Iraq War Veteran

Paralyzed Iraq War Vet Finds Freedom In Adaptive Home

Kenneth O. Preston | Posted 04.16.2012

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On his second tour of duty, 25-year-old Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Keil was hit by sniper fire near Ramadi, Iraq. The injury left him a quadriplegic....

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Military Wife: I Thought We Would Be Happy When My Husband Came Home

Bill Nelson | Posted 04.16.2012

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In 2006, Staff Sgt. David McCaulla, a truck commander and gunner with the Army National Guard, returned from Iraq to a wonderful homecoming. A few wee...

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One Vet's Unbelievable Story Of Survival

Mark Cubbedge | Posted 04.11.2012

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King Henry, in disguise, rallies his troops before the Battle of Agincourt with these famous words: "For he today that sheds his blood with me shall f...

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MMA Fight and War Vet Arrested For Violent Road Rage

Posted 03.07.2012

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A mixed martial arts fighter and Iraq War veteran was arrested Monday after police say he violently attacked two men in Coral Springs during a road ra...

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Iraq War Veteran Escapes Manhole Explosion

Posted 05.25.2011

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Nigel Edinborough knows a thing or two about dangerous situations. But the Iraq war veteran was caught off guard when he narrowly escaped a Brookly...

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Leading Iraq War Critic Called Up For A Year Of Military Service In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the most outspoken critics of the war in Iraq is heading back there on military assignment, likely as part of the last arm of a U.S. mission he...

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Tammy Duckworth To Replace Cohen? Quinn Wants It That Way, Source Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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Does Pat Quinn want Tammy Duckworth to fill the recently vacated Lt. Governor spot? A source told Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed that Duckw...

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What are the Wounds of War?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Support for American soldiers is strong, though I have heard from military personnel that there are still moments when war returnees are vilified as soldiers, their being mistaken for war itself.

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PTSD: An Iraq War Veteran's Experience

Kim Stolz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is an illness that most people have a surfaced knowledge of, at best, even though its earliest reports date b...

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Can We Surge in Afghanistan?

John Bruhns | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surging in Afghanistan sounds great in theory, but I wonder if it ever occurred to the presidential candidates that we missed our opportunity 7 years ago?

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Civil War in the Anti-War Movement

John Bruhns | Posted 05.25.2011

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It has been impossible to organize legitimate protests against the Iraq war without commingling other agendas.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Government report links extreme weather to global warming, traffic pollution to childhood allergies, Denver Police stockpiling pepper weapons and Rumsfeld got torture advice from Army psychologists.

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