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On a Bastrop horse farm, Vietnam veteran Mike Gold is getting to know the 47-year-old son he was never sure he had -- who actually was born on the same day as his father: April 27.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Another Fort Campbell soldier nabs car burglar
Second Fort Campbell soldier nabs car burglar
9:10 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
Written by
Philip Grey
and Chris Smith
For the second time this week, a Fort Campbell soldier has caught and detained a vehicle burglary suspect in the neighborhoods just north of Tiny Town Road.
At about 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, Maj. Scott Puckett, 40, saw two men walking past his house on Old Timber Road when one of the men stopped in his driveway and looked in his vehicles, according to a news release from Clarksville Police spokesman Officer Jim Knoll.
Puckett went outside and saw a man, later identified as Rafael Alves Quina, opening and closing the driver's side door of his Chevrolet Suburban.
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9:10 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
Written by
Philip Grey
and Chris Smith
For the second time this week, a Fort Campbell soldier has caught and detained a vehicle burglary suspect in the neighborhoods just north of Tiny Town Road.
At about 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, Maj. Scott Puckett, 40, saw two men walking past his house on Old Timber Road when one of the men stopped in his driveway and looked in his vehicles, according to a news release from Clarksville Police spokesman Officer Jim Knoll.
Puckett went outside and saw a man, later identified as Rafael Alves Quina, opening and closing the driver's side door of his Chevrolet Suburban.
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Those found guilty of using Spice 'Synthetic' marijuana are kicked out
'Synthetic' marijuana is problem for US military
By Julie Watson
Associated Press / December 30, 2011
SAN DIEGO—U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.
The abuse of the drug has so alarmed military officials that they've launched an aggressive testing program that this year has led to the investigation of more than 1,100 suspected users, according to military figures.
So-called "synthetic" pot is readily available on the Internet and has become popular nationwide in recent years, but its use among troops and sailors has raised concerns among the Pentagon brass.
"You can just imagine the work that we do in a military environment," said Mark Ridley, deputy director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, adding, "you need to be in your right mind when you do a job. That's why the Navy has always taken a zero tolerance policy toward drugs."
Two years ago, only 29 Marines and sailors were investigated for Spice. This year, the number topped 700, the investigative service said. Those found guilty of using Spice are kicked out, although the Navy does not track the overall number of dismissals.
The Air Force has punished 497 airmen so far this year, compared to last year's 380, according to figures provided by the Pentagon. The Army does not track Spice investigations but says it has medically treated 119 soldiers for the synthetic drug in total.
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By Julie Watson
Associated Press / December 30, 2011
SAN DIEGO—U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.
The abuse of the drug has so alarmed military officials that they've launched an aggressive testing program that this year has led to the investigation of more than 1,100 suspected users, according to military figures.
So-called "synthetic" pot is readily available on the Internet and has become popular nationwide in recent years, but its use among troops and sailors has raised concerns among the Pentagon brass.
"You can just imagine the work that we do in a military environment," said Mark Ridley, deputy director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, adding, "you need to be in your right mind when you do a job. That's why the Navy has always taken a zero tolerance policy toward drugs."
Two years ago, only 29 Marines and sailors were investigated for Spice. This year, the number topped 700, the investigative service said. Those found guilty of using Spice are kicked out, although the Navy does not track the overall number of dismissals.
The Air Force has punished 497 airmen so far this year, compared to last year's 380, according to figures provided by the Pentagon. The Army does not track Spice investigations but says it has medically treated 119 soldiers for the synthetic drug in total.
read more here
Iraq vets need time to heal
'Be patient with us': Iraq vets need time to heal
I pulled the newspaper clipping from my bag and slid it across the table.
Nicole Brodeur
Seattle Times staff columnist
Marc Loiselle took in the headline: "Obama marks end of Iraq war, welcomes 'equal partnership.' "
He looked at the photo of the president and Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki placing a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery.
"How clean this looks," Loiselle said, running his hand across the clip. "How clean it seems, when it was absolute horror, an absolute nightmare. It's insane how bad.
"If someone wrote a screenplay, it would be torture porn."
This is not the young man I remembered meeting in 2004, when he returned from his first, one-year tour in Iraq. His parents had invited me to a welcome-home party at their house in Seattle, and I went, wanting not only to talk to a witness to a war, but to gauge how one returns from it.
Loiselle, then 25, had attended the University of Washington with plans to be a teacher, but the former ROTC member decided to join the Army instead.
At one point, Loiselle and I talked about what he had done as a platoon leader. He was quiet, but clear-eyed. Smart and well-read. It seemed he had gone to war with an informed understanding of why we were there, and what he needed to do.
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I pulled the newspaper clipping from my bag and slid it across the table.
Nicole Brodeur
Seattle Times staff columnist
Iraq war veteran Marc Loiselle was an Army platoon leader. "Sometimes I just feel like I broke," he said. "You just see too many things."I pulled the newspaper clipping from my bag and slid it across the table.
Marc Loiselle took in the headline: "Obama marks end of Iraq war, welcomes 'equal partnership.' "
He looked at the photo of the president and Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki placing a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery.
"How clean this looks," Loiselle said, running his hand across the clip. "How clean it seems, when it was absolute horror, an absolute nightmare. It's insane how bad.
"If someone wrote a screenplay, it would be torture porn."
This is not the young man I remembered meeting in 2004, when he returned from his first, one-year tour in Iraq. His parents had invited me to a welcome-home party at their house in Seattle, and I went, wanting not only to talk to a witness to a war, but to gauge how one returns from it.
Loiselle, then 25, had attended the University of Washington with plans to be a teacher, but the former ROTC member decided to join the Army instead.
At one point, Loiselle and I talked about what he had done as a platoon leader. He was quiet, but clear-eyed. Smart and well-read. It seemed he had gone to war with an informed understanding of why we were there, and what he needed to do.
read more here
Female vets talk joblessness, homelessness
Female vets talk joblessness, homelessness
(CBS News) Tens of thousands of troops are leaving military service and entering an often bleak job market. For women with families, it's especially difficult to find work and housing.
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller traveled to Fayetteville, N.C., to visit with some female veterans who are looking for help to change their lives.
Shawn McLean is one of those veterans. She served in the Army for four years as a water treatment specialist. She told Miller, if she had to do her military service all over again, she would, because she "loved it."
But she's had no luck finding a full-time job since her discharge in 2008.
"I don't think when you get out, they actually point you in the right direction," McLean said.
"They give you a bunch of briefings, but they don't sit down (and say,) 'What is your next step?'"
Ruth Donaldson served in the Army for 10 years.
"I went to a place that I thought could give me a head start in life," Donaldson said.
Both McLean and Donaldson had been homeless -- living at a shelter for female veterans near Fort Bragg. It's called The Jubilee House, and was started by former Navy Chaplain Barbara Marshall.
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(CBS News) Tens of thousands of troops are leaving military service and entering an often bleak job market. For women with families, it's especially difficult to find work and housing.
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller traveled to Fayetteville, N.C., to visit with some female veterans who are looking for help to change their lives.
Shawn McLean is one of those veterans. She served in the Army for four years as a water treatment specialist. She told Miller, if she had to do her military service all over again, she would, because she "loved it."
But she's had no luck finding a full-time job since her discharge in 2008.
"I don't think when you get out, they actually point you in the right direction," McLean said.
"They give you a bunch of briefings, but they don't sit down (and say,) 'What is your next step?'"
Ruth Donaldson served in the Army for 10 years.
"I went to a place that I thought could give me a head start in life," Donaldson said.
Both McLean and Donaldson had been homeless -- living at a shelter for female veterans near Fort Bragg. It's called The Jubilee House, and was started by former Navy Chaplain Barbara Marshall.
read more here
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