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- Our National Guard: Too High a Price (PDF)
- The Consequences of Churning (PDF)
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News Analysis: June 4, 2009
It’s not just our military that is “tired and stressed.” Entire military communities are struggling, requiring our nation’s deepest commitment to help them become whole again. “Families are stretched and stressed. I often refer to them as the most brittle…
Read More »News Analysis: June 3, 2009
Even now, years after the start of two wars that continue to strain our troops, and after years of data pointing to a horrible rate of psychological trauma in the ranks, the stigma over combat-related trauma “continues to be an…
Read More »News Analysis: June 2, 2009
It’s long been known — that increasing the amount of dwell time, or time home between deployments, would greatly reduce the grim strain on our overworked Guard and Reserve forces. The Guard and Reserve weren’t designed to operate for long…
Read More »News Analysis: June 1, 2009
Years into two wars that have produced legions of psychological trauma, how can we allow the PTSD stigma to persist? Plain and simple, for too many of our troops the pain of war doesn’t ebb upon returning home. Going to…
Read More »News Analysis: May 29, 2009
“A lot of people think if you get help for PTSD or any psychological issue, they think it is almost a weakness.” In truth, Real Warriors get the treatment they need to be whole again. Combat stress is a major, front-line concern…
Read More »News Analysis: May 28, 2009
Stress and suicide are ripping through our military ranks, as they have for years, which VFA has assiduously documented. The military is now struggling to tackle the problems more directly. Fort Campbell went idle to confront the horror of soldier suicides.…
Read More »New Analysis: May 22, 2009
We have to do more for our troops suffering from post-combat trauma. We owe them nothing less than to give our all to them as they did for us. The military has begun repeating the mantra that “Real Warriors” get…
Read More »News Analysis: May 21, 2009
How stressed out are our troops? So much so that scores of our men and women in uniform are self-medicating. How stretched thin is our military? So much so that the Army is facing criticism for letting so many drug…
Read More »News Analysis: May 20, 2009
How much longer will the troops who serve us all be allowed to suffer? Post-traumatic stress, family strife, traumatic brain injuries — it’s long past time to save our troops, who are already often heavily medicated. “And remember: we still have as…
Read More »News Analysis: May 19, 2009
“The fallout from the psychic stress of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been vast, but there was no reason for its destructive effects to have surprised anyone.“ The sergeant accused of opening fire and killing five of his fellow…
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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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