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An armed citizen scared a man away last night who matched Stone's description. The victim said the man was armed with a knife and attempted to take his car, but the man fired at him, sending the suspect fleeing into a wooded area.

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“Instead of sweeping your dirt under the rug, these medicines force you to take the rug outside and beat it with a stick until it's clean,” said a former Marine who organizes trips to Peru for other veterans seeking treatment.

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Following tearful pleading from Jill Tahmooressi and Montel Williams in front of Congress Wednesday, lawmakers feel "confident" Mexican authorities will free jailed Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi.

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A Marine veteran who claims he made a wrong turn from the U.S. into Mexico and was arrested after several firearms and ammunition were discovered in his truck is waiting for the Mexican court to hear testimony on whether he is fit to serve a sentence in Tijuana prison.

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A Mexican court will review video surveillance footage Tuesday of 25-year-old Marine veteran Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi crossing the border from the U.S. into Mexico with several firearms and more than 400 rounds of ammunition.

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The president plans five areas of veteran focus, including mental health care, homelessness, digitizing VA records and improved training for the detection of PTSD and suicide prevention programs.

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“Most all of us have young children and hate to see the suffering that he has gone through from a situation that he could not control,” said Thomas Ouellette, co-founder of Tampa Bay Gun Runners.

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Military therapy dogs are helping persuade troops returning from combat to enter into and stick with counseling.

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The federal government has finally given the green light on a study looking at marijuana to treat military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The decision was handed down from the Department of Health and Human Services and comes after decades of effort from marijuana advocates trying to legalize the drug. The groundbreaking study will […]

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Research out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claims a new vaccine may be able to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The research has proven successful in preventing PTSD thus far in clinical trials in rats by blocking a hormone produced by the stomach called ghrelin. MIT is now teaming up with the Massachusetts General […]

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One of the first police officers to respond to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last year now faces termination after not returning to work because of a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Newtown Police Officer Thomas Bean told the Today Show the horrifying images that unfolded on Dec. 14 that left 20 […]

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