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U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
The lesson I want to pass on to everyone is this: do something when you come home. We all don’t have PTSD, but we all come back different. Do something that consumes your whole mind when you come home. Follow through with it—I did.
I wrote about my personal experiences in war long before […]
A few weeks ago, we warned against an increasingly prevalent […]
Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Baton Rouge Outpatient Clinic
The question I’m asking Veterans today. I’m new here, and I’m willing to learn. What makes a provider at the VA outstanding? How do we build strong connections with you?
U.S. Navy Veteran; father of an Iraq Veteran
I’d like to offer my thoughts from a parent's perspective and the emotional see-saw I experienced when my son deployed and returned home from a combat tour in some of the worst places on earth.
The massacre at Ft. Hood two years ago stunned the […]
Director of Communications for the Office of Patient Care Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Like most other Vietnam Veterans, I returned home from the Vietnam War to people holding them in disdain for fighting for their country. Now, I am glad to say, things have changed for the better – and are continuing to evolve.
Iraq War Veteran
Through this poem, I have PTSD, Wesley hopes that other veterans and their family members will be driven to seek the help they may need.
Treatment for physical and mental wounds of war doesn’t always […]
U.S. Navy Veteran
As the war winds down in the next few years, I hope that Vets take advantage of the New G.I. Bill. It can open up endless possibilities for all of us, as we take that next step in life.
It was strange to find myself without a battle buddy […]