In the Sunday review section of the NY Times, Phil Klay, the author of “Redeployment”, a forthcoming collection of short stories, writes on the subject of experiences of veterans in war in an article entitled “After War, A Failure of Imagination“. As a former Marine, he relates conversations with civilian friends and acquaintances on the […]
Category: Army Subjects
Many Female Vets Struggle Without Seeking Help From VA
So many veterans who need help become invisible to us when they leave the military service. Female vets are not immune to this. Is this a problem that has only become newsworthy in this time of the volunteer Army? http://bit.ly/1fdeMuc Read more. Thanks for stopping by. Please comment below or post this entry on your […]
Trauma Sets Female Veterans Adrift Back Home
This is a New York Times article about PTSD and homelessness among female military veterans, a serious problem for our time that demands our attention. Sexual trauma in the military. http://nyti.ms/XHRUIw Related articles Homeless Female Veterans: All Too Often, a ‘Double Betrayal of Trust’ Female Veterans Are Fastest Growing Segment of Homeless Population
A Golf Course Like No Other – For Veterans
An Interesting Christmas Sentiment – Ca 1968
An interesting bit of nostalgia from 44 years ago. Thanks to Brian McEnany. Spelling and punctuation left as found. One more Christmas comes to you on the South Vietnam battlefront, while in the other side of Pacific the American people are happily welcoming Christmas and newyear with their own traditions. Certainly everybody in your families […]
A Future Reset – Corporal Sebastian Gallegos Adjusts to Prosthetic Arm
After losing his arm in an IED explosion in Afghanistan, Cpl. Sebastian Gallegos has adjusted to his prosthetic Limb. This is a NY Times Slide Show and the wording here is from this source. http://nyti.ms/QPhcah Related articles A $110K State-Of-The-Art Bionic Arm Goes A Long Way To Building A New Life
Good Night, Ryan – Veterans
US Military Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a NY Times Video on the subject of our Veterans returning home from war zones with scars, and the inadequate medical support that many of them receive when their tour of duty is completed. http://nyti.ms/QTyK4L
It’s Not Your Father’s Army…
…nor his country either. I’ve just returned from grandson Derek’s Army Infantry “Turning Blue” and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) graduation exercises at Fort Benning, Georgia. It’s been fifty years since I was last there doing a little training of my own, and I’m here to tell you that the place and the people are nothing […]