The Vice-President of the United States is in Iraq to, among other things, mark the formal end of U.C. combat operations in the country.
He is set to preside over a military change-of-command ceremony scheduled on Wednesday, which will mark the beginning of “Operation New Dawn.”
Before the ceremony, Vice President Joe Biden spoke with top leaders [...]
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It is a fact that we have shared quite a number of times; veterans come home with memories of the horrors of war, memories that some of them cannot simply turn off at will. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disease that many veterans suffer from, with symptoms that include insomnia, nightmares, and restlessness.
A feature [...]
A wave of attacks in Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of 7 U.S. troops and an Afghan politician over the weekend.
Authorities revealed on Sunday that the seven U.S. troops were killed in separate incidents. Three of the service members who were killed were casualties from two separate battles in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to [...]
They may have assumed non-combat roles moving forward, but a feature on the Navy Times shares that the remaining troops in Iraq still face dangerous situations. Such missions as counter-terror raids are not classified as combat missions, but they are dangerous nonetheless.
As mentioned in previous posts, the remaining U.S. troops in Iraq are tasked with [...]
A recently-released report from a congressional task force issued a recommendation for the creation of a new top-level office at the Pentagon that will focus on suicide prevention. The report also called for more thorough investigations of military suicides, according to a report on the Navy Times.
The task force that issued the report was created [...]
A feature on the Navy Times shared information regarding programs being run by the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) School of Law, aimed at being of assistance to veterans in the state of Michigan.
UDM runs two programs: Project SALUTE and the Veteran’s Law Clinic. Both are designed to serve the legal needs of veterans in [...]
