Journey From Despair to Hope
Journey from Despair to Hope – In the past 11 years, over 1.3 million American service personnel have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly 30% of them have returned home with traumatic brain injury, Post Traumatic Stress or both. Some dealt with these issues by self medicating with drugs and alcohol. Most veterans cannot find work. Some have become homeless. Since 2009, the number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans assisted at VVSD has increased five-fold. And this is just the beginning. VVSD expects the number to increase many times over in the coming years. In this emotional video some of the young veterans discuss their issues and how VVSD has assisted them.
St. Anselm prof heading to Cyprus on study program
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Her focus is on trauma-related substance-abuse care, and on New Year's Day she heads to Cyprus for six months to study the implementation of such care in that divided island nation. … She also worked with combat veterans at the VA hospital in Albany …
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What to Expect in New York in 2013
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Mr. Hynes has been in office more than 20 years, but he has recently come under fire for failing to investigate sexual abuse claims in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and for his office's mishandling of cases that sent innocent people to prison. The …
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Nearly 200 World War II veterans from Montana traveled to Washington, D.C., in June and September to visit the National World War II Memorial as part of the Big Sky Honor Flight. The program transports veterans to the nation's capital free of charge …
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