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Operation Military Salute

This Year’s event was a success with over 1800 in attendance. We are so thankful to Second Baptist Church for allowing us to host our event in their magnificent Worship Center.

The music was beautiful and we were proud to give the Texas Heart of Service Award to four outstanding patriots along with unveiling three paintings of fallen heroes. It was an unforgettable performance.

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Pentagon Researches Alternative Treatments

Dr. S. Ward Casscells, the Pentagon's assistant secretary for health affairs said he pushed hard for the new research, because "we are struggling with" post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is seeking new ways to treat troops suffering from combat stress or brain damage by researching such alternative methods as acupuncture, meditation, yoga and the use of animals as therapy, military officials said.

“This new theme is a big departure for our cautious culture,” Dr. S. Ward Casscells, the Pentagon’s assistant secretary for health affairs, told USA TODAY…

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Suicide’s Rising Toll

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Sgt. Jacob Blaylock flipped on the video camera he had set up in a trailer at the Tallil military base, southeast of Baghdad.

He lit a cigarette, inhaled deeply, blew the smoke upward.

“Hey, it’s Jackie,” he said. “It’s the 20th of April. We go home in six days. I lost two good friends on the 14th. I’m having a hard time dealing with it.”

For almost a year, the soldiers of the 1451st Transportation Company had been escorting trucks full of gasoline, building materials and other supplies along Iraq’s dark, dangerous highways. There had been injuries, but no one had died…

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