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The military is converting to electric vehicles on bases, but charging them remains a challenge
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: An electric vehicle owned by the Army recharges at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The base plans to eventually have hundreds of electric vehicles to comply with a Pentagon mandate that all military branches convert their fleets of non-combat vehicles from, Credit: Jonathan Ahl / St, Louis Public Radio
In order to comply with a Pentagon mandate to electrify its non-tactical vehicles, one base in Missouri is outsourcing the charging stations to the...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KUT, and KPBS


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 4
Fly-fishing programs catch on as therapy for troops and veterans recovering from trauma
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some say the experience helps them heal., Credit: Studio Macleod
Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some ...

Bought by KJZZ, KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 7
After billions of dollars in damage, the military is trying to protect bases from climate change
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and civilian officials attend a ceremonial groundbreaking at Camp Lejeune, N.C. for a major reconstruction effort that will make the base more resilient to the effects of climate change., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Hurricanes caused catastrophic damage to East Coast military bases in 2018. Now, as it starts to rebuild, the Pentagon wants to make bases less vul...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KMXT, and KPCC


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 4
For some veterans, underwater adventures bring solitude and therapeutic benefits
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Shawn Campbell helps Justin Herris get back on the boat after a dive at the Circle of Heroes military memorial off the coast of Clearwater, Fla., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
A growing number of programs try to treat PTSD by getting veterans into nature, even deep under the sea. But there's little scientific evidence tha...

Bought by KPBS, WOUB, Texas Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 5
The Air Force says social media helped prompt action to clean up mold in the dorms
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A screenshot from a July 23 Facebook post shows mold on a mattress at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Other photos posted by airmen showed moldy shoes, walls, and uniforms., Credit: "Air Force amn/nco/snco" Facebook group
Mold has long been a problem at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. But when airmen started posting photos on Facebook, the Air Force stepped...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WOUB, KPBS, North Country Public Radio, WUSF and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 6
Despite a massive cleanup effort, people near some military bases still can't drink their tap water
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: El Paso County, Col. resident Liz Rosenbaum spends about $70 per month on bottled drinking water rather than drink from her tap., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
The military is spending millions of dollars to clean up water contamination around bases throughout the country. But people living with the contam...

Bought by KPBS, WUSF, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
U.S. Invasion Ten Years Later: Iraqi Refugee Reminds Us He's Seen War Since the 80s, and He Tells of His Health Now
From: Ashley Murray
Caption: Hussein Aladdin and Iman Ali arrived in the US in 2010 as refugees. Aladdin has been living with lung cancer since 2009 but is unsure if it was caused by the environmental degradation from the recent wars in his home country., Credit: Photo: Ashley Murray
Hussein Aladdin is an Iraqi refugee who settled in Pittsburgh with his wife Iman Ali and their three sons. He is now managing lung cancer and memor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Emerald Wilderness; Panama's Darien Gap
From: Lorne Matalon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Panama Fears Colombian Designs on the The Pan-American Highway

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:53