Iraq war veteran warns other vets to get their lungs checked
FOX2 News St. Louis
BY PAUL SCHANKMAN
MARCH 16, 2016
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) - An Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran from South St. Louis County is warning fellow veterans to have their lungs checked by a doctor.
His name is Tim Smith. He`s 37-years-old, and even though he says he has never been a smoker, doctors recently discovered he has lung cancer.
Now he's wondering if it might have been caused by a different kind of smoke.
'We`d see black smoke all the time, we`d see some weird colored smoke clouds up in the air that would turn different colors at times. We really didn`t know what it was,' said Smith.
He owns Patriot Contract Commercial Cleaning, which hires veterans to tidy up offices and schools.
But he says when he served in Iraq, there was no one hauling off trash.
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Fort Hood: Soldier’s wish comes true and in surprise fashion
KWTX News
Nia Harden
March 16, 2016
"Unbeknownst to Jozokos, however, his mother, Sandra Holloway, 49, decided to make a lifestyle change, shed more than 200 pounds, and on Wednesday she surprised her son during physical training." read the story here
Fort Hood: Soldier found dead at home in Copperas Cove
Killeen Daily Herald
Jacob Brooks Herald staff writer
March 16, 2016
FORT HOOD — Fort Hood officials have released the name of a soldier who was found dead Monday at his off-post residence in Copperas Cove.
Staff Sgt. Brian Michael Reed, 40, whose home of record is listed as Corpus Christi, entered active-duty service in August 2005 as an infantryman, and later changed jobs to be an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. He was assigned to the 79th Ordnance Battalion at Fort Hood since October 2015.
Copperas Cove police on Wednesday said there are no immediate signs of foul play in Reed’s death. He was found with a gunshot wound, said Cove police Sgt. Martin Ruiz. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
Reed deployed to Iraq from August 2006 to September 2007 and to Afghanistan from April 2011 to April 2012.
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UPDATE
Soldiers remember bomb disposal specialist found dead at home in Cove
Wounded Marines Will Hit The Waves For Surf Lessons at Camp Pendleton
Oceanside-Camp Pendleton, CA
By MIRNA ALFONSO (Patch Staff)
March 16, 2016
When Voltin was injured, he was immediately flown to San Antonio for recovery; and a Semper Fi Fund case manager was already there by his bedside when his 7-months-pregnant wife Pam and two daughters arrived to meet him.
CAMP PENDLETON, CA - In 2007, Ryan Voltin, a Marine Cobra helicopter pilot, was badly injured while deployed to Iraq, suffering severe burns and losing his left leg below the knee.
This weekend, he will be surfing, as part of a Semper Fi Fund event at San Onofre State Beach.
Voltin will be part of a group of 25 injured veterans of Team Semper Fi (TSF) that will hit the beach for the Surf Camp - Semper Fi Fund , where he will hone his water skills and learn from the pros at Waves of Impact.
The event will cover three days and the surfers will learn more than just carving the waves and walking the board.
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Board suspends medical license of ex-Tomah VA chief of staff
Associated Press
MARCH 16, 2016
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has suspended the medical license of the former chief of staff of the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
The board suspended Dr. David Houlihan's medical license after a hearing Wednesday.
Houlihan was nicknamed "candy man" by some patients for allegedly handing out excess narcotics.
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