What is TRICARE Worth?
“When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.” ...
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Secondary PTSD
Seventeen percent of service members who fought in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan have reported having symptoms of major depression, generalized anxiety, or PTSD according to the New England Journal of Medicine. Many of those men and women have families who are expected to care for them, be the... -
Government Too Overwhelmed To Help Returning Vets With PTSD?
It comes down to funding. And funding often comes down to perceived importance. If the government wishes to elevate something to “priority status”, be it alternative fuel sources, contraception, or the well-being of a returning warrior, the funding will materialize if those in power deem it important enough. So, why... -
The Challenges Of Reintegrating: The Perspective Of A Wounded Warrior Wife
A guest article by Cherly Gansner, the wife of a severely injured veteran. Cherly founded WifeofaWoundedSoldier.com and is group leader on WoundedWarriorWives.org. My soldier and I had only been dating a mere six months when he deployed to Iraq the first time. We were very much in love and missed... -
PTSD Causes Retired Marine To Flee Scene of Accident, Hide In Snow For Two Days
On Monday, a retired United States Marine was involved in a minor traffic accident in Oregon. The Marine, Jason D. Cooper, 37, of Temecula, California, ran from the accident and was found two days later. Police followed his footprints in the snow for several hours on the day of the... -
Learning to Live with PTSD
A Guest Post from Dana DeLong, Vice President of www.voiceofwarriors.com My name is Dana and I am an Army Veteran who served during Desert Storm. I was diagnosed last year with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and have been in treatment ever since. I go to regular counseling sessions and am... -
Proposed Changes to FMLA May Help Military Families
Today, changes will be proposed to update the Family and Medical Leave Act. The new rules will help military families who require time off to care for service members who are injured or called to active duty. The proposed rule changes will allow family members up to 12 weeks off... -
Military Suicide is at an All-Time High
Tragically, the Marine Corps and the Army released their reports on suicide for 2011, and we’ve learned that among Marines, suicide attempts are higher than they’ve ever been, and in the Army, more soldiers have taken their own lives than in any year previously. It is a matter of deep... -
Casualties of War
Robert joined the Army at 18 years young, right after high school. He served in Vietnam and became successful, providing the destruction of war. He served nineteen-months in Vietnam, and did parts of his tour in various assignments: he was a rifleman, a 90MM Recoilless Rifle gunner, and a leader... -
The Marines Afghanistan Video: Should We Condemn The Marines, or Chalk it up to The Stress of War?
You’ve likely already heard the news this morning about the video that apparently shows Marines posing with dead Taliban fighters. The Marines, it is believed, urinated on the fighters and made light of the situation on the video that is quickly spreading. Depending on the intensity of the media coverage,...
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