Is the Marine Corps taking the Covid-19 pandemic seriously enough?
Healthcare
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A Lesser-Known Group At Risk of Suicide—Children of Servicemembers
Military kids can suffer from emotional stressors that left unaddressed can increase their risk of taking their own lives.
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The Circus Is Coming to Town
As the United States grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a former corpsman trained in infectious disease epidemiology understands what’s at stake.
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Finding My Calling While Treating a Casualty Inside Friendly Lines
He saw gore and death, but he also saved lives. There are certain things a former corpsman will never forget or take for granted.
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No Really, How Are You Doing? Asking Important Questions About Military Suicide
A Marine Corps officer’s story of pain, stress, and a call to action to start honest conversations about mental health
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Burn Pits—The Military’s Next Agent Orange
Burn pits have been poisoning soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan for the last 11 years. But Veterans Affairs seems reluctant to do anything about it.
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Me, Also. A Cobra Pilot’s Story of Military Sexual Assault
After years of silence, a Cobra pilot opens up about her fight to bring her accused rapist to justice.
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Military Suicide a Different Kind of Plague
After two men from the same unit killed themselves, maddening questions about life take their place for those who remain.
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“It Is Cancer”—Reflecting on My Husband’s Diagnosis After Going to War
In the VA’s emergency room, Molly Pearl and her husband made the imperceptible shift between soldier and patient, wife and caregiver.
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An Army Officer and the Wounded Girl in the Little Blue Jumper
Melissa Thomas held the little girl in her lap as their Humvee sped to meet the helicopter, uttering “English-nonsense” to keep the child from passing out.
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My Therapy Dog’s Name Is Fern And She Taught Me Gratitude
Anxiety over the military sexual trauma she withstood plagued Rachael Harris when she came home. Her adopted dog, Fern, barreled through those walls.
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“The Electric Hurricane”—My Panic Attacks After War Started Slowly
Peter Lucier’s first panic attack came on like an electric hurricane, blowing him back years to an IED blast site in Afghanistan.
