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 April 11, 2009 2:29 PM

POW Benefit Claimants Exceed Recorded POWs
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Health & Wellness  (tags: Veterans Administration, benefits, POW's, healthcare, war, troops, research, study, government, news )

Barb
- 38 minutes ago - news.yahoo.com
Prisoners of war suffer in ways most veterans don't, enduring humiliating forced marches, torture or other trauma that may haunt them long afterward. In partial recompense, the government extends them special benefits, from free parking and tax breaks...
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 April 07, 2009 6:08 PM

Recruiters Are Committing Suicide

US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, news, troops, war, politics, lies )

MADARTIST
- 2 minutes ago - time.com
Just a product of war..you betcha and the pressure for recruiters is immense. Gotta fill those shoes to go to war....lie, cover up criminal records, you name it.
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 April 03, 2009 5:55 PM

Gurdian Angels For Soldier's Pets

Animals  (tags: Animals, Pets, military, news, americans, ethics, war, interesting, news, philanthropy, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, GoodNews, protection, pets )

Kat Moasi
- 1 hour ago - guardianangelsforsoldierspet.org
Guardian Angels for Soldier's Pet, an ALL volunteer 501c3 nonprofit public charity formed in January 2005 after learning that military service members across the country had pets that needed a caring, loving, and safe home to care for them during the...
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 March 24, 2009 9:41 AM

Soldiers Sent to Iraq Despite Illness

US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Iraq, troops, war, military, illness, risks, health )

Dee
- 12 hours ago - abcnews.go.com
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- When the "Arctic Warriors" Stryker Brigade left for Iraq from nearby Fort Wainwright late last year, commanders told soldiers who were suffering medical problems that they would also go to war.
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 March 02, 2009 6:58 PM

Veterans at 'Higher Suicide Risk'

US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, Vets, suicide, study, government, war )

Dee
- 5 minutes ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Young ex-servicemen are three times more likely to kill themselves than their civilian counterparts, a study has suggested.
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 January 04, 2009 3:14 PM

US Politics & Gov't  (tags: military, troops, usa, war, combat, Iraq, afghanistan, Flak Vest, protection )

WHITE WOL
- 6 minutes ago - myfoxdfw.com
BAGHDAD -- Acting on widespread complaints from its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has ordered major modifications to its body armor to improve comfort, mobility and safety, The Associated Press has learned.
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Native Americans are fighting as well. December 21, 2008 8:44 AM

Messages To and From Our Warriors
Offbeat  (tags: Troops, Soldiers, War, Mail, Communication, culture, society, americans, ethics, goodnews, humans, interesting, news, world )

Kat Moasi
- 42 minutes ago - indianreader.com
Leave a note for the folks at home or the Warriors in far off lands


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GROUP TOPIC ONLY~CARE2 NEWS TO NOTE December 07, 2008 9:38 AM

http://www.care2.com/news/member/681221234/975549

Trees for Troops
Society & Culture  (tags: Good News, troops, americans, Supporting our troops, usa )

Dee
- 32 seconds ago - capitalnews9.com
"What a small gesture we're doing if we can make it easier for the men and soldiers go over there," said Ellms' Christmas Trees owner Chip Ellms.

http://www.care2.com/news/member/681221234/975531

'Day of Infamy' Lives on in Memory
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, americans, government, deaths, Navy )

Dee
- 5 minutes ago - washingtontimes.com
Sixty-seven years after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Edward K. Walker Jr. of Alexandria still "vividly" remembers watching the bombs fall, with little understanding then of the infamous role the event would play in history.
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