Hurdles persist as TBI awareness grows among veterans
Veterans recount traumatic brain injuries from IEDs and blasts, detailing long headaches, memory and concentration problems, PTSD, and anger. They critique President Trump for downplaying TBIs and urge better awareness, stigma reduction, and a Senate-backed VA research center to focus on TBI care.
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Washington
Brian McGough
McGough
Trump
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Defense Department
United States
Iraq
Afghanistan
Veterans of America
Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence
Ryan Britch
IAVA
Vermont Army National Guard
Britch
Remains of Tarawa Marine headed to Arlington
The body of U S Marine Cpl Thomas H Cooper 22 of Chattanooga identified as one of 94 Tarawa Unknowns. He was accounted for Aug 9 2019 after disinterment at the Punchbowl Honolulu and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. A services date has not been set.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Thomas H. Cooper
Chattanooga
Tarawa
Defense POW/MIA
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu
Hawaii
Cooper
Omaha
Nebraska
43Rd Street
Nashville
East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
2Nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion
2Nd Marine Division
Fleet Marine Force
Betio
Gilbert Islands
U.S
U.S. Pacific
Marshall
Caroline Islands
Central Pacific
Japan
604Th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company
Schofield Barracks
Central Identification Laboratory
Accounting Agency
Betio Island
Accounting
Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Punchbowl
Surgeon general shares personal story on opioid stigma
Fort Bragg event features Dr Jerome Adams revealing his brother lip Adams recounts addiction rooted in untreated mental health issues and urges open discussion to fight stigma The surgeon general notes 2.1 million with opioid use disorder and urges wider naloxone access while praising Womack Army Medical Center for offering non opioid pain options.
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Jerome Adams
United States
Fort Bragg
Adams
U.S. Public Health Service
Phillip
North Carolina
Womack Army Medical Center
Jerome M. Adams
Melissa Sue Gerrits
THE
Fayetteville
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