The University of Illinois at Chicago Veterans Student Association and Student Veterans of America will be hosting the Illinois Warrior Summit & 3rd Annual Welcome Home Celebration on April 24, 2010 from 9am-4pm at the UIC Forum (25,000 sq ft). The UIC Forum is located at 725 W. Roosevelt Road in Chicago, IL 60607. The…
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From NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Mark Murray U.S. military officials tell NBC News that the U.S. Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he considers orders from President Obama to be “illegal.” Army doctor Lt. Col. Terry Lakin believes Obama does not meet the constitutional requirements to be president…
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By Tim Jones and Jason Grotto, Tribune reporters Corey Gibson’s right leg bounces when he sits. At 29 he sleeps fitfully, with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle mounted above his bed. “That’s my sense of security,” he says. Laurie Emmer, a 47-year-old mother of four, shuns crowds and strangers. She always sits facing the restaurant door…
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The burden of repeated deployments appears to be a contributing factor to the rising suicide rate among Army personnel. The surge in suicides, which have risen five years in a row, has become a problem for which the Army’s highest levels of command have yet to find a solution, despite deploying hundreds of mental-health experts…
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