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Suicidal and Facing a Third Tour in Iraq

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Team VCS

San Francisco, California, May 15, 2007 (IPS) – At the beginning of May, Corporal Cloy Richards tried to kill himself. “He punched out all his windows and cut major arteries,” his mother Tina Richards told IPS. “He had to go … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Veteran Steve Robinson Stands Tall for Sick Soldiers

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Team VCS

An Army general said Wednesday that a “Wounded Warrior Transition Brigade” would come soon to Fort Carson. It will help soldiers with post-traumatic stress and brain injuries. As Brig. Gen. Michael Tucker spoke at Colorado’s Mountain Post, no one from … Continue reading →

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Fighting the Terror of Battles that Rage in Soldiers’ Heads

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Team VCS

COLORADO SPRINGS, May 8 — The nightmares that tormented Sgt. Walter Padilla after returning home from Iraq in 2004 prompted extensive treatment by Army doctors, an honorable discharge from the military and a cocktail of medication to dull his suffering. … Continue reading →

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South Dakota Case Highlights Army’s Mental Health Challenge for Iraq War Veterans

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Team VCS

May 12, 2007 – Spc. Ryan LeCompte of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was on his way last week from Fort Carson, Colo., to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sheridan, Wyo. The former scout with the 3rd Armored Cavalry … Continue reading →

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Full VA/DOD e-Health Sharing Several Years Off

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Team VCS

May 9, 2007 – The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments may take several more years to develop modernized electronic health records systems that can seamlessly exchange medical data. The departments expected to accomplish that goal in 2011 or 2012, but … Continue reading →

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Suicide Risk Said Higher for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Team VCS

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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Doctors Urge Better Pain Care for Troops

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON (AP) – They call it the coming tsunami, veterans returning from Iraq who will suffer chronic pain years from now. Get ready, military doctors are warning pain specialists, even as they hope that slowly improving battlefield pain control may … Continue reading →

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Troops At Odds With Ethics Standards

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Team VCS

More than one-third of U.S. soldiers in Iraq surveyed by the Army said they believe torture should be allowed if it helps gather important information about insurgents, the Pentagon disclosed yesterday. Four in 10 said they approve of such illegal … Continue reading →

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Fort Carson Mental Health Care Goes Under Microscope

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Team VCS

(AP) DENVER The investigative arm of Congress said Friday it will send a team to Fort Carson to examine mental-health care for Iraq war veterans after complaints that some soldiers with brain damage or stress-related injuries have been misdiagnosed with … Continue reading →

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Fort Carson Faces More Probes Into PTSD Cases

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Team VCS

After several soldiers came forward claiming they were discharged for personality disorders but diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries, officials at Fort Carson, Colo., say statistics show 56 of the 276 soldiers discharged with personality disorders in … Continue reading →

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