1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 02-25-2007 #6 -- BATTLE WORN -- After he was injured in Iraq, Richard Twohig found himself fighting an unexpected foe: the U.S. Army.nf022507-6.htm
... foe: the U.S. Army. The Nation's #1 ... foe: the U.S. Army. Richard Twohig and children. ( ... foe: the U.S. Army. By Paula Span THE SHADES IN ... landed on his head, the former Army corporal says he has suffered from near ... in the line of duty, the Army acknowledges, along with a "mood ... anger: the U.S. Army. Like any member of the armed ... In Twohig's case, an Army Physical Evaluation Board ruled in 2005 that ... and now it feels as though the Army is abandoning him. "I have... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf022507-6.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-07-2007 #3 -- MOST STRESS CASES MISSED -- Army admits PTSD is under-reported and veterans' advocates say it is under-diagnosed, as well.nf080707-3.htm
... cases were diagnosed. Ritchie and other Army leaders have said the Army is making efforts to improve identification of ...-percent prevalence rate identified in the Army's recent Mental Health Advisory Team survey, both the VA and the Army have been struggling to provide services even ... were on first deployments. Despite the Army's efforts to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, the recent Army survey found that a majority of soldiers ... one for 668, according to the Army study. Ritchie said the Army hopes to hire 200 civilian mental-... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf080707-3.htm
...... Printer-Friendly Version ARMY CHARGES IRAQ VET OVER SELF-INFLICTED ...------- Army charges Iraq vet over self-inflicted ... a nondescript conference room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside listened last week as an Army prosecutor outlined the criminal case against her ... seven years of exemplary service, the Army reservist faces the possibility of life in ... poor conditions at Walter Reed, the Army has made a highly publicized effort to ... of her friend and bitter at the Army, Whiteside awaits the Army's decision on her fate this... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf120307-2.htm
4. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-26-2007 #3 -- ARMY REPORT FINDS WIDESPREAD HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS -- The investigation found staffing shortages, excessive paperwork and poor training that created too much bureaucracy and long waits for injured soldiers.nf042607-3.htm
... and unfair. The facilities reviewed by Army inspectors last month were: -Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga.; -Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Ga.; -Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; -Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky. -Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox, Ky ... N.Y.; -Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, N.C.; -Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf042607-3.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 02-18-2007 #4 -- SOLDIERS FACE NEGLECT, FRUSTRATION AND FILTH AT WALTER REED -- Signs of neglect are everywhere: mouse droppings, belly-up cockroaches, stained carpets, cheap mattresses.nf021807-4.htm
...- Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility By Dana ... Post Staff Writers Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room ... when he was evacuated to Walter Reed Army Medical Center from Iraq last February with ... nearby hotels and apartments leased by the Army. The average stay is 10 months ... by name; others said they feared Army retribution if they complained publicly. While ... convince my son to go into the Army, why can't they have ... friends. Only 12 percent said any Army literature had been helpful. "They ... investigated problems at Walter Reed and other Army facilities. "Even the stuff they... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf021807-4.htm
6. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-15-2007 #8 -- BROKEN WARRIOR: ONE SOLDIER'S STRUGGLE -- First it was Iraq. Now it's a fight with his own Army superiors. He wants mental health treatment but they want him to face a court-martial.nf041507-8.htm
...'s a fight with his own Army superiors. He wants mental health treatment ...'s a fight with his own Army superiors. He wants mental health treatment ...-martial. U.S. Army soldier Rob Withrow, photographed among the ... locked in a fight with his own Army superiors. He wants mental health treatment ... screwed up -- an assessment the Army would agree with. But that' .... He has been hospitalized in Madigan Army Medical Center's inpatient psychiatric unit ... Iraq and he does not fit the Army's new criteria for deployment. But now the Army wants to redeploy him to Iraq,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041507-8.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-09-2007 #8 -- INSULT TO INJURY: CHEATING OUR VETS - HOW THE PENTAGON IS SHORTCHANGING WOUNDED SOLDIERS -- The U.S. military appears to have dispensed low disability ratings to wounded service members with serious injuries and thus avoided paying them full military disabled retirement benefits.nf040907-8.htm
... conditions and outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the first stop for ....S. News and a new Army inspector general's report reveal that ... underrated by the U.S. Army." Magic number. In an ... Afghanistan have been ground troops, the Army and Marine Corps have granted far fewer ... into that category while the much larger Army, with its higher tally of wounded ... outrageous." Upon appeal to the Army Physical Disability Agency, the entity that ... with a recent statement made by the Army Physical Disability Agency's legal adviser, quoted in Army Times newspaper. The official said that... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf040907-8.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-07-2007 #2 -- RESEARCHERS TESTED POT AND LSD ON ARMY VOLUNTEERS -- ARMY doctors gave volunteers synthetic marijuana, LSD and two dozen other psychoactive drugs during experiments aimed at developing chemical weapons that could incapacitate enemy soldiers.nf040707-2.htm
...- RESEARCHERS TESTED POT AND LSD ON ARMY VOLUNTEERS -- Army doctors gave volunteers synthetic marijuana, LSD ... Page RESEARCHERS TESTED POT AND LSD ON ARMY VOLUNTEERS -- Army doctors gave volunteers synthetic marijuana, LSD ...- Researchers tested pot, LSD on Army volunteers By Richard Willing, USA TODAY ... unwitting citizens. The agency persuaded two Army doctors to carry out experiments for the CIA that the Army would not have authorized. Ketchum says the Army phased out the hallucinogen project in about... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf040707-2.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-27-2007 #1 -- UPDATE: ARMY SAYS IT HAS FIXED PROBLEMS AT WALTER REED -- "These things that were problems at Walter Reed...almost all of them have been resolved or are being resolved and we are now moving out to fix it across the ARMY."nf042707-1.htm
...2007 #1 -- UPDATE: ARMY SAYS IT HAS FIXED PROBLEMS AT WALTER ... Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page UPDATE: ARMY SAYS IT HAS FIXED PROBLEMS AT WALTER ... moving out to fix it across the Army." Yesterday we had a story from the AP about an Army report that showed "Walter Reed-like" conditions across the Army healthcare system. That story here. ...-3.htm Now, the Army (and Dod) wants to make ... he said. Since March, an Army team tasked with surveying wounded warrior care across the service has visited all Army medical treatment facilities and hospitals, Cody... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf042707-1.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-13-2007 #9 -- MAINE SOLDIER BATTLES ARMY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM -- "We served our country and now we have to fight the ARMY system to defend our rights. It's just not fair."nf041307-9.htm
... #9 -- MAINE SOLDIER BATTLES ARMY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM -- "We served ... and now we have to fight the Army system to defend our rights. It ... Bookmark Printer Friendly Page MAINE SOLDIER BATTLES ARMY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM -- "We served ... and now we have to fight the Army system to defend our rights. It ...----- Mainer battles Army health care system By Carlene Olsen Bangor Daily News WASHINGTON - Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Levensailor s ... Va. "Brian built tanks and Army equipment models and used hundreds of Army men to do strategies." Military... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041307-9.htm
