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IVAW In the News

published by Rachel Moody on 09/14/11 8:42pm
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IVAW has been getting a lot of great coverage in the news lately, thanks to our members' eloquent speaking, engaging stories, and hard work in their communities. Here, 2 more stories featuring IVAW members Noah Mrowczynski, Andrew Wright, Jorge Gonzalez, and Eddie Falcon.

Have you seen IVAW in the news? Let us know! Send story links to sarahedkins@ivaw.org

UPDATED: Joseph Carter talks military PTSD and suicide with The Daily Beast:

Army Base on the Brink

Winston Ross | September 9, 2011 | The Daily Beast

A growing legion of modern-day war veterans and their families, says it’s long past time the Army took notice of a tragic, preventable epidemic—one that seems especially acute at Lewis-McChord.

The base, an hour or so south of Seattle, was named by the government-owned, independent news source Stars and Stripes last year as the most troubled in the military, thanks to an “incredible” number of incidents rooted in post-traumatic stress disorder, says Joseph Carter, a former Army sergeant with two Iraq tours under his belt. Read more

Life After War: One Soldier’s Story Ten Years After September 11

Evan Sernoffsky | September 2, 2011 | OPBNews

“I got home from the National Guard unit and just went right back into my life and just tried to forget about everything,” said Mrowczynski, who served in Hawija, Iraq as a mounted infantry soldier from 2004 to 2005. Read more

US anti-war veterans in their own words

Jesse Strauss | September 11, 2011 | Al-Jazeera English

Ten years after 9/11, members of the US army, marines and air force speak on war and re-integrating into 'real life'. Read more

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Iraq Vet Critically Wounded at Occupy Oakland Protest

Scott Olsen returned unscathed from two tours in Iraq only to be critically wounded during a violent confrontation between police and protesters belonging to the Occupy Oakland movement. http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-...
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IVAW Board Member on Radio Detroit

Listen in today at 4:30pm EST as IVAW Board member Bryan Reinholdt talks to Detroit Radio's 'Bonds & Fisher' about the war in Iraq, IVAW's work, and the Pew Research Center's report on veterans and public opinion in...

IVAW Advisor Responds to Bush Advisor: The Crude Truth About Iraq

The Washington Post today published an opinion article by IVAW Advisory Committee member Antonia Juhasz, in which she responds to former Bush Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan's 9/11 column arguing Iraq's oil "more than justif[ies]...
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IVAW In the News

IVAW has been getting a lot of great coverage in the news lately, thanks to our members' eloquent speaking, engaging stories, and hard work in their communities. Here, 2 more stories featuring IVAW members Noah Mrowczynski,...
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IVAW member featured in Reuters "Soldiers Voices"

Soldiers' Voices: "I can do anything" (Reporting by Laird Harrison; writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; editing by Arlene Getz, Ellen Wulfhorst and Greg McCune) BERKELEY, Calif | Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:41pm EDT (Reuters) - For Emily...

New Film Examines How War Changes Our Troops

Where Soldiers Come From From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, forever changed by a faraway war. A...

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