Symposium number is 877-724-3736

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Because of an editing error, the phone number for the Cape Cod Macular Degeneration Symposium was incorrect on Page C1 of yesterday's Times. The correct number for information or registration for the Sept. 23 event is 877-724-3736.

Injured Soldiers certify as divers, find healing in water

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Spc. Jake Altman from Charlie Company, Warrior Transition Battalion-Europe in Schweinfurt receives his diver certification card from dive instructor, Gabbi Knorr. "This was something I always wanted to do my entire life," he said. Five wounded Soldiers received their certification Sept. 1 at a ...

Focusing on “the silent killer”

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2010 - A silent killer is rapidly infiltrating the military, claiming lives at an alarming rate each year. It does not discriminate, taking aim ...

Preventive medicine keeps Soldiers in the fight

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - "Mosquitoes, ants, and wasps, oh my!" The unforgiving terrain of the Nangarhar, Nuristan, Konar and Laghman provinces in eastern Afghanistan hosts hoards of insects and wildlife that create quite a hairy situation when it ...