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Fight for Vets with PTSD in the 9th Circuit Court

What does it mean to be a veteran today?

(SALEM, Ore.) - The groups Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United For Truth took their case for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco in August.

PTSD Training in the Army

The worst thing is that Combat Vets cannot get realistic help from the Army or VA.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Some may think I’m a bit off kilter with the above title but I believe every Infantry Battle Veteran will understand what I am writing. I think you Gyrenes will agree.

First days in The Army of Brutal Basic Training were a stressful shock to most rookies.

PTSD Documentary Research Trip Progressing

The next phase of production will be a 500 Mile March from Portland to the Central California coast to raise funding for the documentary and awareness of PTSD.

(OCEANSIDE, Calif.) - Our time on the road gathering elements for our upcoming documentary on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been fruitful so far. We hope to have the program together and on the air later this year.

New Rules in VA Compensation for PTSD

VA is bolstering its mental health capacity to serve combat veterans, adding thousands of new professionals in the last four years.

(WASHINGTON D.C. AFNS) - The Veterans Affairs Department is taking steps to help veterans seeking compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced Aug. 24.

Making Progress in the Fight for Veterans With PTSD

PTSD Documentary Will Benefit From Video Expedition.

(SIERRA VISTA, Az.) - Our quest to gather material for an upcoming hour-long television documentary on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is progressing well. The point of this program is education for those who suffer from this type of stress, and for their families.

We actually started shooting for this program one year ago in Iraq, when I had the rare opportunity to interview soldiers and Marines about PTSD while they are still serving in the combat theater.

Staff Hits the Road to Record Interviews and Footage for PTSD Documentary

The trip precedes the upcoming 500 Mile March for PTSD in September.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For the next ten days, Salem-News.com is on the road as we gather elements for our upcoming documentary on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

PTSD as it is commonly known, is a serious problem affecting hundreds of thousands of combat veterans and their families. A great deal of education needs to take place for all Americans on this subject.

VA Announces Expansion of Counseling for Combat Veterans

Oregon's Deschutes County is on the list for one of the new VA centers.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that combat Veterans will receive readjustment counseling and other assistance in 28 additional communities across the
country where the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will establish Vet Centers in 2010.

"VA is committed to providing high-quality outreach and readjustment counseling to all combat Veterans," Secretary Shinseki said. "These 28 new Vet Centers will address the growing need for those services."

Oregon Veteran Activist Wants PTSD Added to Medical Marijuana Program

A meeting in Portland Thursday will address the issue and proponents hope to see a large turnout of Veterans.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - An Oregon man is trying to change the rules for medical marijuana patients, allowing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to be included among the relevant conditions that allow a doctor to authorize the use.

The state of Oregon has a chance to help veterans, reduce legal and court cost, and step forward in line with California, Canada and Israel in accepting that cannabis is a usable treatment and sometimes smart option for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

U.S. Marines and an Afghanistan Ghost Town Called Now Zad

"...they are required to patrol that city/town, and little by little, these boys/young men are being maimed, or taken from us..." -Family of a Marine

(SALEM, Ore.) - Questions are beginning to circulate about the spike in Marine Corps casualties in Afghanistan. Salem-News.com has been reporting about the increasing numbers which represent an entirely different rate than anything the Corps has seen in years.

Oregon Air Guard 142nd Security Forces Squadron Returns from Iraq (PHOTOS)

Over the course of their deployment, the Guard airmen endured 15 rocket attacks and more than 100 incidents of small-arms fire.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Members of the Oregon Air National Guard returned to Oregon on Friday, August 7, 2009 after a six-month deployment to Iraq.

Captain Stephen Bomar, State Public Affairs Officer for the Oregon Guard, says twenty-nine airmen from the 142nd Security Forces Squadron arrived on four separate commercial flights at the Portland International Airport, to throngs of well-wishers, family members and friends.