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IF all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, 10,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan will be home with their families — and their memories. As many as 20 percent of them will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression, while suicide rates have reached tragic new highs among veterans. Read more »

IF all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, 10,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan will be home with their families — and their memories. As many as 20 percent of them will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression, while suicide rates have reached tragic new highs among veterans.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the "vast unknown." A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can't remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq. Read more »

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the "vast unknown." A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can't remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq.

Two local elected officials are touting their efforts to help veterans find work in a tough job market. U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis are both speaking out about the employment situation for veterans. Read more »

Two local elected officials are touting their efforts to help veterans find work in a tough job market. U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis are both speaking out about the employment situation for veterans.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, is in Afghanistan as part of a congressional committee delegation and attended a battlefield memorial for the troops killed in last week's Chinook crash in Afghanistan. Read more »

-- U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, is in Afghanistan as part of a congressional committee delegation and attended a battlefield memorial for the troops killed in last week's Chinook crash in Afghanistan.

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Marine Sgt. Joey Jones begins his day like most everyone else, getting dressed for work. But before he picks out a shirt, tie, belt and pants combo, he must assemble the bottom half of his body. WATCH THE VIDEO: http://timesfreepress.com/videos/2011/aug/07/5717/

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Marine Sgt. Joey Jones begins his day like most everyone else, getting dressed for work.  But before he picks out a shirt, tie, belt and pants combo, he must assemble the bottom half of his body. VIDEO (MUST WATCH)