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Army veteran Maggie Martin shows her Iraq combat ribbon along other service ribbons before adding them to the pile of her shredded Army uniforms for The Combat Paper Project, Thursday in Savannah, Ga.

Veterans shred uniforms to heal themselves through art

Tired of taking pills prescribed to suppress his pain, Zach Choate decided to wrestle head-on with the trauma that followed him home from Iraq. He began by using a razor to shred his Army uniform to bits. "I'm hoping I come out of this a little more whole, a little bit more at peace," said Choate, who was a gunner in the 10th Mountain Division. "I'm not an anti-war, antimilitary person. This is just me fixing me."

Recommended tobacco ban for military is a difficult proposition

Calls for a ban on tobacco use in the military — a habit that medical experts say saps servicemember health and drains billions in public dollars annually — are growing loud this summer, but the fate of any new regulation is uncertain at best.

U.S. looks to Vietnam experience for Afghanistan tips

Top U.S. officials have reached out to a leading Vietnam war scholar to discuss the similarities of that conflict 40 years ago with American involvement in Afghanistan.

New Korea superintendent’s first job is fixing ‘bad edit’ on his resume

Irby Miller arrived this week as the new superintendent of the Korea District for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Pacific with a long to-do list, including correcting mistakes on his Web-posted resume.

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