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No Post-Traumatic-Stress Clinic At Walter Reed
BartendingBear
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6-19-2007 4:12 AM
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ptsd
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mental health
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army
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iraq
BartendingBear
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One more indignity for the troops we all supposedly support.
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6-19-2007
8:52 AM
mushmaster25
There are allot of things that make them suffer,
but this is funny :
The Army has no PTSD center at Walter Reed, and its psychiatric treatment is weak compared with the best PTSD programs the government offers.
because of this : the best PTSD programs the government offers.
its as funny as a blind man driving an 18 wheeler...
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