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Vietnam veterans sue U.S. military for discharge upgrades over PTSD 2 douglas9 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2278
#Helpvets a good video about Veteran Bill block 0 white cloud Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2603
Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill 5 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 2524
Olympia man suing Veterans Administration after he contracted MRSA 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1958
Air Force Aircraft Returned from Vietnam Identified as Postwar Source of Agent Orange Contamination 0 douglas9 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2074
President Obama to Award Medal of Honor (24 medals) 0 Tx4obama Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1847
Veterans often find jobs serving the community 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2633
Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1921
VA urged to form registry of roadside bomb victims 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1810
VA inspection reveals patient develops ulcer, loses wheelchair during Augusta stay 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1773
Pentagon Proposes Plan to Gut Commissary's Budget 5 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2545
(Tricare) Defense official vows some relief from surprise lab fees 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2056
Post-9/11 GI Bill focus of new online system 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1958
Report: VA needs better strategy to handle disability backlog 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1893
Female veterans salute their sisters-in-arms 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2486
Feds establish complaint system for student vets 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1931
Va. bills that offer job help for vets, spouses advance 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 2092
For injured veteran, war continues even at home 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1981
Former Oklahoma American Legion official is charged 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2201
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 1864
“Combat” deaths at home 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2552
Veterans upset over proposed disability filing changes 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2277
Seeking vet friend from long ago 7 uppityperson Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 3012
New ‘COLA fix’ creates have, have-not retiree protection 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1981
A Wearable Landmine Detector That Slips Inside A Shoe 2 douglas9 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 9 2317
Fort Hood Tricare center to close 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2228
Survivors of traumatic brain injuries more likely to die young 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1989
Pentagon: Budget cuts affect veteran survivor benefits 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1904
Navy, Army, Air Force link resources with Puget Sound health care network 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1847
Some lab fees soon will be billed to Tricare patients 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2206

Veterans Continued...

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VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1704
DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries 5 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Jan 2014 5 3070
Lawyer for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair argues for fair trial 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jan 2014 0 3462
Veterans May Receive Contamination Benefits (Camp Lejeune) 2 douglas9 Sep 2013 Jan 2014 2 2578
Iraq War vet denied medical marijuana for PTSD first to buy legal pot in Colorado 6 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 3347
New legs, new goals for Olympia soldier 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1894
Veterans benefits to rise 1.5 percent on Jan. 1 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2401
Retirement pay cuts upset Fayetteville veterans 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2028
I need every resource you have 10 w8liftinglady Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 3870
VA Simplifies Brain Injury Claims Process 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1842
Research links PTSD, veterans’ concussions 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1828
The war next door | Can a vet with PTSD come home? 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2100
The Cavalry at Home: A soldier’s wounds and a will to live 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2190
So this is how we support our troops 5 tazkcmo Dec 2013 Dec 2013 11 2802
The 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Has Now Been Suppressed for 1 Year 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1868
PTSD Is Not New 6 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 3014
Judge: Mt. Soledad cross must come down (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1889
Programs at UNO, Bellevue University provide VA assistance to vets on campus 0 Omaha Steve Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1876
Budget cuts might slow improvements in veterans’ homelessness 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2073
NY Times Editorial Board Offers Their Very Serious People Bona Fides 4 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2517
VA doctors renewed prescriptions without seeing patients 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2107
Sen. Murray seeks expansion of behavorial therapy for military families 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1803
NEW: VA Offers Dental Insurance Program 2 pinboy3niner Nov 2013 Dec 2013 12 2329
So my mom gave me her brother's paperwork 6 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2964
Report on Legionnaires' disease outbreak at VA due soon 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1867
Wounded Veterans' Groups Wage War 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2422
Following complaints, Army medical records board honoring latest Madigan PTSD diagnoses 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2454
Chelsea Manning: Giving Thanks 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1805
Only the Dead Stop Fighting 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2072
Terry Sanford High students embark on military mission through Rapid Strike flight simulator 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2088

Veterans Continued...

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Feds Owe Ongoing Notice to Drug Test Subjects 1 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2010
What is a veterans treatment court? 2 rdharma Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2125
Panel: Arlington cemetery should tighten grave rules 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2486
Study: Military teens more sad, hopeless 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2177
A Nam Vet post in GD gets no respect 8 Omaha Steve Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 3623
How Military Spouses With Secondary Trauma Are Left Out in the Cold 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1887
Marine Corps fight escalates over handling of case involving troops urinating on corpses 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2221
As US struggles with deficits, veterans’ programs considered 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 2268
Suicide among military-connected youth a growing concern 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1964
Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2308
Malpractice claims against veterans hospitals on the rise 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1889
“They Were Soldiers” Author Discusses High Cost of War for America’s Veterans 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1841
Beck ‘historian’ David Barton: Bible will ‘get rid of’ PTSD if soldiers are God’s warriors 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2439
Twice Betrayed, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Face Discrimination at the VA 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2097
APNewsBreak: Military suicides drop; unclear why 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2079
Concerns growing as Navy increases presence on high school campuses 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2997
Air charter provider Global Aviation files for bankruptcy again 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2363
Trial to start for Air Force officer accused of groping 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1808
Combat Veterans May Have the Antidote to What Ails Us 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2119
FBI Investigating Possible Child Sex Abuse At Fort Meade 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1981
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