Advocacy group assails care of Alaska Guard (thesewardphoenixlog.com)
A national military advocacy group says the post-deployment challenges facing Alaska’s Army National Guard are more daunting and widespread than any the group has seen.
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Bad times good for Guard (timesunion.com)
Tough economic times are leading a record number of men and women across the state to consider service in the New York Army National Guard. Local recruiters and new soldiers say economic and... More
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Sen. requests investigation into Army suicides (www.militarytimes.com)
Sen. John Cornyn is asking the Army for an independent investigation into a string of suicides among recruiters from the same Houston-based battalion. Cornyn, a member of the Senate Armed Services... More
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Webb: Stop ‘propagandizing’ in Iraq (www.armytimes.com)
A key senator is asking the Pentagon to halt a $300 million program to produce pro-American news and public service messages in Iraq. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a member of the Senate armed services and... More
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McCain's Wife Sets Combat Vets Back 30 Years with PTSD Remark (www.vetvoice.com)
All the work we've done to mainstream PTSD as a combat injury . . . to educate people . . . to normalize it. And Cindy McCain goes and pisses it away in nine sentences:
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The Oregonian Reveals Treatment Of PTSD Disabled Veterans A Shameful Reality (www.salem-news.com)
I am much relieved to finally see a sympathetic article about PTSD Vets in the Oregonian, Sept 28. Many of non-battle civilians have the attitude about PTSD that “it’s all in your head" and... More
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With economic crisis, election don't forget Iraq (kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com)
As the presidential election nears and as our economic crisis deepens, we must not forget that we are still fighting a war in Iraq. We must not forget that 25 more families lost their dear loved ones... More
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Several programs offer relief for families with deployed loved ones (www.okinawa.usmc.mil)
A dinner table, normally alive with children's exuberance, feels diminished with three place settings instead of four. A bed, which is just right for two, is too large and cold for one.
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Comfort for widows of Soldiers (www.army.mil)
On Tuesday mornings, a group of women gather at the Bicentennial Chapel to discuss their lives - the blessings, the struggles, the surprises, the disappointments -- that come with being a member of a... More
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All Counterinsurgency Is Local (www.theatlantic.com)
June was the deadliest month for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since the invasion in October 2001. July became the second straight month in which casualties exceeded those in Iraq, where four times... More
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