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Pentagon Proposes Plan to Gut Commissary's Budget 5 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2416
(Tricare) Defense official vows some relief from surprise lab fees 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1969
Post-9/11 GI Bill focus of new online system 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1894
Report: VA needs better strategy to handle disability backlog 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1820
Female veterans salute their sisters-in-arms 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2370
Feds establish complaint system for student vets 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1863
Va. bills that offer job help for vets, spouses advance 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 2021
For injured veteran, war continues even at home 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1907
Former Oklahoma American Legion official is charged 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2134
Army wants to delay giving certain notice to the veterans on whom it tested drugs during the ColdWar 0 jakeXT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1802
“Combat” deaths at home 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2439
Veterans upset over proposed disability filing changes 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2158
Seeking vet friend from long ago 7 uppityperson Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2839
New ‘COLA fix’ creates have, have-not retiree protection 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1907
A Wearable Landmine Detector That Slips Inside A Shoe 2 douglas9 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 9 2219
Fort Hood Tricare center to close 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2144
Survivors of traumatic brain injuries more likely to die young 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1927
Pentagon: Budget cuts affect veteran survivor benefits 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1846
Navy, Army, Air Force link resources with Puget Sound health care network 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1787
Some lab fees soon will be billed to Tricare patients 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2146
VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1640
DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries 5 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Jan 2014 5 2901
Lawyer for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair argues for fair trial 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jan 2014 0 3342
Veterans May Receive Contamination Benefits (Camp Lejeune) 2 douglas9 Sep 2013 Jan 2014 2 2483
Iraq War vet denied medical marijuana for PTSD first to buy legal pot in Colorado 6 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 3196
New legs, new goals for Olympia soldier 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1820
Veterans benefits to rise 1.5 percent on Jan. 1 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2305
Retirement pay cuts upset Fayetteville veterans 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1968
I need every resource you have 10 w8liftinglady Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 3605
VA Simplifies Brain Injury Claims Process 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1768

Veterans Continued...

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Research links PTSD, veterans’ concussions 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1768
The war next door | Can a vet with PTSD come home? 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2033
The Cavalry at Home: A soldier’s wounds and a will to live 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2122
So this is how we support our troops 5 tazkcmo Dec 2013 Dec 2013 11 2627
The 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Has Now Been Suppressed for 1 Year 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1802
PTSD Is Not New 6 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2884
Judge: Mt. Soledad cross must come down (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1829
Programs at UNO, Bellevue University provide VA assistance to vets on campus 0 Omaha Steve Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1805
Budget cuts might slow improvements in veterans’ homelessness 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1994
NY Times Editorial Board Offers Their Very Serious People Bona Fides 4 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2390
VA doctors renewed prescriptions without seeing patients 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2020
Sen. Murray seeks expansion of behavorial therapy for military families 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1747
NEW: VA Offers Dental Insurance Program 2 pinboy3niner Nov 2013 Dec 2013 12 2234
So my mom gave me her brother's paperwork 6 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2775
Report on Legionnaires' disease outbreak at VA due soon 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1813
Wounded Veterans' Groups Wage War 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2309
Following complaints, Army medical records board honoring latest Madigan PTSD diagnoses 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2347
Chelsea Manning: Giving Thanks 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1742
Only the Dead Stop Fighting 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2013
Terry Sanford High students embark on military mission through Rapid Strike flight simulator 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1994
Feds Owe Ongoing Notice to Drug Test Subjects 1 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1928
What is a veterans treatment court? 2 rdharma Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2021
Panel: Arlington cemetery should tighten grave rules 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2339
Study: Military teens more sad, hopeless 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2098
A Nam Vet post in GD gets no respect 8 Omaha Steve Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 3390
How Military Spouses With Secondary Trauma Are Left Out in the Cold 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1832
Marine Corps fight escalates over handling of case involving troops urinating on corpses 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2136
As US struggles with deficits, veterans’ programs considered 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2174
Suicide among military-connected youth a growing concern 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1896
Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2203

Veterans Continued...

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Malpractice claims against veterans hospitals on the rise 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1829
“They Were Soldiers” Author Discusses High Cost of War for America’s Veterans 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1769
Beck ‘historian’ David Barton: Bible will ‘get rid of’ PTSD if soldiers are God’s warriors 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2359
Twice Betrayed, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Face Discrimination at the VA 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2023
APNewsBreak: Military suicides drop; unclear why 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1970
Concerns growing as Navy increases presence on high school campuses 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2880
Air charter provider Global Aviation files for bankruptcy again 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2272
Trial to start for Air Force officer accused of groping 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1752
Combat Veterans May Have the Antidote to What Ails Us 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2045
FBI Investigating Possible Child Sex Abuse At Fort Meade 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1903
Mexico accuses ex-U.S. soldier of leading kidnapping gang 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2092
Op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden: 'Joining Forces' with you on Veterans Day 0 Tx4obama Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1868
What ails veterans (not what you think). 2 silverweb Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2045
Study examines treatment for PTSD 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 2513
SOng for Veteran's Day, by one of my favorite Artists 'round these parts.... 0 concreteblue Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1980
WAR IS A RACKET 5 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 2628
Top 10 Ways to Really Honor our Veterans 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1843
Homeward Bound Telethon with Allen Alda LIVE STREAM on NOW!!! 1 rdharma Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1882
Specialty care denied in several cases at Fort Hood 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2384
Keep America at Peace: Keep the Pentagon Sequester 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1773
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