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Entries from January 2008

Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Colonel Charles Hoge of Walter Reed published a study on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq in the New England Journal of Medicine this month.
Their major finding was that there is a high correlation between a mild traumatic brain injury (mild TBI) that was severe enough to cause unconsciousness and PTSD, […]

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Keep the Digital Gates Open

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

An interesting article has made the rounds on Small Wars Journal and Government Executive: Let Soldiers Blog, Post YouTube Videos, General Says By Greg Grant
Soldier and Commander access to digital media may be part of redefining maneuver warfare. Getting inside the enemy’s decision cycle now means time from observe-orient-decide-act-and now, report (i.e. put the story […]

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