Shinseki Vows to Reduce VA’s Claims Backlog

on 14/04/2010 posted by Mikie in Educational, News, Comments (0)

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 6, 2010 – Prioritizing the work ahead shortly after his first anniversary on the job, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. […]

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The Sandbox…..

on posted by Mikie in Blogs, Comics, Educational, Comments (0)

 Welcome to The Sandbox, our command-wide milblog, featuring comments, anecdotes, and observations from service members currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is GWOT-lit’s forward position, offering those in-country […]

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Gulf War Veterans: The VA Takes Important First Steps

on 31/03/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

Gulf War Veterans: The VA Takes Important First Steps Wednesday 31 March 2010 by: Paul Sullivan and Anthony Hardie, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed  […]

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‘No magic solution’

on 24/03/2010 posted by Judith in News, Comments (0)

Loyd Sawyer makes progress, but finds no one pill, method or therapy can soothe his PTSD  By Kelly Kennedy – Staff writer Posted : Wednesday Mar 24, 2010 13:04:52 […]

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A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person

on 27/02/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

By ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: February 7, 2010  WASHINGTON — Brian Turner was focused on staying alive, not poetry, when he served as an infantry team leader in Iraq. But […]

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Distant Wars, Constant Ghosts

on 26/02/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

February 22, 2010, 8:30 pm  By SHANNON P. MEEHAN  SINCE the two recent NATO-led military strikes that accidentally killed dozens of Afghan civilians, I have been thinking a […]

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Study Suggests More Veterans May Be Helped by Talking About Killing

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 By JAMES DAO  Published: February 13, 2010  The act of killing is as fundamental to war as oxygen is to fire. Yet it is also the one […]

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Afghanistan War Photos

on posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

[VRC News Ed. note: Each photo below is a link to many photos posted by the news service.  Place your cursor over each photo to go to the […]

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P.O. Box 1142

on 16/02/2010 posted by Mikie in News, Comments (0)

National Park Conservation Association- on line magazine An offhand comment from a park visitor unveiled the untold story of a secret Virginia facility where clever interrogation techniques and good old-fashioned […]

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The War at Home: Montana Veterans lead the fight against post-traumatic stress disorder

on 11/02/2010 posted by VRC in News, Comments (0)

by  Matthew Frank Missoula Independent ( archive) October 15, 2009 Chase Weston, a veteran of the Iraq War, sits forward in a white plastic lawn chair. With a diagram […]

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