Not sure whether to laugh, cry or cheer – a veteran from World War II who served in North Africa just got his first VA disability check for PTSD. He’s 92.
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The Military’s Medical Alternatives
Complementary and alternative medicine — CAM — also known as integrated medicine, or complementary healing, is alive and well in military medicine.
I recently attended part of a exciting symposium on the subject at the new …
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Dining in War Zones
When you’re far away from home, dodging bullets and humping a rucksack, meals loom as increasingly important reminders of home. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Andrew Sand has checked out what’s for dinner for the troops in Afghanistan for …
Watchful Waiting
No Deportation for Young ‘Illegals’: Obama’s End Run on Immigration Reform
The president’s circumvention of Congress on the issue of deporting young undocumented immigrants is sure to rile Republicans, but as a short-term political tactic it’s a masterstroke
“As we recognize Pride month, I want to personally thank all of our gay and lesbian service members, LGBT civilians, and their families for their dedicated service to our country...The successful repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" proved to the Nation that just like the country we defend, we share different backgrounds, different values, and different beliefs -- but together, we are the greatest military force in the world.”
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Wars’ Lagging Costs
Here’s a bracing chart from a new report from the Congressional Research Service detailing the cost of veterans’ care:
In FY1940, the budget authority for veterans’ benefits and services was $561.1 million, and in FY2012 the budget authority was $125.3 billion, or more than 200 times the FY1940 budget authority. In constant 2011
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“Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map!”
Army Major Michael Yeager has deployed three times to Afghanistan and Iraq, most recently to Afghanistan in 2010 as a special operations planner for the Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command.
But in this recently-posted March interview with the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he spoke mostly about …
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Battleland Diary, June 9-15
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines and home.
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DoD DaDs…
The Department of Veterans Affairs is posting tributes to military fathers over on its Vantage Point blog (Sunday is Father’s Day):
Growing up with a military dad, all sorts of stereotypes come to mind: strict rules of
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Inside the World of the ‘Illegal’ Immigrant
Since revealing my status as an undocumented immigrant, hundreds of others have come forward to share their own stories. What they have to say will surprise you
Why Romney’s Big School Voucher Idea Is Really Pretty Puny
Three reasons the candidate’s school-choice proposal is less provocative than it seems