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October 2007 - Posts
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The Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program, a partnership of DoD, the Department of Labor and the Veterans Administration, was designed to smooth the transition of military personnel and family members from active duty back to the civilian Read More...
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The new Warrior Transition Unit at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center offers troops from combat zones being treated as outpatients a higher quality of life and easier access to care. Story and photo by Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, Oct. 30, Read More...
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A sign at “Ivan’s Local Flavor Stress Free Bar,” part of White Bay Campground on the British Virgin Islands, says it all for a group of injured veterans participating in a Team River Runner adaptive kayaking and camping adventure trip. Read More...
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By Benedict Carey, New York Times, Oct. 31, 2007 Veterans receiving treatment for depression are no more likely to take their own lives than are civilian patients, a large Department of Veterans Affairs study published yesterday found. The study, a joint Read More...
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Edward Robertson (left) talks with Bill Johnston at Cinnamon Bay campgrounds. Johnston was one of seven injured veterans visiting St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for an adaptive kayaking trip. Photo by Samantha L. Quigley By Samantha L. Quigley, American Read More...
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By Jay Price, McClatchy News Service Camp Victory, Iraq - U.S. troops in Iraq, facing the stress of multiple, extended combat tours, are increasingly willing to seek mental health counseling while they're in the field, according to military medical Read More...
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'He moved everybody in that room with his story,' Burress says of Gadson Associated Press, Sept. 25, 2007 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - As a former Army football player and the commander of a 400-man battalion, Greg Gadson was used to speaking to large Read More...
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By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes European edition, Oct. 29, 2007 Landstuhl, Germany — Wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center will have even more amenities available during their treatment and recovery once a new USO center, currently Read More...
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Spc. Robert Stephenson receives a Purple Heart from Brig. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, III Corps and Fort Hood commander, during the Purple Heart and Volunteer of the Month Ceremony Oct. 23. Photo by Sgt. Cheryl Cox, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs Read More...
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By Philip Dine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau, Oct. 24, 2007 WASHINGTON - Senators Christopher "Kit" Bond and Barack Obama demanded Tuesday that the military provide a full accounting of the number of troops seeking help for psychological Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Air Force Times staff writer, Oct 24, 2007 The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman is asking President Bush to rally Republicans in support of pending wounded warrior legislation, rather than pushing the White House’s Read More...
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By Sgt. Sara Wood, American Forces Press Service, Oct. 22, 2007 Washington D.C. - The Army is working quickly to field and fully staff new warrior transition units, which provide critical support to wounded soldiers and their families, the general in Read More...
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By Ron MacArthur, Delaware Cape Gazette staff, Oct. 22, 2007 Thanks to a local, grassroots effort, a wounded Soldier and his family will soon be able to move into their new Lacrosse home with all the finishing touches. Through the national Homes For Our Read More...
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Mike Taibbi, NBC News, Oct. 24, 2007 People confined to a wheelchair can now experience flying, thanks to one man's organization. Mike Taibbi reports on a group called Freedom's Wings. See the news report online at: <a href=" http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=f0404812-f280-4895-b28d-1f8e55e7a28 Read More...
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By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press, Oct 28, 2007 Woodlyn, Pa. — For years, Pisey Tan and his kid brother, Dara, had barely spoken to each other. Each had gone his separate way — Pisey into the Army, Dara off to college. Today they share Read More...
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By Barry Noreen, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Oct. 21, 2007 Some wounded warriors were welcomed Thursday at Fort Carson, a temporary billet for some, a way station for others. A dozen or so new members of the Warrior Transition Unit, all wounded somewhere Read More...
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By Andy Scherr, WWAY News Channel 3, Oct. 20, 2007 As a group of wounded young Soldiers biked into Southport this morning, World War II Veteran Hank Zimmerman could barely keep his composure. "When you go through a war, it's like going through Read More...
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By Nick Eatman, DallasCowboys.com staff writer IRVING, Texas - In a pregame ceremony Sunday at Texas Stadium leading up to the Cowboys' game against the Minnesota Vikings, Miller Brewing Company will kick off a month-long promotion to demonstrate Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, Oct. 18, 2007 WASHINGTON — The number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder from the Department of Veterans Affairs jumped by nearly 20,000 — almost 70% — Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Army Times Staff writer, Oct. 17, 2007 On the eve of a major Senate hearing to review the recommendations of two commissions aimed at helping wounded combat veterans, a politically active Army wife is looking for less talk and more action. Read More...
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Scientists Find That One Therapy Is Shown to Help Disorder; Evidence of Drugs' Benefits Inconclusive By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer, Oct. 19, 2007 The majority of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder that are used to treat Read More...
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President George W. Bush talks with Segs4Vets recipients, Sgt. Kortney Clemons, left, and Sgt. Ryan Groves, in the White House Oval Office Oct. 16, 2007. White House photo The White House, Oct. 16, 2007 "I just finished an inspiring meeting ... with Read More...
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MIT Scientist Is Revolutionizing Prosthetics — By Giving Them A Mind Of Their Own CBS News, Oct. 17, 2007 One misstep while serving in Iraq in 2003, and Army Sgt. Garth Stewart was thrown through the air by a land mine. “I couldn't understand Read More...
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By Ginger Thompson, New York Times, Oct. 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — President Bush on Tuesday proposed a series of changes intended to streamline a military disability system that he said had fallen behind the times and had left too many disabled Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Army Times staff writer, Oct 12, 2007 Injured combat veterans would receive full payment of any re-enlistment or retention bonuses, even if they are unable to fulfill their service obligation, under a bill introduced by Rep. Jason Altmire, Read More...
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By Gary Sheftick and Franz Holzer, Army News Service, Oct. 12, 2007 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Army is establishing 32 warrior transition units at major installations across the force to streamline care for wounded Soldiers. The new units are the centerpiece Read More...
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By Chantal Escoto, The Leaf-Chronicle, Oct. 12, 2007 Three charities that help injured soldiers and veterans were awarded a total of $2,500 recently courtesy of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. On Thursday, the Fort Campbell Read More...
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The Naval Medical Center upgrade in San Diego includes expanded therapeutic assistance for amputees. By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO - Marine Sgt. Jordan Pierson, who lost his left leg to a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq, had a Read More...
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By Delphine Schrank, Washington Post Staff Writer, Oct. 15, 2007 At Walter Reed Army Medical Center yesterday, the children came out to play. About a half-dozen youngsters poured onto a rectangle of squishy green turf, hopped onto swings and scrambled Read More...
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By Nancy Zuckerbrod, AP Education Writer NEW YORK - It's not your typical Sesame Street episode. There are no lessons in letters or numbers, but there are plenty of hugs and lots of talk about feelings. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization Read More...
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By Gary Sheftick and Franz Holzer, Army News Service, Oct. 8, 2007 WASHINGTON - The Army is establishing 32 "Warrior Transition Units" at major installations across the force to streamline care for wounded Soldiers. The new units are the centerpiece Read More...
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Some big-ticket items, including gov.'s plan to offer college tuition assistance, never made it through the Legislature. By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, Oct. 10, 2007 SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday signed eight Read More...
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Program Helps Soldiers Take Leap into Civilian Life By Jean Torkelson, Denver Rocky Mountain News, Oct. 8, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS - Mike Franklin, veteran of four combat tours, has what it takes to storm a hill, but he also likes to check out what's Read More...
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Military Amputees Find Greater Opportunities to Serve Again By David Mays, Special to American Forces Press Service Washington, D.C. - Servicemembers who lose limbs should be enabled to resume active duty, the administrator of Walter Reed Army Medical Read More...
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Bike Tour Brings Donations to Wounded Solders By Ellen Biltz, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 7 Participants in the Wounded Warriors Unity Tour rode in a line, dressed in bright yellow, blue or white biking uniforms. The 17 men and one Read More...
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By Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Veterans disability payments should be increased immediately by up to 25 percent as part of a sweeping overhaul designed to compensate for a wounded warrior's lost "quality of life," a special Read More...
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Ellis College, a division of New York Institute of Technology , now offers Military Discount Programs for service members to earn college degrees online. Ellis College was created to provide working adults with a way to advance their careers by using Read More...
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By Beth Brelje, Pocono Record Writer, Sept. 30, 2007 It was a typical day at Skirmish USA paintball field in Albrightsville, Saturday. Rapid-fire popping of paintball guns and paintballs bursting with a splat! "Ha! Gotcha!" a victorious twenty-something Read More...
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By Everett M. Lo, Social Security Administration's Regional Public Affairs Office in New York Tha Paramus Post, Oct. 2, 2007 Men and women serving in the U.S. military who become disabled while on active duty are receiving ‘expedited processing’ Read More...
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By Richard Fucci, Freedom Wings program director Soaring like a bird is a heady experience for those who often take for granted the ability to move almost effortlessly through our mostly two-dimensional world; walking, running or biking without the need Read More...
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