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VA cuts health care spending with in-home monitoring systems
The United States could cut $200 billion in health spending in the next 25 years by following a similar program, but first must establish a national broadband network, official says.
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Brother Enemy
Like many Vietnam veterans, Lt. Col. James "Jim" Zumwalt (ret.), my fellow Marine, says he has spent the past 40 years trying to expiate what he calls the raw wounds of that war and its aftermath.
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What's Brewin: Brother Enemy
Lt. Col. Jim Zumwalt (ret.) has spent the past 40 years trying to expiate the raw wounds of the Vietnam War. He did so in meeting his former enemies, an experience he relates in a book he will formally launch in Washington on Monday.
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SPAWAR launches huge buy for handheld battlefield radios
Procurement of nearly 200,000 radios and accessories could be worth billions of dollars.
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Time Well Spent on PTSD and TBI
The wonderful thing about this gig is I have the opportunity to explore subjects that resonate with my personal experience and touch the heart. The treatment of troops suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury tops the list.
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Woodson Tapped for Top Doc
President Obama <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-42110>announced</a> on Wednesday he plans to nominate Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Jonathan Woodson as assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, filling the military's top doc slot. The post has been empty for a year, ever since Dr. S. Ward Casscells resigned in April 2008. I had <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100129_1050.php>heard</a> Woodson was the top choice back in January.
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How About a GI Bill Widget?
That's one of the best suggestions to come out of Wednesday's Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the post 9/11 GI bill.
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Few VA claims examiners working on new program to process GI benefits
Officials assure Senate panel they will meet the schedule to install the software application to all processing centers by December.
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From the Holocaust to Baghdad
Talking this morning with Air Force Maj. Jonathan Kusy, who works with the U.S. military advisory mission in Iraq, I had one of those moments that makes one pause and reflect.
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Defense develops traumatic brain injury databases
Navy system identifies Marines exposed to mine blasts who may have suffered concussions to advance neurological research and treatments.
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All About Ash
About 7 million airline passengers had been going nowhere slowly due to the volcanic ash plume from a volcano in Iceland that has all but closed air traffic in Europe since April 14.
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PUFF, just like that Air Force predicts volcanic cloud path
Within minutes the computer model forecast where plumes of ash were headed, giving commanders valuable information about where to establish temporary operations and route aircraft.
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AF Awards a Sign of the Times
In a sign of the times, the operators of unmanned aerial vehicle won the Air Force's 2010 Team of the Year award.
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Defense to use systems to share threat information from personnel
To prevent future violent outbursts such as the shootings at Fort Hood, department will rely on networks used by law enforcement agencies to exchange data on workers.
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NSA Chief: iPad Geek
Senators on the Armed Services Committee quizzed Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, on Thursday about his <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100413_3560.php>nomination as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command</a>. The lawmakers candidly admitted they were computer challenged.
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McCain suggests using military tech on Mexico border
The Arizona senator describes drug cartels' operations in the area as irregular warfare and says the rising violence justifies a military response, including the use of technology such as unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Senators worried about policy gap for new Cyber Command
Congress mulls what it is being asked to approve and the key cyberspace issues it must resolve.
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NASA's Global Hawk UAV
NASA sent its unmanned aerial vehicle called Global Hawk on its first science flights this week to conduct global warming research. It took a 14-hour trip north to Alaska from California on Monday, and followed that up with a 24-hour trip on Tuesday to Alaska again, west to Hawaii and then back to the Dryden Space Flight Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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House grills Defense health officials about centers of excellence
Military leaders say they need a common management structure and network so they can focus on the research of battlefield wounds.
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