Veterans Seek Support for Embattled Unit
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When Army reservists from the 372nd Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will likely come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another.
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About 30 Oregon veterans who support Democrat John Kerry for president were rebuffed Tuesday when they showed up at a Republican rally in hopes of delivering a letter to first lady Laura Bush criticizing the war in Iraq.
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A year after they returned home, members of a badly battered Marine Corps unit are still finding it hard to adjust to their civilian lives.
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The Veterans Affairs' system for handling disability claims is strained to its limit, and the Bush administration's current efforts to relieve backlogs won't be enough to serve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, investigators said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Thirty percent of former US soldiers who have been called back to duty involuntarily to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to report on time, and eight have been declared AWOL, the Army said yesterday.
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When in doubt, tilt toward the veteran. That's what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has suggested to government agencies in two cases involving federal employees who had served in the military reserves and petitioned for back pay because of improperly charged military leave.
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Part-time soldiers and their families need more help and support before and after being sent to Iraq, according to a study.
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SIERRA VISTA - Their tales about access to medical care sound a lot like war stories. In a smoky Veterans of Foreign Wars bar in this military town, many Arizona veterans talk bitterly of waiting lists for
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A Vietnam veteran who served with Sen. John Kerry in a swift boat group broke a 35-year silence this weekend to back Kerry&#39;s version of events from one of their missions together and to chastise veterans critical
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Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake conceded Wednesday that the agency must do more to reach out to Guard and Reserve troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan about the mental health help available to them.
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Some worry that not enough support exists to help US troops bear the psychological toll of having killed.
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George Perez lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man &#151; and no less of a soldier.
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When a group of former White House aides formed a political advocacy group called Freedom's Watch last summer, its initial wave of ads featured battered Iraq war veterans pleading for support for President Bush's "surge" of troops.
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Families of soldiers who died at Deepcut and in Iraq unite to call for changes in how the army handles deaths.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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BAGHDAD -- The US Army Reserve soldiers who refused orders to drive a dangerous route were members of one of a few supply units whose trucks are still unarmored, their commanding general said yesterday.
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A 'breakdown in discipline' among reservists in Iraq raises troubling questions