Traumatic Brain Injury: The Signature Wound of the Iraq War

Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is the signature wound of the Iraq War. It can be caused by bullets or shrapnel hitting the head or neck, but also by the blast injuries that often result from mortar attacks or roadside bombs. It is this second kind of injury that is especially prevalent in Iraq; about 65% of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans wounded in action were injured by explosive devices. Overall, between 10 and 20% of Iraq veterans, or 150,000 and 300,000 people, have suffered a TBI during the war.TBI does not always cause an external wound; the pressure of a blast can overstretch or bruise the brain without leaving a visible trace. Moreover, the symptoms of TBI can be difficult to distinguish from combat stress and other related psychological injuries. Telltale signs of TBI include memory and emotional problems; vision, hearing, or speech problems; and sleep disorders. In addition, multiple mild TBIs can accumulate over time, leading to serious neurological problems that are not readily linked to one injury. As a result, TBI can often remain undiagnosed and untreated.About 90% of TBIs are mild or moderate. But severe TBIs require a lifetime of care and rehabilitation. For the several thousand Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have suffered this level of injury, the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs have developed a nationwide network of hospitals and clinics. There are four major Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers, in Tampa, FL, Richmond, VA, Minneapolis, MN, and Palo Alto, CA. These centers are supported by dozens of regional sites across the country.Although treatment is improving for veterans with severe TBI, TBI screening continues to lag. The Army has improved education for soldiers to help identify the symptoms of a mild TBI, and has begun to test troops' brain activity before their deployments to record baseline data. In spring 2007, the VA began to offer TBI evaluation to all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seen at a VA hospital or clinic. Until a universal screening program is in place in the military, however, thousands of combat veterans will continue to struggle with the effects of an undiagnosed brain injury

Managing at the Speed of Light: Improving Mission-Support Performance

The House and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees requested this study to help DOE's three major mission-support organizations improve their operations to better meet the current and future needs of the department. The passage of the Recovery Act only increased the importance of having DOE's mission-support offices working in the most effective, efficient, and timely manner as possible. While following rules and regulations is essential, the foremost task of the mission-support offices is to support the department's mission, i.e., the programs that DOE is implementing, whether in Washington D.C. or in the field. As a result, the Panel offered specific recommendations to strengthen the mission-focus and improve the management of each of the following support functions based on five "management mandates":- Strategic Vision- Leadership- Mission and Customer Service Orientation- Tactical Implementation- Agility/AdaptabilityKey FindingsThe Panel made several recommendations in each of the functional areas examined and some overarching recommendations for the corporate management of the mission-support offices that they believed would result in significant improvements to DOE's mission-support operations. The Panel believed that adopting these recommendations will not only make DOE a better functioning organization, but that most of them are essential if DOE is to put its very large allocation of Recovery Act funding to its intended uses as quickly as possible

Spartan Daily, March 3, 1936

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The Cowl - v.8 - n.24 - Apr 9, 1943

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 8, Number 24 - Apr 9, 1943. 4 pages

A spy’s guide to Boston University

This article originally appeared in the Vol 23, No 3, Winter 2017-18 edition of AFIO’s Intelligencer journal, which is published by AFIO (Association of Former Intelligence Officers), Falls Church, VA.In this article, Professor John Woodward, a retired CIA officer, examines the people and places associated with Boston University that have made significant, or otherwise interesting, contributions to the world of intelligence

Spartan Daily, November 8, 1943

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Spartan Daily, March 17, 1944

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Volume 9, Number 2 – November 1928

Volume 9, Number 2 – November 1928. 38pages without covers and with limited advertisements. Hickey, Carroll, John Bannister Tabb (Verse) Carlson, Edward E., The Song of Judgment Hickey, Carroll, Barometer (Verse) Dugan, Thomas A., It May Be So Quirk, Charles C., College Men as Tradesmen Hickey, Carroll, Chopin\u27s Scherzi (Verse) Keough, John F., Book Review Hanley, John C., Something to Say Curley, Thomas J., In Memoriam (Cornelius J. Broady) Curley, Thomas J., Editorial McClellan, George B. & Earnshaw, George P., Alumni Aylward, Ambrose V., Exchange Greene, Francis E., Chronicle Krieger, John, Athletic