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← Older postsBack from Afghanistan, 25 Utah soldiers see their babies for the first time
April 26, 2013When 25 Utah National Guard soldiers returned home from a deployment to Afghanistan this week, 27 babies — 23 new sons and daughters and two sets of twins —were waiting to meet them for the first time. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Military families, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentCosts of U.S. wars linger for over 100 years
March 19, 2013If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Civil War, Iraq, Vietname, World War I, World War II | Leave a commentArmy veteran receives Medal of Honor for Afghan fight
February 12, 2013A veteran who helped “defend the indefensible” at a vulnerable Army outpost in Afghanistan received the nation’s highest award for military valor Monday at a tearful White House ceremony that also honored the eight men who did not survive a Taliban attack. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Medal of Honor, North Dakota, Romesha | Leave a commentVA study finds more veterans committing suicide
February 1, 2013Every day about 22 veterans in the United States kill themselves, a rate that is about 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2007 estimate, according to a two-year study by a VA researcher. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq, Suicide, veteran | Leave a commentWounded Marine gets new home in western New York
December 19, 2012A Marine who lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan now has a new home thanks to volunteers in a Buffalo-area community. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Buffalo, Marine, New York, wounded | Leave a commentThanksgiving in Afghanistan – baste the turkey, dodge mortar fire
November 22, 2012As she prepares Thanksgiving lunch and dinner, Spc. Nikki Barthelemy faces a few holiday challenges — cooking the turkey evenly, finishing side dishes on time, avoiding incoming mortar fire. Wait — what? Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan | Leave a commentWounded in Afghanistan, young veteran battles for a new life
November 20, 2012When Army Pfc. Geoffrey Quevedo was airlifted late last year to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being severely wounded in Afghanistan, his family in California was told to hurry to Washington to say a final goodbye. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Disabled Veterans, Returning Veterans, Veteran Health | Leave a commentIn Daniel’s honor: Utah foundation takes wounded veterans hunting
November 5, 2012The four hunters with Ace Redhair all agree: It’s a beautiful buck. He has heft and four points on each side of his dark-chocolate rack, which is not really wide, but a respectable 27 inches. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Afghanistan, Military families, Returning Veterans, Wounded veterans | Leave a commentA Marine’s private stories, shared on a global online stage
October 23, 2012A website called Cowbird goes deeper than the update-you-every-second style of much social media, and it does so in a unique way. Some members of the military have noticed, and are using Cowbird to share some of their personal stories. Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Books and more | Tagged Afghanistan, Cowbird, Storytelling | 1 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 comment ← Older posts