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No matter your views of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we should all agree that our veterans need our support both when deployed in theater and upon their return stateside. Readjusting to an environment not filled with IEDs, combatants and other hostile characteristics is difficult for them. Further, it is impossible for us to understand fully the challenges they faced abroad and those they face at home. Community of Veterans (http://communityofveterans.org/) is a social networking site designed to put veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in touch with one another, which is a daunting task since less than 1% of Americans have served in either conflict. The IAVA hopes that connected veterans will be able to assist each other in regaining some sense of normalcy no matter how small.

Straight outta TX-22 and in front of the microphone: Rep. Nick Lampson is teaming up with the Veterans Service Office and communications students at UH to help document the stories of American veterans for the Library of Congress. From the department of Did You Know?: