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An Introduction to Bravo Battery

2:08 PM, July 16, 2008 | Comments (5)
Bravo Battery soldiers during downtime. Photo: David Botti I've begun my embedding with Third Platoon, Bravo Battery 5-25 FA, 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division, a field artillery unit out of Fort Polk, Louisiana. Downtown Baghdad these...

Pat Tillman's Legacy Four Years On

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Trying to Modernize the GI Bill

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  • Article on Veterans Committing Murder Stirs Debate

    David Botti | Jan 14, 2008 04:18 PM
    Over the weekend the New York Times published an in-depth look at murders committed by current war veterans in the United States.  In what the article called a "quiet phenomenon" many of these crimes were said to be in part the result of emotional trauma caused by the veterans' wartime experiences.  Through it's investigation the Times reported 121 confirmed murders committed by veterans, while also saying there were probably more.  There's no central database that keeps track of such figures. 

    Here are some of the major facts presented by the Times:     More
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