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  • PTSD treatment confronts the trauma behind the disorder

    Post-traumatic stress disorder is considered one of the “signature wounds” of the current conflicts in the Middle East. But many people may not know that there are highly effective treatments for this invisible wound being deployed at Air Force hospitals and clinics today.

  • Through tragedy, loss, amputation, Airman learns ‘new norm’

    “My leg looked like a boomerang.”Those were the words of Staff Sgt. August O’Niell, an Air Force pararescueman, to members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center when the combat warrior visited the base to discuss resiliency during the center’s Combat Airman Fitness Day.

  • Healing from invisible wounds

    On Jan. 15, 2008, Senior Airman Christopher D’Angelo, a heavy equipment operator, was the lead gunner in an armored vehicle convoy on a road near Baghdad. The sun was shining and the air comfortable. His unit had just transported construction materials to forward operating bases and was currently

  • A lesson in resiliency; Airman shares journey after combat injury takes leg

    Difficult and challenging things happen to everyone, but having resiliency is the ability to bounce back after facing diversity, said the 45th Space Wing Interim Command Chief Master Sgt. Alexander Hall as he addressed Airmen during Wingman Day.  The command chief then turned the floor over to Staff

  • Pentagon displays art from recovery wounded warriors

    or retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Miller, the hell of his time in Iraq still burns in his mind nearly 10 years later. Thanks to an alternative therapy tapping into his artistic side, he’s on the road to recovery. In 2008, he was in Kirkuk as part of the Air Force civil engineers’ Prime Base

  • Photography: An escape for a Holloman Airman

    From a young age, Master Sgt. David Long, has been interested in photography. This is a hobby he picked up from his father, but placed second to his short-lived career as an infantryman in the U.S. Army, and current 15 year U.S. Air Force career as the 54th fighter group staff F-16 base engine

  • Department of Defense announces Invictus Games 2017 team members

    The Department of Defense announced the names of the 90 athletes who will compete on the United States' team at the Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 23-30.More than 550 wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women from 17 allied nations are expected to compete.  Competitors will participate

  • Fighting for freedom: Service dogs help survivors overcome limitations

    Like many others during the school year, Stephanie Shipwash, a graduate assistant at the University of Central Missouri, can be seen maneuvering around the masses on campus, with one little difference.Steadfast at her side throughout the day, with a brindle coat and bright eyes peeled, is a service

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