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Number one in war
CounterPunch by Bill Quigley 05/24/10 Our nation does not respect our soldiers by engaging in permanent war. War is grinding up our children. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost over 5000 US lives... ...
The Wounded Platoon
Third Platoon, Charlie Company. What happened to them in Iraq, and what happened when they came home. PBS Frontline Video Report The Wounded Platoon, Reveals a military mental health system overwhelmed... ...
PTSD Nation
John Omaha, Truthout: "Can a nation have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)? Can a diagnosis created to understand the dysregulated behavior of individuals be applied to an entire nation? I argue yes... ...
America's New Wounded Warriors
NOW: "The Pentagon estimates that as many as one in five American soldiers are coming home from war zones with traumatic brain injuries, many of which require round-the-clock attention. But lost in the... ...
52 percent of US soldiers wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan diagnosed with TBI
The Mainichi Daily News: "Some 52 percent of soldiers severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan who have come to the US Army's largest hospital for treatment have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries... ...
The brain trauma vets
CounterPunch by Conn Hallinan 06/17/08 A recent study by the General Accounting Office found that, ‘Traumatic brain injury has emerged as the leading injury among U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan and... ...
300,000 Vets Have Mental Problems, 320,000 Brain Injuries
Pauline Jelinek for The Associated Press reports, "Some 300,000 US troops are suffering from major depression or post-traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received... ...
20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records. http://www.usato day.com/news/military/2007 -11-22-braininjuries_N.htm From... ...
Six Percent of Combat Vets Have Serious Brain Injuries
The Army Times' Rick Maze reports that "six percent of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans seeking treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries,... ...
A Wife's Battle
Anne Hull and Dana Priest of The Washington Post report: "As thousands of war-wounded lug their discharge papers and pill bottles home, more than a quarter are returning with PTSD and brain trauma. Compensation... ...