Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Coming Home Project
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Jan 11, 2012Unemployed veterans hope new tax credit initiatives at the state and federal levels will help them find jobs. As WNPR’s Harriet Jones reports, some Connecticut businesses say they’re just waking up to the opportunity.
Chris Mercier is a 20-year Navy veteran, recently retired from the service.... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Recent college graduates are finding it difficult to get a job at a time when the national unemployment rate remains stagnant at 9%. But imagine if you're a veteran just back from serving overseas. You're trying to find employment while carrying the physical and mental effects of war. A consortiu... read more
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Dec 30, 2011It's Military 101 on the first official day of the journalists conference at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Inside Lewis and Clark Hall, men and some wo... read more
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Dec 30, 2011A briefing with a three star Army General was the first order of business Tuesday at the journalists conference at Ft Leavenworth. Lieutenant Gener... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Bridging the gap between the media and the military. That's the goal of a weeklong conference hosted by University of Kansas School of Journalism a... read more
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Dec 30, 2011More than 1000 veterans from all over Connecticut were expected in Rocky Hill Friday for an annual event called Stand Down; it's an outreach event... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Yale Law School has a new veterans clinic to address the needs of Connecticut servicemen and women.
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic started... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Many veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered some type of brain injury. In 2009, the U.S Department of Defense found up to 90,000 troops had traumatic brain injuries. They require specialized care to regain such skills as concentration and memory. As WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil reports, th... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Veterans are among college students heading back to class this fall.
At University of Connecticut, more than 400 students have military exper... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Veterans who have served in the last decade are eligible for benefits under the Post 9-11 GI bill. As WNPRs Lucy Nalpathanchil reports, recent chan... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Airdate: October 17, 2011 A recent Pew Center study of U.S military in the post 9-11 era found 37 percent of veterans suffer from post traumatic st... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Most people have heard of Ronald McDonald houses that provide a place for sick children and their families to stay while seeking medical treatment.... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Veterans who are students at the University of Connecticut at Storrs will come back from winter break to a space just for them. WNPR's Lucy Nalpath... read more
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Dec 30, 2011After a decade of wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, more young veterans are back from combat with nowhere to live. New numbers just released from... read more
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Dec 30, 2011Last month, President Barack Obama announced the U.S. will withdraw troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.
100,000 troops have already been remov... read more
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Dec 30, 2011A new CPTV documentary explores how some female veterans come back from war and struggle with homelessness. In War Zone/Comfort Zone, writer and p... read more
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Dec 28, 2011A lot of attention has been paid lately to troops coming home from Iraq now that the war is over.
But thousands of soldiers who have served po... read more
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Dec 9, 2011Families who have lost a loved one killed while serving their country, were honored today at the State Capitol. As WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil repor... read more
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Dec 9, 2011A University of Connecticut professor has been studying two treatment therapies for post traumatic stress disorder. As WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil re... read more
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Dec 9, 2011The U.S Department of Labor says nearly twelve percent of veterans who've served since 9-11 were unemployed last year. Twenty-five percent of them... read more