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  • Wounded vets to participate in first warrior games

    Approximately 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10 to 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced today. The U.S. Olympic Committee will host the games, and events will include shooting, swimming, archery,

  • Air Force brings holiday cheer to Warrior and Family Support Center

    The U.S. Air Force came bearing gifts to Fort Sam Houston's Warrior and Family Support Center Dec. 15, bringing holiday cheer to wounded warriors and their Families.Almost a dozen groups from throughout Lackland Air Force Base, a Cub Scout troop and a self-defense group got involved in collecting

  • The invisible wound

    In a scene from the movie "Patton," U.S. Army General George S. Patton, played by George C. Scott, encounters a soldier at a field hospital who is suffering from the emotional stress of the battlefield.Instead of trying to understand the soldier's problem, Patton physically assaults the young man,

  • NCAA football lifts morale for doctors, wounded troops

    Two Air Force doctors brought spirit to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here with help from NCAA football program officials.The hospital is a first-rate facility, but it just needed some personality, said Capt. Matt Howard a native of Camden, Ark. native."Everything was black and white," said

  • Captain, family reflect on blessings

    Susan and Joseph Kosek are thankful for many things. However, this Thanksgiving they're especially thankful for things like tourniquets, helicopters, "battle buddies" and scores of doctors and medics across the globe. They're also thankful for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle that

  • Policy opens federal job opportunities for qualifying military spouses

    A new executive policy has pushed open the door for qualifying military spouses to enter the federal workforce, enabling them to apply for more jobs advertised on USAJOBS.Executive Order 13473, which went into effect Sept. 11, 2009, identified three groups of qualifying spouses now eligible to apply

  • Commissaries to promote Warrior Care in November

    The Defense Commissary Agency will join other Defense Department organizations in observing November as Warrior Care Month.The observance is designed to inform military members and their families about the many programs that are, and will be, available to assist wounded warriors. In a memorandum

  • Warrior Care Month observance

    Keesler has planned several events during November as part of its Warrior Care Month observance. Friday -- 7 a.m., several wounded warriors are taking a deep-sea fishing trip on Keesler Dolphin II courtesy of the 81st Mission Support Group's Services Division. Nov. 14 -- 7-11 a.m., Warrior Walk on

  • AEDC employee knows 'Wounded Warrior' program changes lives

    Chief Master Sgt. Erik Wineland said May 26, the day he was medically discharged from the Air Force, was one of the darkest days of his life. He had to leave a way of life that he loved. Financially, Wineland and his wife Paula also faced an uncertain future. That was when a lady named Sharon Roark

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