Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Away For Five Weeks
… or so, a week at a Youth Camp and then down and up the Alaska Highway to see kids and grandkids.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Nothing Is Too Good For Our Boys In The Trenches!!!
Military Insurance Binding Vets May 29, 2008 Virginian-Pilot Across America, soldiers, veterans and their families are running into red tape and roadblocks when they try to use their military insurance to get treatment for ailments such as post traumatic stress disorder. Since 2003, about 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with PTSD. The number of cases […]
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Suicides Up Again This Year
May 29, 2008 Associated Press The number of U.S. Army suicides increased again last year, amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Two Defense Department officials said Thursday that 108 troops committed suicide in 2007, six more than the previous year. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because […]