Press Release: VFA Report on Wounded Warriors

Trends in Treatment of America’s Wounded Warriors

Psychological Traumas and Traumatic Brain Injuries: The Signature Wounds of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom

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Veterans for America’s “Trends in Treatment…

VFA News Analysis: November 6, 2007

The issues of psychological wounds and multiple deployments don’t just affect soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, but their families as well. Sixty percent of US servicemembers deployed today have family responsibilities.  Over 160,000 women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan,…

Volunteer Therapists Aid War-Stressed Families and Partners of Soldiers

Sandra G. Boodman, the Washington Post

They are the other casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: spouses — mostly wives — of military personnel as well as their children, parents and even siblings struggling with the fear that accompanies…

Military spouses struggle with cycle of adjustment

Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times

If one word describes the life of military families since the war on terror was declared, it’s adjustment.

It’s an emotional and psychological adjustment for the family when a Marine or sailor deploys, and another emotional and…

An Army chaplain keeps tough soldiers in touch with their softer side

Lee Lawrence, the Christian Science Monitor

The divide between home front and front line is bridged by a chaplain’s good ear and ever-present video camera.