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News Analysis: July 9, 2009
After eight years of war, deployments, lengthy and grueling time apart from family and the loss and injury of scores of friends, there is no doubt our troops are stressed out. So why is the Naval Center for Combat and…
Read More »News Analysis: July 7, 2009
The deadliest day for US troops in Afghanistan in nearly a year. So make no mistake: even as our troops are preparing to drawdown from Iraq, they’re still deploying over and over to deadly war zones and suffering the shattering pressures that come with too…
Read More »News Analysis: July 2, 2009
“The wounded expressed concern that, at Fort Hood, they were stigmatized and treated as lesser soldiers for being wounded, ill or injured,” wrote Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a confidential memo in April. We…
Read More »News Analysis: July 1, 2009
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is rampant. Our troops are in desperate need of psychological care. “It’s a disgrace…they need our help.” PTSD is a difficult issue for policy-makers and leaders to always sort out — and sometimes there aren’t easy…
Read More »News Analysis: June 30, 2009
More than six years after the start of the war in Iraq, US troops marked the withdrawal from Iraqi cities by the June 30 deadline — by mourning the deaths of four fellow soldiers in Baghdad. Even so, our troops continue to…
Read More »News Analysis: June 25, 2009
With two wars still ongoing, one for more than seven years and counting, the stress and strain on our troops is deadly and well-known to anyone paying attention. So dire is the situation that Army leaders are struggling just to…
Read More »News Analysis: June 24, 2009
A bill to end delays in veterans’ care. Many of our veterans’ claims remain unprocessed, their pains untreated. Our combat veterans need help, now. How many of our troops must return from war and struggle with life back home before the…
Read More »News Analysis: June 23, 2009
Stopping suicides among our troops and veterans requires publicizing the problems in the ranks: stress, too little rest, too little psychological care, too few resources to help our troops and their families. Lightening the load of deployments could help too; in…
Read More »News Analysis: June 22, 2009
As more older recruits join the military, a new concern arises: a greater likelihood of post-traumatic combat stress. All of our troops need more help. PTSD is ripping through the ranks, grabbing public attention in suicides, substance-abuse problems and failed marriages. We…
Read More »News Analysis: June 19, 2009
Alcohol abuse in the military has ballooned into a massive problem since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, with the rate of soldiers enrolling in treatment programs nearly doubling in that last six years. Military officials acknowledge the stress of…
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6 Years
Today is the sixth anniversary of the start of our most recent war in Iraq. News reports marking the occasion will no doubt note that combat deaths are now lower than at earlier stages in this war — a silver…
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