Gulf War vets still face health struggles (www.armytimes.com)
Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it’s meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Those who came home and complained of symptoms... More
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Troops face challenges of recovery (www.militarytimes.com)
All three were shattered, in different ways. Eddie Silva lost his sight. For June Moss, the wounds were emotional. Shrapnel from an explosion tore into Angel Gomez’s head. They are three among of... More
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Bases brace for stress-related disorders (www.militarytimes.com)
Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and... More
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When Tammy Duckworth speaks for vets, it is from experience (www.buffalonews.com)
When President-elect Barack Obama attended a Veterans Day service in Chicago earlier this month, a photograph that captured the somber moment ran on the front page of The Buffalo News and in... More
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Custodians of Empire
(www.thenation.com)
The Obama national security "team" -- part of that much-hailed "team of rivals" -- does not yet exist, but it does seem to be heaving into view. And so far, its views seem anything but rivalrous.... More
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Bad economy is good for National Guard (www.krqe.com)
Army Chief Warrant Officer Jack Reppart peddles his recruiting pitch like a seasoned salesman, scouring the downtrodden streets of northeast Ohio for potential takers. He finds them just about... More
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Bidens Fill Stockings for Soldiers (www.cbn.com)
Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill took time to stuff stockings for troops overseas. The Stockings for Soldiers event was held in the Biden's home state of Delaware. The cause is...
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Nebraskans Out of Iraq - for now (www.omaha.com)
The Nebraska National Guard's deployment to Iraq has dropped to zero after the return of a Lincoln-based medical battalion.
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Local National Guardsmen Return Home From Afghanistan (www.ny1.com)
About a dozen local soldiers stationed in Afghanistan arrived Tuesday night at Queens's LaGuardia airport, just in time for Thanksgiving. The troops are from the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, which... More
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Changing of the Guard (www.lasvegassun.com)
When a blue-ribbon commission created by Congress in 2005 released its final report in January on the status of National Guard and Reserve forces, it was not well received by the Pentagon. The... More
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