Military News Updates: 4/27/10

Top Military news headlines today include the Brittish Ambassador’s narrow escape from a suicide bomber in Yemen and recent improvements to VA pensions.

 

Extra Cash for Low Income Service and Non-Service Connected War Time Veterans

The VA’s Improved Non-Service Connected Pension also known as a VA Disability Pension is designed to supplement the income of wartime disabled Veterans, and Veterans 65 and over who had to give up career opportunities while they served their country during a period of war, and, accordingly, were unable to advance their careers or accumulate enough resources to support themselves adequately after they became totally & permanently disabled from a non-service connected disability or reached age 65 or older.

Troops Care Facilities Are Listed As Critical

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon effort to consolidate two premier hospitals for treating wounded troops has more than doubled in price and is so rudderless that an independent review and a bipartisan group of legislators say the care could suffer.

Is Public Talk About PTSD Making it Harder For Vets

Since men and women started returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, much attention has been paid to military mental health and the invisible wounds of war–particularly post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

With suicides among veterans outpacing battlefield combat losses, the military and the veterans’ community have made a concerted effort to help those suffering from combat stress-related conditions seek the care they need, and the media has reported extensively on these efforts. But is there a downside to all this public attention?

CNN VIDEO – American Born Cleric In Al Qaeda Video

An American-born Muslim cleric has appeared in a video released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Naps Boost Memory, But Only If You Dream

(Health.com) — Sleep has long been known to improve performance on memory tests. Now, a new study suggests that an afternoon power nap may boost your ability to process and store information tenfold — but only if you dream while you’re asleep.

Ex-Military Leaders Say: Young Adults Too Fat To Fight

More than a quarter of young adults are unable to meet physical requirements to join the military, creating a potential threat to national security, a group of retired armed forces leaders said Tuesday.

British Ambassador in Yemen Narrowly Escapes Bomb Attack

The British ambassador in Yemen escaped a homicide bomb attack Monday, when a young man in a school uniform detonated his explosives belt near his armored car at a poor neighborhood of San’a, officials said.

Battle For Kandahar Could be the Bloodiest Yet

U.S. and NATO troops face a much more formidable task in securing Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban and the area from which Al Qaeda planned the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.