If that isn’t frightening, I don’t know what is:  officers are getting promoted too quickly, and PTSD is rampant.

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I was sitting here wondering which story to tell tonight when a flashing light on my blackberry signaled a message from my friend Jon, the managing editor at an Atlanta newspaper, wishing me a happy Veterans Day.  I met Jon five years ago at a luncheon; he heard me refer to my recent deployment to [...]

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