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Mark Brunswick

Reporter | Military Affairs

Phone: 612-673-4434

Mark Brunswick covers military affairs for the Star Tribune. He has had assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo and has focused on domestic issues related to PTSD, returning veterans, military recruitment and the new role of women in the military. Previously, he covered state government and politics from the Star Tribune's state capitol bureau in St. Paul.
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VA responds to Iraq, Afghan vets by adding mental health workers

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday announced plans to increase mental health staffing by 1,900 positions, responding to rising needs of returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and complaints of long waits and missed diagnoses.

Updated: April 19, 2012, - 09:26 PM

Military affairs beat: For cops, courts, a primer on PTSD

The Ramsey County attorney's office and the Minnesota Alliance on Crime are presenting speakers on post-traumatic stress disorder in the criminal justice system on April 27.

Updated: April 17, 2012, - 10:51 PM

Vet heard voices, sought help -- and was sent home

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is facing unprecedented demands on its mental health system. As 1 in 3 Iraq vets seek mental health care, the VA faces criticism over delays and shortages.

Updated: April 16, 2012, - 11:45 AM

Military affairs beat: Tax prep help for military families

The Minnesota Department of Revenue is providing valuable tax information for the state's military families. It will become especially important as tax deadlines approach at about the same time 2,500 members of the Minnesota National Guard are expected to return home from a yearlong deployment to Kuwait.

Updated: April 03, 2012, - 07:16 PM

Deployment's toll on families goes under U microscope

For the next four years, hundreds of military families in Minnesota will submit to wearing heart sensors to monitor the stresses they exert on each other and allow video cameras to record their interactions as part of a first-in-the-nation look at the toll exacted by deployments to war zones.

Updated: March 31, 2012, - 10:21 PM