NPR: combat veterans https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=417325422 combat veterans en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 25 May 2025 21:45:25 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: combat veterans https://www.npr.org/tags/417325422/combat-veterans 'Combat Medicine:' Afghanistan Vet Seeks To Help Others Through Hip-Hop A new hip-hop album by a veteran of the war in Afghanistan drops Wednesday. His target audience: fellow vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/21/533792166/combat-medicine-afghanistan-vet-seeks-to-help-others-through-hip-hop https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/21/533792166/combat-medicine-afghanistan-vet-seeks-to-help-others-through-hip-hop Combat Medicine.'/>

A new hip-hop album by a veteran of the war in Afghanistan drops Wednesday. His target audience: fellow vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

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]]> Elizabeth Blair Do U.S. Troops Risk Brain Injury When They Fire Heavy Weapons? Some modern shoulder-fired weapons produce blast waves powerful enough to rattle the brain. A $30 million study aims to help the military figure out how much blast exposure, over time, is too much. Wed, 05 Apr 2017 06:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/05/522613294/do-u-s-troops-risk-brain-injury-when-they-fire-heavy-weapons https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/05/522613294/do-u-s-troops-risk-brain-injury-when-they-fire-heavy-weapons

Some modern shoulder-fired weapons produce blast waves powerful enough to rattle the brain. A $30 million study aims to help the military figure out how much blast exposure, over time, is too much.

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]]> Jon Hamilton On The Appalachian Trail, Combat Veterans Learn To Let Things Go The first American ever to walk the Appalachian Trail in one season was a World War II vet, who said he wanted to walk off the war. Now, a nonprofit sponsors combat veterans to do the same thing. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 05:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/10/06/496826293/on-the-appalachian-trail-combat-veterans-learn-to-let-things-go https://www.npr.org/2016/10/06/496826293/on-the-appalachian-trail-combat-veterans-learn-to-let-things-go

The first American ever to walk the Appalachian Trail in one season was a World War II vet, who said he wanted to walk off the war. Now, a nonprofit sponsors combat veterans to do the same thing.

]]> Quil Lawrence After A Vet's Suicide, Getting VA Benefits Can Compound A Family's Grief A former Marine who served in Afghanistan took his own life recently. But there was no diagnosis linking his service to his suicide, making it hard for his family to receive full death benefits. Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:18:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/492076788/after-a-vets-suicide-getting-va-benefits-can-compound-a-familys-grief https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/492076788/after-a-vets-suicide-getting-va-benefits-can-compound-a-familys-grief

A former Marine who served in Afghanistan took his own life recently. But there was no diagnosis linking his service to his suicide, making it hard for his family to receive full death benefits.

]]> Quil Lawrence How Trauma Shapes The World We Know Commentator Alva Noë takes a look at a new study showing that PTSD sufferers experience the presence of real threats the rest of us cannot see. Fri, 26 Jun 2015 03:42:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/06/26/417323272/how-trauma-shapes-the-world-we-know https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/06/26/417323272/how-trauma-shapes-the-world-we-know

Commentator Alva Noë takes a look at a new study showing that PTSD sufferers experience the presence of real threats the rest of us cannot see.

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