Guard, Reserve not adequately served by military care system, Medill students find
A three-month investigation by a team of Medill student reporters has found significant gaps between the health care and support for the 665,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and their active-duty counterparts. The project, called Hidden Surge, found that many have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that has been plagued with difficulties, including reliance on self-reporting to identify health problems.
Key portions of the project were published in the Washington Post and on WashingtonPost.com on Feb. 15 and the stories, photos, video and interactive graphics from the full report are available at HiddenSurge.org.
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