Program Addresses Wounded, Ill, Injured Servicemembers’ Needs (www.defenselink.mil)

More than 1,900 wounded servicemen and women have benefited from their enrollment in a specialized health program to meet their unique needs during their rehabilitative process. “As we began... More

Tags: health net federal services,dot mil docs,servicemembers,health care,rehabilitation,tricare,defense department

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

VA worker, 13 others charged in fraud scheme (www.militarytimes.com)

A Veterans Administration employee and 13 other people have been charged with conspiring to steal nearly $2 million in disability claims. Veterans Affairs service representative Jeffrey Allan... More

Tags: veterans administration,fraud,disability claims,veterans affairs,disabled american veterans,bipolar disorder,hearing loss,frostbite,back injuries

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Almost Jules Verne: U.S. study envisions the future (www.mcclatchydc.com)

The risks of a nuclear weapon being used and wars being fought over dwindling resources will grow during the next 20 years as diminishing U.S. power, a shift of wealth from West to East, the rise of... More

Tags: united states,india,china,climate change,nuclear weapons,us intelligence,wealth,economics,western hemisphere,eastern hemisphere,international system

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Pakistan army stages UAV shoot-down exercise (www.armytimes.com)

Pakistan’s army has conducted a military exercise to shoot down drones, the Defense Ministry said Friday in the wake of repeated incidents involving unmanned U.S. drones flying across the border... More

Tags: united states,pakistan,us military,uavs,drones,army air defense,islamabad,punjab province,shortrange missiles,tactical

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Talking With the Taliban (www.nytimes.com)

Afghanistan’s swift unraveling has created new — and in some quarters unrealistic — enthusiasm for talks with the Taliban. We agree that there should be a serious effort to win over... More

Tags: taliban,afghanistan,us military,afghan government,tribal leaders,militants

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Gates details role for additional Afghan forces (www.armytimes.com)

With the United States reevaluating strategy in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling allies that additional U.S. forces planned for the war must be shared across the region taking... More

Tags: robert gates,department of defense,defense secretary,afghanistan,us forces,canada,australia,britain,defense ministers,southern afghanistan

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Defense Secretary Meets With Obama Transition Team (www.defenselink.mil)

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates wrapped up his first session today with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team leaders, sharing insights about the initial challenges the new defense team... More

Tags: department of defense,barack obama,robert gates,defense secretary,obama transition team,washington dc,afghanistan,pentagon

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Gates seen more likely to stay Pentagon chief (www.armytimes.com)

What Robert Gates once called “inconceivable to me” — his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day — is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington. The... More

Tags: robert gates,pentagon,department of defense,defense secretary,barack obama,veterans

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

How War Ravages the Warrior (www.13wham.com)

The decorated Marine served two tours of duty in Iraq. He was in the Marines for 13 years. After Iraq, he returned home and served two years in prison--for a home-invasion assault he committed in... More

Tags: marines,iraq,us soldiers,virginia,sgt gianforte,ptsd,mental health

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Dead veteran's kin demand inquiry (www.washingtontimes.com)

A West Virginia man whose son survived the battlefields of Iraq only to die in his sleep at home is crusading to find other military families whose loved ones also have died after taking drugs... More

Tags: veteran,ptsd,death,prescription medication

Submitted 13 days ago by cdoherty on PTSD | 0 Comments |

Members of these communities have actively contributed stories on NewsLadder.
These are some of the most knowledgeable and active members of the NewsLadder community
This site is a member of The Media Consortium, the best in independent journalism