veterans

 Former combat medic Hector Bernal trains soldiers in tactical medicine at his center outside Bogotá. Bernal says he’s trained more than 20 soldiers who have gone to Ukraine recently.
Ukraine
Colombian army veterans join Ukraine’s army — motivated by financial need
New Report Says the VA Underspent on Suicide Prevention Outreach
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Senate Confirms Robert Wilkie as New Veterans Affairs Secretary
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Yeni’s Story: A Migrant Family Reunited
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On Memorial Day: Stories of Trauma, Survival and Renewal
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Deported U.S. Veterans Speak Out Against Treatment by Feds
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Christmas With Leslie Odom Jr.
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“Fear and loathing of transgender Americans.”
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DIY Justice: Should teachers be armed?
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Memorial Day 2017: National Sacrifice and A Pledge Not to Forget
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Fighting for LGBTQ Equality, The Vet-to-Cop Pipeline, Fresh Iranian Food
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Four-year-old Lauren Lettner holds a sign
Economics
This military dad lost his son. Now, he’s trying to help other families battle against veteran PTSD and suicide.
Destroying the ‘Jungle,’ Chicago Memories, Author Jonathan Safran Foer
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Comfort Farms
Health
How working the land is helping US war veterans heal
The funeral service for World War II WASP pilot Elaine Harmon at Arlington National Cemetery on Sept. 7, 2016.
Culture
World War II pilot Elaine Harmon is finally laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery
Trump Visits Mexico, Veterans for Kaepernick, Hip-Hop Brexit
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Man in front of crowd holds hand to heart, with woman standing next to him
Global Politics
Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one to break barriers at the Democratic National Convention
A prompt to get an art therapy session started.
Conflict
A promising way to help vets, with poetry, painting, even latch hooking rugs
EXCLUSIVE: The Takeaway’s Memorial Day Special
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Cyberwar, 10 Days With ISIS, A Visit to The Existentialist Cafe
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Politics as Entertainment, Vets Fighting for Benefits, Remembering Mike Nichols
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Struggles After War, School Discipline, Head Butting
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Marine
Global Politics
Callie Crossley: Women in the military are still fighting the battle against invisibility
A NATO soldier stands at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kabul, on October 11th.  A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital during rush hour-traffic, flipping an armored vehicle on its side.  No fatalities were
Conflict
What veterans think about President Obama extending the US military mission in Afghanistan
Sebastian Junger, director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo."
Health
Sebastian Junger on PTSD: ‘It’s coming home that’s actually the trauma’
Brandon Ladner. Pelham, Alabama. Ladner's Marine Corps boots sit on a small shelf in his bedroom. Ladner was a US Marine Corps vereran who fought in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. He shot himself inside his living room, and thee bullet remains lodged in
Arts
The things they carried: War photographer marks last steps of vets at home
Jason Torres and Daniel Fienco, "I Was There" participants, line up a shot for their film "What's Really Important"
Conflict
The grandson of ‘Old Blood and Guts’ makes film, not war
Brian Williams
Media
Will several days off air stop the Brian Williams scandal?
Culture
Veterans display their wars through ink and art
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen visits Camp Shaheen outside Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, where German troops are stationed.
Conflict
Here’s what Germany can teach Americans about supporting the troops
Frank Burke is honored at the Ohio Bridge rededication in Belgium.
Conflict
A World War I hero’s family found his story alive and well in Belgium
Servicemen from the US military take an oath during a naturalization ceremony at the Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory on July 4, 2011.
Justice
Some American veterans get kicked out of the country they served
Invictus Games athletesAthletes who will take part in the Invictus Games, a new competition for wounded servicemen and women from around the world.
Sports
Wounded warriors compete in the UK’s Invictus Games
A police officer aims his weapon while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, in Ferguson, on Wednesday.
Justice
US veteran says police response in Ferguson ‘isn’t the country we fought to protect’
1st Lt. Tim McLaughlin serves in Iraq, near Baghdad in April 2003.
Global Politics
A Marine who fought in Iraq reflects on the country’s challenges today
1st Lt. Tim McLaughlin serves in Iraq, near Baghdad in April 2003.
Global Politics
A Marine who fought in Iraq reflects on the country’s challenges today
Conflict
How artists and sculptors healed maimed soldiers during World War I
A bill introduced in the US Capitol would have put limits on where G.I. Bill funds could be spent.
Global Politics
A powerful politician kills a bill that advocates say would have protected veterans
A bill introduced in the US Capitol would have put limits on where G.I. Bill funds could be spent.
Global Politics
A powerful politician kills a bill that advocates say would have protected veterans
USS Frank E. Evans
Conflict & Justice
US military rules have kept the names of 74 sailors off the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Blake Hall (left) in Iraq 2006/7
Conflict & Justice
‘It’s heartbreaking’ — A veteran reflects on the crisis in Iraq
Iraq marshland
Environment
This Iraq war veteran goes back to Iraq on a different mission: to save the wetlands
Matt Farwell
Conflict & Justice
My simple interview turned into a wrenching look inside the traumas of war
Matt Farwell
Conflict & Justice
My simple interview turned into a wrenching look inside the traumas of war
Matt Farwell
Global Politics
This is why a US veteran tries not to think about the upcoming Afghan elections
Kayla Williams and Brian McGough
Health & Medicine
What happens when two soldiers fall in love while one faces a traumatic injury?
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Michael Oliver Ray, on a search operation in Fallujah, Iraq in December 2004. An American offensive at the time came to be known as "The Second Battle of Fallujah."
Global Politics
For Iraq war veterans, the new fighting in Fallujah brings up memories and frustration
Henry Tandey
Conflict & Justice
The man who could have shot Hitler
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s how a controversial work of art healed America after Vietnam