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  • Sgt. Brian Turner is a U.S. Army veteran, who served in the Iraq War. A writer with an MFA before he was deployed, he decided to share his experience in…
  • Dan Johnson is a Texas singer and songwriter who's launched a non-profit called Operation Hemingway to educate the public, and especially veterans, about the warning signs of suicide.
  • Mental Health Issues are common for soldiers returning to civilian life. In Southwest Florida, one group is looking to help “heal the invisible wounds of war”.
  • It's estimated that more than 20 veterans kill themselves every day. A new survey of men and women who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shows 30 percent have considered suicide.
  • James Nicholson, the top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, says he will leave his post by Oct. 1. Under Nicholson, the agency was criticized for being unprepared to care for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • That's according to a survey released today by the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).
  • President Barack Obama says the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left the nation with a new generation of veterans, one he called the 9-11 generation.…
  • Florida has 160,000 women veterans living in the state, yet some of those women do not consider themselves a veteran and many more have never applied...
  • The Florida Department of Health is recruiting veterans in Florida. VALOR, the Veterans Application for Licensure Online Response system, helps...
  • This week women veterans from throughout Florida will meet in Tampa for the 2nd Annual Women Veterans’ Conference. The goal is to sign them up for...
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