It should have been one of the most memorable nights of my career but I destroyed it because I couldn’t control my drinking.
Healthcare
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While Americans See an End to 20 Years of War, VA’s Job Has Just Begun
Veterans have immediate, life-or-death needs and want better care. They want it for yesterday’s veterans, too.
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“The Enemy Is Lurking in Our Bodies”—Women Veterans Say Toxic Exposure Caused Breast Cancer
As the last troops leave the “forever wars,” doctors say they’re seeing more women veterans with breast cancer—younger than the national average.
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Corpsman-Turned-Covid-19 Frontliner: Delta Isn’t a “Political Stunt”
“Why did you fall asleep at the wheel?” My answer: It’s a pitfall of being a juggler in the largest ongoing circus in the world—the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Past Pandemics Devastated the U.S. Military, Teaching Lethal Lessons
It was an opportunistic disease. It chose no side in the conflict. The military had a public health emergency on its hands with few tools to fight it.
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From Deployment to Homecoming. And a Pregnancy During Lockdown.
Four days after he returned home from deployment, our first lockdown in England began. We went from extreme separation to extreme togetherness.
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Exposed: Burn Pits May Force the Military to Acknowledge Generations of Poisoned Veterans
Since World War II, the military has poisoned countless service members through toxic exposures and secret testing.
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At Basic Training, Dad Was Sent to an Iron Chamber. It Was Filled with Mustard Gas
A secret testing program sent an entire trainee company to the hospital.
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The Five Essentials of Storytelling. A Survivor’s (Excerpt) Guide to Writing about Trauma
David Chrisinger teaches The War Horse’s writing seminars, the preeminent professional development program for veterans and military spouse writers.
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A Tramadol Overdose, Delivered by Mail. “I Was Addicted. It Was Easy to Get Them.”
The drug abuse began when the military prescribed Tramadol for back pain. Then the VA mailed him bottles of pills. Until he overdosed in front of his kids.
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‘Nearly All’ VA Claims for Gulf War Illness ‘Improperly Denied’
A VA official said the department is “working diligently” to gather information and “remains fully committed” to the concerns of Gulf War veterans.
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Gulf War Illness Treatments Discovered. Will Veterans Affairs Officials Listen Now?
“That’s what made them sick.” Scientists say toxic exposures and anti-nerve agent pills, paired with DEET, poisoned veterans during the Gulf War.
