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December 2007 - Posts
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By Amanda Kim Stairrett, Fort Hood Herald, Dec. 26, 2007 Representatives of Operation Homelink and Dell Computers visited Fort Hood to give 30 laptops to Soldiers in the Wounded Warrior Program. Read the complete story at: http://www.theforthoodherald.com/news/story.aspx?s=2155 Read More...
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ArmyTimes, Dec 27, 2007 Active duty Soldiers who have suffered life-altering wounds in the war zone will be able to compete in national sporting events beginning in January when the Army launches its Wounded Warrior Sports Program. According to an Army Read More...
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By Cathey Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Dec. 23, 2007 Sgt. Joe Santiago feared no one would hire him after he suffered a brain injury while on duty in Iraq in 2002. The resulting disabilities left him in such pain that, for three years, he could barely function. Read More...
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By Jerry Harben, U.S. Army Medical Command public affairs, Dec. 26, 2007 SAN ANTONIO — The current shortage of behavioral health professionals facing the Army Medical Department is getting some relief thanks in part to the Army’s recent decision Read More...
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Chris Wragge, WCBS TV, Dec. 24, 2007 NEW YORK ― At military hospitals across the country, wounded Soldiers are being treated for injuries they suffered at war, and many are facing amputations. But now, a New York doctor is offering some of those Soldiers Read More...
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By Joe Lawlor, The Flint Journal, Dec. 23, 2007 FLINT TOWNSHIP - Jennifer Miller helps save the lives of U.S. Soldiers, not that she would make herself sound heroic for being a surgical technician. "It's still just putting people back together. Read More...
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By John Elliott, The Washington Post, Dec. 24, 2007 John Elliott, once a Soldier and for decades since those days one of the region's top athletes, reflects on fellow veterans and fellow athletes on Christmas Eve. Coming out, I passed the door over Read More...
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By Rick Rogers, San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 22, 2007 SAN DIEGO – Thanks to a growing effort to have all combat troops receive hospital treatment closer to home, a few dozen West Coast Soldiers are spending the holidays at the San Diego Naval Medical Read More...
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By Manuel Quinones, WSET TV, Dec. 22, 2007 Wintergreen, Va. - The road to recovery for countless wounded veterans can at times feel like moving mountains, but the folks up at Wintergreen are doing their part to make that process easier. They're already Read More...
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Ralph Peters, OpEd, New York Post, Dec. 21, 2007 Post readers really support our troops: In response to the call to help build the new Warrior and Family Support Center for our severely wounded veterans, more than 2,000 of you stepped forward with donations. Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, Dec. 21, 2007 WASHINGTON – An Illinois-based group is working to honor one Soldier by supporting many other servicemembers. “The Captain Scott Corwin Foundation is dedicated to helping Read More...
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Associated Press, Dec. 21, 2007 WASHINGTON - President Bush visited wounded U.S. troops on Thursday and praised the treatment they're receiving at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where shoddy conditions prompted him to create a presidential panel Read More...
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Veterans' Advocates Say Ignoring Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Is A Military-Wide Problem CBS Evening News, Dec. 20, 2007 Army Spc. Shawn Saunders was proud of his first two tours in Iraq. But midway through his third tour - he snapped. "If Read More...
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By James Coburn, The Edmond Sun, Dec. 14, 2007 EDMOND, Okla. — The joy troops feel when returning home from war is too often replaced by depression, anxiety, family problems, even sometimes post traumatic stress disorder as days turn to months. Read More...
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Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Sees Some Of The Worst Injuries From Iraq And Afghanistan Rob Johnson, CBS2 TV Chicago LANDSTUHL, GERMANY ― Landstuhl, Germany is home to a military hospital that sees some of the most severely wounded Soldiers from Iraq Read More...
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New Hampshire Union Leader, Dec. 20, 2007 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., spoke on the House floor in support of a bill that would guarantee that wounded Soldiers receive their full enlistment bonuses, even if they are forced to Read More...
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By Stephanie Heinatz, Newport News, Va. Daily Press, Dec. 19, 2007 Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing is looking for military troops wounded in combat for a free weekend of skiing and snowboarding at Wintergreen Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains just outside Read More...
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CBS News, The Early Show, Dec. 20, 2007 RUSS MITCHELL: A Soldier severely wounded in Iraq has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season after a group of volunteers helped this hero rebuild his home. See the TV news report at: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3631619 Read More...
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Holiday stop set at hospitals By Jon Ward, Washington Times, Dec. 19, 2007 President Bush's afternoons for the next two days have been cleared so he can visit wounded U.S. troops from the Iraqi and Afghan battlefields before leaving Friday for Christmas Read More...
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By Dan Schneider, Daily Mining Gazette, Dec. 18, 2007 CHASSELL, MICH. — Members of Chapter 789 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart remember what it was like when they first arrived at military hospitals after being wounded in action. “As Read More...
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By Lou Michel, Buffalo News, Dec. 16, 2007 You can see the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in their empty shirt sleeves, the scars on their heads, in their eyes so weary from sleepless nights. They return to their homes, trying to fit in again. Read More...
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Military personnel and civilians, and their dependants, who move to Kentucky under the Base Realignment and Closure Act, will be classified as residents for the purpose of tuition and fee assessment at Kentucky colleges and universities. In addition a Read More...
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 15, 2007 The government asked a San Francisco federal judge on Friday to dismiss a high-profile lawsuit challenging the system of treatment and benefits for returning combat Veterans. The government's lawyers Read More...
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The Senate passed a defense policy bill that addresses some war issues but sets no timeline By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press, Dec. 15, 2007 WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday passed a defense policy bill that would offer more help to troops returning Read More...
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By Kristen Noel, American Forces Press Service, Dec. 13, 2007 There's no set limit on how long the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program will provide one-on-one service to severely wounded Soldiers and their families, a U.S. Army official said yesterday. Read More...
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By Francine Sawyer, New Bern, N.C. Sun Journal, Dec. 14, 2007 With “Bad to the Bone” playing on the stereo Tuesday night, more than two dozen wounded warriors from Camp Lejeune walked into the New Bern Golf and Country Club amid uproarious Read More...
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By Megan Boehnke and Philip Dine, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dec. 17, 2007 ARLINGTON, Va. — In a room filled with wounded Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them missing legs, St. Louisan Jerry Kerr was the most popular man around. Read the Read More...
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NBC Augusta, Georgia A country music singer said thank you to a local wounded warrior. ... County music singer, song writer and veteran William Cleveland presented Smith with a check for $1,000 from his CD sales. View the TV report at: http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/12480236.htm Read More...
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Pennsylvania voters have approved a program to offer bonus payments to Pennsylvania residents who served in the Persian Gulf conflict. Veterans must have served honorably on active duty in the Persian Gulf theater of operations between Aug. 2, 1990 and Read More...
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American Red Cross press release, Dec. 5, 2007 WASHINGTON - America’s wounded service members are always grateful for supportive cards and notes––especially during the holiday season. This holiday season, communities across America are Read More...
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By Dan Genz and William C. Flook, Washington Examiner, Dec. 13, 2007 Two Washington-area military hospitals tapped to replace embattled Walter Reed Medical Center received an unexpected $218 million boost from Congress, Rep. Jim Moran’s office said Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, Dec. 12, 2007 WASHINGTON — A record number of Soldiers — 109 — have killed themselves this year, according to Army statistics showing confirmed or suspected suicides. The deaths occur as soldiers serve longer Read More...
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Workgroup tests ideas for providing careers to veterans with disabilities By Dennis Johnson, U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program Representatives of the corporate world and federal organizations met with U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) staff Nov. Read More...
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By Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 12, 2007 Hundreds of thousands of holiday cards and letters thanking wounded U.S. troops for their sacrifice and wishing them well never reach their destination. They are returned to sender or thrown Read More...
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New Process Will Accelerate Benefits to Those Deemed Clearly Disabled Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the Social Security Administration has implemented its new quick disability determination (QDD) process in California’s Read More...
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Stockwell in swim for spot on '08 U.S. team By Sal Ruibal, USA Today, Dec. 10, 2007 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - As the swimmers begin to take their places at the start line, they nervously adjust their caps and tug at their swimsuits. Melissa Stockwell walks Read More...
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The Virginian-Pilot, Dec. 7, 2007 An email message that is making the rounds nationally and popping up in electronic mail boxes in Hampton Roads tugs at the heart strings with its plea to send holiday greetings to wounded Soldiers on the mend at the Walter Read More...
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Reuters, Dec. 6, 2007 Holiday Factory Friends and Family Sale to Benefit Wounded Warriors NEW YORK - JA Apparel Corporation today announced that it will be supporting American Troops through a special Joseph Abboud Holiday Factory sale for Friends and Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Air Force Times, Dec. 9, 2007 After months of bickering, congressional negotiators have approved a $696.3 billion defense policy bill that includes a 3.5 percent military pay raise, improvements to treatment and benefits for wounded combat Read More...
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By Chuck Roberts, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs, Dec. 7, 2007 LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Germany - A strong and steady wave of donations are arriving daily at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Read the complete story at: http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/12/07/6480-wave-of-holiday-generosity-in-motion-for-lrmc-wounded-warriors Read More...
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150 vets, some of Brevard, feel at ease at Disney BY R. Norman Moody, Florida Today, Dec. 5, 2007 LAKE BUENA VISTA - Peter Reid feels at home among other wounded warriors. For the past six days, he has been with 150 of them, their spouses, parents and Read More...
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Associated Press, Dec. 6, 2007 Pledging to "do the right thing," retired Army Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, the nominee to be secretary of veterans affairs, said yesterday that he would be an independent advocate for thousands of injured veterans Read More...
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Servicemembers share experiences abroad, but critics say forums too limited By Heather Collura, Special for USA Today, Dec. 6, 2007 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The auditorium was packed and quiet as Marine Cpl. Sean Henry described how on his second tour of Read More...
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By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, Dec. 5, 2007 The last time Erick Castro went to an amusement park with his wife and 2-year-old son he paid to get them in and left. Walking around for hours was simply too much for the former Army sergeant who lost a leg while Read More...
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Army News service, Dec. 4, 2007 WASHINGTON - The Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury began initial operations Friday. The DCoE will be fully functional by October 2009, and is currently operating in temporary Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Air Force Times, Dec. 4, 2007 Combat-injured troops unable to continue serving would get any unpaid portion of enlistment and retention bonuses in a lump sum after they leave the military under a bipartisan bill introduced Monday. Read Read More...
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"Homes For Our Troops" assists severely injured military members and their families by raising money, building materials and professional labor to build a new home or adapting an existing home for handicapped accessibility. For more information Read More...
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By Steve Gehlbach, WOFL FOX 35 NEWS ORLANDO, Fla. - A gathering of 150 wounded troops and their families continues this week at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The week-long event, held at Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort, is the nation's largest Read More...
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By Nick D'Amario, USAG Grafenwoehr Public Affairs, Dec. 3, 2007 GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - When it comes to learning about programs developed specifically for them, wounded Soldiers assigned here are being updated by community leadership. Col. Brian Boyle, Read More...
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Virtual Reality Program Could Help Veterans Cope By William Hathaway, Courant Staff Writer, Dec. 3, 2007 The Soldier is driving down an arrow-straight road through the desert landscape of rural Iraq. He feels a distant concussion as smoke rises from a Read More...
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National Guard First Lt. Kurt Bishop listens to medics letting off steam, nurses coming to terms with death, and doctors showing stress. By Lee Lawrence, The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 4, 2007 Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno, Afghanistan - Reporter Read More...
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Bound for Glory will hold try-outs in January for the first NASCAR pit crew composed entirely of amputees. Potential pit crew members will be evaluated for speed and agility while performing various pit duties by NASCAR pit crew trainers. The trainers Read More...
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By Janene Scully, associate editor, Santa Maria Times, Nov. 30, 2007 As a new wave of injured Americans return home from war, yesterday's disabled veterans are working to guard the rights of their newly injured counterparts and ensure they get the Read More...
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CBS 3 Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 2007 PHILADELPHIA ― With 3,881 American lives lost in Iraq and more than 25,000 others injured, many on the local home front are trying to help those who have years of struggle ahead of them. An event to raise awareness and Read More...
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By Christina Abel, Shorelines.com, Dec. 1, 2007 A bookbag filled with underwear, socks, a toothbrush and a CD player may not seem like much, but to a hospitalized Soldier, it can make a big difference. When Kevin Crowell arrived at a hospital in Germany Read More...
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National Public Radio Weekend Edition, Dec. 1, 2007 JOHN YDSTIE: "As the war in Iraq grinds on, American Soldiers continue to face multiple combat tours away from home and family. NPR's Eric Westervelt recently ran into a Soldier he first met Read More...
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