Senator questions injured soldier deployments

Anne C. Mulkern, the Denver Post

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee blasted the Pentagon on Wednesday for sending a wounded Fort Carson soldier back to Iraq, questioning whether it had been done to fill depleted ranks.…

Ill GI says he was deployed from hospital

Erin Emery, the Denver Post

Health care professionals in Kuwait concurred that his symptoms met criteria for ’some paranoia and possible homicidal tendencies.’

A Fort Carson, Colo., soldier who says he was in treatment at Cedar Springs Hospital for bipolar disorder and…

Hurt GIs’ medical status altered

Erin Emery, the Denver Post

Some say the Army is bending the rules to get soldiers redeployed.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Army Staff Sgt. Jack Auble was in the process of being medically discharged after serving nearly 20 years in the military when…

Soldier’s mother fights for his proper health care

Ed Kemmick, the Billings Gazette

Young Montanan suffers war’s ’signature injury’ from 20 roadside blasts

On the wall above Dawna Lynn Wells’ office desk, a photograph of her son, Nicholas, shows him at 8 years old, wearing an oversize Army helmet and…

Ailing GIs deployed to war zones

Erin Emery, the Denver Post

Ft. Carson sent ailing GIs to meet deployment goals, notes say

COLORADO SPRINGS — Fort Carson sent soldiers who were not medically fit to war zones last month to meet “deployable strength” goals, according to e-mails obtained…

Fort Carson soldiers’ health a priority

Tom Roeder, the Gazette

Commander wants a network of caregivers

Dec. 17–Fort Carson’s top general says his post is ready for the growth ahead and is focusing on caring for soldiers coming home now.

Maj. Gen. Mark Graham, who took command of the…

Military Overmedicating Troops, Counselors Charge

Mansi Mehan and David Schneider, ABC News

Counselors and Therapists Charge the Military Tries to Medicate Its Veterans’ Pain Away

Instead of providing proper counseling and care for Iraq war veterans suffering from physical and psychological pain, too often the U.S. military…

Hidden Wounds Lead to Drugs

Robert Lewis and Kate McCarthy, ABC News

As more U.S. service members return home from Iraq and Afghanistan after witnessing the horrors of war, more will turn to drugs and alcohol to cope.

That’s according to mental health experts who say there…

High at the Mountain Post

Robert Lewis and Kate McCarthy, ABC News

They were prepared for war. They were prepared to die for their country. But Fort Carson soldiers say they weren’t prepared to come home and fight a different battle — addiction to illegal drugs.

Many…

Ft. Carson General’s Top Priority Is Care

Erin Emery, The Denver Post  November 4, 2007

Maj. Gen. Mark Graham is reaching out to experts to help provide services for soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, brain injuries and other “soldiering issues.”

FORT CARSON — In the six weeks that Maj.…