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Elaine Mayfield. Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice

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Surviving suicide loss: Black veteran’s wife shares journey of adjustment and healing

Elaine Mayfield lost her husband, Marcus Mayfield, a United States Air Force veteran, to suicide one year ago. Elaine is now trying to adjust to life without him and discover her new normal.

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Lentheus Chaney and
  • The Atlanta Voice
Edmund Garcia, an Iraq War veteran, stands outside his home in Rosharon, Texas. Like many vets, he was told if he took a mortgage forbearance, his monthly payments wouldn't go up afterward.

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The VA has its fix for a home loan debacle, but many vets who got hurt won't get help

The VA halted foreclosures after an NPR investigation found thousands of vets were facing foreclosure and it wasn't their fault. Now the VA's unveiling a rescue plan that leaves some out in the cold.

April 12, 2024
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Quil Lawrence
In this June 6, 2016 file photo, former DeKalb Police Officer Robert Olsen stands during his arraignment in Decatur, Ga.

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  • News

Appeals court overturns convictions of former Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man

An appeals court has overturned the convictions of a former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man. Robert "Chip" Olsen responded to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015.

March 14, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A woman follows a therapist's finger during EMDR treatment

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  • Mental Health

This drug-free mental health treatment is helping veterans with PTSD

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR therapy, focuses on the connection between eye movement and bad memories.  

May 29, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Gavin Kinney holds up a sign thanking veterans at the 2015 Veterans Day Parade in New York City.

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  • Family

These 12 restaurants are offering discounts on Veterans Day

Dozens of companies across the U.S. are offering freebies and discounts to veterans and active-duty military members on Veterans Day.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
 David McCracken died of brain cancer in 2011 after serving in Iraq. The McCrackens are seen here in this February 2008 photo. Contributed photo

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  • News

Warnock pitches plan to extend veteran benefits to surviving Gold Star spouses who remarry

A longstanding rule cuts off survivor benefits for military spouses when they remarry before the age of 55.

September 27, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Lara and Trey Garey stand at the bedside of Tom Garey, an Air Force veteran with advanced ALS. Trey, 19, has spent much of his teenage years caring for his father at their Texas home.

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  • Health

Finding help for teens who grow up caregiving for their disabled military parents

More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill military parent. Many help with their care and face challenges like stress, anxiety and social isolation.

March 07, 2022
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  • Carson Frame
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks, pictured holding a photo of himself as a soldier in 1943, died on Wednesday at age 112.

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The oldest living American veteran of World War II dies at 112

Lawrence Brooks served in the U.S. Army when the military was still racially segregated. But the Black soldier's deployment to Australia offered a reprieve from the racism of Jim Crow laws at home.

January 06, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Vietnam War veteran and triple amputee Max Cleland delivers a speech during a campaign appearance. Cleland died on Tuesday at age 79.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Veteran and former senator Max Cleland has died, but his legacy lives on

NPR's Scott Simon marks the passing of Max Cleland, who was a U.S. Army captain and senator from Georgia.

November 13, 2021
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  • Scott Simon

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