The ALS<\/a> \u201cIce Bucket Challenge\u201d has become the internet sensation this summer. Your Facebook account probably has received dozens of these videos and challenges designed to raise money for ALS or Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease.\u00a0 You may have seen former President George W. Bush participate in the challenge which made broadcast news.\u00a0 The DOD<\/a> has now declared that military personnel cannot participate in such a challenge in uniform because it may be construed as an implied endorsement of support by DOD. Ok, that is overreacting, without thinking the problem through.<\/p>\n DOD should know that ALS afflicts US Military Veterans at twice the rate of the civilian population.\u00a0 The data which VA<\/a>, ALS, Harvard University<\/a> and many medical schools have reviewed supports this conclusion.\u00a0 The reason for the startling medical fact is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n In fact, no one knows why U.S. military veterans are twice as likely to develop ALS than the general (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ALS \u201cIce Bucket Challenge\u201d has become the internet sensation this summer. Your Facebook account probably has received dozens of these videos and challenges designed to raise money for ALS or Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease.\u00a0 You may have seen former President…<\/span><\/p>\n