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March 2008 - Posts
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By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service, March 31, 2008 SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. – As disabled veterans test their mettle this week during the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, they’re finding motivation not just on the Read More...
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Walter Reed Chaplains Help Amputees, Other Soldiers Confront Unpleasant Realities By Greg Trotter, The Washington Post, March 29, 2008 Capt. Darrick Gutting is the friendliest guy in Ward 57. The bald-headed, 40-year-old Pennsylvanian roams the halls, Read More...
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Report by Lauren Collins, NECN TV, March 28, 2008 Lincoln , N.H. – The servicemen and women injured in Iraq and Afghanistan often come home to long recoveries and uncertain futures. But there is a program that strives to get injured vets active Read More...
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Many find their duty didn't prepare them for the kind of work they hoped it would. By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2008 Aboard the retired cruise ship Queen Mary - a World War II veteran redeployed as a tourist attraction - former members Read More...
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BUSINESS WIRE, March 27, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- Twenty-five United States service men and women at Walter Reed Army Medical Center have been awarded full Wounded Warrior Scholarships from Colorado Technical University Online. Read the complete Read More...
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By Bill Adams, Greenville Online, March 26, 2008 Local vets answer the call to help the rehabilitation of today's battle-wounded Soldiers. The Center for Advanced Performance (www.TCAP.us ), a local veteran-owned small business, is raising funds for Read More...
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By Sgt. Sara Moore, American Forces Press Service, March 26, 2008 WASHINGTON - The Army is doubling its investment in family support programs in the 2009 budget and will use that money to hire support personnel for family readiness groups, improve child Read More...
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WRAL TV, March 25, 2008 Fort Bragg , N.C. — Eleven wounded Soldiers have taken on a new mission – teaching students whose parents are in the Army overseas. The Soldiers work at McNair Elementary School at Fort Bragg … Read the complete Read More...
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Government Report Says Pay, Stability Fall Short at Home By Yochi J. Dreazen, Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2008 WASHINGTON - A new government report paints a dire picture of the employment prospects of returning military veterans, concluding that young Read More...
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By Paula Tracy, New Hampshire Union Leader Staff, March 25, 2008 WOODSTOCK – U.S. Soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan will be coming to New Hampshire's ski resorts this week to learn new skills and have fun. Read the complete story at: Read More...
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States program aims to ease reintegration By Will Skowronski, Baltimore Sun, March 24, 2008 WASHINGTON - If statistics trends continue, almost half of the Maryland guardsmen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will face mental problems within a few months Read More...
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Relatives of disabled veterans say US support insufficient By Anna Badkhen, Boston Globe, March 24, 2008 Since a Baghdad suicide bombing in 2003 shattered the right side of Ted Bittle's face,injuring his brain and lodging shards of shrapnel in the Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, March 21, 2008 WASHINGTON - In 2006, a Five for Fighting hit single asked fans what kind of world they wanted, and now they have a forum to answer the question and help five charities at the same Read More...
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By Spc. Emily J. Wilsoncroft, Special to American Forces Press Service, March 21, 2008 CAMP STRIKER , Iraq – When Army Chief Warrant Officer Fred White sits down at the controls of a Black Hawk helicopter, he looks just like any other pilot in his Read More...
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Swimmer Among Those Trying Out For Paralympics By Amy Shipley, The Washington Post, March 21, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS - Melissa Stockwell bobbed in the water at one end of the pool at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, peering through swimming goggles at Read More...
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By Capt. James Key, USA Today, March 21, 2008 One day in the summer of 2005, a young Soldier walked into my chaplain's office in Baghdad and told me he was thinking about taking his own life. He was not in despair because he had been seriously injured Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, March 20, 2008 WASHINGTON – Wounded warriors in need in San Antonio now have a place to call home as they transition from military to civilian life. The new facility is Operation Homefront’s Read More...
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By Jay Hughes, South Mississippi Sun Herald, March 18, 2008 Petal native Jason Gladney may be medically retired from the U.S. Army, but will continue to serve after being among the few chosen to pioneer a new education program for Soldiers injured in Read More...
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By Kate Wiltrout, The Virginian-Pilot, March 18, 2008 NORFOLK - Jon Bartlett is finally learning how to run again. Bartlett was a 19-year-old private first class when his Humvee hit a roadside bomb in September 2004 in Iraq. The blast tossed the vehicle Read More...
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By Samantha L. Quigley, American Forces Press Service, March 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - Help for service members coping with the effects of wartime service is just a phone call or a mouse click away, thanks to a nationwide network of mental health professionals. Read More...
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By Helen Thomson, New Scientist, March 20, 2008 Amputees who experience phantom limb pain could find relief in a surprisingly simple way - by paying more attention to the people around them. Phantom limbs occur when an amputee feels the often painful Read More...
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A mortar shell in Iraq shattered Ivan Castro's eyesight and maybe his military career. Now he's on a new mission: making sure he's got enough money to live on. By George Mannes , Money Magazine, March 20, 2008 In October 2006, after seven Read More...
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For disabled Soldiers, navigating the compensation command chain can get tricky. By George Mannes , Money Magazine, March 20, 2008 NEW YORK - Following last year's exposés of neglect at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, one might get the Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, March 17, 2008 For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would blame vague ailments on the little-understood wound caused by Read More...
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By Lisa Chedekel, Hartford Courant, March 16, 2008 From a distance, the more than 11,000 state residents who have returned from war in the past five years have disappeared seamlessly into the Connecticut landscape — back to colleges, spouses, civilian Read More...
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By Norma Mendoza, The Edwardsville Intelligencer, March 15, 2008 By Norma Mendoza, The Edwardsville Intelligencer, March 15, 2008 They say men don't want to talk about their experiences in war, but this veteran isn't a man. She is Sgt. Maj. Diane Read More...
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Report by Jessica Jones, Nat. Public Radio Morning Edition, March 14, 2008 Soldiers from Fort Bragg's Wounded Warrior Transition Battalion are being taught the fine art of fly fishing. The one-on-one lessons at the North Carolina base are seen as Read More...
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By Fred W. Baker III, American Forces Press Service, March 12, 2008 WASHINGTON – Two officials from the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs cited a veritable laundry list of changes in wounded warrior and family care in testimony at the Read More...
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By Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post, March 14, 2008 Most documentaries about the Iraq war have sought to investigate, expose, critique and provoke. "Fighting for Life" bucks that trend. Rather than join the polemical free-for-all of the past Read More...
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By Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, March 13, 2008 About 20 wounded warriors may have to endure high temperatures in the 90s as they glide toward Corpus Christi today on bicycles and three-wheel hand cycles. But compared with the 120-degree Read More...
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By Erin G. Edwards and Hallie D. Martin, Northwestern University, March 12, 2008 Deanna Mackey hears stories of homelessness from female veterans. One Iraq veteran got married a few days before she was deployed, but when she returned 18 months later everything Read More...
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Little-Known Event Is Emotional Salute; Cpl. Lyon Pays a Visit By Yochi J. Dreazen, Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2008 WASHINGTON - Cpl. Kenny Lyon's mother pushed his wheelchair down a narrow Pentagon hallway, crying as she listened to the applause. Read More...
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By Maj. Raul E. Marquez, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Div. Public Affairs Office, March 7, 2008 FORT HOOD , Texas - A group of Soldiers and civilians from the 3rd "Grey Wolf" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, took a trip to Read More...
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By Chrystal Smith, USAG Wiesbaden Public Affairs, March 7, 2008 WIESBADEN , Germany - Injured Wies baden warriors received firsthand assurances by the Army leader responsible for warrior care and transition that nothing has higher priority than their Read More...
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Championship races take place at Fairfield ski area By Dana Dugan , Idaho Mountain Express, March 12, 2008 The Hartford U.S. Disabled Ski Championships wrapped up on Saturday at Soldier Mountain near Fairfield , with approximately 50 athletes competing Read More...
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By Bob Brewin, Government Executive.com, Feb. 14, 2008 The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments plan to establish a joint Web portal to support the needs of wounded, ill or injured service members, officials told lawmakers at a Senate Armed Services Read More...
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By Bob Brewin, Government Executive.com, March 11, 2008 Top officials from the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense said on Tuesday that they plan to improve the health care for troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan by providing them with "a Read More...
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A philanthropist will pay for brain-injury care at an Army center and a hospital. By Josh White, The Florida Times-Union, March 11, 2008 ATLANTA - An Augusta-based Army medical center and an Atlanta hospital have partnered with a billionaire philanthropist Read More...
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By Nadja Brandt, Bloomberg, March 10, 2008 Lance Corporal Josh Bleill of the U.S. Marine Corps is scuba-diving next to me in the balmy waters around Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He's missing both his legs, yet he glides quickly and effortlessly, propelling Read More...
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Pez Cycling News, March 6, 2008 The Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride “Golden State Challenge” paid a visit to the Amgen Tour of California this year. The Soldier Ride provides rehabilitative cycling events for severely injured service Read More...
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By Peter Urban, Connecticut Post, March 9, 2008 WASHINGTON — In the year that has passed since Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon told Congress of the neglect he suffered at Walter Reed Medical Center, the Army's premier hospital has begun to turn Read More...
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By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star Bulletin, March 9, 2008 A 50-year-old California Soldier who lost his sight, sense of taste and smell in a mortar attack in Iraq said, "it was a blessing" because now he can help other wounded warriors. Read the Read More...
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Bleacher Report, March 7, 2008 Giving of yourself for higher goals and purposes is always the high road. Brett Favre proved that for 270-some straight games for the Green Bay Packers. Playing through pain, broken bones, cracked things, sprained things, Read More...
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By Rick Maze - Air Force News, March 10, 2008 The top Republican on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee proposes jump-starting a stalled veterans benefits bill by reducing a promised pension for World War II Filipino veterans and using the money Read More...
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By Adrienne Alpert, KABC-7, ABC TV, March 6, 2008 SAN DIEGO - There are thousands of wounded warriors coming home from the Iraq War looking for new careers. Specialized schools can't keep up with the need. In San Diego there's a groundbreaking Read More...
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By Rick Rogers, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 7, 2008 The number of military veterans lining up for treatment in the county is increasing so fast that a fourth Veterans Affairs clinic for North County is being mulled even before a shovel of dirt is turned Read More...
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By Kimberly Hefling, Assciated Press, March 6, 2008 WASHINGTON – The number of homeless veterans has declined to just over 150,000, the government says. The Veterans Affairs Department estimates that on any given night last year, 154,000 veterans Read More...
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By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY, March 6, 2008 More than five years of recycling Soldiers through Iraq and Afghanistan's battlefields is creating record levels of mental health problems, as about three in 10 GIs on their third tour admit emotional illnesses, Read More...
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By Bob Cohn, Tha Washington Times, March 6, 2008 FAIRFIELD, Pa. — Spc. E-4 Jesse Murphree returned to the slopes on Saturday morning. His grandfather recorded it all on a video camera and his mother followed down the hill on skis. Until he enlisted Read More...
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By John Koopman, San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2008 The nation's foremost authority on post-traumatic stress disorder testified in federal court Monday that up to 30 percent of combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are likely to be diagnosed Read More...
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By Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, March 5, 2008 A national organization has opened a local transitional housing complex for wounded warriors that could be a model for the nation. Operation Homefront hadn't planned on moving anyone into Read More...
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Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security. Benefits available through Social Security are different than those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application. The expedited Read More...
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By Amy Bugala, Army News Service, March 3, 2008 BAMBERG, Germany - The Bamberg Warrior Transition Unit is looking beyond the physical injury in addressing the mind, spirit and heart of each injured Soldier by incorporating part-time work into their daily Read More...
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American Forces Press Service, March 3, 2008 BETHESDA, Md. – A joint venture of Clark Construction of Bethesda, Md., and Balfour Beatty Construction, based in Atlanta, today received a $641.4 million from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Read More...
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By Jessica Layton, WNYT 13, NBC TV, March 2, 2008 MASSACHUSETTS - They put their lives on the line overseas. Now, more than two dozen Soldiers wounded in Iraq are experiencing something brand new at a local mountain. It's been 15 years since Sergeant Read More...
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By Curtis Schick, Capital News 9, March 3, 2008 HANCOCK, Mass. - “I was hit with shrapnel from a 57mm rocket," said Sergeant Chris Paiser. And that attack four years ago cost Paiser his sight. But that detail didn't stop the Iraq War Vet Read More...
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By Kate S. Alexander, The Herald Mail, March 2, 2008 CARROLL VALLEY, Pa. - Jesse Murphree spent years mastering the skill to stay standing as he skied the dangerous back trails of the Colorado Rockies. But after losing both legs in the war on terror, Read More...
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WNYT TV 13, NBC, Feb. 29, 2008 ALBANY - Fifteen Soldiers permanently disabled from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan have a weekend together thanks to the non-profit organization, STRIDE. These Soldiers have made sacrifices for their country most of us Read More...
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By Kathleen Harris, The Niagara Fall Review, March 1, 2008 Every day, they arrive by the busload - broken, bandaged and bloodied from war. They are American, Canadian and from many other nations - "wounded warriors" delivered from Iraq and Afghanistan Read More...
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