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An ordinary boy, an extraordinary soldier
Of The Morning CallAt the church, an overhead projector beamed a slide show of moments in Sean Durkin's life, all the more poignant for being so ordinary: snapshots from the beach, a birthday party, a backyard football game. They could have been portraits of any American...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), U.S. Army, Defense, Family, Phillipsburg
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Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Content Courtesy of Harvard Mental Health LetterSince the 1970s, meditation and other stress-reduction techniques have been studied as possible treatments for depression and anxiety. One such practice, yoga, has received less attention in the medical literature, though it has become increasingly...Tags: Standards, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Iraq, Depression Therapy
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Soldiering on: Iraq War vet Pete Adams of Baroness makes music, not war.
Brand XWhen Pete Adams, now the guitarist in psychedelic metal outfit Baroness, enlisted in the Army in early 2001, his drill sergeants told him that his life expectancy on the battlefield was 2.3 seconds. That was before 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and... -
'Body of War'
Times Movie CriticON Sept. 13, 2001, after watching footage of President Bush brandishing his bullhorn atop the rubble of the World Trade Center, Tomas Young, a 22-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., enlisted in the Army. He thought he'd be sent to Afghanistan to smoke the...Tags: Robert Byrd, U.S. Army, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Hospitals and Clinics
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Still Suffering, But Redeployed
The Hartford CourantEight months ago, Staff Sgt. Bryce Syverson was damaged goods, so unsteady that doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center wouldn't let him wear socks or a belt. Syverson, 27, had landed in the psychiatric unit at Walter Reed after a breakdown that...Tags: Psychiatry, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Drugs and Medicines, Family
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Memorial for fallen Gloucester soldier
Standing at a podium overlooking a flag-draped coffin, the Rev. Douglas Nagel told hundreds of mourners gathered in Gloucester's First Presbyterian Church on Sunday not to think that Army Spc. Eric Thomas Caldwell's life had been taken from him. To think...Tags: Maryland, Defense, Family, Iraq, Fort Hood (military base)
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Amputee War Veteran Sues Moore Over 'Fahrenheit'
Zap2It.comMichael Moore is still feeling the heat from "Fahrenheit 9/11." A national guardsman seen in the incendiary documentary has sued Moore for $85 million claiming that his footage was used out of context to portray him as anti-war, when in fact he...Tags: Pain, DVDs and Movies, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Television
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What should you know
Daily Press Librarian Tracy Sorensen and Reporter Bob Evans amassed hundreds of documents and records about the anthrax vaccine to help answer your questions about the safety and effectiveness of the drug. The Pentagon says the vaccine is safe. What does...Tags: Polio, Defense, U.S. Military, Vaccines, National Government
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An Incomplete Picture
247-4758The Pentagon never told Congress about more than 20,000 hospitalizations involving troops who'd taken the anthrax vaccine, despite repeated promises that such cases would be publicly disclosed. Instead, a parade of generals and Defense Department...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Preventative Medicine, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Illnesses
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'We wish it didn't happen at all'
247-4758Senior Airman Tom Colosimo loved the Air Force, especially the travel. While at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton and Hill Air Force Base, Utah, he made eight trips to the Middle East during nearly 10 years in uniform. That life ended after he became...Tags: Dan Burton, Preventative Medicine, Defense, Vaccines, Fainting
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'Young' men got Lou Gehrig's disease
247-4758For Navy Capt. Denis Army, the first clue came Sept. 21, 1998, when he stumbled while running the bases in a shipboard softball game. It was the day before the former college baseball player turned 45 and three days after his first anthrax shot. Lt....Tags: Preventative Medicine, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Illnesses, Vaccines
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The town's all here
Tribune staff reporterThe long trip home from a devastating suicide blast in Afghanistan has felt like a dream for Spec. Daniel Acosta Jr., but none of it so much as his arrival Monday in Chicago. He met his extended family at a yellow-ribboned gate in O'Hare International...Tags: Illinois, Pilsen, Defense, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military
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