- 8 years ago Sticky: One Stop Shop for VA Benefits and Resources
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Veterans Say ‘Burn Pits’ Created Toxic Clouds That Made Them Sick
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, open-air pits were used to incinerate refuse including plastics and human waste. Now, U.S. veterans are claiming these burn pits caused chronic ailments. By Daniel Hajek and Arezou Rezvani.
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The Women Excluded From Arlington National Cemetery
The World War II pilots fought for their right to be recognized for decades, but have been barred from being buried on the grounds. by Katherine Sharp Landdeck.
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A Deadly Deployment, a Navy SEAL’s Despair
“‘It’s hard with the secrecy and the way no one is willing to talk to us,’ said his sister, Bronwyn De Maso. ‘No matter how he died, if he did kill himself, he was a casualty of war.’” By Nicholas Kulish and Christopher Drewjan.
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Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say
The non-profit has spent millions a year on travel, dinners, hotels and conferences that often seemed more lavish than appropriate, more than four dozen current and former employees said in interviews. Former workers recounted buying business-class seats and regularly jetting around the country for minor meetings, or staying in $500-per-night hotel rooms.
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Troops betrayed as Army dumps hundreds of heroic war dogs
“Daniel, who doesn’t want to use his real name because he’s on active duty, is one of at least 200 military handlers whose dogs were secretly dumped out to civilians by K2 Solutions in February 2014, a Post investigation has found.” By Maureen Callahan.
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Can Surfing Reprogram the Veteran’s Brain?
There's no quick fix for post-traumatic stress disorder, but research has shown that surfing's physicality and flow can give victims some relief and a way forward. The author hit the water with his close friend Brian, a former Navy SEAL whose service in Afghanistan beat up his body, tortured his mind, and pushed him into a zone where violence—against himself or others—seemed inevitable. By Matt Skenazy. (Sep. ’15)
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New problems with VA program to help Veterans
Investigative report on the issues plaguing the VA program for veterans.
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The VA Isn’t Broken, Yet
Inside the Koch brothers’ campaign to invent a scandal and dismantle the country’s most successful health care system. By Alicia Mundy.
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Owning Up to Torture
Men like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz don’t have to bear the cost. By Eric Fair.
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The burden of war falls on fewer Americans than ever before
Today, less than 1% of Americans serve.
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Joe Medicine Crow Walks On
He lived in two worlds. He enjoyed them.
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The conservative plan to fix the VA has vets hopping mad
Why is a commission charged with fixing the problems hoping to close down its hospitals? By AJ Vicens.
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US soldiers burned their waste in the Mideast wars — and now it’s killing them
Thousands of U.S. military personnel who served on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan recall the dense black smoke from burn pits where everything from IEDs to human waste was incinerated... By Perry Chiaramonte.
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The Stone Mirror of War
Moral obtuseness led us into the delta in Vietnam—and later the deserts of the Middle East. By John Medaille.
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‘Buddy Check on 22!’ Veterans Use Social Media to Fight Suicide
For thousands of veterans and active duty soldiers, the 22nd of every month is a reminder to make a suicide prevention spot-check on former comrades
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Despite $10B 'Fix,' Veterans are Waiting Even Longer to See Doctors
A $10 billion program to eliminate long wait times and other problems for veterans' health care hasn't worked out as planned. More veterans wait even longer for care now than they did a year ago.
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Jane Fawcett, British code-breaker during World War II, dies at 95
She deciphered a German message that led to one of Britain’s greatest naval victories, the sinking of the battleship Bismarck. By Matt Schudel.
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In Pentagon bomb squad, an investigation and a fight to stave off financial ruin
The Pentagon bomb squad's pay was effectively cut 25 percent. By Dan Lamothe.
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American Pravda: The Legacy of Sydney Schanberg
The death on Saturday of Sydney Schanberg at age 82 should sadden us not only for the loss of one of our most renowned journalists but also for what his story reveals about the nature of our national media. By Ron Unz.
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Michael Herr, author of Dispatches, dies aged 76
Author whose memoir of Vietnam was deemed by many to be one of the best accounts of life in wartime ever written, has died in New York. By Sian Cain. (June 24, 2016)