Monthly Archives: July 2012
← Older postsNew app helps veterans prepare for, record PTSD therapy
July 31, 2012Veterans and service members can record their PTSD therapy, listen to the conversation again later and take notes between sessions with a new free smartphone app developed by the military. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Mental health, PTSD, Returning Veterans, Technology, Veterans Affairs | Leave a commentABC News launches video series on veterans’ search for jobs
July 31, 2012ABC News will launch a new video series to shine a spotlight on the challenge tens of thousands of American veterans face finding jobs after they return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Civilian Life, Employment, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentU.S. veterans on Iraq violence: From regret to detachment to ‘I hope things go well’
July 31, 2012Just months after the U.S. military departed, violence in Iraq is increasing. Hundreds of people have died in recent weeks in bombings and drive-by shootings, some claimed by al-Qaida insurgents.
How do the U.S. troops who fought in Iraq for nearly nine years, and in December completed withdrawing from what was supposed to be an emerging democracy, view the turmoil? What do they feel it means to the legacy of their time on the ground?
Associated Press reporters who cover military bases and communities in the U.S. asked some of those veterans. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Iraq veteran, Iraq veterans | Leave a commentNavy researchers try new therapy for PTSD
July 31, 2012A research team at the Las Vegas Navy support center is breaking ground on a new way to treat war-stressed military personnel without relying on anxiety medication. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Mental health, PTSD, Returning Veterans | 1 CommentWest Virginia Medal of Honor recipient named to council
July 31, 2012West Virginia’s last surviving Medal of Honor recipient has been appointed to the state’s Veterans’ Council. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Medal of Honor, Veterans Council, West Virginia | Leave a commentVeterans, military to try implants to better anchor prosthetics
July 30, 2012Researchers plan to test implanted devices to better anchor prosthetics worn by fighters who have lost limbs in war.
Today, military service members “have two, three or four limbs blown off who would have not lived in previous wars, and some of them have very short limbs,” said researcher Roy Bloebaum,
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Quadruple amputee soldier takes his first steps
July 30, 2012DALLAS – Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills lost all four limbs to an IED in Afghanistan on April 10.
But an inspiring video posted on his Facebook page last week shows him walking a track on his prosthetic legs, wearing a backpack, swinging one of his prosthetic arms, pulling a chain attached to a weight. Continue reading
Disabled veterans wait for action on Oakland VA backlog
July 30, 2012Chris Munich, a former Marine who served in Iraq, is still waiting for any word on his disability claim – sixty days after a Veterans Affairs Fix-It event in San Francisco. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Disabled Vets, Mental health, Veteran Health, Veterans Affairs | 1 CommentEmily Yates: A veteran in search of validation
July 30, 2012Sometimes it’s as subtle as an arched eyebrow. Other times it’s a full-on, in-your-face confrontation. No matter how the message is delivered, it grates on Emily Yates: You are not a “real” veteran. Continue reading
Posted in Emily Yates, Veterans' Stories | Tagged Civilian Life, Iraq veteran, Returning Veterans, Top news, Women in the Military | 86 CommentsActor Charlie Sheen pledges $1 Million to USO
July 28, 2012When it comes to his support of the United Service Organization, Charlie Sheen is putting his money where his mouth is. This past Wednesday the actor donated $250,000 to the USO. The contribution is part of a larger donation plan … Continue reading
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