AltWeeklies Wire
Shell Shock: How Do You Identify A Soldier With PTSD?new
Soldiers returning from Iraq are often experiencing post traumatic stress disorder. How do you identify it? How do you deal with it?
Jackson Free Press |
Brett Potter |
02-17-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Iraq and Rollnew
In the music biz, the question of who survives and who doesn't usually comes down to timing, strategy and luck. In that sense, it's a lot like war -- which the four members of Lucid Dissent, home from Iraq, know all too well.
Tags: war & peace
Bullets and Ballotsnew
How can free elections take place under occupation?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rob Eshelman |
01-26-2005 |
War
Destroying Babylonnew
Forget the elections -- Iraq is falling apart. Besides, as the on-the-scene reporter observes, calling them elections is a bit of stretch.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dahr Jamail |
01-26-2005 |
War
Veteran Stars of Bush's Inauguration Have Scarsnew
More than 15,000 soldiers have been medically evacuated from Iraq. Some of the injured, like Chris Bain, will be sitting a few tables away from George W. Bush at one of the inaugural balls.
The Village Voice |
Kareem Fahim |
01-20-2005 |
War
'They Can't Fool Me'new
A delegation that includes family members of soldiers killed in Iraq reaches out to the occupied country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
01-19-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Refighting Vietnam in Rochesternew
People in the U.S. are unfamiliar with the ongoing horrors of war, so soldiers feel a sense of disconnect when they return, says a counselor who helps returning veterans in Rochester, N.Y.
City Newspaper |
Krestia DeGeorge |
01-14-2005 |
War
Outreach Center Helps With the Burdens Soldiers Carrynew
Returning soldiers have deep, long-term issues the Veterans Administration isn't equipped to help them with, says the president of the Veteran's Outreach Center in Rochester, N.Y.
City Newspaper |
Krestia DeGeorge |
01-14-2005 |
War
Reservists Reluctant to Seek Mental Health Helpnew
The Iraqi-Afghanistan Combat Care Coordinator at the Louisville VA Medical Center says soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are reluctant to take advantage of the Veteran Administration’s mental health services for post-traumatic stress. Some fear having documentation that they sought help in VA files.
LEO Weekly |
Michael L. Jones |
01-11-2005 |
War
American Soldiers Returning From Iraq Are Heroes and Victims
Everything an editor might have felt about the second Iraq War melts away when he sees a Marine, big as a house, hobbling to the aircraft that will carry him and his broken body back to the States for more medical attention.
Charleston City Paper |
Bill Davis |
01-04-2005 |
War
Iraq War's Fallout Could Be Worse Than Vietnamnew
Many within the veterans’ community anticipate a high rate of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among veterans returning from the global war on terror, particularly because as many as 40 percent of the total American force is from the National Guard and Army Reserves.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
12-27-2004 |
War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, PTSD
Vets Bring Home More Than Medals
All Iraq War veterans should seek some form of counseling, despite stigmas that say counseling is for the weak, says a returned vet who struggles with guilt over a buddy's death.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Rumsfeldnew
The call for Donald Rumsfeld's ouster has become nearly universal. But will the defense secretary's critics cop to being just as guilty as he is for bollixing up Iraq?
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
12-23-2004 |
War
A Just Deserternew
Jeremy Hinzman puts alleged U.S. war crimes on trial in Toronto.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
12-21-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Vet Center Is Frontline for Returning Soldiersnew
Federally funded Vet Centers are a modern-day version of the community centers that began popping up around the country in the wake of the Vietnam War. It's where combat vets can go to open up about their trauma to other combat vets.
Creative Loafing (Sarasota) |
Max Linsky |
12-16-2004 |
War
