Missing war records complicate benefit claims by Iraq, Afghanistan vets
A strange thing happened when Christopher DeLara filed for disability benefits after his tour in Iraq: The U.S. Army said it had no records showing he had ever been overseas. DeLara had searing...
View ArticleBaumholder-based MPs log thousands of miles on Iraq’s dangerous highways
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — Talk about taking a road trip. Since arriving here in mid-October, the personal security detachment for Command Sgt. Maj. Bernard McPherson of the 18th Military Police Brigade has...
View ArticleTHEY'RE AN AMERICAN BAND: Veterans heal mentally with rock 'n' roll
JERRY GRANTLAND grew up in Lansdowne, enlisted in the Army right out of Cardinal O'Hara High School, deployed to Iraq in 2003 and was on reconnaissance patrol in an armored personnel carrier when a...
View ArticleFour young Pasco County men fight their way to Iraq and back
By Michele Miller, Times Staff WriterTampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, December 25, 2011 It was the spring of 2004 - a few weeks past the one-year anniversary of Mission Accomplished - when four young...
View Article>Army veterans use filmmaking as therapy for PTSD
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — With a growing demand for ways to treat the psychological damage of war, one Army pilot project is offering therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder by encouraging soldiers...
View ArticleVeterans heal mentally with rock 'n' roll
JERRY GRANTLAND grew up in Lansdowne, enlisted in the Army right out of Cardinal O'Hara High School, deployed to Iraq in 2003 and was on reconnaissance patrol in an armored personnel carrier when a...
View ArticleArmy veterans use filmmaking as therapy for PTSD
With a growing demand for ways to treat the psychological damage of war, one Army pilot project is offering therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder by encouraging soldiers to take control of their...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Ohio school killer T.J. Lane sentenced to life without parole...
Ten years after the start of the Iraq war, we can argue about many things -- but not about honoring the warriors who had one another's backs and the civilians who supported them. Michael Villegas, now...
View ArticleMissing War Records Are Complicating Benefit Claims For Veterans
U.S. House Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Missing War Records The 10 Most Common Nursing Home Violations From Russia With PR High-Prescribing Chicago Psychiatrist Faces Federal Fraud Suit Are You a U.S....
View ArticleIraqis vote in 2 Sunni-dominated provinces
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqis in two Sunni-dominated provinces voted Thursday in provincial elections marked by tight security measures that left streets in former insurgent strongholds largely...
View ArticleCerabino: In war zones, shooters must use restraint; In Florida, fire away!
Here's a simple observation. Florida residents with gun permits shouldn't be encouraged to use their weapons more carelessly than U.S. troops in war zones. Maybe that's something to consider when the...
View ArticleA Navy SEAL recounts a story of combat and compassion
Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. So he joined the Navy SEALs and became one of the world’s elite warriors, going on to deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan,...
View ArticleUS politician scolds double-amputee rival for talking up Iraq War injuries
A NON-PARTISAN US veterans group stepped up calls for a Republican congressman to resign after he openly berated his double-amputee political rival for talking up her Iraq War injuries. Representative...
View ArticleDeadly Iraq war ends with exit of last U.S. troops
December 18, 2011 -- Updated 1418 GMT (2218 HKT) What's ahead for Iraq (CNN) -- Early Sunday, as the sun ascended to the winter sky, the very last American convoy made its way down the main highway...
View ArticleUS vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence
Click photo to enlarge Former Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Rothlein poses for a photograph, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in League City, Texas. Rothlein fought in a unit in Fallujah in 2004, going building to...
View ArticleUS politician scolds double-amputee rival
A NON-PARTISAN US veterans group stepped up calls for a Republican congressman to resign after he openly berated his double-amputee political rival for talking up her Iraq War injuries. Representative...
View Article'That's all she talks about': Amputee political rival berated
A US veterans group has stepped up calls for a Republican congressman to resign after he openly berated his double-amputee political rival for talking up her Iraq War injuries. Representative Joe...
View ArticleFormer Iraqi Republican Guard soldier serves as US soldier in Afghanistan...
(Source: NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jan. 12, 2013) - "There are a lot of things people don't know about me, like my name probably," Reyadh Alhachamy...
View ArticleMissing documentation complicates benefits claims for veterans of Iraq,...
A strange thing happened when Christopher DeLara filed for disability benefits after his tour in Iraq: The U.S. Army said it had no records showing he had ever been overseas. DeLara had searing...
View ArticleArmy Must Reject Anti-Islam Hate Speaker
Imagine that a man who said there should be no freedom of religion for Muslims, that there should be no Mosques in America, and that America is in a religious war that pits America, a "Christian...
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