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General denies clemency for Mass. Marine with PTSD (news.bostonherald.com)

The Marine Corps has denied clemency to a Marine who pleaded guilty in the death of an Iraqi policeman but is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder despite pleas from his Navy doctor to... More

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Decorated Marine, disarmed by law (www.examiner.com)

When a decorated Marine combat veteran is denied the opportunity to purchase a handgun,...

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Marine Vietnam vet talks PTSD to Fort Polk combat vets (www.leesvilledailyleader.com)

A retired Marine sniper and national speaker, who has lived with post-traumatic stress disorder since the Vietnam War, will share his story with Fort Polk soldiers March 3 and 4 at the Bayou Theatre... More

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How War Ravages the Warrior (www.13wham.com)

The decorated Marine served two tours of duty in Iraq. He was in the Marines for 13 years. After Iraq, he returned home and served two years in prison--for a home-invasion assault he committed in... More

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Marine's death shows tragic results of disorder (www.azcentral.com)

Travis Twiggs, a Marine veteran of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, drove his car over the roadside curb and stopped at the rim of...

Tags: suicide,marine,ptsd,treatment

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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