Just a reminder as we enter a "quickie" in Libya-

[w8liftinglady]

I hope beyond hope that this IS just a quickie... but we ARE still at war....in other countries

http://icasualties.org/oef/

Coalition fatalities in Afghanistan- 1505
Coalition wounded in Afghanistan - 10,543 (Not counting PTSD/Mild TBI)

Coalition fatalities in Iraq - 4759
Coalition wounded in Iraq- 32049 (Not counting PTSD/Mild TBI)


More troops are relying on Food stamps
http://www.military.com/news/article/more-troops-are-relying-on-food-stamps.html

Families bear brunt of deployment strain
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/asia/31families.html?_r=2&hp

affects of Multiple deployments on army adolescents
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB962.pdf


Effect of Deployment on the Occurrence of Child Maltreatment in Military and
Nonmilitary Families
http://theacademy.sdsu.edu/resources/research-countydata%20docs/kwm008v1%5B1%5D.pdf


Veteran crisis: Newest war vets become homeless at alarming rate
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700103712/Veteran-crisis-Newest-war-vets-become-homeless-at-alarming-rate.html