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Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK government has always denied this.
Many RSL branches feel frozen in time: beers, bingo and military banter. Which is why many women veterans don’t feel welcome.
After years of hearings and almost 6,000 submissions, the final report has been tabled in parliament. It contains 122 recommendations for change in the Australian Defence Force.
Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
Nearly one in five defendants in the prosecutions undertaken in response to the January 6 US Capitol attack had served in the military.
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.
Setting off fireworks may be fun for you, but for some of your neighbors it could be a traumatic experience.
Researchers say the new figure should be used to improve services aimed at tackling the homeless problem in Australia’s defence veterans.
Virgin Australia’s great military blunder of 2018 is a case study in corporate social responsibility gone wrong.
Contrary to popular sentiment that the coup in Zimbabwe would usher in a new era of democracy, the military intervention is much more about a succession crisis in the ruling Zanu-PF.
In past wars, taxes were increased to cover some of the extra spending. That’s not the case for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the costs are adding up fast.
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
The US government has long shown a hiring preference for veterans. But because of the demographics of the US military, this has limited the federal workforce’s diversity.
Mental health trauma has always been a part of war. Treatments have come a long way over the last century, but we still don’t understand why the responses change for different people and times.
All eyes are on ex-forces veterans come Remembrance Day. We may see heroes – but no one asks them whether they want to fit that mould.
A physician who has spent 25 years working within VA hospitals reflects on what it has meant to him to serve those who have served our country.
We need to know how many people have PTSD to figure out what policies can reduce the burden.
Talking therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder is one suggestion. A new study finds that surfing may be beneficial too.
If past wars are a guide, the toll of disability will continue to rise for many decades to come.
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Improving the Wellbeing of Veterans, Public Safety Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Advancing Scholarship, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University
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Senior Research Fellow at Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Old Dominion University
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Assistant Professor of Practice, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research Operations at ECU Centre for People, Place and Planet (CPPP), Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, Systems Science and Policy, Harvard University
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DLitt et DPhil Student in Politics, University of South Africa
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Public Management and Policy, Georgia State University
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Professor of Internal Medicine and Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan