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Amputee veterans relearn the lessons of golf - Military News - Military Times - 0 views

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    Representatives from the National Amputee Golf Association this year teamed up with the military to introduce service personnel such as Clark to First Swing, a program designed to involve amputees in golf. First Swing representatives visited Fort Sam Houston recently.
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Returning Service Members - Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) - 0 views

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    This site provides information on benefits and services available to returning service members.
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DoD Live: Brig. Gen Sutton - 0 views

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    Brig. Gen. Sutton participated in a roundtable to announce the opening of a new 24-hour outreach center, which will be open 365 days a year and is staffed by behavioral health consultants and nurses. This center will provide service members, veterans and their families a new resource for psychological health problems and traumatic brain injuries.
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Photos : Docs visit boys' orphanage - 0 views

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    Military health service members visit boys orphanage in Iraq.
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Military update: Disability reforms bring higher ratings, faster pay - 0 views

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    The pilot for a new, jointly-developed DoD-VA disability evaluation system (DES), set to expand from five to 22 military bases by May, does much of what proponents hoped it would. It allows more injured or ill service members to win higher disability ratings, to see VA payments start faster and, through greater transparency in the process, to feel they have been treated more fairly by government.
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New Year Brings New Tools to Quit Tobacco - 0 views

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    Falls Church, Va.-The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and TRICARE are offering new innovative online tools to help military service members keep their New Year's resolutions to quit tobacco.
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Pilot Program Helps Streamline Disability Evaluation Process for Wounded Service Members - 0 views

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    FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand a pilot program that simplifies the current disability evaluation process for wounded, injured and ill service members.
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DOD seeks high-tech mobile units for brain trauma treatment - 0 views

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DoD Launches Personal Health Record Pilot - 0 views

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    Falls Church, Va. - The Department of Defense (DoD) is pleased to announce the successful launch of MiCare, the Military Health System's prototype personal health record (PHR) at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) in Tacoma, Wa. MiCare is designed to help members of the military and their families more easily and effectively manage their health and wellness, regardless of their location and as they seek care inside and beyond the Military Health System. MiCare developed as a pilot project in partnership with Microsoft Corp. and Google.
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Sailors Unite for Suicide Prevention - 0 views

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    MILLIGNTON, Tenn (NNS) -- The Navy rolled out a new Suicide Prevention poster series Dec. 2 that encourages Sailors in distress to reach out for help and encourages shipmates to look out for each other.
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Press Releases/Advisories - Holiday Cards for Heroes - 0 views

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    For the second year, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes will deliver one million holiday cards to service members, families and veterans around the world. Please send your cards, with a greeting such as "Dear Service Member" to the address below:
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MHS Blog - National Reconciliation for Iraq's Veterans - 0 views

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    Today we hear from Dr. Shakir Jawad, former director general of health in Iraq. He now serves on the faculty of Uniformed Services University and as a member of the Office of International Health.
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MTV's True Life Episode: "I Have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | A Soldier's Perspective - 0 views

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    he show follows three service members as they adjust to civilian life living with PTSD.
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No Purple Hearts for PTSD, Pentagon rules - 0 views

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    The Purple Heart will not be awarded to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.
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Military & Veterans: Politics for the deserving: A soldier's story: War affects whole f... - 0 views

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    David Zucchino, a service member diagnosed with PTSD, describes his journey through diagnosis, treatment, and the affects on his family.
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Pentagon examines new treatments for warriors' psychological care - 0 views

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    The Defense Department is investigating new treatments as part of a focused, sustained campaign to assist wounded warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, a senior U.S. military official told Pentagon journalists recently.
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New Army technology could save soldiers' lives - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Regrowing a fingertip cut off in an accident sounds like something from a futuristic movie. But with innovative technology developed by the U.S. Army, such regrowth is possible today.
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MHS Blog - Giving and Receiving - 0 views

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    Michael Kilpatrick, M.D. , Director of Strategic Communications for the Military Health System visits NNMC Bethesda "As we left Bethesda from a visit that was anticipated to be for "giving," I realized that once again I had "received." The fortitude and determination of a young Marine had rekindled my resolve to make certain the Military Health System always delivers on this obligation. The energy and enthusiasm of the hospital staff assured me the MHS has skills and compassion to do "the right thing."
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