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January 2008 - Posts
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Several Pennsylvania ski resorts are offering free lift tickets to active-duty military members Feb. 5-7. A current ID is required and family members or friends must pay for their own tickets. Go to the resort websites for detailed information on each Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, Jan. 30, 2008 WASHINGTON – Servicemembers nationwide, looking for jobs in their off-duty hours need look no further than a troop-support group based in southern California. “We help citizens Read More...
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By Maj. Damien Pickart, 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, Jan. 30, 2008 MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho - Mountain Home Air Force Base blood donors made a direct impact on wounded veterans returning from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq Jan. 23. Read More...
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Red Cross Volunteers Help Wounded Soldiers By Terry Georgia, Special to RedCross.org, Jan. 30, 2008 Walk through a hallway at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and you might see a young mother comforting a restless toddler in her lap Read More...
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A volunteer with ‘steel biceps’ and another with a soft, furry face tend to the physical and emotional needs of wounded Soldiers By Terry Georgia, Special to RedCross.org, Jan. 30, 2008 Every Monday and Wednesday, Burt Oranburg arrives at Read More...
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KGET 17, NBC TV, Jan. 30, 2008 BAKERSFIELD - In December, 17 News told you about U.S. Army Cpl. Wesley Barrientos who was severely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq. On Thursday, 17 News at 5 will continue Barrientos' story, giving you a rare look Read More...
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By Gary L. Kieffer, USAG Vicenza Public Affairs, Jan. 29, 2008 VICENZA, Italy - They say that fishing is good for the soul. Even renowned guitarist Eric Clapton is known to relax by wading the fly-fishing streams of Wales. For Soldiers of the Warrior Read More...
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By Tech. Sgt. D. Clare, USAF, Special to American Forces Press Service, Jan. 29, 2008 BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq – The Air Force Theater Hospital's 98 percent survivability rate for injured U.S. servicemembers would be meaningless if the wounded were Read More...
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By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, Jan. 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2008 - President Bush called on Congress tonight to reward the contributions servicemembers and their families make every day through better services and laws that let them Read More...
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By Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, Jan. 26, 2008 FORT LEWIS — The Army has disbanded troubled medical hold units, replacing them with new "Warrior Transition" battalions and brigades intended to help wounded and sick Soldiers get better care Read More...
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By Ginger Geoffery, WKBW News 7, Jan. 27, 2008 Club "W" in downtown Buffalo was rockin' Sunday afternoon with a benefit to raise money for Soldiers wounded overseas. The Wounded Warriors and care packages programs help Soldiers by providing Read More...
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Cheryn Stone, WANU FOX 27 TV, Jan. 27, 2008 Millions of men and women have served our country at war. Many, come home injured, their lives changed forever. Sunday, several of those veterans overcame their injuries on their road to recovery. Several war Read More...
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Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill tells CNN's Barbara Starr how Bluetooth technology is helping him walk again. CNN, Jan. 25, 2008 WASHINGTON - Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill lost both his legs above the knees when a bomb exploded under his Humvee Read More...
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By Drew Mikkelsen, King 5 News, Jan. 25, 2008 FORT LEWIS, Wash. - The U.S. Army is taking a new approach to helping Fort Lewis Soldiers injured in duty. The wounded men and women are now part of the Warrior Transition Battalion, which was activated this Read More...
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The citizens of Cottage Grove, Minn. built a fully handicap-accessible home for Sgt. John Kriesel, a Minnesota National Guard Soldier who lost both legs in a roadside bombing in Iraq. Sgt. Kriesel spoke to KSTP-TV 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS about the new home. Read More...
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Virginia's Wintergreen Resort will hold its fourth annual Wounded Warrior Weekend Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27. The event is sponsored by Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing, Disabled Sports USA, the Wounded Warrior project and the resort. In its first Read More...
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By Brandon Beach, USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs Office, Jan 22, 2008 STUTTGART, Germany - U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart has activated its Warrior Transition Unit as part of the Army's new mandated Medical Action Plan. WTUs are currently being established Read More...
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By Michael Tolzmann, Army News Service, Jan. 22, 2008 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Getting Soldiers healed from physical, psychological or emotional wounds is an Army mission of highest priority, second only to combat, a senior official said during the Warrior Read More...
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Wounded Soldiers may join a Learn to Ski/Snowboard Weekend at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Massachusetts Feb. 29 to March 2. Those who attend will spend a weekend in Albany, N.Y. and at the nearby Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort with complimentary lodging, Read More...
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By Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, Jan. 22, 2008 His name is Lt. Col. Greg Gadson and he used to wear No. 98 for the Army football team and was with the Second Battalion and 32nd Field Artillery, on his way back from a memorial service for two Soldiers Read More...
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Military.com, Jan. 14, 2008 The GI Bill has greatly improved over the last few years. Here some additional features you may be eligible for: Read the complete story at: http://www.military.com/veterans-report/additional-gi-bill-features-01-14-08 Read More...
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Military.com, Jan. 21, 2008 Governor Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is concerned about the psychological and emotional challenges veterans face as they return from overseas. He introduced a new program called CareNet: Caring Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. Read More...
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Military.com, Jan. 14, 2008 Millions of veterans and eligible family members will see their disability compensation, pension, and survivors' benefits increased as the Department of Veterans Affairs provides an annual cost-of-living increase for key Read More...
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Wounded Warriors and Families Can Get $30,000-50,000 discount on new homes in Glendale Operation Homefront announced that Biltmore Homes of Arizona has become the first home builder to make a commitment to deep discounts and other incentives to help wounded Read More...
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By Kelly Kennedy - Army Times, Jan. 16, 2008 After decades of doctors treating brain injuries, heart problems and complex war wounds at Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Germany, hospital administrators there have also belatedly leaped the technological Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya - USA Today, Jan. 18, 2008 WASHINGTON — An Army task force found major gaps in the care of traumatic brain injury last year, but officials say they are moving rapidly to correct the problems. A task force study — completed Read More...
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By Kelly Kennedy, Army Times, Jan. 18, 2008 President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 on Thursday, handing over an extra $3.7 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Bush had to sign the act by Jan. 18, or the VA would have Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, Jan. 18, 2008 WASHINGTON — An Army task force found major gaps in the care of traumatic brain injury last year, but officials say they are moving rapidly to correct the problems. A task force study — completed last Read More...
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Helmets Gauge 'Invisible Brain Trauma' to Football Players and Soldiers ABC World News, Jan. 16, 2008 Traumatic brain injury is the signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but this blast injury often goes undetected. ABC News was Read More...
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By Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 16, 2008 WASHINGTON — Chief Warrant Officer John King was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center a year ago with a spinal injury suffered in Iraq when he suddenly became a counselor. His charges were Read More...
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Calif. Businessman Sees 'Witch Hunt' By Philip Rucker, Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2008 With scores of U.S. Soldiers returning home from Vietnam, California businessman and Army veteran Roger Chapin founded a charity in 1971 dedicated to those troops Read More...
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William H. Craig, Cook Children's Medical Center vice president for clinical support, Jan. 16, 2008 I was honored recently with the opportunity to spend a week as a civilian intern with the Warrior Transition Brigade at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, Jan. 16, 2008 WASHINGTON – Servicemembers returning from deployment and their families can find help readjusting to their lives at home through traditional and holistic therapies offered by Read More...
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Military.com, Jan. 14, 2008 Soldiers seeking to determine eligibility for payments under Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI), have a new ally in Soldier Family Support Specialists (SFSSs). Read the complete report at: http://www.military.com/military-report/army-adds-advisors-at-hospital Read More...
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By Christine June, USAG Kaiserslautern Public Affairs Office, Jan. 9, 2008 KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - Fourteen Mercedes-Benz vans, outfitted to accommodate wheelchairs, are being distributed this month to Warrior Transition Units throughout Europe. WTUs Read More...
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By Fred W. Baker III, Army News Service, Jan. 15, 2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2008 - While it still may be years away, military medical officials hope to one day place a sensor on every troop that would measure a blast's impact and alert a combat medic Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, Jan. 15, 2008 FORT BRAGG, N.C. — During the worst of Bravo Troop's 15-month tour in Iraq, when Soldiers were dying in bunches, families here poured out their fear, frustrations and even hysteria onto one young woman: Read More...
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By Rick Maze, Air Force News, Jan. 15, 2008 A coalition representing 5.5 million service members, retirees and military Families has come out in support of a bipartisan Senate bill entitling combat-wounded service members to full payment of bonuses and Read More...
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By T.M. Lindsey, Iowa Independent, Jan. 15, 2008 One of the hidden costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is caring for the wounded troops returning from these theaters. In May 2007, the Department of Defense reported 25,090 wounded troops in Iraq Read More...
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By Elaine Wilson, Fort Sam Houston Public Information Office, Jan. 15, 2008 FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -The groundbreaking of a $92 million research center Jan. 11 marked the first Base Realignment and Closure construction project at Fort Sam Houston directed Read More...
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By Ralph Peters, New York Post, Jan. 15, 2008 The New York Times is trashing our troops again. With no new "atrocities" to report from Iraq for many a month, the limping Gray Lady turned to the home front. Read the complete column at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/01152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/smearing_soldiers_265875.ht Read More...
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By Robin Woodson, KIMATV 29, Jan. 14, 2008 ELLENSBURG - Brandon Taylor hurt both his heels and ankles in Iraq last month in a roadside bomb blast. He had extensive surgery at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC. It's his first time home since Read More...
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ThePilot.com, Jan. 12, 2008, Vass, N.C. Sgt. Zach Collette stood on the bank and carefully watched the green line floating in the water. "It takes magic to catch one," Collette said as he whipped the line back and made yet another cast into Read More...
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By Gregg K. Kakesako, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Jan. 13, 2008 Forty-five minutes after Spc. Joseph Gentile was injured by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, his parents in Ohio were notified of his condition by the 25th Division's 27th Wolfhounds Regiment. Read More...
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By Kelly Kennedy, Air Force Times, Jan. 8, 2008 When Lt. Col. Chip Pierce served as troop commander at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, he said, he was “frustrated” by some of the issues he saw his injured Soldiers face as they made Read More...
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By Judy Keen, USA Today, Jan. 10, 2008 CHICAGO — Many veterans never receive the federal and state benefits to which they’re entitled because they’re unaware they qualify for health care, tax breaks and other compensation, local liaisons Read More...
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 11, 2008 Veterans' advocates can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that the federal government's health care system for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan illegally denies care and benefits, a Read More...
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By Alan Bavley, The Kansas City Star, Jan. 12, 2008 Miraculously, the four blasts from roadside bombs left Robert Phillips without visible scars. But a year after the Marine left Iraq, he’s still learning to cope with his wounds. Read the complete Read More...
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By Ariel Zangla, Daily Freeman, Jan. 12, 2008 WINDHAM - On July 2, 2006, U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Rozanski lost both his legs after being hit by an improvised explosive device while serving in Ramadi, Iraq. On Friday, the 21-year-old from Conway, Ark., was Read More...
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By Melissa Bower, The Fort leavenworth Lamp, Jan. 11, 2008 Iraq is no place for a Soldier to have a heart attack. That's what Spc. Ernie Kendall, 39-year-old Leavenworth native with six children, discovered while serving with the 24th Transportation, Read More...
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3 Wounded Warriors' Wishes Granted By Chris Roberts, El Paso Times, Jan. 12, 2008 Memories of the firefight in Iraq that left Staff Sgt. Marc Campuzano with bullet wounds in his left thigh and biceps are mostly a blur for the Fort Bliss cavalry Soldier. Read More...
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TRICARE News Release, Jan. 11, 2008 Navigating the Military Health System is getting easier for Wounded Warriors and their Families thanks to a new advocacy unit in TRICARE’s Southern Region. The Warrior Navigation & Assistance Program provides Read More...
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Army News Service, Jan. 12, 2008 For wounded Soldiers, there are two new units available in Germany to help them transition back to the military or civilian sector. The Warrior Transition Company, located on U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg, unfurled its Read More...
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First Tracks - Online Ski Magazine, Jan. 11, 2008 Windham, NY - Windham's Adaptive Sports Foundation and Windham Mountain will welcome up to 30 Soldiers injured in battle and their Families to the ski resort in New York State's Catskill Mountains Read More...
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By Elizabeth M. Lorge, Army News Service, Jan 9, 2008 WASHINGTON - The deputy director of the Warrior Transition Office pledged Tuesday that his office, medical officials and Warrior Transition Unit cadre will always listen to concerns wounded warriors Read More...
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By Autum Pylant, NBC17, Jan. 10, 2008 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Sgt. Zach Collett went fly-fishing Wednesday for the very first time. He's part of the Wounded Warrior Transition Flight at Fort Bragg. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has Read More...
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By Elaine Wilson, Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs Office, Jan. 8, 2008 FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The Soldier and Family Assistance Center, a new one-stop support shop for warriors in transition and their Families, opened Jan. 2 in the lower level of Brooke Read More...
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By Dana Coffield, The Denver Post, Dec. 24, 2008 Debbie Quackenbush has made a promise: She will do everything in her power to make sure veterans returning from the war in Iraq do not experience the homecoming her brother and his friends received when Read More...
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Many Troops From all Eras are Unaware of Financial, Medical Aid By Judy Keen, USA Today, Jan. 9, 2008 CHICAGO — Many veterans never receive the federal and state benefits to which they're entitled because they're unaware they qualify for Read More...
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Ellis College of New York Institute of Technology offers over 50 undergraduate and graduate degrees online. With the working adult in mind, Ellis College provides its students with the opportunity to advance their careers through online learning. The Read More...
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