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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is designed to help the brain unlock traumatic memories and reprocess them into more positive thoughts. During a session, the client may be asked to focus on a memory while stimulation is used such as eye movements, tapping or sounds. After each association is processed, the “bilateral” stimulation continues until the original issue is no longer disturbing.<br>U.S. Marine Corps photo

Alternate PTSD therapy for vets ruffles VA feathers, but gets results

Even before she left for Afghanistan, Katie Helmer knew she was going to have trouble when she got back.

02:16 May 30, 2016
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Thom was honored by the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Wounded Warrior Family Support, and received a mobility-equipped, 2015 Ford F-150 Super Cab Saturday at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.<br>Ken-Yon Hardy/Stars and Stripes

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6,700 miles later, Purple Heart Run makes its final stop

Even though he had just received a mobility-equipped, 2015 Ford F-150 Super Cab, Afghanistan war veteran Lance Cpl. Nicholas Thom remained focused on those who paid the ultimate price.

12:12 May 29, 2016
Elizabeth Quinn, right, a gifted resource educator, and Albert Vandeway, a fourth-grade student at Kaiserslautern Elementary School, make adjustments to Lego obstacles during a DODEA-Europe robotics competition for 10- to 14-year-old students in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on Monday, March 28, 2016. Teams from Kaiserslautern Elementary, Bitburg Elementary, Vogelweh Elementary and Spangdahlem Middle School linked up virtually for the district-wide competition.<br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stripes

Schools to begin monitoring students from military families

Schools across the country are preparing to formally track military family students' academic progress as they move from military base to military base and state to state.

01:18 May 30, 2016
Korean War veteran Thomas Hudner stands in front of a vintage Corsair in this undated photo. Hudner has requested a ship be named after fellow flyer Jesse Brown, who was among the first blacks to fly in the newly integrated armed forces.<br>Courtesy of Jose Ramos

Wingman: A Korean War aviator's final mission for a lost comrade

Earlier this year, 91-year-old Thomas Hudner made a request to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in a letter imbued with a sense of finality.

19:35 May 28, 2016
This file image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters standing on their vehicles and waving their group's flags as they tour the streets of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. <br>Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP

Syria's cease-fire strengthens al-Qaida branch

Since March, the group recruited 3,000 new fighters, including teenagers, in comparison to an average of 200 to 300 a month before, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

10:37 May 29, 2016

Memorial Day 2016 stories

In 1971, by an act of Congress, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday. With the national observance comes each year a seemingly inexhaustible storehouse of stories paying tribute to the memories of many who served their country in the armed forces.

 

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