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Crisis Call: Like Landing in a Field Hospital
A call came in from A Hero, a group of OIF and OEF Marine Corps and Army veterans on the…
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Backlog at the VA with a New Wrinkle: Diagnostic Test Cancellations
I hardly know where to begin. USA Today published this story on October 1st. A radiology technician at the VA Hospital…
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Labor Day and Veteran Employment
Anyone who works with veterans will tell you that second to medical and mental healthcare, employment is a critical factor…
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New Limits to Transferring GI Bill Education Benefits Affect Military Families
Sometimes you just end up scratching your head and wondering who thought this was a good idea. Case in point:…
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If Your Returning Veteran Won’t Talk to You…
Husband, wife, son, daughter. Aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Grandson, granddaughter. The child of a friend. A friend or acquaintance— Whoever…
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Still a Challenge: Getting Vets to the VA
My first assignment in what became my life’s work, was an inquiry into why returning Vietnam veterans were not using…
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PTSD Symptoms Catch Up to California Vet
A 55-year-old Army veteran from California called the NVF at his wife’s urging about his PTSD. He’d never told anyone…
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Help on the Way for a Tennessee Army Vet
The Call In February a Gulf War Army Veteran called from Tennessee saying he felt like he’d lost his family…
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