Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

For 20 years, I’ve been studying Western recruits to domestic and transnational terrorist organizations. I’ve interviewed jihadis, white-nationalist terrorists and eco-terrorists to understand their motivations and to prevent future violence. In my view, the appeal of some of the most crucial elements that ISIS offered to vulnerable or confused Western recruits — doctrinal certainty, identity, … Read more

Pentagon to consider honourable discharges for LGBTQ veterans in historic move

Pentagon to consider honourable discharges for LGBTQ veterans in historic move

The US Department of Defense will consider granting honourable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual orientation, legal filings showed on Monday. Honourable discharges could make the veterans eligible for medical and other benefits. The department and five plaintiffs jointly moved … Read more

India, Bangladesh 1971 war veterans’ exchange visit to mark Vijay Diwas

India, Bangladesh 1971 war veterans’ exchange visit to mark Vijay Diwas

Indian Army jawans perform during ‘Military Tattoo’ practice event ahead of the Vijay Diwas celebrations to commemorate the 53rd Vijay Diwas in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo Credit: PTI Eight Indian military veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War reached Dhaka while eight officers of Bangladesh Army arrived in Kolkata to join the Vijay Diwas celebrations … Read more

VA.gov | Veterans Affairs

VA.gov | Veterans Affairs

PTSD Treatment Decision Aid There are several effective PTSD treatments. This means that if you have PTSD, you have options. The PTSD Treatment Decision Aid helps you learn about these options and think about which treatment might be best for you. It also gives you tips on how to work with your provider to decide … Read more

India elated as Qatar releases 8 navy veterans

India elated as Qatar releases 8 navy veterans

Seven of the eight Indian navy veterans arrive in New Delhi by a passenger flight during the early hours of February 12, 2024. Photo: Screenshot from X (formerly Twitter)/@ANI. Eight Indian navy veterans who had been in Qatari custody since August 30, 2022 were released on Sunday in Doha. Indian officials escorted seven of the … Read more

Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaks in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday, December 4, demanded that the Union government “exhaust every resource” to bring back the eight former naval … Read more

VA Foster Program Helps Older Vets Manage COVID Challenges

VA Foster Program Helps Older Vets Manage COVID Challenges

July 26, 2022 – Susan Snead used to live in an apartment complex for older adults. The complex had a nice dayroom, and neighbors would knock on her door every now and then to check in. But despite not being lonely, Snead, 89, did live alone in downtown Charleston, SC. Eventually, that became dangerous. “I … Read more

Doctors Prescribing Opioids to COVID ‘Long Haulers’

Doctors Prescribing Opioids to COVID ‘Long Haulers’

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Covid survivors are at risk from a possible second pandemic, this time of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say. A new study in Nature found alarmingly high rates of opioid use among covid survivors with lingering symptoms … Read more