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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs
Published on Thursday, March 18, 2010 by Angel Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was saying. It had something to do with Read’s gallbladder operation. Something had gone horribly wrong, Jessica Read managed to say. The m... Read More » -
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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs
Published on Thursday, March 18, 2010 by Angel Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was saying. It had something to do with Read’s gallbladder operation. Something had gone horribly wrong, Jessica Read managed to say. The m... Read More » -
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Medicating the military
Published on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by Angel At least one in six service members is on some form of psychiatric drug. And many troops are taking more than one kind, mixing several pills in daily “cocktails” — for example, an antidepressant with an antipsychotic to prevent nightmares, plus an anti-epileptic to reduce headaches — despite minimal clinical research testing such combinations. ... Read More » -
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Cargo jet crashed at Bagram earlier this mont...
Published on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Angel A civilian cargo jet skidded off one of Bagram Airfield’s runways this month when the Airbus A300’s left-side landing gear collapsed. No one was seriously injured in the March 1 crash landing, but it took a day for crews from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing to get the aircraft clear of the runway. “When we arrived at the aircraft, people were slidin... Read More » -
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New protocol to provide early brain injury de...
Published on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Angel Defense Department officials are rolling out a new set of guidelines for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury among servicemembers in combat areas. "We're morphing from a symptom-based approach in theater to an incident-based approach," a senior official said March 15 during a "DoDLive" bloggers roundtable. "The tenet behind this is we ... Read More » -
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Trial for 1985 triple slayings begins Wed.
Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Angel WILMINGTON, N.C. — A soldier acquitted of killing a mother and two of her young daughters in North Carolina about 25 years ago is now going on trial in military court after prosecutors say new DNA tests link him to the crimes. Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis, 51, is charged with premeditated murder in the May 1985 stabbing deaths of Kathryn Eastburn and two of her da... Read More » -
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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan
Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Angel An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some special ops troops having their deployments to Pakistan extended and others being sent back to the co... Read More » -
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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan
Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Angel An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some special ops troops having their deployments to Pakistan extended and others being sent back to the co... Read More » -
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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan
Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Angel An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some special ops troops having their deployments to Pakistan extended and others being sent back to the co... Read More » -
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Red tape complicates SF mission in Pakistan
Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Angel An ongoing Pakistani effort to delay the issuance of visas to U.S. diplomatic and military personnel is impeding the U.S. special operations mission to train Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, according to several U.S. sources. The difficulty obtaining visas led to some special ops troops having their deployments to Pakistan extended and others being sent back to the co... Read More »