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Healing the Invisible Wounds of War: Diagnosis PTSD, Symptoms, Prevalence (www.emilitary.org)
Most people's stress response system acts like a home heating thermostat: it responds appropriately to environmental cues, such as wind or snow, by kicking up the heat. But after a... More
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Kilcullen on Afghanistan: "It's Still Winnable, But Only Just" (www.newyorker.com)
I wrote about David Kilcullen two years ago, in a piece called “Knowing the Enemy.” Few experts understand counterinsurgency and counterterrorism better than this former Australian army officer... More
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Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says (www.cnn.com)
An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. That illness is a condition now... More
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A My Lai a Month (www.thenation.com)
By the mid-1960s, the Mekong Delta, with its verdant paddies and canal-side hamlets, was the rice bowl of South Vietnam and home to nearly 6 million Vietnamese. It was also one of the most important... More
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Helping children of war (washingtontimes.com)
"In 1943, my father just disappeared from my life. He was drafted ... [and] I was two-and-a-half years old and didn't know why my father left me. In those days, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles... More
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Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless (www.sfgate.com)
Ethan Kreutzer joined the Army at the age of 17 and fought with the 19th Airborne in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. When he retuned home, he had no money, no education and no civilian job experience. He soon... More
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Suicide Blast Rocks Ministry in Kabul (www.nytimes.com)
An explosion tore through the Ministry of Information and Culture in central Kabul on Thursday, killing two people and wounding 21, according to officials and witnesses. A suicide bomber first... More
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Post-war help for families (www.dallasnews.com)
Members of the nation's armed forces brave dangers that the rest of us face only in a nightmare. Too many of them return home only to live their very own nightmare. These veterans of Iraq and... More
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Sir, I'll become the boss real soon, sir! (www.orlandosentinel.com)
As Eric Tirado ground excess grout from a client's shower, he was barely visible amid the dust that enveloped the bathroom like a sandstorm. No stranger to dust, 1st Lt. Tirado braved dust devils and... More
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Easing the transition from military to civilian (www.pittsburghlive.com)
For many of those who serve their country, returning home does not necessarily guarantee a smooth transition back to everyday living. Suffering from the traumas of war, between 12 percent and 20... More
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