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Asbestos-Related Health Hazards Among Veterans Asbestos-Related Health Hazards Among Veterans

Countless veterans are currently suffering from life-threatening illnesses that are a result of exposure to asbestos, a material that was commonly used in hundreds of military products and shipyards because of its resistance to fire, wrote Carl Jewett in an e-mail to TLS. Jewett is a retired lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. He now is working to... [Read more...]

Bruce’s Story: Back on His Feet, Working Toward a Goal Bruce’s Story: Back on His Feet, Working Toward a Goal

Bruce, a veteran who asked that only his first name be used, found himself in a downward spiral that started in his teens with “a long line of bad decisions” and ended with a stay at New Horizons, a transitional-living center for homeless veterans in Hebron, Illinois. Transitional Living Services, a not-for-profit group formed by veterans to help... [Read more...]

Military Reckons with the Mental Wounds of War Military Reckons with the Mental Wounds of War

George Jaffe of the Washington Post reports in a July 18, 2010 article that “after nine years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq ” senior commanders have reached a turning point. They are beginning to recognize age-old legacies of the battlefield—once known as shellshock or battle fatigue—as combat wounds, not signs of weakness. For the challenges... [Read more...]

Easier Access to Healthcare for Vets with PTSD Easier Access to Healthcare for Vets with PTSD

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki recently announced that publication of a regulation in the Federal Register is a critical step toward providing veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder easier access to health care and disability compensation. “This nation has a solemn obligation to the men and women who have honorably served this... [Read more...]

The VA on Vets and Homelessness

VA & HUD Report to Congress on Homeless Vets VA & HUD Report to Congress on Homeless Vets

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have published an analysis of the extent and nature of homelessness among veterans. According to HUD and VA’s assessment, nearly 76,000 veterans were homeless on a given night in 2009 while roughly 136,000... [Read more...]

National Call Center for Homeless Veterans National Call Center for Homeless Veterans

Help for homeless veterans is a phone call away As part of a five-year plan to end homelessness among veterans, the VA has founded a hotline to ensure that homeless veterans or veterans at-risk for homelessness have free, 24/7 access to trained counselors. The hotline is intended to assist... [Read more...]