nytimes.com - 1/10/2009
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The Purple Heart will be given for physical wounds only.
usmcvta.org - 1/10/2009
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usmcvta.org —
The following criteria governs award of the Purple
Heart in ALL branches of service, not just the
United States Army. The text here is taken directly from AR 600-8-22, 25 February 1995 and Public Law 104-106 - Feb. 10, 1996 (sub-paragraphs have been ...
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Purple Heart Criteria
mental-health-today.com - 1/10/2009
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mental-health-today.com —
309.81 DSM-IV Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder A.
The person has been exposed to a traumatic event
in which both of the following have been present: (1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that ...
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder DSM IV Criteria
outsidethebeltway.com - 1/9/2009
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outsidethebeltway.com —
The Defense Department has ruled that service members
who wish to be awarded the Purple Heart will
continue to have to get themselves shot or killed, just like in the old days. The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the ...
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No Purple Heart for PTSD
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Purple Hearts And PTSD
Political Animal —
... , the NYT : "The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound. The decision, made public on Tuesday, for now ends the hope of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have the condition and believed that the Purple Hearts could honor their sacrifice and help remove some of the stigma associated with the condition. The disorder, which may go unrecognized for months or years, can include recurring ...
Obsidian Wings —
... Via Michael Cohen at Democracy Arsenal, the NYT: ...
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Purple heart for PTSD?
mudvillegazette.com 1/6/2009 — Does not qualify according to the DoD: The Purple Heart will not be awarded to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.
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riehlworldview.com 1/21/2009 — From a FireDogLake post entitled: Worst. Inauguration. Ever. Evidently a great many ticket holders never did get an opportunity to join in the festivities.
Might this not serve as a parable of sorts of what a great number of people experience ...
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required to pull off an event of today's magnitude. And, given the million-plus
emotional people I just watched on the Mall via my DVR, much of the inaugural
planning was clearly successful. ...
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heraldnet.com 1/21/2009 — Stuck in a Tunnel Thanks for reporting this! I, along with thousands of my closest friends, was stuck in the I-395 tunnel for hours and failed to get in, despite holding a purple ticket. I hope this story gets out, not to take away from Obama's big ...
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lynch.foreignpolicy.com 1/20/2009 — A reported two million people watched Barack Obama's inauguration today. I, unfortunately, wasn't one of them. If you don't care why, and just want foreign policy blogging, skip the rest of this post and come back tomorrow. See, I went to the show ...
Re: PTSD, Purple Hearts
mudvillegazette.com 1/7/2009 — I was talking to a guy a few months ago about his pending disability claims. He was getting out of the military, mostly due to chronic back problems. He had injured himself during a four month tour in Iraq, initially (so I'm told - I wasn't with him) ...
The Purple Returns
mudvillegazette.com 2/1/2009 — An observation from a milblogger (and military journalist) in Iraq: "Once again, the Iraqis are waving purple fingers demonstrating their role in democracy." I wanted to cover the elections so bad today, but military presence is limited. I haven’t ...
Not much stress
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 2/26/2009 — OK, so we now know the "adverse case" that will be used for the bank stress tests. Testing to destruction it isn't.
In the adverse case - which is, remember, supposed to be a worst-case scenario - the average unemployment rate next year is 10.3 ...
Purple Ticket Turmoil Explained: What Happened On Inauguration Day
huffingtonpost.com 1/26/2009 — So, what on Earth happened to the now-legendary holders of Purple Inaugural Tickets? Answering this question may ultimately require the re-opening of the X-Files. However, unsatisfied with the accounts we've read thus far, we've taken it upon ...
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