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15 Casualties Reported Over 14 Days in Afghanistan and Iraq

The average age among the fallen is 25.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Reports of American casualties in Afghanistan are frequent in recent days. In this dispatch we learn that nine U.S. Army soldiers, five Marines and one U.S. Navy sailor were killed between July 25 and August 7, 2009.

Thirteen of the deaths occurred during combat operations in Afghanistan. One soldier died from injuries suffered during an anti-tank grenade in Iraq, and one soldier in Iraq died from non-combat related circumstances.

What You Need to Know Before Leaving Active Duty & As a Veteran

Information that veterans and soon-to-be vets should print and keep handy.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - If you’re active duty there is a program called the Pre-Discharge Program. This is a joint Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) program that affords service members the opportunity to file claims for disability compensation up to 180 days prior to separation or retirement from active duty or full time National Guard or Reserve duty.

The more information the Veteran can get for him/her self, the greater the control over their claim. That applies to those who are filing their own claims and to those using the services of a Veterans Service Officer.

Franken Calls Swiftboater Pickens Out as a Draft Dodger in Debt

Fellow draft dodger, Sean Hannity, tried exhaustively to "spin" Pickens out of his humiliation at the time.

(CLEVELAND, Ohio) - This week, T Boone Pickens, famous for offering a million dollars to anyone who could prove John Kerry earned his combat awards got a dressing down by Senator Al Franken. Picken spent $3 million spreading what were later proven to be total lies.

Pickens, who refused to serve during the Korean War, stuck it to paralyzed veterans when his challenge was met and his Swift Boat politicos were proven liars.

Lectures and Films Planned in Conjunction with Vietnam War Photo Exhibition

A rare opportunity for Oregonians.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University has planned a variety of free lectures and films for September in conjunction with the exhibition Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina, on display August 15 through November 8.

The exhibition features 160 photographs from the collection of the George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, N.Y., taken by photographers who died in Vietnam between 1945 and 1975.

This is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Thoughts on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a former 17-year police detective in Portland.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - If you tell someone you have PTSD, folks, the usual reaction is "What the hell is that?" Or "I thought only women had that monthly problem."

Combat veterans know what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder feels like, as well as victims of violent crimes, particularly rape victims and sexually abused children...and COPS!

American Combat Veterans Facing Deportation

Warning to Immigrants seeking military service, Get U.S. Citizenship Naturalization before joining the U.S. Armed Forces.

(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) - A scandal of deception and broken promises of citizenship in exchange for military service to past immigrant veterans has been exposed.

The DOD targeted 9,000 non-immigrants in the US in a "pilot" military recruitment program designed to entice young dreamers with promises of US citizenship for military service.

PTSD Epidemic in Nurses and Doctors

Their PTSD is as bad as Combat Infantry.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Thousands have read my PTSD articles in salem-news.com and hundreds have emailed comments and questions.

Marine Casualties Heighten in Afghanistan

The cost of the war in Afghanistan in terms of American lives is escalating.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In Afghanistan, the Marines in particular have paid a heavy price in recent days, losing over half of the U.S. casualties in this report.

The average age of the fallen referenced here is 23.72. Florida lost two of its native sons, other states that these fallen servicemen hailed from include Tennessee, Oklahoma, Washington, Illinois, Virginia, Montana, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.

USC Military Social Work Program to Care for Returning Veterans

The USC School of Social Work program, the first of its kind at a major research university, garners $3.3 million in government funding.

(LOS ANGELES) - The USC School of Social Work has created a specialization in military social work and veteran services to prepare social workers and other trained mental health professionals to help the nation's armed forces personnel, military veterans and their families manage the pressures of military life and post-war adjustments.

California Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard secured $3.3 million in congressionally directed funding for the program.

Nick Horner, Just One Victimized Vet

Prosecutors want to kill a three-tour combat veteran who was prescribed dangerous drugs by the same government that trained him to kill.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Too often, vets come back with their bodies and minds shattered. They’ve risked everything for their country—which means you. You owe them. Don’t walk by and pretend to yourself he is someone else’s problem or obligation.

Nick Horner is a man who should not have gone to Iraq for a third deployment. The reason these men have to go for second and third tours is because too many others are shirking their responsibility.