Monthly Archives: September 2012
← Older postsStudy: Texas veterans dying young of drugs, suicides and crashes
September 30, 2012A six-month investigation by the Austin American-Statesman of Texas’ Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who died after leaving the military found that an alarmingly high percentage died from prescription drug overdoses, toxic drug combinations, suicide and single-car crashes — a largely unseen pattern of early death that federal authorities are failing to adequately track. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Returning Veterans | Leave a commentTheaters offer free, discounted tickets for veterans
September 29, 2012Nearly two dozen theaters around the country are offering free and discounted tickets for plays, classes and other services to veterans and military families. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Arts, Military families, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentVA backlog of claims slows aid to veterans
September 29, 2012The VA faces a “crushing inventory of claims for disability, pension and educational benefits,” the New York Times reports. “For hundreds of thousands of veterans, the result has been long waits for decisions, mishandled documents, confusing communications and infuriating mistakes in their claims. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Benefits | Leave a commentNineteen veterans, service members sue over military sexual assault
September 28, 2012Nineteen former and current U.S. soldiers and airmen filed suit Friday in San Francisco, claiming top military brass deprived them of constitutional rights by failing to go after their sexual predators. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Military Sexual Assault, Women in the Military | 1 CommentHome Depot repairing veterans’ homes across the nation
September 26, 2012More than 20 pieces of metal lodged in Phillip Bell’s back make it too painful for the Iraq veteran to repair a fixer-upper home he purchased when he was discharged from the Army five years ago. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Housing, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentIndiana foundation launches program to remember veterans
September 26, 2012The Indiana War Memorial Foundation is launching a program to honor Hoosier veterans by placing their names on bricks that will encircle the landmark Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. Continue reading
Posted in Organizations | Tagged Bricks, Indiana, Indianapolis, Monument | Leave a commentUSD psych professors to study traumatic stress
September 26, 2012University of South Dakota researchers are participating in a multidisciplinary study to provide new insights into the complex issues regarding effects of traumatic stress. Continue reading
Posted in Organizations | Tagged Afghanistan, Grant, Iraq, NIH, South Dakota, Stress | Leave a commentIdaho Veterans Cemetery to use grant for expansion
September 26, 2012The Idaho Veterans Cemetery is receiving a $2.5 million grant to expand its capacity with more burial sites. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Cemetery, Grant, Idaho, VA | Leave a commentHundreds of veterans find care, services during East Bay Stand Down
September 25, 2012PLEASANTON — Riley Berry, 60, sat on his cot and looked out from his tent to the mountains that border the west side of Pleasanton. “They bring back memories of Monkey Mountain,” he said with a heavy sigh, thinking of … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Civilian Life, Disabled Veterans, Employment, Homelessness, Housing, Mental health, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentContra Costa crisis lifeline for veterans
September 24, 2012WALNUT CREEK — Recovering from a traumatic brain injury, the Army veteran told the suicide hotline counselor he had trouble remembering his birthday or address … and with keeping his job. His unit lost 16 men during his first Afghanistan … Continue reading
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