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Olympia man suing Veterans Administration after he contracted MRSA 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1561

Air Force Aircraft Returned from Vietnam Identified as Postwar Source of Agent Orange Contamination 0 douglas9 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1705

President Obama to Award Medal of Honor (24 medals) 0 Tx4obama Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1528

Veterans often find jobs serving the community 3 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2156

Congress OKs full pension boost for working-age vets 1 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1521

VA urged to form registry of roadside bomb victims 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1508

VA inspection reveals patient develops ulcer, loses wheelchair during Augusta stay 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1468

Pentagon Proposes Plan to Gut Commissary's Budget 5 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1935

(Tricare) Defense official vows some relief from surprise lab fees 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1607

Post-9/11 GI Bill focus of new online system 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1598

Report: VA needs better strategy to handle disability backlog 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1574

Female veterans salute their sisters-in-arms 4 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1921

Feds establish complaint system for student vets 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1598

Va. bills that offer job help for vets, spouses advance 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1725

For injured veteran, war continues even at home 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 1616

Former Oklahoma American Legion official is charged 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1887

Army wants to delay giving certain notice to the veterans on whom it tested drugs during the ColdWar 0 jakeXT Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1549

“Combat” deaths at home 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1956

Veterans upset over proposed disability filing changes 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1833

Seeking vet friend from long ago 7 uppityperson Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2185

New ‘COLA fix’ creates have, have-not retiree protection 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1633

A Wearable Landmine Detector That Slips Inside A Shoe 2 douglas9 Jan 2014 Jan 2014 9 1870

Fort Hood Tricare center to close 1 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1830

Survivors of traumatic brain injuries more likely to die young 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1667

Pentagon: Budget cuts affect veteran survivor benefits 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1596

Navy, Army, Air Force link resources with Puget Sound health care network 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1542

Some lab fees soon will be billed to Tricare patients 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1907

VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets 0 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1402

DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries 5 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Jan 2014 5 2371

Lawyer for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair argues for fair trial 3 unhappycamper Jun 2013 Jan 2014 0 2863

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Veterans May Receive Contamination Benefits (Camp Lejeune) 2 douglas9 Sep 2013 Jan 2014 2 2113

Iraq War vet denied medical marijuana for PTSD first to buy legal pot in Colorado 6 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 13 2641

New legs, new goals for Olympia soldier 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1494

Veterans benefits to rise 1.5 percent on Jan. 1 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1956

Retirement pay cuts upset Fayetteville veterans 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 1720

I need every resource you have 10 w8liftinglady Dec 2013 Dec 2013 6 2738

VA Simplifies Brain Injury Claims Process 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1515

Research links PTSD, veterans’ concussions 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1510

The war next door | Can a vet with PTSD come home? 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1796

The Cavalry at Home: A soldier’s wounds and a will to live 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1875

So this is how we support our troops 5 tazkcmo Dec 2013 Dec 2013 11 2123

The 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Has Now Been Suppressed for 1 Year 0 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1559

PTSD Is Not New 6 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2301

Judge: Mt. Soledad cross must come down (xpost from GD) 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1597

Programs at UNO, Bellevue University provide VA assistance to vets on campus 0 Omaha Steve Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1528

Budget cuts might slow improvements in veterans’ homelessness 1 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1706

NY Times Editorial Board Offers Their Very Serious People Bona Fides 4 douglas9 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 1974

VA doctors renewed prescriptions without seeing patients 2 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1706

Sen. Murray seeks expansion of behavorial therapy for military families 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1510

NEW: VA Offers Dental Insurance Program 2 pinboy3niner Nov 2013 Dec 2013 12 1936

So my mom gave me her brother's paperwork 6 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2217

Report on Legionnaires' disease outbreak at VA due soon 0 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1594

Wounded Veterans' Groups Wage War 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1948

Following complaints, Army medical records board honoring latest Madigan PTSD diagnoses 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2012

Chelsea Manning: Giving Thanks 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1515

Only the Dead Stop Fighting 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1785

Terry Sanford High students embark on military mission through Rapid Strike flight simulator 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1726

Feds Owe Ongoing Notice to Drug Test Subjects 1 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1638

What is a veterans treatment court? 2 rdharma Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1679

Panel: Arlington cemetery should tighten grave rules 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1942

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Study: Military teens more sad, hopeless 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1827

A Nam Vet post in GD gets no respect 8 Omaha Steve Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2734

How Military Spouses With Secondary Trauma Are Left Out in the Cold 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1596

Marine Corps fight escalates over handling of case involving troops urinating on corpses 2 douglas9 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1773

As US struggles with deficits, veterans’ programs considered 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 6 1859

Suicide among military-connected youth a growing concern 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1641

Congress Must Scrap Generous DoD Benefits For Future Forces: Rep. Hunter 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1896

Malpractice claims against veterans hospitals on the rise 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1610

“They Were Soldiers” Author Discusses High Cost of War for America’s Veterans 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1533

Beck ‘historian’ David Barton: Bible will ‘get rid of’ PTSD if soldiers are God’s warriors 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1992

Twice Betrayed, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma Face Discrimination at the VA 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1690

APNewsBreak: Military suicides drop; unclear why 2 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1620

Concerns growing as Navy increases presence on high school campuses 4 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2464

Air charter provider Global Aviation files for bankruptcy again 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1812

Trial to start for Air Force officer accused of groping 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1522

Combat Veterans May Have the Antidote to What Ails Us 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 1774

FBI Investigating Possible Child Sex Abuse At Fort Meade 0 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 4 1647

Mexico accuses ex-U.S. soldier of leading kidnapping gang 1 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1781

Op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden: 'Joining Forces' with you on Veterans Day 0 Tx4obama Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1554

What ails veterans (not what you think). 2 silverweb Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1693

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