Welcome Home: Scott Ostrom’s struggle with PTSD
The next time our leaders consider sending American troops overseas, be it for promotion of American values or cynical national interests, they should think about Scott Ostrom. I challenge anyone to...
View ArticleVA to Increase Mental Health Staff by 1,900
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced that the department would add approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians
View ArticleTop 10 News For Veterans-May 4,2012
The first female Marine officers to attend infantry training will encounter the same rigorous physical demands men face while learning how to lead ground troops into battle, a 3-star general told...
View ArticleTop 10 News For Veterans-May 10,2012
With Pentagon budget cuts and a drawdown in Afghanistan looming, military families are increasingly worried about pay and benefits and less concerned about operational tempo, according to a survey...
View ArticleArmy Leaders Order System-wide Review of Behavioral Health Care
Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Chief of Staff Raymond T. Odierno announced the start of a comprehensive, Army-wide review of soldier behavioral health diagnoses and evaluations.
View ArticleTop 10 News For Veterans-May 22, 2012
When they landed, Pathfinders with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division bounded from the aircraft with their Afghan partners. They knelt and readied for the fight as the...
View ArticleSen. Shaheen: Women in Military Have Less Access to Affordable Healthcare...
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and two high ranking retired military officers said that giving women in the military the same access to health care that civilians, federal employees, and female inmates...
View ArticleCombat Veterans’ Care
Department of Veterans Affairs clinicians offer a comprehensive review of the health concerns of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans and practical management guidelines for primary care providers in an...
View ArticleTop 10 New For Veterans-June 19,2012
The Detroit News More than 22000 federal and private-sector job openings across the U.S. will be ... The Department of Veterans Affairs, which is organizing the June 26-29 event ...
View ArticleVA Launches Online PTSD Tool
In observance of June as PTSD Awareness Month, the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has begun a new online initiative, AboutFace, focused on...
View ArticleVA Supports Family and Friends Seeking to Encourage Vets to Get Mental Health...
The VA recently completed a media campaign for its call center “Coaching Into Care,” a telephone service which provides assistance to family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran to...
View ArticleVA Research Advisory Committee Hard Charging Report on Failure by VA—Breaking...
Today the VA RAC GWIR released their most negative report on conduct of the VA in regards to Gulf War illness Research ever.
View ArticleThe History of Exposing the Abandonment of Gulf War Veterans by the VA/DOD
How much higher must the Gulf War Veteran Advocates, Scientists, and Researchers have to jump to clear the roadblock to getting these Gulf War Veterans of 90-91 the diagnostic testing that is sorely...
View ArticleArmy Changes PTSD Evaluations Forensic Methods; Had Led to Loss of Pensions
PTSD symptoms can include recurrent nightmares, flashbacks, irritability and feeling distant from other people. Some people recover, others, it may be a lifelong struggle
View ArticleVeterans Face A New Battle Over Mental Health
When considering the health of veterans who have faced years of combat and the toll it can take on their bodies, sometimes it can well be forgotten that their mental health suffers greatly too.
View ArticleHelp to Protect Veteran’s Rights as Asbestos Victims
The ACVRC supports and protects the rights of our military veterans.
View ArticleMap: Where is the veterans’ backlog the worst?
Roanoke, Virginia VARO, just so happens to rank among the "Top 10" of dysfunctional and inept VA Regional Offices.
View ArticleA Band-Aid Approach to Fixing the V.A.
There is a lot to be said for the idea of requiring that funding be provided for the future medical care of veterans as part of any decision to go to war. That not only might help the maimed veterans...
View ArticleBolster mental health care for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans
MARINE CORPS veteran Clay Hunt was one of thousands. Hunt was 26 when he committed suicide, following tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
View ArticleHelp For Disabled Veterans: Know Your Rights, Know Where To Look
There were around 20 million military veterans in the United States last year, with almost four million living with a service-connected disability.
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