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Active duty at greater risk than reserves for post-deployment alcohol abuse

So reports an article I read recently in an old issue of Military Medicine.

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
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So reports an article I read recently in an old issue of Military Medicine. Part of the reason seems to be that reservists have more access to civilian health care than do active duty soldiers, sailors, Marines, and Air Force people.

So reports an article I read recently in an old issue of Military Medicine. Part of the reason seems to be that reservists have more access to civilian health care than do active duty soldiers, sailors, Marines, and Air Force people.

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Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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