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18 hrs ago | Popular Mechanics

This Fourth of July, Think About Volunteering for Veterans

While watching fireworks or sharing pie with family this Fourth of July, don't forget to honor the brave men and women who have protected our country.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Army, Texas

Wed Jul 01, 2009

US News & World Report

Attacks on U.S. Soldiers Show Iraq Is Not Yet Safe

U.S. combat troops officially withdrew from all Iraqi cities this week, and the Iraqi government declared a national holiday to commemorate the event.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Explosion, US Military, US Army

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Metro Collision Survivor Tells Tale Of Heroism Onboard

Marcie Bacchus found herself at ground zero of the Metro train collision. She was in the first car of the train that slammed into the back of the other one.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Army, US Military

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Salt Lake Tribune

Federal bill would allow GIs to sue for medical negligence

A colonel who underwent surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to remove a cancerous breast says her physician operated on the wrong side of her body, mistakenly removing several healthy lymph nodes and disfiguring her.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Prison, US Air Force, Hill Air Force Base

Sun Jun 28, 2009

WisInfo

Priest stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease still upbeat

The Rev. Dan Farley has faced danger before; in fact, he's survived it many times.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, California

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Free Republic

Army chaplain, doctor comfort survivors of Metro crash

Several Walter Reed Army Medical Center staffers survived the deadliest accident in Washington Metrorail's 33-year history Monday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Army, US Military

Fri Jun 26, 2009

ScrippsNews

Video Patrol: Looking at 'Clara et Moi,' 'Do the Right Thing'

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 15:22. "CLARA ET MOI." Many good foreign movies are never released in the United States, neither into theaters nor on home video.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Do the Right Thing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Julien Boisselier, Julie Gayet, Nursing, Medicine, US Military, US Army

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Gazette

Stigma of mental illness thwarts Army's attempt to address it

In recent years, the military has invested millions of dollars in mental health care, fueling a proliferation of treatment programs while attempting to reshape fundamental attitudes about mental illness.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, Fort Carson, CO, Colorado Springs, CO

Washington Times

Citizen Journalism: Army wives give scholarships

The Army Officers' Wives Club of the Greater Washington Area presented 45 scholarships on June 9 at Quarters 1 on Fort Myer, the home of Army Chief of Staff Gen.

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Related Topix: Journalism, US Military, Fort Myer, US Army, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, VA, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wed Jun 24, 2009

MinnPost.com

Feds subpoena Medtronic for military doctor records

Medtronic disclosed on Tuesday that it's been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors for documents related to Dr.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Standard-Times

Chaplain dies 5 years after being wounded in Iraq

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Rev. Tim Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago, has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis Metro, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Military, US Army

Department of Defense News

Gates Praises Volunteers' Efforts at Walter Reed

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today commended the work of the volunteers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, saying they set the example for the rest of the country.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Sun Jun 21, 2009

StarTribune

Priest gravely wounded in Iraq in 2004 dies

Five years after he was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq, the Rev. Tim Vakoc died Saturday night in a New Hope nursing home, according to his family.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Military, US Army, Minneapolis Metro

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Nonprofit reverses plan to give injured vet a home

A veteran who lost three limbs in Iraq will not get the keys to a new home, after a nonprofit group said the family concealed that they already own two homes.

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Related Topix: Fayetteville, GA, US Army, US Military

Fri Jun 19, 2009

North County News

Rare cancer therapy in spotlight at St. Agnes

In a crowded operating room deep inside St. Agnes Hospital on June 3, Dr. JesA1s Esquivel carefully sliced cancer tissue from a patient's appendix and out of his abdomen.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Department of Defense, US News, US Military, US Army

Freep.com - RSS

Michelle Obama and Cabinet officers to lead volunteer efforts

Led by Michelle Obama, top members of the Obama administration will fan out across the country next week to participate in community service projects as part of a high-profile effort to spark volunteer work through the summer.

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Related Topix: Michelle Obama, FEMA, US News, US Military, US Army, Los Angeles, CA, US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Jun 18, 2009

The United States Army

Gen. Casey reads 'Sam the Army Dog' to Army kids

When a group of children at Fort Detrick's Forest Glen Annex Child Development Center met Army Chief of Staff Gen.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Kids, Family

Newsday.com

While VA works to address claims backlog, the number grows to nearly 1 million

The Veterans Affairs Department appears poised to hit a milestone it would rather avoid: 1 million claims to process.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Train Disaster, US Military, US Army, Arlington, VA, Explosion

Tue Jun 16, 2009

The United States Army

Secretary Geren celebrates Army birthday with Army children

Photo credit Adam Skoczylas, Pentagram Staff Photographer As part of the Army birthday, Army Secretary Pete Geren introduces Cordymay, a certified pet therapy dog from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, to children at Fort Myer's Cody Child Development Center.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Myer

Mon Jun 15, 2009

MilitaryCity.com

Silver Star recipient fought attack on convoy

Less than a month after Spc. David Hutchinson arrived in Afghanistan for his first combat tour, he got into his first firefight.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center

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