Today is a special day. At 10:00 a.m. there is a ceremony welcoming home Veterans of Vietnam and the Vietnam era. I'm honored to attend this special occasion which will be at the Marion VA Behavioral Health Building. Sam and his Peer Support co-workers put together this event last year. It was very heartwarming to see Veterans walk in to a … [Read more...]
March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month
I have to admit, there are a lot of "awareness" days that go on throughout the year. I didn't know until I read an article there was a TBI awareness month. March is National Brain Injury Awareness month. I know there might be a few people who may not know about TBI, or brain injury. Sam suffers from traumatic brain injury due to his time in the … [Read more...]
10 Things a Combat Veteran Wants You to Know
Today's post comes from http://www.military.com/, in a feature that was ran in 2012. Dated? A little. Important? I think so. So many combat veterans struggle with the reintegration into the civilian world after a life changing experience like deployment. At times it seems that only listening is key--and sometimes the combat veteran wants to … [Read more...]
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