Tag: well-being
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Looking beyond Bush
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, July 24, 2012 – Army Spc. Deme Ergie wasn’t always a runner. And as a medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, he found little opportunity to keep in good cardiovascular shape while deployed to Afghanistan. “It was hard to find the time to really get a…
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Hornets to use academy
The DOD has released a mobile app for Andrioid smart phones to help service members who are battling depression. The app will use your phone’s GPS and camera to navigate you to plesant and relatively stress free activities.You’re able to log your favorite activities or select them from an extensive list, and then chose people…
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Team gives Francis a hand
AURORA — Subcontractors on a $600 million project to build a new Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora say they are not getting paid for their work and are asking Colorado’s congressional delegation to step in. The VA blames delays reviewing bills for the project. In a March letter signed by Colorado’s two U.S. senators and…
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Area players love softball and it shows with a title
RENO, Nev. — Timothy Hall never gave a thought to dying when he awoke in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with his legs gone from a mortar blast in Afghanistan. He’d been there and done that — more than once. “The helicopter flight from the base I was at, they lost me three times,”…
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Ceremony kicks off event with a roar
John Schneider craves the feel of chalk on his hands. He longs for the rough texture of rock on his fingertips as he feels his way up a 43-foot wall of rock. Fifteen years ago, those same hands reached for beer bottles, for marijuana, for cocaine. Now, his highs come while trying not to fall.…
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Who’s up for kickball?
Fort Carson’s Spc. Tyler Nelson doesn’t typically unwind by getting a manicure. But he wound up on the receiving end of one March 13 at the Warrior Transition Battalion’s spa day, after being lured in by the promise of a free haircut. He enjoyed his manicure. And he was man enough to admit it. “This…
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Stability bridges AFA, new coach
Marine Maj. Steve Taylor, who had unknowingly suffered a concussion in Afghanistan after a roadside explosion, was at a takeout pizza dinner with his family at Camp Lejeune, N.C. There was some teasing over the toppings, which caused Taylor to fly into a rage. “I realized — what the hell am I doing, flipping out…
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Hudson humbled
WASHINGTON — The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion. Energizer Holdings is pulling nearly two dozen formulations of UltraMist off store shelves due to the risk that the lotion can ignite when exposed to…
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AFA won’t repeat mistake
The Pentagon is moving ahead with plans to slash its network of Tricare Prime providers, starting by eliminating the Prime option in three states and two cities in the Tricare West region. As of April 1, as many as 30,000 Prime beneficiaries — retirees, Active Guard and Reserve troops, and family members — in Iowa;…
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McKiernan takes reins at Doherty
MIAMI — A Miami federal judge has found in favor of a veteran who claimed in a lawsuit that shoddy hygiene practices at a Veterans Administration hospital caused his hepatitis infection. The ruling Thursday says the issue of damages will be settled later. Air Force veteran Robert Metzler and his wife were seeking $30 million…