Guardsmen foot eye surgery bill for Iraqi child
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 30, 2009 9:49:40 EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A wrong turn directed West Virginia soldiers to helping an Iraqi baby see for the first time.
Army National Guardsman Jason Hickman was part of a convoy five months ago that accidentally ended up in the village where Noor Hassam Oudah was visiting her uncle.
Although the infant’s congenital cataracts could be corrected, her family in Baghdad couldn’t afford to have the surgery performed.
Hickman asked for donations from fellow soldiers and friends and family back home to West Virginia. After raising $5,000, Noor had surgery Nov. 15, three days before her first birthday.
Hickman said he doesn’t believe in coincidence or destiny. He believes God puts people in certain places at certain times and all one has to do is watch for the signs.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_guard_iraq_surgery_123009/
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Soldiers Driven to Desperation Deaths
Military Suicides: Soldiers Driven to Desperation Deaths
Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com
They are the highest in history.
Is there really any difference as to how they died?
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am appalled beyond repugnance to even read my own title. It seems that the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force all have the same problem but the Infantry really gets it in the rear echelon.
They won’t accept one into the service with ANY vestige of MENTAL DISORDER. Then they drive him crazy enough to kill himself, then they call it ADJUSTMENT DISORDER and a pre-service condition and it is all the suicide soldier or Marine's weakness.
I have posted many articles about Infantry craziness on Salem-News.com. One more will just further indicate my disgust.
For the past 4 years the Army has had at least 100 suicides per year, probably many more, with about ¼ in Iraq (less total troops). This is much higher than civilians of the same age group. Are you surprised?!? You shouldn’t be!!
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Soldiers Driven to Desperation Deaths
Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com
They are the highest in history.
Is there really any difference as to how they died?
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am appalled beyond repugnance to even read my own title. It seems that the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force all have the same problem but the Infantry really gets it in the rear echelon.
They won’t accept one into the service with ANY vestige of MENTAL DISORDER. Then they drive him crazy enough to kill himself, then they call it ADJUSTMENT DISORDER and a pre-service condition and it is all the suicide soldier or Marine's weakness.
I have posted many articles about Infantry craziness on Salem-News.com. One more will just further indicate my disgust.
For the past 4 years the Army has had at least 100 suicides per year, probably many more, with about ¼ in Iraq (less total troops). This is much higher than civilians of the same age group. Are you surprised?!? You shouldn’t be!!
read more here
Soldiers Driven to Desperation Deaths
Father of two, Army veteran shot to death in Jackson murder-suicide
Father of two, Army veteran shot to death in Jackson murder-suicide
By Robert Wang
CantonRep.com staff writer
CANTON — Derrick Busto left two small children when he was shot to death Sunday morning in Jackson Township by the ex-husband of the woman he was dating.
His younger child, a son, is 2. His other child is an 8-year-old daughter, Harmony, who still doesn’t comprehend that her father is gone, said the girl’s mother, Kelly Henson, who’s also Busto’s ex-wife.
“I don’t think she understands right now. She hasn’t said much about it,” Henson, of Canton, said Tuesday. “She keeps asking if her daddy is OK.”
She said Busto was a good father who last summer helped coach their daughter’s softball team.
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Army veteran shot to death in Jackson murder suicide
By Robert Wang
CantonRep.com staff writer
CANTON — Derrick Busto left two small children when he was shot to death Sunday morning in Jackson Township by the ex-husband of the woman he was dating.
His younger child, a son, is 2. His other child is an 8-year-old daughter, Harmony, who still doesn’t comprehend that her father is gone, said the girl’s mother, Kelly Henson, who’s also Busto’s ex-wife.
“I don’t think she understands right now. She hasn’t said much about it,” Henson, of Canton, said Tuesday. “She keeps asking if her daddy is OK.”
She said Busto was a good father who last summer helped coach their daughter’s softball team.
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Army veteran shot to death in Jackson murder suicide
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Oakland Police Officer Joshua Smith's life saved by badge
Oakland Police Officer Joshua Smith's life saved by badgeWell that was the story but one of Wounded Times readers left a comment with what happened after this was posted. Here it is!
A police officer survives being shot at point blank range due to his badge. WMC's Lori Brown reports.
Former Oakland officer pleads guilty to lying about shooting
Action 5 NewsBy Nick Kenney
Published: Dec. 9, 2010
OAKLAND, TN (WMC-TV) - A former Oakland police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to making up a story about his badge stopping a bullet and saving his life.
Last December, Joshua Smith claimed his police badge stopped a bullet during a Christmas Eve traffic stop on Highway 64 in Oakland.
Smith told investigators a passenger got out of the stopped car and swung a knife at him. As he subdued the man, Smith said, the driver pulled out a gun and shot at him.
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Memo used to disqualify soldiers with PTSD from getting benefits
Pentagon limits law's pledge to its wounded veterans
Noncombat injuries keep many from aid
By Amanda Carpenter
Veterans groups hailed the passage last year of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which made it easier for wounded soldiers to have their injuries rated and treated by the federal government.
But less than a year after President Bush signed the bill, the Defense Department interpreted the law in a way that reduced its scope and denied many veterans the benefits they thought they had been promised.
The Pentagon's interpretation, which veterans groups are challenging, is laid out in two memos written in 2008 by David S.C. Chu, who was undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
The effect of the memos, which have been obtained by The Washington Times, is to disqualify numerous soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder from receiving medical benefits and to prevent others from receiving extra pay that the NDAA promised to veterans with combat-related injuries.
In drafting the NDAA, Congress relied on the recommendations of a bipartisan panel headed by former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala.
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Pentagon limits law's pledge to its wounded veterans
Noncombat injuries keep many from aid
By Amanda Carpenter
Veterans groups hailed the passage last year of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which made it easier for wounded soldiers to have their injuries rated and treated by the federal government.
But less than a year after President Bush signed the bill, the Defense Department interpreted the law in a way that reduced its scope and denied many veterans the benefits they thought they had been promised.
The Pentagon's interpretation, which veterans groups are challenging, is laid out in two memos written in 2008 by David S.C. Chu, who was undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
The effect of the memos, which have been obtained by The Washington Times, is to disqualify numerous soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder from receiving medical benefits and to prevent others from receiving extra pay that the NDAA promised to veterans with combat-related injuries.
In drafting the NDAA, Congress relied on the recommendations of a bipartisan panel headed by former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala.
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Pentagon limits law's pledge to its wounded veterans
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