Hero Stories for February 2010

About IAVA

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is the voice of the 21st century veteran. Founded in June 2004, IAVA is the nation's first and largest non-partisan, nonprofit supporting veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. IAVA has thousands of active member veterans and more than 120,000 grassroots supporters nationwide. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are in their sixth and seventh years respectively. More than 1.8 million American troops have served in Iraq or ...

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Send us your HeroStories.

Send us stories about YOUR Hero. We'd like to publish them on the HeroBracelets.org Web site. Once a month, we'll select a HeroStory and send the winner a sterling silver custom HeroBracelet. Submit your stories to info@herobracelets.o

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Hypnotherapy for PTSD and Combat Stress.

Title: Stress / PTSD help!? Dear readers: I want to explain two things to start with and give you more detail as we go. 1. There is help for Stress if you really want to do something about it and have no physical inhibiting factors to your mind. 2. I have helped people with stress and pain management and would like to offer my services to many more, but need your help to get it set up. More on this later. Help for Stress Do you or someone you know suffer from any of the following? * Constantl...

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Remembering SGT Christopher Hrbek.

As the nation's attention was divided between Haiti and Massachusetts, the remains of 25-year-old Marine Sgt. Christopher Hrbek began the journey home from Afghanistan. Hrbek had been called to join his two older brothers in the FDNY, but he decided he was not done being a Marine even after three combat tours in Iraq. He deployed to Afghanistan in November, just before President Obama officially announced the surge. Two days before Christmas, Hrbek braved intense gunfire to save the life of a...

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Operation Gratitude Twin 500,000th Packages Delivered 2 Paratroopers in Afghanistan Receive Keys to Harley Bikes

Operation Gratitude Twin 500,000th Packages Delivered 2 Paratroopers in Afghanistan Receive Keys to Harley Bikes Based on reporting by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Susan Wilt Combined Joint Task Force-82 Public Affairs BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Two deployed 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers got a nice surprise when they opened up boxes from Operation Gratitude and each found a set of keys to a new motorcycle in his care package. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. William Fullerton, a squad leader with Comp...

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Our Hero. Navy Lt. Jason S Manse

We mourn the loss of Navy Lt. Jason S Manse Who loved his country,God and Family He had  vision to Help others less fortunate We miss you Jason Ronald J Ma

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HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan - January 2010

Pfc. Scott G. Barnett 24 Headquarters Company, 412th Aviation Support Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade Concord, California Died of injuries sustained while supporting combat operations in Tallil, Iraq, on January 28, 2010 Pfc. Gifford E. Hurt 19 Battery C, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 214th Fires Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Yonkers, New York Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related vehicle accident in Mosul, Iraq, on January 20, 2010 Pfc. Michael R. Jarr...

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HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan – February 2009

Cpl. Donte J. Whitworth, 21 Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group Noblesville, Ind. Died as a result of a non-hostile vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq. February. 28, 2009 Spc. Brian M. Connelly 26 40th Engineer Battalion, Task Force 1-6, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Union Beach, New Jersey Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an explosive device in Adhamiya, Iraq, on February 26, 2009 1st Lt. William E. Emmert 36 269th Military Pol...

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Wisconson KIA, Iraq.

Ninety-one members of the military from Wisconsin have died as a result of service in Iraq or associated with duties in Iraq. They are: Army Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38, of Mondovi, died Aug. 28, 2009. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Naseman, 36, of Racine, died May 22, 2009. Army Spc. Steven J. Christofferson, 20, of Cudahy, died April 21, 2008. Marine Lance Cpl. Dean Opicka, 29, of Waukesha, died April 14, 2008. Marine Cpl. Richard Nelson, 23, of Kenosha, died April 14, 2008. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chr...

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Dillon B. Foxx

Sgt. Dillon B. Foxx, 22, of Traverse City, Michigan, died February 5, 2010, in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Foxx was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

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