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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...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is training clergy members to recognize veterans with mental health issues
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Mark George (right), a chaplain at the Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Tx., shakes hands with VA clergy training instructor Larry Collins, while attendee Vernon Cooper looks on., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
The Department of Veterans Affairs is training clergy members around the country to look for signs of psychological disorders and other issues amon...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6
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...

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  • 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...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Instead of medals, the Pentagon is offering certificates to vets who were exposed to radiation
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Observers watch an explosion during Operation Hardtack in 1958. 35 nuclear tests were conducted in the Pacific, exposing troops to radiation., Credit: Nevada National Security Site
The new certificate recognizes as many as 550,000 veterans who were exposed to nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1992. But the certificates le...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
In 1969, the military thought it had eliminated racism in its ranks. Then troops began rioting
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Black and white Marines served side by side during the Vietnam War, as seen in this 1966 photo of a firefight with the Viet Cong. But racial tension was not uncommon throughout the armed services., Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune, N.C. was the first of several bases to experience racial violence during the Vietnam War. It led to major reforms in military racial ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Mike Monthervil (left) uses an adaptive controller to play video games as his VA recreational therapist Jamie Kaplan watches., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
A fallen Vietnam veteran has returned home. The water he drank helped identify his remains
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 52 years after he died in a Vietnam plane crash, Raul Guerra's memorial service was held at Risher Mortuary in Montebello, Cal., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
Raul Guerra was adopted, so his DNA couldn't be matched to blood relatives. Scientists instead turned to an emerging technique that linked his bone...

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  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 6
The Army Has A Message For Soldiers: Even Where Marijuana Is Legal, Don't Use It
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A poster at Fort Carson, Col. reminds soldiers that even though recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado, it's prohibited under military rules., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
Recreational marijuana use is now legal in ten states, but it remains off-limits to service members ... and some military communities don't want it...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
After success in Florida, the use of virtual reality to treat PTSD is expanding
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Therapist Keith Smith demonstrates virtual reality equipment at the University of Central Florida. Smith uses virtual reality to help treat veterans' post traumatic stress disorder., Credit: Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront
The University of Central Florida is using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It's worked well enough that the Pentagon will ...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
The Air Force is trying new strategies to battle a constant problem: Birds on airfields
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Wildlife biologist Kory McLellan shoots off pyrotechnics to scare birds away from the airfield at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa., Credit: Mariette Adams / U.S. Air Force
Fireworks, drones, and habitat relocation projects are among the ways that Air Force biologists are fighting the expensive and potentially deadly p...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Pentagon has settled a lawsuit over allegedly defective earplugs. Now veterans are suing, too.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Gen. William J. Gothard (right) receives a spent shell casing as part of his 2014 retirement ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C. Gothard says his 36 years of service left him with hearing loss and tinnitus., Credit: Shantelle Campbell / U.S. Army
The settlement with earplug manufacturer 3M has focused attention on service-related hearing loss, one of the most common health problems among vet...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
The War on Yemen: A Conversation with Dr. Aisha Jumaan
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Aisha Jumaan
Dr. Aisha Jumaan with the Facts about the Genocide of Yemen. Plus a conversation with His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Most veterans who kill themselves are 55 or older. The VA is trying to learn why.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 76 year old Army veteran Robert Neilson writes notes of encouragement to fellow veterans who have contemplated suicide. He's struggled with mental health issues since he left the Army in the 1960s., Credit: Matt Bowler / KPBS
Veterans are about twice as likely as non-veterans to die by suicide. But the majority of those suicides are among veterans aged 55 or older -- who...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Medical foster homes can be an option for elderly veterans, but the VA won't pay for them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At a medical foster home near San Antonio, caregiver Tiffany Graves (left) sets out art supplies for Rose Witherspoon, a World War II veteran., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier o...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: Hugh Turley Investigates His Death
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Hugh Turley
December 10th, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton. Questions linger. Was it a heart attack, accident, or murder?

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
In an outdoor recreation program, veterans find healing and friendship
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jesus Guzmán (right) and fellow Higher Ground veterans participate in a team-building exercise during a hike in Big Bear, Cal., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
At "recreational therapy" camps, outdoor activities and mindfulness help veterans with PTSD, sexual trauma, and other issues.

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 7
Chester and Gertrude (at War)
From: WNIN
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Just in time for the centennial of the end of World War One, a story of triumph and tragedy that spawned a national womens' movement and a historic...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
A challenge for military moms: Breastfeeding and pumping on duty
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Staff Sgt. Melishia Francis prepares her breast pump in a lactation room at Lackland Air Force Base's Wilford Hall Medical Hospital., Credit: Daniel J. Calderón / US Air Force
Inflexible work schedules and lack of support can make it tough for new mothers in the military to keep breastfeeding their children.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
9/11 Unmasked, Part 4: Fran Shure and the Problem of the Media
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Frances Shure
“The role of the media is the primary reason why good people become silent — or worse — about 9/11.” -- Frances Shure

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 1
As medical marijuana becomes more accepted, veterans urge the VA to prescribe it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Janine Lutz displays her Memorial Wall, which she built with photos of veterans who killed themselves. She said the VA's policy shunning medical marijuana is leading to needless deaths., Credit: Julio Ochoa/American Homefront
Though medical marijuana is legal in most states, the Department of Veterans Affairs will neither recommend nor prescribe it because of a longstand...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 5
After generations of grief and frustration, families of Korean War MIAs are more optimistic
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. Defense Department forensic anthropologists in Wonsan, North Korea examine the contents of boxes containing the possible remains of U.S. MIAs July 27, 2018., Credit: David Marshall / U.S. Army
Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 4
As America's veterans grow older, the VA faces a long-term care crisis
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Participants in Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare program get transportation to and from home on weekdays., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
These Air Force trainees spend less time in the cockpit, more time in flight simulators
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Airman 1st Class Jack Pepper (with goggles) attempts a maneuver on a simulator while Lt. Col. Paul Vicars looks on. Pepper is among the first participants in Pilot Training Next, which uses off-the-shelf virtual reality technology., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
Facing a shortage of pilots, the Air Force is experimenting with ways to make training programs faster and less expensive.

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
For military spouses with professional licenses, each move can mean a bureaucratic fight
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Aleta Nims has lived in Potsdam, N.Y. for a year. She's still working to get re-licensed as a mental health counselor., Credit: Sarah Harris/American Homefront
When military families move, the careers of service members' spouses may grind to a halt because they lack a professional license in their new state.

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6

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