for the character Sinise played in the film “Forrest Gump” — … Continue reading
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US Takes Georgian Troops Home from Iraq
August 12, 2008 – The U.S. Air Force brought all 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq aboard C-17 Globemasters Sunday and Monday after the Georgian government recalled the troops to combat the advance of Russian troops into the country, said … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: No More Vietnams
August 9, 2008 – The conversation turned, briefly, to what happens when the wars end. Someday. Will industries that produce war materiel back off production, shutting down lines and laying off workers, or will we peddle our surplus to other … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The Walking Wounded
August 7, 2008 – Two weeks ago an important new part of helping Space Coast veterans opened its doors — and its arms. It’s the Melbourne Veterans Center, a walk-in facility designed like other such clinics nationwide to aid returning … Continue reading
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Aug 6, Whistleblower Update: VA Doctor Responds to VA IG Report About Wasted TBI Research Money
Dr. Robert Van Boven, hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research into traumatic brain injuries to develop treatments for veterans, filed a whistleblower complaint with VA’s Office of the Inspector General in February 2008. Dr. Van Boven’s … Continue reading
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A Surgeon’s Guidebook to the Horrors of Battle
August 5, 2008 – The pictures show shredded limbs, burned faces, profusely bleeding wounds. The subjects are mostly American GI’s, but they include Iraqis and Afghans, some of them young children. They appear in a new book, “War Surgery in … Continue reading
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