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Caption: Sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. raise a flag to recognize the station's success at retaining personnel. The Navy recognizes units that do a good job keeping sailors in the service., Credit: Greg Mitchell / U.S. Navy
As the Navy plans to increase the number of ships, it's looking for new ways to keep sailors in the service, even allowing them to leave for a year...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: In this 1971 Army photo, a service member is vaccinated with a jet injection gun. The Army at the time called the gun "a fast, safe method for giving mass inoculations to troops.", Credit: U.S. Army Medical Department
Some veterans say they contracted hepatitis from the "jet gun" that was used to immunize them in the Vietnam era, but researchers haven't proved th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Bob Krafty was just out of his teens when he was offered temporary duty at Edgewood Arsenal in 1965., Credit: Bob Krafty
Top secret Army experiments exposed thousands of veterans to potential chemical and biological weapons. Some are still waiting for follow up medica...

Bought by KUER, Bandon Community Radio, KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Inside the Urban Shield trade show, Credit: Sandhya Dirks
For the past eight years, one weekend in late summer brings first responders from across the country and around the world -- firemen, medics, SWAT ...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gas mask exercise, Scott Field, Illinois.1942. , Credit: Library of Congress
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 44:21
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It was 1945, Joe Prinster was just hours into his high school diploma when he was told to "pack and be ready to get on the train in the morning...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
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Widows from WWII, Vietnam and Iraq wars discuss changes over time from the loss of their husbands in war.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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Nathan and Lesley Keith met on a military base in Kuwait, in 2006. They’re both Navy veterans, and together they served for a cumulative 27 years. ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Veterans Commons resident Jesse Breedwolf, 74, Credit: Liz Pfeffer
California has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the nation, and in San Francisco, it’s likely that more than 700 homeless vets wil...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
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Since 2001, about 2.5 million people have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, at least a third of them more than once. When they return, many ve...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:36
Caption: Under CC License by The U.S. Army http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/2898270225/
Just as the state California needs to shift gears to address the needs of today’s veterans, so does the medical community. Veterans Association stu...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:21
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 09:38
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: (CC) Marion Doss, Credit: (CC) Marion Doss
News and features of the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: 1st Battalion, 8th Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Credit: Balazs Gardi
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:42
Caption: Randolph Martinez is a member of the Veterans Alliance club at the City College of San Francisco. , Credit: Laura Flynn
As veterans return to school to take advantage of the new GI Bill, many have found that campuses often aren’t ready to handle the administrative de...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
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Veterans with untreated PTSD are more likely to wind up in the criminal justice system. JOHN GALVAN: You get rage you can’t understand and you can...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Flickr photo by Niklas Morberg. http://www.flickr.com/photos/morberg/3821226996/
Experts estimate that about 20% of new veterans are returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Some symptoms of PTSD include erra...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
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2 November 2010: This month's podcast features an interview with Mohamed Jalloh, Crisis Group's West Africa Analyst about the violence in Guinea an...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:39
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On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
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Perhaps the most important element in the formation of Iraq's government is the future of the security forces. Where do they stand, seven years aft...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
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A new Crisis Group report examines how the dysfunctional administration of the larger of the country’s two entities has paralyzed its decision-maki...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:30