The survey also found that 81 percent of firefighters fear they will be seen as weak or unfit for duty if they talk about the emotional toll of their job, and 87 percent said it keeps them from getting the help they need.
More than that, the report from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General found that despite having purchased the 300 TVs and related accessories 2½ years ago, the vast majority of them remain in their boxes, even though their warranties expired more than a year ago.
“This development would further curtail what many Woodbridge residents use as a dog-walking path and ski trail,” members of the Woodbridge Citizen Districts Council wrote to the Detroit’s City Planning Commission, objecting to the relocation of the Veterans FoundationPlanned veterans center faces opposition in Woodbridge
While the neighborhood organization states it’s “supportive of the mission” of the veterans foundation, the proposed center doesn’t belong in the community, the group argues.
Metro Detroit Family Says Solider's Discharge Unfair
Updated: Thursday, 21 Jul 2011, 10:58 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 20 Jul 2011, 7:55 PM EDT
By AMY LANGE
WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - "How (are we) going to take care of our family because it affects us a lot," said Krystal Jones.
She is worried. Her husband is 22-year-old Darnell Jones -- a private serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan. It has been his dream since he was 15 years old. He had just re-enlisted in the Army. They were supposed to move to Germany, but now he's being kicked out instead.
"They always promote family, and it's like they're going against everything they stand for," Krystal Jones said.
You see, Jones was home on leave in metro Detroit back in February when doctors told his pregnant wife she needed to have an emergency delivery. FOX 2 was shown a letter requesting that Jones be there. This was serious so the soldier asked for additional time at home, but was denied.
"My son made a decision to stay home until his son was born safely and with all intentions to return and they're calling it AWOL," said concerned mother Ericka Jones.
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Metro Detroit Family Says Solider's Discharge Unfair
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Other symptoms of TBI include headaches, difficulty remembering or concentrating, fatigue, mood changes, sadness or anger and dizziness. Many of these are also symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But now, researchers say that some of those PTSD cases could be TBI.
TBI studied in lab equipped with cannon
By Jeff Seidel - Detroit Free Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 2, 2008 11:34:45 EST
DETROIT — The doors are locked.
“Testing!” shouts Dr. Pamela VandeVord, an assistant professor at Wayne State University. She stands back, holding her hands over her ears, bracing for another explosion.
Brain research sounds like the height of academic aloofness, filled with arrogant intellectuals wearing white lab coats in a pristine environment, pondering the meaning of life while listening to Beethoven.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
At Wayne State University, in the biomedical engineering department, brain research is done by researchers wearing blue jeans and T-shirts, working in an old laboratory that looks like an auto shop. It’s more rock ‘n’ roll than classical music.
The research is loud, powerful and exciting — and the topic is relevant: Wayne State has been chosen to receive a $778,000 grant to figure out why so many troops are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries caused by roadside bombs.
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"Patty Murray becomes voice of veterans care"
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RoseCovered Glasses said...
We have a military veteran friend who was honorably discharged during the Vietnam era. He served in the US Navy while having dual citizenship (Canadian/US). He was born in Canada and his family moved to New York when he was a child and became dual Canadian and US Citizens.After discharge my friend worked in the US for over 3 decades, paying US taxes and Social Security. When it came time to retire and apply for his pension he was informed that the US Department of Homeland Security had revoked his US citizenship and did not recognize his Canadian citizenship.The Social Security Administration will not begin his pension payments until his citizenship issue is resolved. He has been trying to work this matter through the VA, his local representatives in government (congressional level) and directly through the Social Security Office. No one seems to know what to do, who should take action and who has responsibility. The DHS will not reply to his inquiries. Any ideas?
November 4, 2007 9:46 PM
Tony Rose and he is a feature writer at "Rose Covered Glasses".
http://www.rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/
TONY GREW UP IN DETROIT FOR MANY YEARS AND MOVED AROUND THE COUNTRY. HE SPENT HIS LAST FEW YEARS IN MINNESOTA AND IS PRESENTLY A RESIDENT AT THE MINNESOTA VETERAN'S HOME IN HASTINGS MINNESOTA, REPRESENTED BY AMY KLOBUCHAR, WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION.
TONY WAS IN NAVAL AVIATION AND SERVED IN SEVERAL UNITS STATESIDE AND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. HE WAS AN AMPHIBOUS AIR CRAFT TENDE.
HE ONCE LIVED IN TORONTO AND HAS RELATIVES THERE.
