Tag Archives: Iraq
Costs 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 commentOn 10th anniversary of invasion of Iraq, Fox company’s ‘Saints and Sinners’ count the cost
March 18, 2013It took years, anger severe enough to doom his marriage, and a recurring nightmare for Nick Lopez to acknowledge what the ground invasion of Iraq, which began on March 19, 2003, had cost him. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Iraq, Iraq veterans, Mental health, Military families, Returning Veterans | 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 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